Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Booking Overview

Interview podcast focused on broad cultural curiosity, personal recommendations, and conversations with journalists, authors, chefs, media figures, and documentary creators. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors, cultural commentators, journalists, chefs, documentary producers, and other accessible subject-matter experts; booking difficulty is low because the show features approachable professionals rather than only major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 675

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 63.0k followers

Contact Information

gretamjohnsen@gmail.com

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Host

Greta Johnsen - Journalist and podcast host, formerly the host of Nerdette and creator of Happy To Be Here.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, journalists, media hosts, chefs, documentary producers, cultural commentators, and professionals with a distinctive perspective or relevant creative work.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Established journalism or media roles, Documentary production credits, Recognizable cultural or entertainment credits

Recent Guest Discussions

Margaret Willison - Pop Culture And The World Cup, Taylor Swift’s Wedding, And Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Jacoby Cochran - Pop Culture, Including The World Cup, Taylor Swift’s Wedding, And Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Sarah Wilson - System Collapse, Climate Crises, Political Upheaval, Cultural Isolationism, Fossil Fuel Consumption, And How To Prioritize Humanity’s Future.

Larry Brantley - The Production And Legacy Of Wishbone, Literary Adaptations, And The Documentary What’s The Story, Wishbone?.

Betty Buckley - The Production And Legacy Of Wishbone, Literary Adaptations, And The Documentary What’s The Story, Wishbone?.

Recent Topics

Pop Culture, Literature, Journalism, Food, TV

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Happy To Be Here
:

GRETAGRAM book club: 'Canon,' discussed!

July 31, 2026

The July GRETAGRAM book club selection is Paige Lewis' Canon, a nonbinary hero's journey that has all the elements of an epic: Good Guys vs. Bad Guys, a fickle god, and, of course, a talking whale!Host Greta Johnsen discusses the book with Molly McGhee, the author of Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind. They discuss structure, narrative presence, earnestness, and the futility of glory.SHOW CREDITSCreator and host: Greta JohnsenSenior Producer: Ben GoldbergComposers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal...

Burden or Delight: A billionaire wedding, ranch-mania, and a really long movie

July 24, 2026

Host Greta Johnsen talks with City Cast Chicago host Jacoby Cochran and Margaret Willison, the newest member of the Culture Study newsletter and podcast team.They play the extremely low-stakes game Burden or Delight with three of the biggest pop culture touchstones of the summer: The World Cup, Taylor Swift’s wedding, and Christopher Nolan’s newest blockbuster, The Odyssey. (Did Margaret make a quiz based on her rigorous examination of every possible photo of confirmed attendees? YES. Yes she...

The end is nigh, and that could be a really good thing!

July 17, 2026

Host Greta Johnsen talks with Sarah Wilson about her new book, I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World. As the title suggests, Sarah's book explores the idea of sysrem collapse, a metacrisis we're already experiencing through climate crises, political upheaval, cultural isolationism, and fossil fuel consumption.This book isn't necessarily easy to read -- after all, it presents a pretty grim future for our current way of life. But Sarah also points out that man...

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