Meet the Mess

Jen Lancaster, Karyn Bosnak

Booking Overview

This is a host-led current-events and pop-culture commentary show with occasional external guests, particularly authors, podcast hosts, and other entertainment or media personalities. Credible pitches include published authors with a current book, cultural commentators, entertainers, and media personalities with a strong perspective on books, celebrity news, or popular culture; booking difficulty is medium because external interviews appear selective and the featured guests are established professionals.

Metrics

Episodes: 106

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 532 subscribers

Instagram: 28.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jen_lancaster@hotmail.com

jksubstack@gmail.com

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Host

Jen Lancaster - Bestselling author known for humorous memoirs and novels.

Karyn Bosnak - Bestselling author and creator of the Save Karyn online fundraising project.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, podcast hosts, entertainers, and media or cultural personalities with a current project or a distinctive perspective on popular culture and current events.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Bestseller recognition, Hosted or appeared on media or podcasts, Current book or entertainment project

Recent Guest Discussions

Paige Harbison - Her Novel, Books, Writing, Reading Recommendations, Television, Film, And Pop Culture.

Beth Harbison - Books, Writing, Reading Recommendations, Television, Film, And Pop Culture.

Recent Topics

Current Events, Pop Culture, Books, Celebrity News, TV

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Meet the Mess

Botox for Depression, the Filler Decline, Harry & Meghan, Taylor & Travis, Dyson’s $450 AI Toothbrush, and More!

September 16, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meetthemess.substack.comMove over, Meet the Press—it’s time to Meet the Mess!This week on Meet the Mess, Jen and Karyn discuss whether Botox can actually treat depression, why facial filler is falling out of favor, and a new study linking major album releases to an increase in fatal car crashes caused by distracted driving.Then, they get into Prince Harry and Meghan’s reported move back to the UK, the Russian oligarch who allegedly...

Diamonds, Dodgeball, Deranged Field Trips, and More!

August 25, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meetthemess.substack.comMove over, Meet the Press—it’s time to Meet the Mess!This week on the podcast: Shaboozey accidentally photobombs a wedding while river rafting, and Lindsey Graham’s sister proves you don’t have to know anything about politics to get into politics.Also, a masked man terrorizes a Philadelphia neighborhood, Trump’s gal pal Natalie Harp writes creepy letters, and a group of Italian grandmas shares their secrets ...

50+ Things to Read & Watch with Beth & Paige Harbison (So Many Books, Not Enough Time)

August 18, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meetthemess.substack.comMove over, Meet the Press—it’s time to Meet the Mess!This week, Jen and Karyn are joined by mother-daughter duo Beth Harbison and Paige Harbison—celebrated authors, hosts of the Nameless Best Friends podcast, and two women they could have happily talked to all day. (And they almost did.)Beth and Paige join for a lively, lengthy, and wildly entertaining conversation about books, movies, writing, pop culture, ...

Publicly listed emails

jen_lancaster@hotmail.com

jksubstack@gmail.com

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