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Meghan Markle Archetype podcast

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susan12345678 · 24/08/2022 08:30

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

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MarshaMelrose · 24/08/2022 20:38

derxa · 24/08/2022 20:28

Quite strange that people wanted to hear the story of Serena, the goat. Whose story we should all be quite well versed in since forever. Shock
I do want to hear about Serena's career. She's one of my fav sports people of all time.

If MM is the interviewer every week, surely people tune in to hear the guests and not MM? And I think ambition is the perfect topic for Serena Williams. Being pushed by an ambitious father, spurred on by racial inequality and even at the end of her career fighting for the 24th win to equal Margaret Court. I'm looking forward to some really good documentaries about Williams when she's officially retired. I don't really think this interview will appear in any.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/08/2022 20:40

If she genuinely said that, and they really were staying in a mansion, that’s a disgusting thing to say. Deliberate and malicious lie

The transcript is here:
storage.googleapis.com/pr-newsroom-wp/1/2022/03/FINAL_-Ambition-x-Archetypes_-Script_8.22-1.pdf

"And the moment we landed, we had to drop him off at this housing unit that they had had us staying in"

A580Hojas · 24/08/2022 20:41

"Everything I know about Meghan Markle has been against my will"

This is such a great quote from a pp. Somehow MM has forced her way into my consciousness even though I didn't seek her out. I could say the same of Kim Kardashian, Gemma Collins, Mrs Hinch etc. They are just people out there in the ether who I have 0 interest in and yet I know who they are and I keep being fed suggested stuff about them all the time.

I need to somehow adjust my settings!

There are loads of celebs I wouldn't necessarily know much about but who I Google to find out more - Serena being one of them.

Readinginthesun · 24/08/2022 20:47

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/08/2022 20:40

If she genuinely said that, and they really were staying in a mansion, that’s a disgusting thing to say. Deliberate and malicious lie

The transcript is here:
storage.googleapis.com/pr-newsroom-wp/1/2022/03/FINAL_-Ambition-x-Archetypes_-Script_8.22-1.pdf

"And the moment we landed, we had to drop him off at this housing unit that they had had us staying in"

I am just waiting for someone to come along and say that a housing unit in the US is the same as a mansion elsewhere the same as getting married 3 days before your wedding is the US way of saying a rehearsal.

Poshcandle · 24/08/2022 20:49

i believe it was a ‘housing unit’ in the 5* Kensington Place Hotel in Cape Town. Total slum as you can see

Meghan Markle Archetype podcast
MaulPerton · 24/08/2022 20:51

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/08/2022 20:40

If she genuinely said that, and they really were staying in a mansion, that’s a disgusting thing to say. Deliberate and malicious lie

The transcript is here:
storage.googleapis.com/pr-newsroom-wp/1/2022/03/FINAL_-Ambition-x-Archetypes_-Script_8.22-1.pdf

"And the moment we landed, we had to drop him off at this housing unit that they had had us staying in"

You have to question her understanding of the reality that she lives in. Her use of language is very interesting - " married three days previously", "guttural", "fire in Archie's bedroom", "housing unit", the P & G anecdote.

thenightsky · 24/08/2022 20:53

MarshaMelrose · 24/08/2022 20:29

Poor Harry. Juggling outside windows and commenting on hair. It's a bit try-hard to slot him in these podcasts somewhere. I wonder if there are concerns that they need him on the show to keep the RF name involved?

My money is on them having him bring in a tray of tea in the next podcast. Then they can laugh at him again.

notanotheroneagain · 24/08/2022 20:53

You should adjust your settings, because I may have heard that Mrs Hinch is a home blogger ? Is that right?
I didn't even know about Kim's children till they were so old - one they compared her beauty to Kim. Still don't know who her children are, except for North.

Know nothing about Gemma, except the fact that she has been massively trolled.

I'm slightly aware of other super stars like Harry Styles, Taylor Swift etc. but I cannot even name what they are doing.
Funny enough, I know the above and even Justin Beaber and Tom Hiddleston. Am aware they are all super famous, like their work even, but I don't know anything more.

So, you can avoid those you don't like.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/08/2022 20:55

I am just waiting for someone to come along and say that a housing unit in the US is the same as a mansion elsewhere the same as getting married 3 days before your wedding is the US way of saying a rehearsal

Anything's possible on here Wink

It's worth remembering, though, that H&M were still working members of the RF at the time, and for obvious security reasons the palace doesn't always publicise where their members are staying - which in some lights could be considered rather convenient

MarshaMelrose · 24/08/2022 21:04

My money is on them having him bring in a tray of tea in the next podcast. Then they can laugh at him again.

He's probably been set a skill for the next podcast. Ride in on a unicycle. Then it'll be unicycle while juggling. 😅

Ohnonevermind · 24/08/2022 21:15

ive just read the transcript. It’s so vacuous. Its such an important subject and I can’t help but think what would Michelle Obama have done with this subject and interviewee , instead of this blah what about meeeee rubbish

I thought she was smarter than this.

