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Meghan Markle has released the first episode of her new podcast, ‘Archetypes’
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Your support makes all the difference.The Duchess of Sussex has released the first episode of her new podcast, Archetypes.
Tennis pro Williams is the first guest on Meghan Markle’s new podcast, which dropped on Spotify on Tuesday afternoon (23 August).
Meghan acted as an executive producer for the first episode and spoke to Williams about the double standard women face when they are labelled “ambitious”.
Additionally, the Duchess also revealed details of an incident when her son Archie’s nanny saved him from a fire during a royal tour.
The podcast is a co-production between Archewell Audio, Gimlet and Spotify.
Archewell Audio sits under Archewell, the organisation founded by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after the pair stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2020.
This is the first episode released after the pair reportedly signed an exclusive deal with the audio streaming service in December 2020.
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Meghan Markle’s podcast series Archetypes has launched on Spotify.
On Tuesday (23 August), the first episode of the Duchess of Sussex’s long-awaited podcast was released. The podcast has been made by Spotify and the Sussexes’ production company. Archewell Audio
The first episode of Archetypes features an interview between Markle and Serena Williams, who recently announced that she was retiring from tennis.
Fans react as Meghan Markle drops first episode of Archetypes podcast
Following the release of Meghan’s new podcast series on 23 August, fans rushed to social media to praise the duchess for her honest debut episode.
“Love this conversation with Meghan Markle and Serena Williams,” tweeted one fan. “Hell yes women should be ambitious — and praised for it.”
“When Meghan said as young girls we are usually so fearless and then we grow more insecure as we grow up because we get aware of the archetypes thrown at us, I really felt that,” said someone else.
Fans react as Meghan Markle drops first episode of Archetypes podcast
‘Love this conversation with Meghan Markle and Serena Williams,’ says one fan
“I’m loving the relaxed, articulate and insightful episode of Archetypes with Meghan and Serena Williams,” another fan wrote. “Good job!”
Meghan Markle released the podcast Archetypes on Spotify in collaboration with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s audio production company, Archewell Audio.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a deal with the streaming giant in December 2020 that will see the couple creating exclusive content with their newly formed Archewell Audio production company.
“What we love about podcasting is that it reminds all of us to take a moment and to really listen, to connect to one another without distraction,” the couple said in a statement at the time.
“With the challenges of 2020, there has never been a more important time to do so, because when we hear each other, and hear each other’s stories, we are reminded of how interconnected we all are.”
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Following the news of the multi-year deal, Spotify’s chief content and advertising business officer Dawn Ostroff released a statement: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may live in California but the power of their voices rests in their status as citizens of the world.”
“That they are embracing the extraordinary capacity of podcasts on Spotify while also seeking to elevate underrepresented voices is a testament to their appreciation for the potential of audio storytelling.”
Meghan Markle teases first episode of Archetypes podcast back in March.
In a preview clip released on Spotify last March, the duchess began by acknowledging some of the stereotypes and labels that are used to define women.
“This is how we talk about women: the words that raise our girls, and how the media reflects women back to us,” she said.
“But where do these stereotypes come from? And how do they keep showing up and defining our lives? I’m Meghan, and this is Archetypes, the podcast where we dissect, explore, and subvert the labels that try to hold women back.”
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On social media, the preview clip was met with support from fans, who praised the duchess’s choice of topic.
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Serena Williams revealed during the first episode of Meghan’s new podcast series Archetypes that she postponed growing her family for as long as possible, in order to continue her tennis career.
The recently retired tennis champion told her longtime friend that she wasn’t afforded the luxury of time that her male peers had when it came to starting a family.
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“I really want to expand my family, and you know I’ve been putting it off for so long, and as a woman there’s only so long you can put that off and other people out there, other men out there, can continue to play,” Williams said.
Williams, who announced her retirement in a personal essay forVogue earlier this month, said she will never fully “retire” from tennis.
“I will never retire from something I absolutely love,” she said.
Meghan Markle reveals that the media once confused her with tennis pro, Serena Williams.
In the first episode of her Spotify podcast Archetypes, the Duchess of Sussex joked that a report had falsely claimed that she was from Williams’ hometown of Compton, California.
“This morning, I was saying to Harry: ‘Do you remember when they said, ‘Harry’s girl is straight outta Compton?’ I was like, are they talking about Serena?” Meghan said.
“I’m like, I’m not from Compton, I’ve never lived in Compton, my mum’s never lived in Compton but by the way what’s wrong with Compton? My girl Serena’s from there.”
“I can’t claim Compton,” Meghan added. The duchess explained that she did grow up in Los Angeles, just not in Compton.
The false report had circulated when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement in 2017.
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The Duchess of Sussex shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse into her life with Prince Harry and their two children — Archie, three, and Lilibet, one — during the first episode of her Spotify podcast series.
Meghan admitted to close friend and tennis star Serena Williams that she was “under a lot of stress” during her pregnancies. Meghan announced her first pregnancy in October 2018 and gave birth to son Archie in May 2019, when she and Prince Harry were still senior members of the royal family.
In June 2021, the couple welcomed their second child, daughter Lilibet, just 18 months after they had stepped down from their royal duties.
Four major revelations from first episode of Meghan Markle’s Archetypes podcast
Meghan Markle has released the first episode of her Spotify podcast, ‘Archetypes’
The duchess also revealed that she didn’t realise ambition was a negative word until she began dating her now husband. She explained that meeting Prince Harry affected her understanding of ambition.
“I don’t remember ever personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now husband,” she said.
“And um, apparently ambition is, uh… a terrible, terrible thing, for a woman that is – according to some.”
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