Kristen Meinzer

Hi! I’m Kristen Meinzer. I’m an award-winning podcaster, culture critic, royal watcher, lifestyle journalist, and author. My podcasts, which include Mayo Clinic's Health Matters, The Nightly, By The Book, Movie Therapy with Rafer & Kristen, and others, have been named to best-of lists by Time, The Guardian, O The Oprah Magazine, Vulture, Indiewire, and more. As a culture critic and royal watcher, I regularly appear on outlets like the CBC, BBC, and CNN, covering everything from Harry and Meghan’s nuptials to the 40th Anniversary of the Golden Girls. 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 honored to be named a 2020 Woman of the Year by The Women's Center in Washington DC, an appointee to the US Speakers Program in 2021, and one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Podcasting by Quill in 2021. Thanks for stopping by!