CauliflowerCheese30 · 24/08/2022 21:15

Imagine the uproar if Prince William said that about housing units.

queenofarles · 24/08/2022 21:19

Well Housing units are defined as single family houses, but even in the US they often mean affordable/ low income housing, so really no idea how someone can call the high commission residence a housing unit,

i kind of feel bad for whoever suggested putting the Heater in baby room, it was spring at that time but Cape Town gets quite chilly at evenings , so probably they were trying to make the nursery as comfortable as possible.

Ohnonevermind · 24/08/2022 21:22

Perhaps if William said he was moving to a single housing unit in Windsor there would be less drama by posters.

Ohnonevermind · 24/08/2022 21:32

I’ve looked on Spotify, the podcast isn’t even in the top 100 in Ireland.

and there’s another 11 to look forward to

CauliflowerCheese30 · 24/08/2022 21:33

Ha ha so true.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/08/2022 21:39

He's probably been set a skill for the next podcast. Ride in on a unicycle

I doubt it, Marsha; after all unicycling requires a great deal of skill, and Harry did after all say he was never able to go on bike rides

Perhaps he's attended one of LA's circus schools though ... which would also explain the juggling?

MarshaMelrose · 24/08/2022 21:40

She's done 12? I wonder if she's starting with her weakest or strongest? Interesting.

MarshaMelrose · 24/08/2022 21:42

Puzzledandpissedoff · 24/08/2022 21:39

He's probably been set a skill for the next podcast. Ride in on a unicycle

I doubt it, Marsha; after all unicycling requires a great deal of skill, and Harry did after all say he was never able to go on bike rides

Perhaps he's attended one of LA's circus schools though ... which would also explain the juggling?

You could be right. What other circus skills could he do? Lion tamer? No. Trapeze...No. Clown...hmmmmm.

Poshcandle · 24/08/2022 21:45

My money is on them having him bring in a tray of tea in the next podcast. Then they can laugh at him again.*. I’m not sure if that’s enough. I think if he could unicycle in whilst carrying a tray full of tea and digestives for Meghan and guest, that would be more like it. Then they could laugh at his English accent AND how shit he is at simultaneously unicycling whilst serving tea.

MarshaMelrose · 24/08/2022 21:51

...and then fall off the unicycle and blame Prince Charles for not teaching him properly!

Readinginthesun · 24/08/2022 21:51

queenofarles · 24/08/2022 21:19

Well Housing units are defined as single family houses, but even in the US they often mean affordable/ low income housing, so really no idea how someone can call the high commission residence a housing unit,

i kind of feel bad for whoever suggested putting the Heater in baby room, it was spring at that time but Cape Town gets quite chilly at evenings , so probably they were trying to make the nursery as comfortable as possible.

I read that M took the heater . Will try to find link but I have had 2 large glasses of wine …..

SilverLiningPlaybook · 24/08/2022 21:55

wordler · 24/08/2022 19:02

But I also don't understand why she doesn't see that the way she tells these stories doesn't make her look good at all.

So as I said above I don't think that story had any need to be told in that podcast which was an opportunity to get Serena to open up and talk in depth about her experiences HOWEVER....

if she had to tell it and had said something like...

"I understand about the Mom guilt, when we were on tour in SA I had an experience which made me feel the same way, there was an incident in the place we were staying on the tour and Archie's room nearly caught on fire while we were on an engagement. It really shook me, you know how protective you feel as a new Mom, especially with your first precious baby [relates to other mothers]
and I really didn't want to leave him to go on the next engagement but so much work had gone into the tour and we didn't want to disappoint our hosts but it was very hard [shows appreciation of the SA community they were there to see] and of course, I know how lucky I was to be able to leave him with our wonderful nanny and with all the staff at the Ambassador's residence who took such good care of us after the incident [acknowleges her great privilege, and compliments their hosts] lots of women don't have that privilege when they go through these difficult parenting decisions balancing work and family.

That tells the same story but shows her in a much better light, and as a much more sympathetic person.

Totally agree.

BeanieTeen · 24/08/2022 22:01

While I agree, there's nothing new in this; far too many of today's interviewers can't resist making it all about them, and on previous form it's hardly likely Meghan would pass up an opportunity to do the same

Indeed. I was a bit perplexed when this whole whole bizarre Megan Markle previously being connected with Piers Morgan was a talked about thing, that really seemed like an odd mix - but maybe they had more common ground and interests than we all realised. Those being talking about themselves, being obsessed with themselves and having their own heads firmly lodged up their own arses and not knowing how to conduct an interview properly.

SilverLiningPlaybook · 24/08/2022 22:08

Poshcandle · 24/08/2022 21:45

My money is on them having him bring in a tray of tea in the next podcast. Then they can laugh at him again.*. I’m not sure if that’s enough. I think if he could unicycle in whilst carrying a tray full of tea and digestives for Meghan and guest, that would be more like it. Then they could laugh at his English accent AND how shit he is at simultaneously unicycling whilst serving tea.

Meghan is making sure everyone knows Harry is the performing monkey and she is the organ grinder.

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