Jessica Cordova Kramer
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| Jessica Cordova Kramer | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏫 Education | New York University |
| 💼 Occupation | Producer, CEO |
| Known for | Lemonada Media |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Eli Kramer |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
Jessica Cordova Kramer is the co-founder and CEO of the podcast network Lemonada Media. Her podcast Last Day was a Webby Awards honoree in two categories and a nominee for iHeartRadio Music Awards in the year 2020. Kramer has also served as the Executive Producer of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the People.[1][2][3][4]
Career[edit]
Kramer began her professional career as a Wall Street lawyer, working on pro bono domestic violence and refugee cases, then worked for Teach For America and Teach For All.[5][6]
Lemonada Media[edit]
In 2019, Kramer co-founded the podcast network Lemonada Media with actress and author Stephanie Wittels Wachs.[7][8] The two women met in 2017 after Wachs appeared as a guest on the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking! discussing her struggle coping with her brother’s death.[9][4] At the time, Kramer was an Executive Producer of Crooked Media’s Pod Save The People.[10]
She heard Wachs’ episode, and having lost her own brother Stefano to the opioid epidemic, Kramer reached out to Wachs and proposed they found Lemonada Media together.[11][12][13][14] As of 2021, Lemonada is represented by Creative Artists Agency.[15]
Lemonada Media's first launch was a narrative podcast breaking down the opioid crisis through personal interviews entitled Last Day.[16][17][18][19][20] Last Day was an honoree in two categories at the 2020 Webby Awards[21] and nominated for a 2020 iHeartRadio Music Award.[22] Its first episode focused on Kramer’s brother Stefano.[23]
In 2020, Lemonada Media raised $1.5 million through seed funding led by the venture capital firm Blue Collective.[15] In September of 2020, they collaborated with Julián Castro to launch Our America with Julián Castro, about poverty and inequality in America.[24]
Kramer also serves as Executive Producer for Lemonada Media’s other slated podcasts,[25] including No One Is Coming to Save Us,[26] a podcast hosted by ABC News’ Gloria Riviera and Special Correspondent Kristen Bell and produced in partnership with Neighborhood Villages.[27]
In July of 2021, Kramer started executive-producing Written Off,[28] a podcast featuring the voices of formerly incarcerated youth,[29] in collaboration with Jay Ellis’ Black Bar Mitzvah. The podcast has featured John Legend, Issa Rae, Keke Palmer, and Randall Park.
Inside Radio declared Kramer as one of 2020’s Top 10 Most Powerful People in Podcasting.[30] She partnered with new publishing house Spiegel and Grau.[31][32][33][34][35][36]
Personal life[edit]
Kramer lives in Minnesota with her husband, Eli, and their two children.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Jessica Cordova Kramer on Podchaser". Podchaser.
- ↑ "Lemonada Breaks New Ground with Good Grief Podcast". news.radio-online.com.
- ↑ "Houston native Stephanie Wittels Wachs' new podcast network Lemonada launches this week".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dansby, Andrew (August 14, 2020). "Stephanie Wittels Wachs' growing podcast company provides comfort". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ "Cordova Kramer, Jessica - 2019 NAB Show New York". nabny19.mapyourshow.com.
- ↑ "Jessica Cordova Kramer". Alliance for Women in Media. November 11, 2020.
- ↑ "Podcast Changemakers Series: A Conversation with Lemonada Media CEO and Co-Founder Jessica Cordova Kramer | Loeb & Loeb LLP". www.loeb.com.
- ↑ "Audible India | Free Audiobook with Trial | Audible.in". www.audible.in.
- ↑ "Horrible and Wonderful and Figuring it Out". www.ttfa.org.
- ↑ "Insider Radio Pod Save The People".
- ↑ Harrington, Kylie (June 27, 2019). "Lemonada Is a Light-Sounding Podcast Network Focused on Heavy Themes".
- ↑ "Jess Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs of Lemonada Media – Creative Elements #45". jayclouse.com.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "They lost their brothers to addiction. Now they're tackling deadly stigmas head on, with humor". Los Angeles Times. October 22, 2020.
- ↑ "When Life Gives You Lemons, Make a Podcast". Houstonia Magazine.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Spangler, Todd; Spangler, Todd (February 12, 2021). "Podcast Network Lemonada Media Signs With CAA".
- ↑ "Minneapolis producer turns personal tragedy into a podcast empire". Star Tribune.
- ↑ "Last Day on Apple Podcasts".
- ↑ "'You've got to get it out': The podcast 'Last Day' aims to speak openly about often taboo subjects". MinnPost. November 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Q&A: Lemonada Founders Jessica Cordova Kramer & Stephanie Wittels Wachs". Insideradio.com.
- ↑ ""Last Day" Turns Its Mic to Suicide—in Search of Help and Hope".
- ↑ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index.
- ↑ "iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Nominees Include Shows Featuring T.I., Rick Rubin". Billboard.
- ↑ "When Death and Grief Grow Into a Podcast Network That Takes on Real Life — Inside Lemonada Media". PaperCity Magazine. January 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Opportunity in Crisis: Reimagining a Just Society with Julián Castro, Rep. Marilyn Strickland & Darren Walker".
- ↑ "People – Lemonada Media".
- ↑ "No One is Coming to Save Us". podnews.net.
- ↑ White, Peter; White, Peter (May 6, 2021). "ABC News' Gloria Riviera Sets Childcare Crisis Podcast With Help From Kristen Bell".
- ↑ White, Peter; White, Peter (June 30, 2021). "John Legend, Issa Rae & Randall Park Amplifying Voices Of Formerly Incarcerated Writers In Podcast From Jay Ellis, Walter Thompson-Hernández & Lemonada".
- ↑ Staff, AllHipHop (July 1, 2021). "Jay Ellis Launches New Podcast On Formerly Incarcerated Writers".
- ↑ "Jessica Cordova Kramer - Co-founder/CEO, Lemonada Media". Insideradio.com.
- ↑ Marketing, Inside Audio (June 12, 2020). "Lemonada Media Raises Capital; Plans To Double Its Podcast Slate In 2021". InsideAudioMarketing.
- ↑ "Podcast Movement 2021 Wraps Up In Nashville Today". All Access.
- ↑ Alter, Alexandra (December 18, 2020). "Their Publishing Imprint Closed. Now They're Bringing It Back" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Spiegel and Grau Launch Indie House". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ↑ "Why women are starting their own podcasting networks". Los Angeles Times. February 11, 2020.
- ↑ "The Shatterproof Speaker Series: Lemonada Media".
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