Cafe Brings Its Latest Podcast "Stay Tuned With Preet" to the WNYC Studios Portfolio, With Pineapple Street Media as Producer

[New York, NY - August 7, 2017] - CAFE (www.CAFE.com), the newest entertainment brand from Some Spider Studios (www.somespider.com) is partnering with WNYC Studios, the second largest podcast producer in the country, and acclaimed producer Pineapple Street Media, to launch “Stay Tuned With Preet.”

Preet Bharara, who fought corruption, financial fraud and violent crime during his tenure as a U.S. Attorney, will host this weekly podcast focusing on issues of justice and fairness.

Drawing on his experience and principles, Bharara will offer commentary on our judicial, political and cultural systems. Guests from across the vocational and political spectrum will provide insights to accompany Preet’s expertise gained from being a prosecutor and Senate Committee counsel.

Bharara, who spent more than seven years as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and was considered by many the most powerful prosecutor in the country, joined his brother Vinit’s media company Some Spider Studios last month as an advisor, stakeholder and content producer.

WNYC Studios will present “Stay Tuned With Preet” as part of its robust and influential portfolio, which includes critically acclaimed productions such as “Radiolab,” “Freakonomics Radio,” “More Perfect,” “Here’s the Thing” with Alec Baldwin, and “2 Dope Queens.”  In the past year alone, six new podcasts from WNYC Studios landed in the Apple Podcasts Top 10, and four landed in the Top 5.

Producing partner Pineapple Street Media is also the acclaimed producer of podcasts “Missing Richard Simmons,” Hillary Clinton’s “With Her” and Lena Dunham's “Women of the Hour,” all of which hit #1 in Apple Podcasts.  

“We’re thrilled to join forces with WNYC Studios and Pineapple Street Media, two of the very best in the podcast business,” said Vinit Bharara, Founder and CEO of Some Spider Studios. “I’m really looking forward to Preet launching his podcast and sharing with the world his unique insights about justice and fairness — especially at a time when those two issues are at stake.”

“WNYC Studios is honored to add Preet Bharara’s compelling and timely podcast to our lineup,” said Laura Walker, President and CEO of New York Public Radio, which includes WNYC Studios. “We have built our portfolio around distinct personalities, and ‘Stay Tuned With Preet’ promises to bring podcast audiences and people interested in our political and legal culture something new, relevant and utterly engaging.”

“We are truly excited to be producing the show and can’t wait for people to hear what Preet has to say, especially during this moment in America,” said Max Linsky, co-founder of Pineapple Street Media.

About Some Spider Studios

Some Spider Studios is a fast growing media company that operates two channels, Scary Mommy and CAFE, and will be launching more. The Company is ranked number #44 on the latest U.S. media power rankings from ComScore partner, Shareablee. Reaching over 100 million people each month across social platforms and 20 million on its website, Scary Mommy leads the family category by an especially wide margin, attracting more social actions than the next 5+ properties combined.

Featured in the New Yorker, Washington Post and Time Magazine, CAFE’S smart and funny take on current events and culture reached over 50 million people each month in its first year. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, the Company was founded and led by entrepreneur Vinit Bharara, co-founder of Diapers.com, which was sold to Amazon for over $500 million. He and Marc Lore, founder of Jet.com, which was sold to Walmart for $3.3 billion late in 2016, are the two financiers. 

About WNYC Studios

WNYC Studios is the premier producer of on-demand and broadcast audio, home to some of the most critically acclaimed and popular podcasts of the last decade, including “Radiolab,” “2 Dope Queens,” “Nancy,” “The New Yorker Radio Hour,” “Freakonomics Radio,” “Death, Sex & Money,” “Here’s the Thing” with Alec Baldwin, “Note to Self,” “On the Media,” and “A Piece of Work” with Abbi Jacobson.  WNYC Studios is leading the new golden age in audio with podcasts and national radio programs that inform, inspire, and delight millions of intellectually curious and highly engaged listeners across digital, mobile, and broadcast platforms. Their programs include personal narratives, deep journalism, interviews that reveal, and smart entertainment as varied and intimate as the human voice itself. For more information, visit wnycstudios.wnyc.org. 

About Pineapple Street Media

Pineapple Street Media is a full service podcast production company, working with partner companies, individuals, and organizations to make their audio dreams come true. We offer a wide range of services, from soup-to-nuts podcast production (including editing, sound design, podcast art, and distribution) to consultation on an existing project. We work with each of our partners – including Secretary Hillary Clinton, the New York Times, Lena Dunham, and Google – to clarify and execute their vision and adapt our services to their wants and needs. We don’t work in one single style – we strive for creative diversity and excellence in all our projects. For more information, visit pineapple.fm.