In the Duchess of Sussex’s recent People Magazine cover interview, People confirmed that Meghan has a new podcast coming out in the spring. It looks like Meghan let her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, have the spotlight for a week and a half, and now she’s already starting the conversation about the podcast. Spoiler: it’s not Archetypes Season 2, although I would not hate that. Meghan is starting a brand-new pod called Confessions of a Female Founder. This is the first pod she’s produced post-Spotify and with her new partnership at Lemonada Media. Per Lemonada, Confessions of a Female Founder will feature “candid conversations with female founders and friends about the success, the struggles, and the never-before-told stories of building a business.” The trailer will come out on March 25, and the first episode will arrive on April 8. Here was Deadline’s exclusive (they got to break the news about the name of the pod).
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is preparing to launch her latest podcast. Meghan is launching Confessions of a Female Founder with Lemonada Media. It comes a year after she struck a deal with the company behind Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
The series, which launches on April 8, will see her have candid conversations with female founders and friends who open up about the success, the struggles, and the never- before-told stories that took many of them from starting a company to selling it.
Per the logline, the series allows audiences to be a fly on the wall and hear the unfiltered stories behind the successes of notable female founders, while also sneaking a peek behind the curtain of Meghan’s own entrepreneurial journey launching As ever.
The eight-part series, which will see episodes released weekly, is her first original podcast for the company, which was founded in 2019 by Jessica Cordova Kramer, a former executive producer at Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, co-founder of theater company Rec Room Arts.
“I’m so proud of what we’re creating, and the candid conversations that I’m able to have with other female founders as we unpack the twists and turns of building a business,” said Meghan. “Through my friendships and relationships, we’re able to dive into the type of insights that everyone wants to know as they’re building a business, and that I’m able to tap into as I’m building my own business with As ever.”
“As female founders ourselves, Steph and I are grateful to get a chance to build alongside Meghan the exact podcast we needed when we started Lemonada,” added Lemonada’s CEO and co-founder, Jessica Cordova Kramer.
“Meghan is such a warm and welcoming person, and you feel that in her interviews. She creates a comfortable space for her guests to bring fascinating personal stories to the table and open up in a way they likely haven’t before publicly. Listeners can expect conversations that are way more break room than boardroom,” said Lemonada’s Chief Creative Officer and co-founder, Stephanie Wittels Wachs.
I’ll be honest: I have high expectations for this. I enjoyed Archetypes, even if I thought Meghan was (in some episodes) trying to do too much, and not focusing on the strength of a one-on-one conversation. But it was also clear that Meghan grew more confident the further along she went, and I always thought that if she did another season of Archetypes, she would hit a certain stride. Post-Archetypes, the Sussexes’ Spotify deal blew up spectacularly, with Spotify executive Bill Simmons insulting them publicly and several Spotify “insiders” spreading all kinds of negative sh-t about them to various publications. There’s more pressure on Meghan to really deliver a polished, well-considered product at this point. I think that will happen – I appreciate the fact that there are no loose lips at Lemonada, and that Meghan has seemingly completed this pod under the radar.
Podcast poster courtesy of Lemonada Media, additional photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex attend Sitting Volleyball on day 6 of the Invictus Games at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
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- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the IG25 and Team Canada Reception at the Hilton Hotel during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the IG25 and Team Canada Reception at the Hilton Hotel during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the IG25 and Team Canada Reception at the Hilton Hotel during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex during day 6 of Invictus Games 2023 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
This triggered the royals as they deployed their bots big time. Bots were everywhere. That in itself is fascinating. Bots went nuts
They are triggered when she just steps outside. It is what is expected honestly.
I’m so glad that I limited my time on social media after the election. It cleared the negativity out of my life. Now I enjoy reading how others are incorporating Meghan’s examples into their lives without stress. So many people are fight against the negative narrative about her and it’s so refreshing. The Whine-sors really screwed up. The bots aren’t working but of course it’s the same foolish people saying the say foolish things about her. I can’t wait to listen to her podcast while I workout.
Can’t wait for this because it sounds really good. I’m sure now that it has been announced the gutter press and the derangers and “old guard royalists” will be throwing up some hateful stuff.
I love this I can’t wait 🤩 I happen to be a female founder myself, so yaay. About the press: Meghan really geared up for 2025 with qualuty stuff that is well done and has great professional partnerships. Things just keep coming and the press throwing shit at everything she does will look stupider and stupider every time. Everything she does is deemed awful and yet she is insanely successful?? I can’t believe that it can be a sustainable strategy for any media. Although, we left the age of reason behind a long time ago, so who knows.
This is the sort of subject matter that definitely interests me so I will be tuning in. Especially if she focuses on small business owners, which she seems to enjoy to do given her known investments.
And I agree she did hit her stride about three episodes in of Archetypes, just like she did for WLM. That’s why I think she tends to choose close friends for the first episodes of these new ventures so that she can get her feet wet without worrying about the guests on the other side. It’s still quality work and she obviously cares about the subject, but you can tell she grows more confident as she goes on.
