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Stephanie Wittels

American actress

Stephanie Rose Wittels Wachs (born February 20, 1981) is an American voice actress, activist, and author. She is the co-founder and executive director of the theatre company Rec Room Arts in Houston, Texas and the co-founder and chief creative officer of the podcast network Lemonada Media.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Stephanie Wittels (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Feb 21, 1981.1

About

Wachs is the host of the podcast Last Day.

From Wikipedia’s article on Stephanie Wittels, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedNew York University Tisch School of the Arts3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Houston3

Career

Occupation: voice actor.5

Memoir

Wachs is the author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss, a memoir about addiction, grief, and healing. Her other writing can be found on Vox, Longform, Huffington Post, Fatherly, Babble, and Medium.

Lemonada Media

In 2017, Wachs appeared as a guest on the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking! discussing her struggle coping with her brother's death. At the time, Wachs was hosting a podcast of her own called Hands Off Parenting and continuing her work in voice acting. An Executive Producer of Crooked Media's Pod Save the People, Jessica Cordova Kramer, heard the episode and subsequently made contact with Wachs. Cordova Kramer had lost her brother, Stefano, to a battle with addiction earlier that year. In September 2019, the two teamed up to found the podcasting network Lemonada Media.

Lemonada Media's first launch was a narrative podcast breaking down the opioid crisis through personal interviews entitled Last Day. Last Day was an honoree in two categories at the 2020 Webby Awards and nominated for a 2020 iHeart Radio Award.

Wachs is chief content officer and executive producer for Lemonada Media's other slated podcasts, including Our America with Julian Castro, Tell Me What to Do with Jaime Primak Sullivan, and The Untold Story: Policing.

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Press

Wachs has been a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, NPR Weekend Edition, Houston Matters, and numerous podcasts including Comedy Bang! Bang!, Who Charted?, and Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. She has been featured in People magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, The Hollywood Reporter, Arts & Culture Magazine, and as one of Houstonia Magazine's "10 Houston Women Making it Happen."

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Personal life

  • BornFeb 21, 1981, Houston6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7
  • Children18

Wachs is married to Mike Wachs. They have a daughter born in 2014 and a son born in 2018, named after her younger brother, Harris Wittels. In her book, she also mentioned that she has two nieces.

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Sources

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