Kristen Meinzer

Hi! I’m Kristen Meinzer. I’m an award-winning podcaster, pop culture critic, royal watcher, lifestyle 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 a mentor in the Spotify Soundup program, a keynote with She Podcasts Live, 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.