# Lemonada Media

> Lemonada Media is a women-founded podcast publisher and production company that turned a profoundly personal first series about the opioid crisis into a broad audio business spanning original shows, partner distribution, branded content, subscriptions, books and live experiences. Its useful lesson is not simply to tell vulnerable stories. It is to own production, audience growth and monetization under one roof, then pair emotional specificity with repeatable formats and unusually hands-on host-read advertising.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Minneapolis, United States
- **Founders:** Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Co-founder and CEO), Jessica Cordova Kramer (Co-founder and board member; former CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 61 employees in supplied company data; Lemonada publicly reported more than 50 staff in 2022.
- **Products:** Original podcast production, Partner network and distribution, Custom advertising and branded content, BEING Studios, Lemonada Premium
- **Notable:** Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus was Apple Podcasts' 2023 Show of the Year and held the platform's overall No. 1 spot for 29 consecutive days., Wiser Than Me won the 2024 Webby Podcast of the Year., Blind Plea and The Letter launched at No. 1 overall on Apple Podcasts.

## Products & services

- **Original podcast production** — In-house development, production, distribution, monetization and audience growth for narrative, interview, comedy, health and culture shows.
- **Partner network and distribution** — Sales, distribution and audience services for independently produced shows that fit the network.
- **Custom advertising and branded content** — Host-read campaigns, dynamic and baked-in ads, presenting sponsorships, branded series and multi-channel social or newsletter activations.
- **BEING Studios** — An unscripted 'audio reality' studio that applies reality-TV production grammar to intimate, documentary audio.
- **Lemonada Premium** — Paid, ad-free listening and bonus content distributed through podcast subscription channels.
- **Lemonada Book Club** — A free digital audiobook club developed first with Penguin Random House and later presented with Apple Books.
- **Lemonada Books** — A co-development publishing imprint with Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.
- **Last Day book** — Stephanie Wittels Wachs' 288-page adaptation of the flagship podcast, published by Gallery/Lemonada Books.

## Achievements

- Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus was Apple Podcasts' 2023 Show of the Year and held the platform's overall No. 1 spot for 29 consecutive days.
- Wiser Than Me won the 2024 Webby Podcast of the Year.
- Blind Plea and The Letter launched at No. 1 overall on Apple Podcasts.
- Last Day and Believe Her received Gracie Awards.
- BEING Trans / BEING Golden earned three Webby Awards in 2023.
- Revenue tripled in 2021, according to the company's Series A announcement.
- The network grew from four charting launches in its first six months to more than 80 shows by late 2025.
- PodX Group acquired a majority stake in May 2025 in a transaction reported at approximately $30 million.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — PodX Group acquired a majority stake in Lemonada Media; Bloomberg reported a price of about $30 million, which Lemonada did not confirm.
- **2025-09** — Lemonada announced new shows from Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, Steve Burns, Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin, and said it expected close to 100 shows by year-end.
- **2025-12** — Jessica Cordova Kramer stepped down as CEO and remained on the board; co-founder Stephanie Wittels Wachs became CEO.
- **2026-03** — Lemonada partnered with Round Mound Media and ChangeUp Productions on the audio and video sports-comedy show So U Think U Can Sports?
- **2026-08** — Gallery/Lemonada Books published Last Day, Stephanie Wittels Wachs' book based on the flagship podcast.

## Links

- Website: https://lemonadamedia.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lemonadamedia/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lemonadamedia
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrfBlTIRSCBVVUznDNAIUig/videos
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lemonadamedia/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lemonadamedia/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lemonadamedia

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Last updated: 2026-08-22