This is all pretty normal though I would say for any entertainment venture, unfortunately for Meghan the British media and now some of the American Media, treats her like everything she does has to be Schindler’s List from the beginning or she’s a complete failure who doesn’t know what she’s doing. Never seen to hold anyone else, or themselves to that standard though.
Bet everyone is already writing their negative reviews! Glad that Meghan is keeping the derangers busy.
This sounds really interesting to me. I would listen anyway bc its Meghan, but this is something I might listen to even without her.
This is very Lemonada brand, so it looks like Meghan is better fit with Lemonada than Spotify. I would also love another season of Archetypes. From the Netflix show, I got Meghan has a lot of successful female friends who are founders themselves. I thought, she would talk more about their business during the show. Now it makes sense 😂😂 She was saving all those stories to the podcast. I will definitely give it a listen. Ambitious people give me ambition, which I honestly need a lot nowadays.
Meghan has been busy! She recorded two seasons of Netflix show and also recorded a podcast? This is like a decade of work for royals.
Knowing how much she supports women lead companies, from investing to promoting by wearing, this topic is close to Meghan and I am looking forward to it!
Good!
If Meghan were such an abject failure à la some Spotify source seemed to indicate, she wouldn’t be getting this chance. I really like the fact that she’s moved from Archetypes to business. She’s been supporting Female Founders and investing in them since she left Canada with Harry during Covid. Nice choice!
It always sounded to me like Spotify didn’t get what they wanted out of them, that is why that guy was so angry. They expected gossip, BRF drama and Meghan delivered a nice, feminist show. Even though it had the numbers, it didn’t matter at the end of the day. If you are rejecting all the ideas of H&M, why are you so angry to see them walk away? If that guy fired them, he would let everyone know that. So, I know, it was H&M who walked away.
Ultimately Spotify chose Joe Rogan, which says a lot in and of itself. I’m glad Meghan left that behind her!
The amount of power that Meghan holds over one country’s entire press and over the world’s most powerful monarchy (that’s how they describe themselves) is truly astonishing! And if one looks at the power she welds that influences purchasing worldwide, Meghan truly is a force to be reckoned with! Go Meghan!! Keep being you cuz you’re definitely winning!!
For those who don’t know – at Spotify, Archetypes (12 episodes) was Number 1 podcast in 47 countries. Subsequently got The People’s Choice Award in podcast category, as well as The Gracie Award for Best Podcast. Mutual parting of ways with Spotify (same for many others) in 2023.
My understanding is that H&M didn’t want to do what Spotify wanted them to do and they negotiated a huge exit deal. When the ‘grifters’ clown found out (he wasn’t involved, lol!) he was livid and subsequent Spotify/Gimlet smears can also be traced back to this – Spotify/Gimlet employees from 2022 whined to Vanity Fair 😂
It’s not my type of podcast, but I wish her well and hope everybody gets a nice boost in sales from her podcast!!!
Alright Miss Female Founder Duchess Meghan of Sussex! She is outside, OUTSIDE. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I’m really looking forward to this podcast! I loved Archetypes and was sad when it ended. She had great conversations with her guests and does it do well.
Let’s the shutter island freaks meltdown 🫠
I loved Archetypes and revisit the episodes often, I hope for season 2 one day!
Love this lemonada fit. Make some lemonade, Meghan. Remember she wore that sweet lemon dress years ago in a promo for Spotify. Spotify didn’t work out but now we got lemonada. Excited for this 🍋 ❤️🍋
Would love to see her and Queen B have a chat together in Lemonada or a WLM episode.
Now that would totally explode people’s minds 🤯
This is an excellent concept and I think will have some really interesting conversations.
Will always be hoping for another season of Archetypes! Now more than ever- breaking down patriarchal assumptions for the masses.
“More breakroom than boardroom” is a great line to tantalize potential listeners. It certainly got me hooked plus the podcast title “confessions” of a female founder with that dreamy pic of Meghan?? Oh Lemonada KNOWS how to entice listeners with promises of interesting behind the scenes stories.
I’m seated!
It’s Meghan’s season for real. Really looking forward to this & like some I really hope there can be a second season of archetypes. I personally loved the experts input more than some of the celebs one on one chats & learning more about the history behind phrases like spinster or hysterical. there’s a lot more stereotypes etc that could be explored.
I think we all have to accept that it doesn’t matter if the podcast is of the highest standard and Meghan does everything right, she’s going to bashed by those people who hate her. I’m going to be listening regardless.
I’ve accepted this a long time ago and so has she which is why she’s in her chapter of joy. There is 109% no point in getting worked up by her critics anymore; it’s a waste of energy and time.
While Archetypes was really successful I think this has the possibility of being bigger because there already is a massive audience turning into podcasts focused on entrepreneurs and succeeding in business but there are very few hosted by women and focused on women. It could be an untapped goldmine especially since she’s close friends with the founders of Bumble and Spanx along with celebrity founders like Oprah, Serena, Gwyneth Paltrow, Misha NoNoo, Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington, etc so she has a deep bench that she can pull from for guests that most people don’t. I’m really excited for this; tbh I think this is the most excited I’ve been for any projects of hers.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Meghan wear a royal blue before 😏
She’s worn royal blue many times, including this blouse which is a repeat.
She has definitely worn the color many times before like you said.
But I absolutely love this picture.
Meghans sure has been a busy busy bee 🐝 and it is wonderful.
Also how soon until the tabloids have a ‘Lemonada’ source even though their various media sources can never seem to tell them or publications like Vanity Fair news ahead of time like Meghan having already done season 2 of WLM or what this latest podcast was about
Must be so nice for Meghan to work with professionals who can keep things quiet (like the crew of WLM with having the kids visit the set) & for her & her business partners to announce projects on their own terms.
I thought of that, it will now be a Lemonada Source 🤩 instead of a Netflix source 🤩
When Spotify gave that 🤬 Joe Rogan all that 💲…so many credible folks BOUNCED like it was on 🔥🔥🔥…notice how that 🤬 Simmons didn’t mention DAT! Now we see when Meghan gets quiet…she’s quietly working her a– off❣️
I think Meghan and Harry’s focus should be on As Ever product lines and sales. If that succeeds well the Sussexes ‘s financial future will be assured.
Those are food products. I don’t think, Meghan is planning on making millions off of them. It is smart to diversify the income sources.
I think having Netflix partnered with As Ever helps because it takes some of the pressure off her. Netflix will do a lot of the promotion for the products, etc.
Not that it needs to. Meghan has cookware companies fighting for her fans’ business on social media. I think As Ever will do just fine.
LOL I think folks should stop trying to count H&M’s coins and stop trying to offer advice to a couple that’s way out of the league of ordinary people..
In that Upfront Summit for which a thread had been posted, H said in response to the final question in the Q&A segment: ” I HAVE A LOT OF HORSES AND A LOT OF FAST CARS AS WELL.”
He also talks about his growing investment portfolio, only mentioning what’s already in the public domain such as Better Up and not just hinting but stating out loud that he’s actively pursuing other investments in companies that share his values and also mentioned that he’s an active VC investor.
So…….H&M are clearly in an excellent place and definitely dont need advice from Thousandairs.
Thank you Kingston. After all of Harry and Meghan’s successes, I am flabbergasted that people still believe that they are NOT financially secure at this stage – present and future. It seems that people are reluctant to let go of the UK media’s constant claims that this or that project is a “make or break” for them, and that they are only one bad review away from being forced to crawl back in humiliation to their abusers in the UK, when it is nothing of the sort.
Harry and Meghan are fine. More than fine, in fact.
I didn’t listen to all of the Archetypes episodes because I didn’t have a Spotify account. I’m assuming with this one, I can just listen to it on my Podcast app on my Iphone? I do think this is will be more up my alley than Archetypes. Archetypes was interesting but I am more interested in human stories than discussions behind stereotypical words which was more the focus of Meghan’s first podcast. I’m always excited to hear stories of women who founded their own businesses and how they got there. Looking forward to learning more!
Yes, you don’t need spotify for this one, which I think will be a positive change for the podcast. I dont like spotify in general and I didn’t like using them for her podcast. I dont listen to that many podcasts anymore but when I do theyre just on apple.
@VILLEROS Lemonada has distributed all “Archetype with Meghan” on other platforms besides Sp0tify. Apple Podcast has it. So any podcast platforms that will run the new Meghan podcast is also carries Archetype. Check them out.
I’m looking forward to this. I missed Archetypes so curious to see what she cones up with. I like wonkish work mode Meghan. So is she still being a tradwife if she’s discussing work and business with women entrepreneurs? I don’t think it will be Bloomberg news but really dig into topics that go beyond the typical founders story. Of course if its not the number 1podcast in the world we’ll hear that its a flop, blah blah blah. I hope she keeps doing a lot this year and hits her stride. She is resilient and focused.
I think it will depend on the women she brings on the show. Kylie Jenner or other branding deal beauty company people? Other people whose businesses make money off the glorifying or outsourcing of domestic tasks (trad-wife types but I’d also throw in people like Jennifer Garner and her puréed kid food brand)? Or women who are doing innovative work outside of food, home decor, fashion, and beauty. I’m not a podcast person anyway, so I’m not going to tune in just because it’s Meghan. But I’d be interested in individual episodes that go outside of the domestic & beauty realms.
I said that because the usual critics and negative bandwagoners were losing their minds and lamenting how Meghan abandoned feminism to become a tradwife because she made a lifestyle cooking show when the trailer for With Love first dropped. So now that her podcast is focused in women entrepreneurs, you know they’ll be whining about something else, probably capitalism or elites or something.
The whining I saw was that she copied because she called it “confessions of..” and they came up with ONE other podcast with that name, despite the fact that I searched out a lot with the start of “confessions” of podcasts and TV shows and movies. So ONLY Meghan is derivative with using the word “confessions” but the rest aren’t.