Lemonada Media Partners with Charles Barkley’s Round Mound Media and Justin Hartley’s ChangeUp Productions to Launch New Podcast, “So U Think U Can Sports?” Hosted by Comedian Eliot Glazer
Lemonada Media, the award-winning independent podcast network, together with Charles Barkley and Marc Perman’s Round Mound Media and Justin Hartley’s ChangeUp Productions, today announced “So U Think U Can Sports?,” a new original audio and video podcast joining the network’s lineup of hit shows. The 10-episode series is created and hosted by writer and comedian Eliot Glazer -- best known for his work both on screen and behind the scenes of the Comedy Central series “Broad City.”
Premiering this fall, each episode will see Glazer -- who knows absolutely nothing about sports -- bravely interview legendary athletes (including Charles Barkley), current players, coaches, team owners, sports broadcasters and writers to finally ask: what’s the deal with sports?
“This was one of those concepts where we immediately knew it would be comic gold. I remember audibly laughing at some of the initial script ideas,” says Stephanie Wittels Wachs, CEO of Lemonada Media. “Bringing together two of the biggest genres in entertainment, sports and comedy, definitely makes life suck less.”
“With Justin and the ChangeUp team as quarterback (football), it was Charles and Round Mound who got our project across the finish line (track). I’m so grateful to Lemonada for the chance to step up to the plate (baseball), give it my best shot (hockey), and really stick the landing (gymnastics). I still need one for golf,” said Eliot Glazer.
“We couldn’t be more excited to team up with Lemonada, Charles, Marc, and Eliot for ChangeUp’s very first podcast,” said award-winning actor and producer Justin Hartley. “Comedy and sports go hand in hand, and Eliot is the perfect host to bring these two worlds together.”
“Sports is everywhere, our culture is flooded with opinions, predictions, analyses, and Monday morning quarterbacking. What’s been missing until now is a show hosted by a personality with an almost shocking lack of sports knowledge. And we found that guy! Round Mound Media is honored to be partnering with ChangeUp Productions and Lemonada on what will be the most entertaining sports show since Charles Barkley joined Inside the NBA,” said Marc Perman, co-founder of Round Mound Media.
Producers for “So U Think U Can Sports?” include: Justin Hartley (ChangeUp), Julianna LaRosa (ChangeUp), Sofia Pernas (ChangeUp), Charles Barkley (Round Mound Media), Marc Perman (Round Mound Media), Land Romo, along with creator/host Eliot Glazer.
The series will be available on YouTube, and across all major podcast platforms, with new episodes releasing weekly.
About Lemonada Media
Founded in 2019 by Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Lemonada Media is an award-winning podcast network known for its premium production quality, mission-driven storytelling, and white-glove services -- an approach that continues to attract A-list talent, leading advertisers, and top-tier production partners. Recognized as one of the top three independent podcast publishers in the U.S. according to Podtrac, Lemonada reaches millions of monthly listeners and viewers. The network has launched more than 80 chart-topping shows, including Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus -- Apple’s 2023 Show of the Year, which spent 29 consecutive days at #1 overall -- as well as Fail Better with David Duchovny, Alive with Steve Burns, Blind Plea, Confessions of a Female Founder with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and The Pink House with Sam Smith. The company is also home to Gracie Award-winning series like Last Day, Believe Her, and Choice Words with Samantha Bee, and Webby Award winners Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak and BEING Trans. In 2024, the company expanded into publishing with Lemonada Books, a co-development partnership with Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. In 2025, Lemonada was acquired by PodX Group, a leading international podcast company -- uniting two key innovators in the podcast industry.
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