Happy To Be Here podcast

Happy To Be Here

Happy to be Here is an interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious. It’s full of conversations you can sink your teeth into, so you can learn a little about almost everything.

Happy to be Here is an interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious. It’s full of conversations you can sink your teeth into, so you can learn a little about almost everything.

 

#641

Introducing Happy To Be Here!

Welcome to Happy To Be Here, the show for the perpetually curious! See Privacy Policy at [... more

06 Nov 2025

01 MINS

01:24

06 Nov 2025


#640

Goodbye for now!

As y’all probably know, we’re calling this the “goodbye for now” episode of Nerdette becau... more

28 May 2024

35 MINS

35:07

28 May 2024


#639

Nerdette Book Club: More with Amor Towles, LIVE!

May’s Book Club selection is the fabulous short story collection ‘Table for Two’ by Amor T... more

24 May 2024

20 MINS

20:18

24 May 2024


#638

All the books to read this summer!!!

This week, we ask voracious reader Liberty Hardy to rave about the best books coming out t... more

17 May 2024

20 MINS

20:47

17 May 2024


#637

A kitchen therapy session with Tamar Adler

This week, cookbook author and leftovers lover Tamar Adler joins us to answer YOUR questio... more

10 May 2024

38 MINS

38:00

10 May 2024


#636

Nerdette Book Club LIVE with Amor Towles!

This week, we are bringing you a special LIVE edition of Nerdette Book Club!!! The great A... more

07 May 2024

31 MINS

31:59

07 May 2024


#635

A joyfully defiant summer playlist

This week, we’re sharing some of the best new music out this summer! Our friend Kristen Ku... more

03 May 2024

16 MINS

16:13

03 May 2024


#634

Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Beautyland’

Our April Book Club pick is Marie-Helene Bertino’s second novel 'Beautyland.' It tells the... more

30 Apr 2024

44 MINS

44:18

30 Apr 2024


#633

CORGIS ARE DELIGHTFUL

This week, we are taking some time to reflect on the past *11 years* of Nerdette by listen... more

26 Apr 2024

20 MINS

20:20

26 Apr 2024


#632

Tortured poets and airlines for dogs

This week, senior [Reset] (https://www.wbez.org/shows/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/087fda4e... more

19 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:24

19 Apr 2024


#631

Is mayo a burden or a delight? WE FIND OUT.

This week, our friends Dan Pashman, host of ' [The Sporkful] (https://www.sporkful.com/) '... more

12 Apr 2024

21 MINS

21:06

12 Apr 2024


#630

Killer gams FTW

We are unpacking the week that was with Amory Sivertson, host of the WBUR podcasts [Beyond... more

05 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:13

05 Apr 2024


#629

Nerdette Book Club: Marie-Helene Bertino on ‘Beautyland’

Our April selection is Marie-Helene Bertino’s gorgeous and entrancing novel 'Beautyland.' ... more

02 Apr 2024

17 MINS

17:51

02 Apr 2024


#628

Bonus: The Culture Study Podcast

We're on Spring Break this week so we're bringing you a podcast that we think you'll love ... more

29 Mar 2024

40 MINS

40:40

29 Mar 2024


#627

Nerdette Book Club discusses ‘Martyr!’

Our March book club pick is Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel ‘ [Martyr!] (https://www.penguinrand... more

26 Mar 2024

44 MINS

44:40

26 Mar 2024


#626

Burden or Delight: Sourdough edition

This week, two of our favorite guests, [City Cast Chicago] (https://chicago.citycast.fm/) ... more

22 Mar 2024

23 MINS

23:23

22 Mar 2024


#625

The aggressively delightful Noel Fielding

This week, senior correspondent at Vox [Alex Abad-Santos] (https://www.vox.com/authors/ale... more

15 Mar 2024

36 MINS

36:57

15 Mar 2024


#624

Xochitl Gonzalez on art, belonging and nostalgia

We unpack the week with Ronald Young Jr., host of ‘ [Weight For It] (https://www.radiotopi... more

08 Mar 2024

32 MINS

32:32

08 Mar 2024


#623

Nerdette Book Club: Kaveh Akbar on ‘Martyr!’

Nerdette Book Club’s March selection is ‘ [Martyr!] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo... more

05 Mar 2024

28 MINS

28:35

05 Mar 2024


#622

We have some questions for Rebecca Makkai

This week, we are diving into the world of boarding school, wrongful conviction and true c... more

01 Mar 2024

18 MINS

18:09

01 Mar 2024


#621

Nerdette Book Club: ‘Come and Get It,’ discussed!

Nerdette Book Club is keeping things moving in 2024 with Kiley Reid’s sophomore novel, ‘ [... more

27 Feb 2024

33 MINS

33:00

27 Feb 2024