Podcast Network Lemonada Media Expands Production Team

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, March 14, 2022 | 4:48pm CT

Lemonada Media

Podcast network Lemonada Media has announced new additions to its production team, led by co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Stephanie Wittels Wachs. Joining the company is Steve Nelson as Vice President of Content & Production overseeing Lemonada's always-on slate. Most recently, he served as the Head of Talk at Religion of Sports and prior to that, Senior Director of Programming at NPR and Director of On-Demand Programming at APM.

Nelson's team will be bolstered by Rachel Neel, most recently NPR's Supervising Senior Producer, in a new role at Lemonada as Senior Director of New Content, leading the development, pre-production and launch of Lemonada's portfolio of originals on its always-on slate. Also joining is MPR Lead Producer Kyle Shiely, who ran both Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and will now serve as Senior Producer of "In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt."

Additionally, Nelson will work alongside Jackie Danziger (Vice President of Content & Production for Lemonada's narrative slate) and Kasey Barrett (head of BEING Studios) and their teams.

Wachs said, "We are thrilled to welcome these exceptionally talented industry leaders to our growing production team who will help Lemonada continue to scale our original weekly podcast programming and expand our mission to make life suck less."

Lemonada's co-founder and CEO Jessica Cordova Kramer added, "And that goes for our work culture as well. In addition to having a skilled and diverse team, we are committed to prioritizing the well-being of our staff with benefits like 7 weeks paid time off annually, including 2.5 weeks of company-wide time off to prevent burnout and foster creativity; parental leave that is inclusive of all genders, foster and adoption; full benefits and stock options for all full-time, permanent staff to date; as well as flex hours and flex location with co-working opportunities."