Podcasts about wonderful a tragicomic memoir

We did it, y'all. We reached the end of our countdown, which leads us back to where it all began: the very first episode of Last Day, the first-ever Lemonada Media podcast launch. This week, we're revisiting “Meet Stephanie, Meet Harris (with Sarah Silverman & Aziz Ansari).” Five years later (to the day!), Stephanie returns to the mic to reflect on what we learned that first season and where we're headed next. Walk with us down memory lane, and have your tissues handy. ALSO: Some cool news announced, so be sure to tune in!  In this inaugural episode, meet Stephanie Wittels Wachs, host of Last Day, and sister of the late Harris Wittels, comedian-writer-producer-actor, who died in 2015 of a heroin overdose. Harris' close friends, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari, also join Stephanie as she introduces the concept of the show and why it's critical that it exists.  Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss, by Stephanie Wittels Wachs Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty, by Harris Wittels  You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes: Harris Returns (Parks and Rec! Comedy! Don't Stop or We'll Die!) returns to make it weirder!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we're revisiting one of Stephanie's favorite episodes that aired on January 22, 2020. Dave and Chris co-hosted 142 episodes of Dopey, a recovery podcast about “drugs, addiction and dumb shit,” when the worst thing that could have ever happened, happened: Chris relapsed and died. Stephanie sits down with Dave, who's still hosting Dopey to this day, to chat about Chris's last day, recovery, and the transformative power of losing someone you love.  Please note, Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  DOPEY PODCAST - The Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction | Heroin | Cocaine | Meth | Weed | Drugs | LSD | Recovery | Sobriety Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outside your door, the feral grunts from nowhere.... after years, I found the literal source. Funnier than I thought... Then, on second thought, I review the past podcast #72, with more responsibility. We run the RAIN process, from Tara Brach, on my last recorded episode here. Turns out, I can be kinder. _________ NOTES: _____ The moan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmlZv-UA2zg _____ Tara Brach. RAIN concept acronym: Recognize; Allow; Investigate; Nurture. https://www.tarabrach.com/rain/ ____ [Will expand on this topic more, in a future podcast] Stephanie Wittels Wachs - author, podcaster. Her brother is named Harris. Harris was lost to opoid /heroin addiction, and was an actor on Parks and Rec, professional comedian, and author himself. Harris brough the phrase "Humble Brag" into our language. Last Day - podcast. This ep = Trauma - Dr Gabor Mate https://lemonadamedia.com/podcast/trauma-with-dr-gabor-mate/ "Everything is Horrible and Wonderful - A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss" https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Horrible-Wonderful-Tragicomic-Memoir/dp/1492664103 ____________ POD DESCRIPTION: This is The House on Valencia Street. This is a place where ghosts & psychics, with PTSD, exist, & I'm talking about it. Share time with a rare survivor, walking back to haunted rooms and space being claimed from long ago. This is from the survivor's perspective, communicated as I see fit, in a way that feels right, for me. I do not offer advice here, I share what worked for me. I am not a professional therapist, this is just one case study, one perspective. Please seek professional help, if mental health issues need attention. This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only, and I am a commentator. Use your discernment. Language is explicit. Names may or may not be changed, to protect some. Content Warning: ghosts, psychic ability, rape, incest, foster care, murder, emancipation, BDSM, therapy, lightning strikes, personal responsibility, Buddhism, LGBTQIA+, recovery, codependency, comedy, domestic violence - and inappropriate humor, most likely. Picture inset: This is me, so many years ago, standing in front of my mother's Impala, and the House on Valencia Street. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mohmah/support

