LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2024 – Announced today, Stassi Schroeder Clark’s chart-topping, nine-year, weekly lifestyle podcast, “Straight Up With Stassi,” will be joining Dear Media, the influential multi-platform media company and brand incubator, and its diverse roster of 80+ shows hosted by top-tier talent.
Beginning today, the successful, long-running podcast will be renamed “Stassi” and unveil a refreshed content format and all-new visual branding across all podcast distribution platforms. New episodes will continue to premiere on Wednesdays with a mix of Schroeder Clark’s token pop culture commentary and her honest and relatable conversations about real-life topics. The podcast will continue to give listeners an intimate glimpse into Schroeder Clark’s world as she navigates the highs and lows of life along with some of her closest friends.
“Stassi has built such a vibrant and engaged audience with her podcast, and we’re honored to help bring her funny, ever recognizable voice to even more listeners worldwide,” said Paige Port, President of Dear Media. “‘Stassi’ fits right in with Dear Media’s roster of pop-culture programming and highly engaged audiences. She is a delightful addition to the Dear Media family.”
Schroeder Clark aims to bring the podcast back to the roots of its early days, focusing on authenticity, candid, and quick-witted takes on her day-to-day life. “I’m peeling away the structure and letting the show be a little more chaotic…but life is chaotic, so there’s that,” said Schroeder Clark. “The podcasting space has grown and evolved so much, and it’s become more formal than when I first started in 2015. I want to bring back the informality and destructure it a bit. I want to get back to the stream of consciousness rants, further connect with my listeners, and have more fun with the hour each week we have together. Dear Media is like the girl’s girl of podcast networks and I love how supportive they’ve been of this vision.”
Schroeder Clark is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, media personality, and relatable mother of two with a combined audience of over four million loyal followers. A clear leader in the podcast space since launching her show in March 2015, Schroeder Clark trailblazed her way through the audio-only space by being one of the first to turn her podcast into a live show with three tours, selling out shows across the nation. Her most recent “Mommy Dearest” tour in 2023 sold out in 11 markets, which included Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia. Her latest book released in 2022, Off With My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Survive Rock Bottom, became an instant New York Times Best Seller and was listed #1 on Amazon charts in multiple categories.
Dear Media is a platform for amplifying women’s voices with original, creative programming. Since launching in 2018, Dear Media has rapidly grown to encompass 80+ shows including “Pretty Basic” with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz, “Not Skinny But Not Fat” with Amanda Hirsch and “The Toast” with Jackie & Claudia Oshry.
Schroeder Clark is represented by WME and Miloknay Weiner.
About Dear Media:
Founded in 2018, Dear Media hosts 80+ podcasts fronted by top-tier talent and has a following of more than 150M across social channels. Dear Media is building the multi-platform media company of the future through a 360-degree business model, providing unparalleled support from concept to editorial, production, distribution, commerce extensions, live events and more. Due to its highly engaged and vast consumer audience, the network attracts global brands and digitally savvy partners.
About “Stassi”:
Stassi shares candid stories, personal reflections, and unfiltered opinions on everything from pop culture to relationships, style, and beyond. With each episode, listeners get an intimate glimpse into Stassi’s world with her closest friends as she navigates the highs and lows of life with humor, wit, and unapologetic honesty. Because when it comes to living life on your own terms, nobody does it quite like Stassi.
About Stassi Schroeder Clark:
Stassi Schroeder Clark is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, media personality, host of the chart-topping podcast, Stassi, and co-host of the popular family podcast, The Good The Bad The Baby. She is widely recognized as the breakout star of Bravo’s hit series Vanderpump Rules, which she appeared on for eight seasons.
In 2015, Schroeder Clark launched her weekly podcast, formerly known as Straight Up with Stassi, which became an immediate hit and has remained one of the highest-rated podcasts across all distribution platforms, captivating audiences for over nine years. With her quick wit and unapologetically honest take on topics ranging from pop culture to relationships, style, and beyond, listeners get an intimate glimpse into Schroeder Clark’s world as she navigates the highs and lows of life along with some of her closest friends.
Schroeder Clark was one of the first to take her podcast on the road with a Straight Up with Stassi Live tour in 2019, selling out shows across the U.S. within minutes, including The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The success of her live shows spawned two additional live tours – the Bougie Bus Tour in 2020 and the Mommy Dearest Tour in 2023, which saw sold-out shows in major cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia.
In 2019, Schroeder Clark released her first book, Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook, which debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers list and reached #1 on The Wall Street Journal Bestsellers List. In 2022, she released her second book, Off With My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Survive Rock Bottom, which became an instant New York Times Best Seller and was listed #1 on Amazon charts in multiple categories.
Schroeder Clark currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Beau Clark, and their two children, Hartford and Messer.
