Kristen Meinzer

Hi! I’m Kristen Meinzer. I’m an award-winning podcaster, pop culture critic, royal watcher, health journalist, and author. My podcasts, which include Mayo Clinic's Health Matters, The Daily Fail, By The Book, Movie Therapy with Rafer & Kristen, and others, have been named to best-of lists by Time, O The Oprah Magazine, Vulture, Indiewire, and more. As a critic and royal watcher, I regularly appear on the BBC, CBC, NPR, CNN, and other outlets. As an advocate for women and people of color in the podcasting space, I’ve served as mentor in the Spotify Soundup program, a keynote with She Podcasts, and a 2021 appointee to the U.S. Speaker's Program, working with South African storytellers shining a light on gender-based violence. My book, So You Want to Start a Podcast, won the Audie Award for best business/personal development audiobook of 2020, and How to Be Fine, which I co-wrote with Jolenta Greenberg, was an Audible #1 Bestseller in 2021. I was named a 2020 Woman of the Year by The Women's Center in Washington DC and one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Podcasting by Quill in 2021.