Mother's Day has great intentions behind it: taking a day out of the year to celebrate our moms and all the things they do for us. But for many people, for many reasons, that can be a painful proposition. Mother's Day became extremely difficult for Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Maureen Wittels when Harris Wittels, Maureen's son and Stephanie's brother, died of a heroin overdose in 2015. In the years since, Stephanie and Maureen have learned to redefine this holiday so they can simultaneously honor Harris's life and celebrate their family as it exists today. They tell Claire the various ways they've gotten through Mother's Day over the years and share advice for those in similar situations.   Resources from the show Read Stephanie's memoir, “Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss” Read Claire's memoir, “The Rules of Inheritance”    Do you have a question about grief or other ways you can take care of your mental health? Send Claire a question to be featured on an upcoming episode www.bit.ly/newdayask   Want to connect? Join the New Day Facebook Group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/newdaypod   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors.   Did you try one of these weekly practices? We want to hear about it! Call 833-4-LEMONADA (833-453-6662) or email us newday@lemonadamedia.com.    To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/newday/ shortly after the air date.   Follow Claire on IG and FB @clairebidwellsmith or Twitter @clairebidwell and visit her website: www.clairebidwellsmith.com.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, folks. John Moe here. I knew about Stephanie Wittels Wachs for quite a while before I met her but correctly figured I'd get to know her one of these days. That's because our stories have an awful lot of overlap. We're both writer, we both host podcasts, I live in the Twin Cities and her company, Lemonada, is based here, and most importantly, we both lost our brothers. Lost them twice, really. First to addiction, at which they became different people. Someone in the grip of an addiction exists to get more of the substance and their personal relationships are secondary to that. From there, I lost my brother Rick to suicide, Steph lost her brother, the well-known and successful comedy writer Harris Wittels to an overdose. Looking back on it, I think I was nervous to read what she had written about Harris because I'd be overwhelmed.  And yes, we finally did meet up and became instant friends. And I read what she wrote, of course, and I was comforted by the similarities and the differences. Mostly, I was comforted that in this hell of grief and loss, I was able to find someone in the same kind of hell. Someone who could say, “Man, it's so hot!”Listen to Last Day here or wherever podcasts are found. Get your copy of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss here or wherever books are sold. Follow Stephanie on Twitter @wittelstephanie and on Instagram @wittelstephanie. Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun. Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is available here. https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-hilarious-world-of-depression/Find the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe. 

Stephanie Wittels Wachs is the co-founder of Lemonada Media, host of Last Day and author of best-selling memoir Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss. Harris Wittels (April 20, 1984 – February 19, 2015) was an American comedian, writer and podcast. His book is Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty. TRANSCRIPT: ZAK: Whoa, I just realized this. Today is the one -year anniversary of The Best Advice Show. We are more than 250 episodes in. Here's to another at least 250. In honor of this one-year celebration I would love to your advice. Give me a call on the hotline at 844-935-BEST. Ok, lets get to today's show. I never met Harris Wittels but in my mind, we were dear friends. I get the feeling he had the effect on people. Even if you've never heard his name before, you've you've probably laughed at Harris' jokes. He was a writer on Parks and Rec. and the Sarah Silverman Program, Master of None and Eastbound and Down. He also hosted one of my all time favorite podcasts, Analyze Phish, in which harris, who loved Phish more than most things, spends hours and hours trying to get his co-host, Scott Aukerman, to like Phish too. The band Phish I'm talking about. Harris also invented a word. Before harris, we didn't have a word for an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud. Yes, the humblebrag. We have harris to thank for that.  Today is 4-20. Harris' birthday. Harris Wittels was born on 4-20. That this is a fact makes the world worth living. Harris died in February of 2015 when he was just 30.  Since that time, Harris' sister, Stephanie, has flown her younger brothers flag. In the wake of his overdose, she started a podcast, Last Day in his honor and subsequently she co-founded a media company called Lemonada which recons with the messy, ugly, hilarious, painful parts of living so very well. And so, today, on Harris' bday, I'm here to talk to Stephanie about just one of the many pieces of advice Harris left us.  STEPHANIE: He used to say quit future-tripping. And one of our dear friends from high school got that tattooed on his arm. And its become this kind of mantra for a bunch of very high strung, anxious, neurotic people. And I think what it means is that very cliched, like, live in the moment and you can't control what happens tomorrow. So I love that advice and I have internalized and tried to abide by that as much as possible. There's been a lot of things that have happened to me in the past 5 years, 6 years that, you know, pre-COVID, that would have caused me to future-trip...have caused me to future-trip. ZAK: What does your future-tripping look like? STEPHANIE: Oh, it's movies in mind. I direct them. Star in them. Produce them. Sound-design them. Edit them. They are sprawling. There are multiple sequels and I can just really get caught up in anxiety. I have very intense anxiety. I'm medicated for it. God bless medication. But, I can seriously spiral out on if this, then this and it's not real. It's not steeped in reality. It's steeped in my version of reality. It's steeped in a lot of fear and for me fear is about everything that we can't control. Everything that's unknown. And the thing about life is, it's all unknown! It is all unknown. I am talking to you right now...in five minutes, I have no idea what's gonna happen. I can predict based on prior experience living my life everyday but I truly do not know. So, that's what it looks like for me. ZAK: Next time you're getting ahead of yourself. Directing movies in your mind. Just think of Harris and his advice. Quit future-trippin'. If you don't know Harris' work, give him a Goog. He was one of the greats. You can listen to Stephanie's podcast, Last Day, wherever you hear The Best Advice Show. Thanks, Stephanie.

