{"podcast":{"title":"Happy To Be Here","slug":"happy-to-be-here-445507","podcast_index_feed_id":445507,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/nerdette","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/nerdette","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/9d/13/00/ca/9d1300ca-ab16-43e3-82bd-5d2be7a6c624/a2ef2557fbf173e8a13d41cc4196fbbd8c3ba06c9180ad1cf297b94f015559eba9d2d1a4e3afc79ced05ac7abbbba92beeb2215fd78d1bb633fde8a3a5506030.jpeg","author":"Greta Johnsen","episode_count":671,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:18:33.429783+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-to-be-here-445507"},"episode":{"title":"9 books to read this summer","slug":"9-books-to-read-this-summer","published_at":"2026-05-22T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-to-be-here-445507/9-books-to-read-this-summer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-to-be-here-445507","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ff80338f-60ca-4d04-ba6d-74c762650185.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ff80338f-60ca-4d04-ba6d-74c762650185.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Host Greta Johnsen talks to two of her favorite readers -- MJ Franklin , an editor at the New York Times Book Review and host of The Book Review Book Club podcast, and Traci Thomas , who hosts the wonderfully bookish podcast The Stacks . Even though the three of them have WILDLY different reading tastes, they also have an abundance of respect for each other, so these conversations are always a treat. Here’s a list of each of their recommendations:&nbsp; Greta’s picks:&nbsp; The Children , Melissa Albert (June 2) Land , Maggie O’Farrell (June 2) Etna , Paul Yoon August 4 Traci’s picks: Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life , Dusty Baker (June 9) The Great Wherever , Shannon Sanders (July 7)&nbsp; Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America , Rozina Ali (August 25) MJ’s picks: Country People , Daniel Mason (July 7) Fixer Chao , Han Ong (July 14) The Mortons , Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld (July 21) SHOW CREDITS Creator and host: Greta Johnsen Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal Tile 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 .","meta_description":"Host Greta Johnsen talks to two of her favorite readers -- MJ Franklin , an editor at the New York Times Book Review and host of The Book Review Book Club…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1927,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happy-to-be-here-445507/episodes/9-books-to-read-this-summer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-to-be-here-445507/9-books-to-read-this-summer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}