Podcast Host
Co-Host, The Nightly, Hatch
2025 - Present
A 7-nights-a-week virtual slumber party for pop culture lovers. Co-hosted by Josh Gondelman, Matt Bragg, Sophia Wilson Pelton, KP Parker, and Jacquis Neal.
Winner of the Signal Gold Award for Best Co-Host Team, 2025.
Webby Award nominee for Best Individual Episode - Comedy, 2026.
Notable guests include Carl Tart from Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central’s Francesca Ramsey, Grace Helbig of Not Too Deep, Crooked Media’s Ira Madison III, Joel Kim Booster of Loot and Fire Island, and more.
Host, Health Matters, Mayo Clinic
2023 - Present
Informative and entertaining conversations about your health with doctors and researchers from the #1 hospital in the world.
Named a Best Health Podcast of 2025 by Find That Pod.
Selected as an International Podcast Day Health & Wellness Recommendation by Kinnect Wellness Network, 2025.
Ranked one of the Top Life Sciences Podcasts of All Time by Goodpods in 2026.
Recurring Guest Critic, Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR
2021 - Present
NPR's signature pop culture roundtable critiquing the buzziest movies, TV, books, and more.
Winner of the iHeartRadio Podcast Award for Best Pop Culture Podcast, 2021.
Named the #1 Best Pop Culture Podcast of 2022 by O The Oprah Magazine.
iHeartRadio Podcast Award nominee for Best Pop Culture Podcast, 2022.
iHeartRadio Podcast Award nominee for Best TV & Film Podcast, 2022.
iHeartRadio Podcast Award nominee for Best TV & Film Podcast, 2024.
iHeartRadio Podcast Award nominee for Best Pop Culture Podcast, 2025.
Co-Host, My So Called Life TV Club, Happy To Be Here
2025 – Present
Greta Johnsen and Kristen Meinzer, along with special guests, revisit the iconic 1990s TV show, episode by episode.
Notable guests include: My So Called Life creator/writer Winnie Holzman, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Emily Nussbaum, Ambie Award-winning podcaster Ronald Young, Jr., Making Oprah host Jenn White, and more.
Notable press mentions and appearances include: NPR, The Longest Shortest Time, The Stacks, Block Club Chicago, Podnews, and more.
Co-Host/Co-Creator/Co-Writer, By the Book, Stitcher
2017 – 2025
A believer and a skeptic live by the rules of self-help books to see what actually works, and what doesn't. Co-hosted by Jolenta Greenberg.
Selected as a 2017 New York Times Podcast Club Pick.
Named one of the Best New Podcasts of 2017 by NPR.
Named one of the 50 Best Podcasts To Listen to Right Now by Time Magazine in 2018.
Named one of the 21 Podcasts Worth Listening To Over and Over Again by Buzzfeed in 2018.
Named one of the 26 Best Book Podcasts by O The Oprah Magazine in 2020.
Named the #1 Podcast Every Woman Should be Listening To by Parade in 2021.
Named a Best Podcast of the Week by The Guardian, March 2023.
Co-Host/Co-Creator/Producer, Daily Fail
2023 - 2025
Comedic close readings of the tabloids by two actual journalists. Co-hosted by Maura Currie.
Named a 2023 Audio Delicacy by Tink Media.
Selected as a Pandora What’s Hot Pick, 2023.
Selected as a Stitcher Featured Show, 2023.
Named one of the 5 Best Celebrity Podcasts That Go Deeper Than The Headlines by Earbuds in 2024.
Featured in/on the New York Times, Slate's Hear Me Out, Reality Life with Kate Casey, Glamorous Trash with Chelsea Devantez, Fixing Famous People, Royally Obsessed, The Alarmist, Risk, Trashy Royals, and more.
Co-Host/Co-Creator/Co-Writer, How To Be Fine, Stitcher
2023 – 2025
Deep dives into the betterment industry - from religious diet books to celebrity wellness influencers. Co-hosted by Jolenta Greenberg.
Selected as a Listen Up Pick by The Today Show on NBC, 2023.
Named Society & Culture Editor's Pick by Amazon, 2023.
Named a Best Podcast of the Week by Amazon, March 2023.
Named a Best Podcast of the Week by The Guardian, March 2023.
Selected by Apple Podcasts as a Show to Laugh Along With, 2023.
Guest Host, Dear Prudence, Slate
2024 - 2025
Slate's advice podcast, responding to listener questions about relationships at home, work, and beyond.
Named a Best Advice Column Podcast of 2025 by PlayerFM.
Notable guests included: Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu, New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Crystal Kung, and more.
Co-Host, The Royal Report, Newsweek, 2022 - 2023
A mix of headlines, in-depth analysis, and friendly debate about the British Royals. Co-hosted by Newsweek chief royal correspondent Jack Royston.
Newsweek’s #1 top-performing podcast.