Happy Thanksgiving! This week, we’re re-airing our very first episode of Last Day from Season One. In it, we meet host Stephanie Wittels Wachs, sister of the late Harris Wittels, comedian-writer-producer-actor, who died in 2015 of a heroin overdose. Harris’ close friends, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari, also join Stephanie as she introduces the concept of the show and why it’s critical that it exists.    If you enjoy this episode, make sure to also check out:  Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss, by Stephanie Wittels Wachs Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty, by Harris Wittels  You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes: Harris Returns (Parks and Rec! Comedy! Don't Stop or We'll Die!) returns to make it weirder!   If you suspect someone you know is overdosing, call 911 - it’s important they get medical attention immediately. You can also contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP for a free, confidential conversation with a trained substance use counselor anytime.    To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day shortly after the air date.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JD and Nick are back to look at Everything to Everyone! Previously on Barenaked Ladies Are Us, we’ve found little to disagree on. But will that all begin to change this week?! Our heroes also face some tough topics such as the darker side of being famous, the war on drugs, and getting one too many monkeys in the mail! Contact Us: Email: barenakedladiesareus@gmail.com Facebook: Facebook.com/BarenakedLadiesAreUs Twitter: @Jdwaldy Instagram: @Jdwaldy This Week's “Something Fantastic”: JD: Wasting Away by Political Lizard (The album is indeed out now: Buttercup Bloodroot) Nick: Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs

Stephanie Wittels Wachs, despite her best efforts at being disgruntled, remains aggressively delightful. She and I discuss parenting in quarantine, 90 Day Fiance, and her incomprehensible (to herself) decision to get a puppy during a pandemic. We bitched, we laughed, we figured out Ozark (no spoilers) Stephanie is the author of "Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss" , an AMAZING book about the loss of her brother, Harris. She is also the host of Last Day, a truly remarkable deep-dive into the Opioid Crisis in America, produced by Lemonada Media, of which she is co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. For reference, you can her Stephanie's first appearance on the show,  herePlease like, share, and review!Support the show (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

Major Surprise Kindred Spirit Alert! JV and Houston-based actor, author, activist and podcaster Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss) meet for the first time and drill down into some deep sh*t without wasting any time whatsoever. What follows is an intense, funny, emotional and honest gab between two new friends.

