Last Day
Episodes
Addiction 12: What I Know Now
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Stephanie sits down with the parents—Stefano’s and her own—to dig into where everyone is with their grief, understanding, and persona...
Addiction 11: Wake Me Up
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we circle back to where this story began — on the ground, in Boston, with Jess. Joined by new voices (Gary Mendell, Michael Botticelli, M...
Addiction 10: Surviving Is Revolutionary
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Stephanie sits down with Garth Mullins, who hosts an award-winning podcast in Canada called Crackdown, which is also about drugs. The diffe...
Addiction 9: Kids At Ground Zero
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talk about the variety of ways that children are affected by the opioid crisis. Also, Stephanie has a breakdown because it’s hard to a...
Addiction 8: America Is Insane
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While “opioids” has become a political buzzword, national policy on opioids is virtually nonexistent. Our system is nowhere near able to meet the ...
Addiction 7: 20,000 Fewer Funerals
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve tried arresting people. We’ve tried shuffling them from place to place. We’ve tried shaming them into sobriety. What would happen if, inst...
Addiction 6: The Magic Formula
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks the 2-year anniversary of Stefano’s death, and his family is still asking: “How did this happen?” For most families dealing with add...
Addiction 5: Shame City
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Nzinga A. Harrison walks us through detox. Then, Stephanie is joined by Dr. Robert Meyers, the architect of Community Reinforceme...
Addiction 4: Was It Painful?
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us have seen an opioid overdose depicted on TV or in movies, but what happens in real life? On this episode, Stephanie talks to Karen Host, Se...
Addiction 3: And Now, We Rewind the Tape
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Stefano Cordova Jr.’s family tries to make sense of Stefano’s overdose death and how they all got here. Then, Dr. Sam Snodgrass, ...
Addiction 2: Stefano’s Last Day
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we retrace the steps of Stefano Cordova, Jr. on his last day of life. Stefano died of a fentanyl overdose on October 23, 2017 in Alls...
Addiction 1: Meet Stephanie, Meet Harris (with Sarah Silverman & Aziz Ansari)
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ov...
Official Last Day Trailer
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s talk about what’s killing us, the stuff that’s hard to comprehend and getting worse every day. Lemonada co-founder and author Stephanie Wi...
Last Day: Teaser
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s talk about what’s killing us, the stuff that’s hard to comprehend and getting worse every day. Lemonada co-founder and author Stephanie Wi...