Happy To Be Here

By Greta JohnsenTV & Film Society & Culture Technology

Happy To Be Here episodes

August 12, 2022 Goodbye to a GOAT
This week, the panel discusses the one and only Serena Williams, millennials on defense on TikTok, and the rise of Italian beef. We’re joined by City Cast Chicago’s Jacoby Cochran, Chicago Tribune’s Britt Julious, and Nerdette guest host Araceli Gómez-Aldana.
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18 min
August 05, 2022 We’re still talking about Beyoncé
We discuss none other than the queen, Beyoncé, with WBEZ metro reporter Adora Namigadde and Director of Audio at Medill School of Journalism Arionne Nettles. Plus, Vox’s Emily Stewart tells us about the pandemic purchases that many have grown to regret.
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25 min
July 29, 2022 'Nope,' Austen adaptations, and the end of the Choco Taco
‘Fanti’ podcast hosts Tre’vell Anderson and Jarrett Hill join us to unpack the week. Then, Vulture’s Carrie Wittmer walks us through a timeline of Jane Austen film adaptations. Plus, Gloria Liu tells us about her piece for Outside Magazine, “One Woman’s Wholesome Mission to Get Naked Outside.”
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35 min
July 22, 2022 Bennifer, 'Crawdads' and getting caught in the rain
The co-hosts of Celebrity Book Club, Lily Marotta and Stephen Phillips-Horst, join us to unpack the week that was.
Then, The New York Times Magazine writer Marcela Valdes tells us about the efforts to diversify the publishing industry.
Plus, has reality TV become a parody of itself? We ask Wired’s Kate Knibbs.
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37 min
July 15, 2022 James Webb FTW
Podcasters Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer stop by to talk about Emmy nods and snubs, the incredible images from the James Webb space telescope, and the best conversation-starters. Then, we check in with Lucy Westlake, the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest,
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26 min
July 08, 2022 A peek behind the librarian desk
We teamed up with WBEZ’s Curious City to answer a listener's question about how librarians always seem to know what we want to read before we do.
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12 min
July 01, 2022 Let it out
We check in on how YOU are feeling. Plus, bestselling author Susan Cain tells us why she is happy to be melancholy.
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25 min
June 28, 2022 How are you REALLY?
The news is a lot right now, so we're checking in. Send your voice memos to nerdettepodcast [at] gmail [dot] com for Friday's episode.
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2 min
June 22, 2022 What to read this summer
Book Riot’s Liberty Hardy reads hundreds of books a year. She tells us the best new books of this summer.
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16 min
June 17, 2022 What is your daily EGOT?
EGOTS for everyone! This week, ‘City Cast Chicago’ host Jacoby Cochran and Vox’s Jonquilyn Hill join the panel to talk about the week in pop culture. Then, Linda Holmes tells us about her new book ‘Flying Solo.’ Plus, we listen back to our interview with Michael Greyeyes in honor of the release of ‘Rutherford Falls’ season 2.
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36 min

About Happy To Be Here

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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…