Tower Junkies - 036 - Palaver - 2019 Stephen King Year in Review Recorded January 14, 2020: In this episode, Tiny and I get back into the swing of things by reflecting on 2019 in the Kingiverse. This week’s stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 053 - TJ B-Roll - “Matt and Tiny in the Mooorning” - Cats Are Apex Predators, What We’d Do As Winter Caretakers of a Hotel, and The Bourne Movies - July 4, 2019 Timestamps Show Start - 00:19 King News - 02:19 Year in Review: Stephen King - 22:07 Adaptations - 22:29 What We Read 2019 - 27:23 2020 for King - 41:24 2020 for Tower Junkies - 47:50  Closing the Ep - 1:04:05 Patreon Stinger: “Matt and Tiny in the Moooorning” - 1:06:06 Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:07:03 Related Links Support Obsessive Viewer Podcasts Here New Series Adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” from CBS All Access Expected in Late 2020 Stephen King faces backlash over comments on Oscars diversity Exclusive variant cover for Stephen King and Owen King comic book adaptation Sleeping Beauties 2019 Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Winners The Obsessive Viewer Podcast – Ep 306 – 2019 Year in Review – Best Movies of the Year and Viewing Stats ReelBob: My annual Academy Awards rant ReelBob: ‘1917’ ★½  Obsessive Viewer - Our weekly movie and TV discussion and review podcast Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology – Matt’s solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television’s first golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. Apple Podcasts – Google Podcasts – Stitcher – Twitter Shocktober in Irvington - Obsessive Viewer’s yearly event screening of short horror films from Indianapolis filmmakers to support the Irvington Historical Society The Secular Perspective - Check out Tiny’s side project podcast that explores the concepts of faith, religion and existence from the perspective of secular hosts Chad and Amanda Episode Homepage: http://www.towerjunkiespod.com/036 Tower Junkies Subscribe Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Podcasts TuneIn Radio RSS Feed Social Media Facebook Twitter Instagram Episodes by Category News – Covering news items related to Stephen King and The Dark Tower Palaver – General discussions about Stephen King and/or The Dark Tower series Khef – Reviews and discussions of books and comics in The Dark Tower series Novel Reviews – Reviews of Stephen King (and related) novels Novella Reviews – Reviews of Stephen King (and related) novellas Short Story Reviews – Reviews of Stephen King (and related) short stories and short story collections Comic Reviews – Reviews of Stephen King (and related) comic books and comic adaptations Movie Reviews – Reviews of Stephen King (and related) movie adaptations TV Reviews – Reviews of Stephen King (and related) TV adaptations Commentary Tracks – Special commentary track recordings that can be listened to while watching the title or simply as a podcast episode Interviews – Interviews with people with special ties to the work of Stephen King Special Eps – Episodes that don’t fit into the other categories; usually announcement episodes pertaining to the podcast itself Matt’s Top 19 King Novels 11/22/63 It Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV) Pet Sematary Misery The Shining The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower II) The Dark Tower (Dark Tower VII) The Stand Under the Dome The Waste Lands (Dark Tower III) Christine Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower V) The Dead Zone The Gunslinger(Dark Tower I) Mercedes Salem’s Lot Song of Susannah (Dark Tower VI) Gerald’s Game Tiny’s Top 19 King Novels The Dark Tower (Dark Tower VII) Misery The Stand The Shining The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower II) The Gunslinger (Dark Tower I) Christine Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV) It Cujo The Dead Zone Mr. Mercedes Gerald’s Game Pet Sematary Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower V) Salem’s Lot Under the Dome 11/22/63 The Waste Lands (Dark Tower III) Matt’s 2019 Audiobook Listens Carrie by Stephen King - 2/15/19 
 Salem’s Lot by Stephen King - 2/18/19 
 Under the Dome by Stephen King - 2/21/19 
 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I) by Stephen King ~ 2/21-2/27 
 The Tommyknockers by Stephen King - 2/27/19 
 The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower II) by Stephen King - 3/4/19 11/22/63 by Stephen King - 3/7/19 
 The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower III) by Stephen King - 3/11/19 
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling - 3/11/19 
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) by J.K. Rowling - 3/12/19 
 The Stand by Stephen King - 3/26/19 
 Misery by Stephen King - 3/28/19 
 Pet Sematary by Stephen King ~ 3/28-3/30 
 Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick - 3/30/19 
 Dreamcatcher by Stephen King - 5/1/19 
 Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, Book 1) by Stephen King ~ 5/1-7/3 The Shining by Stephen King - 7/3/19 
 Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen - 7/9/19 
 It by Stephen King - 7/17/19 
 Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - 7/22/19 
 Caliban’s War (The Expanse, Book 2) by James S.A. Corey - 7/30/19 
 Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, Book 2) by Stephen King - 7/31/19 
 Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower IV) by Stephen King - 8/2/19 
 Duma Key by Stephen King - 8/7/19 
 Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, Book 1) by Megan E. O’Keefe - 8/9/19 
 Elevation by Stephen King - 8/9/19 
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling - 8/11/19 
 Seveneves by Neal Stephenson - 8/16/19 
 Gods of Risk: An Expanse Novella by James S.A. Corey - 8/16/19 
 Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse, Book 3) by James S.A. Corey - 8/18/19 The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien - 8/19/19 
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling - 8/22/19 
 The Wind Through the Keyhole (A Dark Tower Novel) by Stephen King - 8/30/19 
 Firestarter by Stephen King - 9/10/19 
 The Institute by Stephen King - 9/17/19 
 In The Tall Grass by Stephen King & Joe Hill - 9/17/19 
 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill - 9/23/19 
 Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs - 9/24/19 
 A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay - 9/30/19 
 Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay - 10/1/19 
 Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill - 10/3/19

