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Happy To Be Here

Happy To Be Here

By: Greta Johnsen
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Summary

Happy To Be Here is a new interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious, full of conversations that make you feel right at home and allow you to learn a little bit about almost anything.


Host Greta Johnsen (formerly of Nerdette) invites you to meet journalists, chefs, authors, and all kinds of excellent humans who will delight and inspire you. Packed with recommendations for stuff to eat, read, watch, and enjoy, this show is great for helping you make sure you actually take it easy this weekend, wherever you might happen to be.

© Copyright 2025 Greta Johnsen
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Episodes
  • Swedish Death Cleaning 101
    May 8 2026

    Host Greta Johnsen talks with profesisonal organizer Kelly Brask about how Swedish death cleaning can help you live better by getting rid of the things that no longer fit int your life and keeping the things that are useful and joyul for you. She also offers hints for how to organize your space and encourages you to embrace cleanliness while avoiding perfectionism.

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    22 mins
  • T Kira Madden on 'Whidbey'
    May 1 2026

    Host Greta Johnsen talks with T Kira Madden, whose novel Whidbey is the GRETAGRAM Book Club selection for May. (TW: Child sexual abuse.)

    Whidbey is told from the points of view of three women who are all connected to Calvin, a sexual precator: Mary Beth, his mother, and Birdie and Linzie, who victims who approach their trauma in very different ways.

    T Kira talks about the book’s enticing opening scene, the ways that victimhood can be exploited, and whether she considers writing fiction to be cathartic.


    SHOW CREDITS

    Creator and host: Greta Johnsen

    Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg

    Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal

    Tile art: Mac Maclean

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    31 mins
  • Chocolate for breakfast with Roxana Jullapat
    Apr 24 2026

    Host Greta Johnsen talks with Roxana Jullapat, head baker and co-owner at the Los Angeles restaurant Friends & Family. Her new cookbook is Morning Baker: Recipes and Rituals for Breakfast and Beyond.

    In 2019, she wrote Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution, a thorough compendium of heritage grains and everything they have to offer.

    Roxana says the new cookbook is just as devoted to whole grains, but it’s a little more joyful. “There’s a lot more spontaneity,” she said. “It truly is a reflection of what we make at Friends & Family, and what it means to be a grain head.”

    SHOW CREDITS

    Creator and host: Greta Johnsen

    Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg

    Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal

    Show art: Mac Maclean

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    26 mins
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