Notable press mentions and appearances included: NBC News, Hello Magazine, OK Magazine, Vanity Fair’s Dynasty Podcast, and more.
Notable guests included: Omid Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom; Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, author of This Is Why I Resist; Graham Smith, CEO of Republic; and more.
Host, The Relentless, Slate Studios and Century 21 Real Estate
2021 - 2023
A podcast that rethinks business, redefines success and reimagines customer experiences.
Digiday Content Marketing Award finalist for Best Branded Podcast, 2021.
Guests included: Guy Kawasaki, bestselling author and former chief evangelist of Apple; Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia and angel investor in Facebook, Twitter, Venmo, Snapchat, and Uber; Tina Roth Eisenberg, founder of CreativeMornings; and more.
Co-Host/Co-Creator/Producer, Movie Therapy with Rafer & Kristen
2020 - 2022
Questionable advice and solid movie recommendations for whatever ails you, co-hosted by Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman.
Named a Podcast Pick of the Week by the AV Club, March 2021.
Debuted in the Apple Podcasts Film & TV top 10.
Featured in Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy.
Selected as an NPR One Featured Show.
Picked up as its own standalone column for Netflix’s Queue magazine in 2022.
Co-Host/Co-Creator/Co-Writer, Romance Road Test, Audible
2022
Kristen and Jolenta Greenberg, along with their husbands, road test questionable relationship hacks so you don't have to.
Named a Best Podcast of the Week by The Guardian, June 2022.
Named a Podcast Worth Checking Out by Vulture, June 2022.
Notable press mentions and appearances included: WBEZ’s Nerdette, Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend, The Science of Happiness, Feeling Seen, CBC’s Podcast Playlist, Forever 35, Fake the Nation, Troubled Waters, and Tiny Victories.
Host/Reporter, Innovation Uncovered, TBrand at the New York Times and Invesco QQQ
2020 - 2022
A podcast about the groundbreaking ideas, discoveries, and people that are changing our world for the better.
Named one of the 20 Best Innovation Podcasts of 2021 by Welp Magazine.
Debuted in the Apple Podcasts Technology top 20.
Guests included NBA data scientist Ivana Seric; Pablo Helman, visual effects supervisor with Industrial Light & Magic; Mike Brown, creative director for Forza Horizon 5 at Playground Games; and more.
Host/Course Guide, The Pursuit of Happier, Knowable
2020
An exploration of what actually makes us a little stronger, a little more fulfilled, and a little happier with leading academics, researchers, and scientists.
Knowable’s #2 most downloaded title of 2020.
Guests included Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown, New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, UC Riverside distinguished professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky, and more.
Notable press mentions included Engadget, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Nerdist, and more.
Co-Host/Co-Creator, We Love You (And So Can You), Stitcher
2019 - 2020
Part reality show, part self-love school, We Love You (And So Can You) is a makeover show for the heart. Co-hosted by Jolenta Greenberg.
Debuted as a top 5 education program in Apple Podcasts.
Selected as an NPR One Featured Show.
Notable press mentions and appearances included CBS This Morning, Forever35, Unladylike, Milk Street, Happier in Hollywood, Shelf Care, The List, Parade, Bello Collective, and more.
Co-Host, Lisa, Sandra & Kristen Go To The Movies, CNN
2019
A celebration of the movies, featuring celebrity interviews, games, and audio essays, co-hosted by CNN Senior Entertainment Writers, Lisa France and Sandra Gonzalez.
A six-part audio series designed to accompany CNN's documentary series, The Movies, produced by Tom Hanks.
Guests included LeVar Burton (Star Trek: Next Generation, Roots), Trace Lysette (Hustlers, Transparent), Academy Award-winner Ruth Carter (Black Panther, Selma, Do The Right Thing), and more.
Co-Host, When Meghan Met Harry: A Royal Weddingcast, Panoply
2017 – 2018
A countdown to the nuptials of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, co-hosted by MTVUK host James Barr.
Named one of the 50 Best Podcasts To Listen to Right Now by Time Magazine in 2018.
Named one of the Five Best Podcasts for Every Taste by Virgin Media in 2018.
Named one of the Best Podcasts of 2018 So Far by Cosmopolitan.
Named one of the Top 40 Podcasts To Listen to This Summer by Image Magazine in 2018.
Named a Podcast You Need to Listen To by The Standard, 2018.
Featured as in-flight entertainment on British Airways, May 2018.
Co-Host/Co-Creator/Producer, Movie Date, WNYC Radio
2010 – 2016
A film review, movie trivia, and celebrity interview show, co-hosted by Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman.
Debuted as an iTunes New & Noteworthy podcast.
Notable guests included Scarlett Johansson, Joan Rivers, Oscar Isaac, Josh Gad, Joss Whedon, Kristen Stewart, Clive Owen, Christina Hendricks, Taraji P. Henson, and more.
Notable press mentions and appearances included the Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, BRIC TV, Uptown Radio, BabesOfNPR.com, and more.