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Last Day

Last Day

Written by: Lemonada Media
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This is a show about the moments that change us, fundamentally and forever. Each week, host Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Lemonada’s co-founder and award-winning queen of darkness and light) is sitting down with a new guest to explore happy/sad stories of survival, resilience and transformation. After three seasons of exploring the "last day" of people’s lives in an effort to understand mass epidemics, Steph was ready for a change herself. Some “last days” are hopeful. Some are tragic. But at the heart of every “last day” is also a new beginning. Laugh/cry with us.2026 Lemonada Media Inc. Social Sciences
Episodes
  • How Do You Help Someone You Love When You Can’t Make Them Get Sober? (Steph guests on The Zac Clark Show)

    How Do You Help Someone You Love When You Can’t Make Them Get Sober? (Steph guests on The Zac Clark Show)
    Oct 7 2026
    Stephanie Wittels Wachs is the CEO and cofounder of Lemonada Media, host of Last Day, and author of Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis. Her younger brother, Harris Wittels - the beloved writer and comedian known for Parks and Recreation and Master of None - died of an opioid overdose in 2015 at 30. Stephanie tells Zac about Harris's addiction, her family's struggle to understand it, and the moment she realized he wasn't choosing to hurt them, he was sick. They talk about addiction, relapse, treatment, harm reduction, Narcan, boundaries, grief, and the impossible question so many families face: How do you help someone you love when you can't make them get sober? Order Steph’s book Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis at https://bit.ly/LastDayBook, and the audiobook at https://bit.ly/3RW4WtF, or wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Destigmatizing Drug Use

    Destigmatizing Drug Use
    Sep 16 2026
    Stephen Murray wants to change how we view drug users. After overcoming his own substance use disorder in his early 20s, he went on to save countless lives from overdose as a paramedic. He's now the founder and Executive Director of SafeSpot, the only government-funded overdose prevention hotline in the United States. In this episode, Stephen joins Stephanie to walk through the moments that transformed how he sees recovery and what it actually takes to save more lives. Order Steph’s book Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis at https://bit.ly/LastDayBook, and the audiobook at https://bit.ly/3RW4WtF, or wherever books and audiobooks are sold. LAST DAY BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE Please join Steph on the road and RSVP at the links below! 📍 Houston, TX Thursday, September 17th, 7:00 PM at Blue Willow Bookshop. Reserve your spot → 📍 Summerland, CA Friday, September 25th at Godmother's Books, in conversation with Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. Reserve your spot → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • “I Have One Goal: Keep You Alive” (Steph guests on A Slight Change in Plans)

    “I Have One Goal: Keep You Alive” (Steph guests on A Slight Change in Plans)
    Sep 9 2026
    Stephanie Wittels Wachs and her younger brother Harris were best friends. So when he confided that he was struggling with opioid addiction, Steph believed they’d find a way through it together, like they always had. But Harris didn’t survive his addiction. Steph immersed herself in research on addiction to better understand what her family had been through. This week, Steph joins Maya to share what she’s learned about the disease and how we can help save more lives. Check out Steph’s new book “Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis” and find her podcast, “Last Day” wherever you like to listen. For more on addiction and healing, we recommend our conversation with singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, “Jason Isbell on Resisting the Mythos of Sobriety.” If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or if you’d like to learn more about the topic, resources are available at FindSupport.gov. Order Steph’s book Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis at ⁠https://bit.ly/LastDayBook⁠, and the audiobook at ⁠https://bit.ly/3RW4WtF⁠, or wherever books and audiobooks are sold. LAST DAY BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE Please join Steph on the road and RSVP at the links below! 📍 Carmel Valley, CA Saturday, September 12th, 7:00 PM at Olivia & Daisy Books.⁠ Reserve your spot →⁠ 📍 Houston, TX Thursday, September 17th, 7:00 PM at Blue Willow Bookshop.⁠ Reserve your spot →⁠ 📍 Summerland, CA Friday, September 25th at Godmother's Books, in conversation with Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. ⁠Reserve your spot →⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
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