Lemonada Media

About Lemonada

Making life suck less, one podcast at a time.

Founded in 2019 by Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Lemonada is an award-winning, independent, audio-first podcast network, with a mission to make life suck less. In 2022, both Cordova Kramer and Wittels Wachs were named among the ‘Top 50 Most Powerful People in Podcasting’ by Podcast News Daily and Inside Radio. The company is also the creator of the audio reality™ podcast genre, and launched BEING Studios, where reality TV meets podcasting.

In 2024, The Hollywood Reporter named both Cordova Kramer and Wittels Wachs among the ‘The Most Powerful People in Podcasting.’ Lemonada has created hit original series including Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, which spent 29 days straight at #1 overall on the Apple Podcast charts and was named Apple’s 2023 Show of the Year; Blind Plea, which launched to #1 overall on the Apple Podcast charts; Fail Better with David Duchovny, which launched to #1 in Society & Culture on the Apple Podcast charts; The Pink House with Sam Smith which launched to #1 in Arts; Gracie award-winners Last Day, Believe Her and Choice Words with Samantha Bee, as well as Webby award-winners, Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak and BEING Trans. The company is also the creator of the audio reality™ podcast genre, and launched BEING Studios, where reality TV meets podcasting. In 2023, Lemonada partnered with Apple Books to launch The Lemonada Book Club -- a first-of-its-kind, free-to-join digital program that unites fans of nonfiction storytelling across books and podcasts. The network also recently announced Lemonada Books, a new imprint and co-development partnership with Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. In 2025, PodX Group, a leading international podcast company, acquired a majority stake in Lemonada Media -- uniting two key innovators in the podcast industry.

When life gives you lemons listen to Lemonada.

Spoil Your Inbox

Pods, news, special deals… oh my.

Your Next Listen, from Lemonada Media and Simon & Schuster Audio, is your weekly destination for the hottest new audiobooks. We’ll be sharing a carefully curated selection each week from the best, buzziest, breakthrough titles out there, with a nice long excerpt you can really sink into. With audiobooks from authors like Laura Dave, Hillary Clinton, Meg Cabot, and even Kelly Bishop – that’s right, Emily Gilmore herself – your virtual shelves have never been fuller. And in case you’re wondering –  yes – this totally counts as reading. Visit the Your Next Listen website for more information on the titles featured.