Dave and Chris co-hosted 142 episodes of Dopey, a recovery podcast about “drugs, addiction and dumb shit,” when the worst thing that could have ever happened, happened: Chris relapsed and died. This week, Stephanie sits down with Dave, who’s still hosting Dopey, to chat about Chris’s last day, recovery, and the transformative power of losing someone you love.  Please note, Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  DOPEY PODCAST - The Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction | Heroin | Cocaine | Meth | Weed | Drugs | LSD | Recovery | Sobriety Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss Broken Justice on Apple Podcasts Lastday.robinhood.com Mouthpeace with Michael & Pele Bennett on Apple Podcasts ‎Food, We Need To Talk on Apple Podcasts ‎Family Ghosts on Apple Podcasts Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave and Chris co-hosted 142 episodes of Dopey, a recovery podcast about “drugs, addiction and dumb shit,” when the worst thing that could have ever happened, happened: Chris relapsed and died. This week, Stephanie sits down with Dave, who’s still hosting Dopey, to chat about Chris’s last day, recovery, and the transformative power of losing someone you love.  Please note, Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  DOPEY PODCAST - The Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction | Heroin | Cocaine | Meth | Weed | Drugs | LSD | Recovery | Sobriety Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss Broken Justice on Apple Podcasts Lastday.robinhood.com Mouthpeace with Michael & Pele Bennett on Apple Podcasts ‎Food, We Need To Talk on Apple Podcasts ‎Family Ghosts on Apple Podcasts Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/

A few years ago, Laurie McTeague noticed her teenage son, Ian, was uncharacteristically depressed. So she went snooping around on his phone and discovered that he’d been widely experimenting with nearly every drug under the sun. What followed was years of relentless searching for effective adolescent treatment while her son continued to relapse again and again. As a parent, how do you navigate this?   Please note, Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss www.lemonadamedia.com/lastdaysurvey rothys.com/lastday www.lemonadamedia.com/shop Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/

 A few years ago, Laurie McTeague noticed her teenage son, Ian, was uncharacteristically depressed. So she went snooping around on his phone and discovered that he’d been widely experimenting with nearly every drug under the sun. What followed was years of relentless searching for effective adolescent treatment while her son continued to relapse again and again. As a parent, how do you navigate this?   Please note, Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss www.lemonadamedia.com/lastdaysurvey  rothys.com/lastday www.lemonadamedia.com/shop Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Stephanie Wittels Wachs, host of Last Day, and sister of the late Harris Wittels, comedian-writer-producer-actor, who died in 2015 of a heroin overdose. Harris’ close friends, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari, also join Stephanie as she introduces the concept of the show and why it’s critical that it exists. Continue the conversation on your phone at https://flick.group/lastday. Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  Transcriptions availableshortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/. Last Day is presented by www.newchapter.com. Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss, by Stephanie Wittels Wachs Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty, by Harris Wittels  You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes: Harris Returns (Parks and Rec! Comedy! Don't Stop or We'll Die!) returns to make it weirder!

