About this episode

Stephanie Wittels Wachs discusses how her brother's death inspired her to create Lemonada Media and its mission to help others cope with life's challenges.

Daniel Robbins sits down with Stephanie Wittels Wachs, co founder and CEO of Lemonada Media, to unpack how unimaginable grief became the foundation for one of the most meaningful companies in podcasting. Stephanie shares how the death of her brother Harris Wittels from a heroin overdose led her first to writing, then to the podcast Last Day, and eventually to Lemonada’s mission to “make life suck less.” The conversation explores addiction, grief, comedy, mission driven media, building a values based company, attracting major talent, navigating acquisition, and why the hardest parts of life can become the work that helps others survive.

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Robbins

Guest: Stephanie Wittels Wachs

Topics covered

• grief
• addiction
• podcasting
• values-based company
• mission-driven media
• comedy

Keywords

• grief
• addiction
• Lemonada Media
• podcasting
• Harris Wittels
• comedy
• mission-driven
• values-based

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lemonada Media

Books & works: Last Day

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