Lemonada Media's 'Last Day' Podcast Makes Debut

Debuts Today

LEMONADA MEDIA, the podcast network launched by CROOKED MEDIA "POD SAVE THE PEOPLE WITH DERAY" Exec. Producer JESSICA CORDOVA KRAMER and author and voice actor STEPHANIE WITTELS WACHS with WESTWOOD ONE PODCAST NETWORK, has posted the first episode of its previously-announced debut podcast (NET NEWS 6/27), "LAST DAY."

The first two episodes of the show, hosted by WITTELS WACHS and which looks at the opioid crisis through the last day of an addict's life, posted TODAY, with new episodes posting weekly through SPRING 2020; the opening episodes tell the stories of CORDOVA KRAMER's brother STEFANO CORDOVA, JR., who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2017, and WITTELS WACHS' brother, comedy writer and #Humblebrag creator HARRIS WITTELS, who died of a heroin overdose in 2015. The latter episode includes HARRIS WITTELS' friends SARAH SILVERMAN and AZIZ ANSARI.

WITTELS WACHS said, “It’s nearly impossible to wrap your head around a number as large as 72,000, which is how many lives we lost in 2017 to opioid overdoses. I can, however, invest in one person’s story. That’s the idea with LAST DAY. We’re telling one person’s story, the story of STEFANO CORDOVA, JR., as a way to humanize and personalize the crisis and, quite literally, save some lives."
 
CORDOVA KRAMER added, “We’re telling my brother’s story because it’s emblematic of so many stories of people taken too soon by this disease, and we think demystifying one person’s last day and their overall experience will help remove the stigma and shine light on solutions."
 
Also included in the season will be "town-hall-style" live shows and engagement woth the FLICK CHAT app.

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