Meet Stephanie Wittels Wachs, host of Last Day, and sister of the late Harris Wittels, comedian-writer-producer-actor, who died in 2015 of a heroin overdose. Harris’ close friends, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari, also join Stephanie as she introduces the concept of the show and why it’s critical that it exists. Continue the conversation on your phone at https://flick.group/lastday. Last Day contains strong language, mature themes, and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  Transcriptions availableshortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day/. Last Day is presented by www.newchapter.com. Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss, by Stephanie Wittels Wachs Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty, by Harris Wittels  You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes: Harris Returns (Parks and Rec! Comedy! Don't Stop or We'll Die!) returns to make it weirder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s our 75th episode! and we discuss some of our Recent Favourites. We talk about magic in outer space, fiction about dating animals, underground civilizations, jigsaw puzzles, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards | Jessi Things We Liked! Jessi The Adventure Zone, vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy,  Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Carey Pietsch The Adventure Zone (podcast) Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs Baba Is You Trailer Counterfeit Monkey (text game about removing letters from words) Matthew Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules by James Sturm, Guy Davis, and Robert Sikoryak A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White BioWare: 18% play Mass Effect FemShep Dice Friends: Bylaw & Order Episode 1 (D&D game) Meghan Food for Thot (podcast) Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine by Michele Lent Hirsch You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar Ottawa Swordplay Anna The Buried Life by Carrie Patel Criminal Minds Matthew Gray Gubler The Thrilling Adventure Hour (featuring Beyond Belief) The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell Everyday Madness: On Grief, Anger, Loss and Love by Lisa Appignanesi RJ My Boyfriend Is a Bear by Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris Hey Riddle Riddle (podcast) Ravensburger 759-Piece Escape Puzzles Arithmomania: “European folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of millet.” I’m the Best! by Lucy Cousins Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Links, Articles, and Things Victory by Monplaisir (Celebration music) Zoom, Zoom, Zoom: Storytime Song Suggest new genres! Fill out the form to suggest genres! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 7th when we’ll be talking about the genre of Fairy Tales/Fables/Legends/Myths/Folklore! Then on Tuesday, May 21st we’ll be discussing books that haunt us and changed our lives!

Stephanie Wittels Wachs calls in and tells us about her brother's drug use and death. Harris Wittels was best known being a writer and the executive producer for the T.V. show Parks and Recreation. Stephanie recently wrote a book about her brother's life - Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss. After Stephanie, we call Hippy-Hobo Andrew's mom who tells us about the last few days of his life, and what it has been like dealing with his loss. 

Stephanie Wittels Wachs has endured something a sister should never have to experience. In February of 2015, she lost her brother Harris to a heroin overdose. Her brother wasn't some low-bottom, down-and-out guy. Quite the opposite. He was actually nothing short of a legend in the comedy business, having been hired as a writer on The Sarah Silverman Show a year after graduating from college. From there, his career was on fire—he wrote on numerous MTV Movie Awards and was a writer and actor on Parks and Rec. When he died, he was on the verge of moving to New York to write on and star in Master of None with his friend Aziz Ansari. (In his spare time, he invented the word #humblebrag and wrote a book about it.) In order to process her grief, Stephanie turned to the page…specifically to Medium.com, where she wrote a piece called “The End of Empathy,” about a stranger's reaction to their family's grief. The post struck a cord and next thing Stephanie knew, she was writing a book. Well, that book, Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss, is out now. And it is brilliant and juicy and wonderful and horrible and basically tells such a gripping tale of what it's like to be the sister of a genius who just happens to be a drug addict that you will feel confident you actually knew Harris Wittels when you've put the book down. In this episode, we talked about the surreality of talking about a book that only exists because your brother is gone, if there's anything she would have done differently and the strange and even hopeful places her mourning has taken her, among many other topics.

Stephanie Wittels Wachs, sister of beloved comedy writer Harris Wittels (Parks and Recreation, Humblebrag) stops by the show to talk about Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss; writing the book in real time; the grief process; the manic investigative phase; feeling liberated by the realization that nothing means anything; loving an addict; anger; pregnancy; future-tripping; parenting a child with hearing loss; fighting to get Texas to cover hearing aids and cochlear implants and so much more. We also took your questions over Twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen [powerpress] Download the episode from iTunes. You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by Beachbody on Demand (text ALISON to 303030). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial