Meghan Markle Archetype podcast

[susan12345678]

Meghan's long-awaited podcast has launched. Sorry if there's a thread about this already. Has anyone listened to it yet? Thoughts?

OK. They are all lying then.

As am I.

More evidence that things are as they seem and I'm not making stuff up.

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My opinion on the RF is that they are a bunch of tiresome and thinly talented human beings and MM and Harry are no bloody exception (but come across as even more irritating than the others because of the determination to portray themselves as oppressed social justice warriors or something).

Rousseau, do give it a rest. The podcast was pretty embarassing.

I think someone being number one on the celebrity list in society today should ring alarm bells in anyone with a brain.

What? Why are you saying for me to give it a rest? I've only posted once before on here. How rude.

I think someone being number one on the celebrity list in society today should ring alarm bells in anyone with a brain

More rudeness. It isn't a 'celebrity' list. It's a Spotify chart for podcasts.

I know from experience that when posters start insulting others (anyone with a brain and the like) they are rattled and annoyed that, despite the dislike of MM, she is doing OK. Just accept it, and you'll be happier.

'I think someone being number one on the celebrity list in society today should ring alarm bells in anyone with a brain.'

True. Also, people aren't listening as it's so intelligent and authentic, folk are laughing at her, sadly. That's not something to be proud of. As always it could've been a useful platform but nope. The overegging and silliness is just cringeworthy.

I do wonder where this is all going to end. Neither of them seem able to read the room at all. Are their attempts to stay relevant just going to get more and more ridiculous until they do something really quite extreme?

Upsetting and insulting the RF, the Australians who hosted them, and their SA hosts are perhaps just the start. Is Harry going to go on the comedy circuit telling jokes about his family next?

Given all the hype and expectation of a podcast that has been almost 2 years in the making , I think there was a natural curiosity especially as MM’s first guest was the wonderful Serena and it would have been surprising if the podcast had not generated a huge audience . I listened to the first 10 minutes but doubt if I will tune in again.
As I said before , let’s see how the weeks progress. So much will depend on who her guests are and if she allows them to speak !
Now that the “ fire in the nursery “ story has been revealed as yet another recollections may vary incident , can we believe anything ?

I'm starting to think that Meghan knows exactly what she's doing. Everyone is talking about her. Acres of publicity. She has to be careful she doesn't stray completely into 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster' territory.

Yes I do think they are both trolling us all.

The podcast may be number one but I would suggest a lot of people are listening out of curiosity or to wire about it.
Will be interesting to see if it remains at 1 for the next 12 episodes especially with lesser known guests

I think a lot of people will tune in because of Serena not Meghan. I agree. She is the star turn.

I’m not saying anyone is lying, but there really is some oddness here. Spotify has different ratings charts. I literally just went and took these screenshots of their US ratings - even left the time stamps on!

Meghan is top of the “Top Podcast” ratings, but she’s only number 9 in the “Top Episodes”. She’s only had one episode of “Archetypes” though (their first Christmas podcast is not part of this series, that’s listed under “Archewell Audio Holiday special”) . I genuinely don’t understand how it can be the top podcast if it’s one and only episode is not Spotify’s top episode?

One of the reasons I like the Queen btw is that she hasn’t ever pretended to be one of ‘us.’ She has always been very conscious of not just who she is, but her role. Some of the younger generation (Will and Kate included) want to demonstrate that they are just like us. Which is absurd when you have 4 houses. This is ALSO true of Harry and Meghan

their perception of no help is so different from others , and I say this as someone who grew up with help around the house, and had help after my first born, I didn’t hire a nanny but I did have someone come in daily who made my life so much easier taking care of the washing, cooking , tidying up and so on, so while I can say oh we decided to not hire a nanny and do it ourselves, our reality was so much different to others.

W&H might have grown up not realising The army that was needed to maintain a big house are not just Nanny,/house Manger/butler/chief.
its so much more than that.

so I really wished W&K didn’t say they are not hiring a Nanny and then quietly hiring one.

The Spice Girls made a decent living out of singing and dancing. I rest my case.

I genuinely don’t understand how it can be the top podcast if it’s one and only episode is not Spotify’s top episode?

If I had to guess, I'd assume it works on some sort of average system, based on the last X number of days or something. The podcast series that are above it in the "top episodes" list presumably have other, less popular recent episodes that bring down any average score (however it's calculated), but Meghan only has one episode so far and it's pretty popular. Only having one episode to base it on will skew it a bit I guess, because from the top episode list it does look like Joe Rogan should be the top podcast overall.
The Daily, for example, is a daily (obviously) podcast from the New York Times - it has one podcast in the top episode list, but in the past few weeks will have released about 20 other episodes which obviously aren't as popular. I have no idea how often Joe Rogan releases podcasts or how many there are.

Or it might be that the charts cover different times. Eg the series chart might be most popular today, the episode chart might be most listened to this week. Her podcast has only been out a day or two, enough to be the most popular yesterday, but not long enough to be the most popular in the past week. This would be an odd way round for the charts to be set up imo, but it's possible.

Or it might be measuring different things. Is the episode chart based on how many people have listened, but the series chart based on subscribers for example.

I have no idea. But I don't think the difference means anything has been fudged or there's anything to be suspicious of.

I thought that MM's voice was very polished and soothing and that Serena was fabulous, but the rest of the content was pretty weak.

Serena tells the story of sitting up all night before a big game, holding her baby who's broken her arm. Serena then goes on to win the game the next day despite only getting about 30 minutes sleep.

MM then compares that to having to go to a public engagement after a heater caught fire in a room her son wasn't in. Bearing in mind the public engagement was meeting people who'd been through horrendous suffering and had quite likely been looking forward to this visit for a very long time. This comparison did not paint Meghan in a good light.

Serena is an incredible role model and proof of where guts and determination can take you. I would like to have heard more from her.

I think we would all have liked to hear more from Serena !

Turns out, instead of writing all that nonsense, I could have just looked it up.

Yes, so what that all boils down to is that the ratings charts are set up as Spotify wishes, and are not transparent. 😀

Ah - so “recent unique listeners” makes sense as far as the first episode of Archetypes goes, because so many people will be listening for many different reasons (they are fans of Meghan, fans of Serena, they are a podcast critics, royal commentator, tennis commentators, they are listening because they don’t like Meghan, or they’ve heard it’s amusing etc).

I imagine she’ll do well with Mariah Carey too, as Mariah has a huge fan base and, let’s face it, I imagine that will be an entertaining conversation!

It will be interesting to see how the audiences hold up after the “Big Bang” opening, as podcasts need a strong core of subscribers who listen regularly to do well.

That’s interesting serenster

don’t use Spotify for podcasts too much, apple mainly - the kids use it for music. I just have a few Spotify music play lists for when I’m lazy and have stuff to do

once again a thread full of people finding fault with MM. I have never listened to a podcast so can't judge or compare. but why do people listen just to slag her off. why are people so interested in someone they dislike so much.
i detest Frankie boil, so guess what I avoid him. I don't seek him out to slag him off.

@Samcro

She is publishing a series of podcasts so in her own words ‘we can get to know the real her’

we are therefore entitled to give our opinions on the real her and as a paying subscriber to Spotify, i’m perfectly entitled to comment on where my monies are being spent and if it’s the ground breaking intellectual discussion of feminism and ambition that Meghan seems to think it is.

if she wanted to talk about ambition, perhaps she could have talked about her peers and the pressures of plastic surgery, casting couch pressures and how to keep going when audition doors are repeatedly slammed in your face. her ambition was a strength there although she had mediocre success (but she’s a mediocre actress). That would have been an honest discussion of ambition

Instead we had the flipping p&g letter and how mean the royal family were.