{"id":6491,"date":"2024-02-25T20:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2024-02-25T20:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:34:28","slug":"meghan-markles-podcast-plans-revealed-as-she-considers-herself-too-academic-for-some-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=6491","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s podcast plans revealed as she &#8216;considers herself too academic&#8217; for some topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle signed a deal with Lemonada Media to release a &#8216;dynamic&#8217; new podcast but &#8216;considers herself too academic&#8217; for certain types of content, a source has reportedly claimed<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle is set to release a new podcast but reportedly considers herself to be &#8220;too academic&#8221; for certain subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex has big plans for her deal with Lemonada Media, saying she was &#8220;proud&#8221; to share the news which will allow her to continue her &#8220;love of podcasting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Now an inside source has laid out what we can expect from the 42-year-old&#8217;s latest venture. The podcast is supposedly going to be &#8220;dynamic&#8221; but there are some subjects that the royal won&#8217;t approach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1_Prince-Harry-and-his-wife-Meghan-Markle-attend-7th-day-of-Invictus-Games-in-Germany-200x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1_Prince-Harry-and-his-wife-Meghan-Markle-attend-7th-day-of-Invictus-Games-in-Germany-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1_Prince-Harry-and-his-wife-Meghan-Markle-attend-7th-day-of-Invictus-Games-in-Germany-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1_Prince-Harry-and-his-wife-Meghan-Markle-attend-7th-day-of-Invictus-Games-in-Germany-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1_Prince-Harry-and-his-wife-Meghan-Markle-attend-7th-day-of-Invictus-Games-in-Germany-1025x1536.webp 1025w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1_Prince-Harry-and-his-wife-Meghan-Markle-attend-7th-day-of-Invictus-Games-in-Germany.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The source told US Weekly: &#8220;[She] wants to do mostly philanthropic-type content. She considers herself too academic for entertainment-only.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She doesn\u2019t want the podcast to be celebrity-driven, though she\u2019ll have some stars on.&#8221; According to the source, Meghan will \u201cdo some inner reflecting\u201d on the podcast and \u201cwill share stories\u201d from her own life.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing a statement when signing the podcast deal, which is expected to last eight months, Meghan said: &#8220;I&#8217;m proud to now be able to share that I am joining the brilliant team at Lemonada to continue my love of podcasting. Being able to support a female-founded company with a roster of thought-provoking and highly entertaining podcasts is a fantastic way to kick off 2024.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2_The-Duke-And-Duchess-Of-Sussex-Visit-Fiji-Day-3-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2_The-Duke-And-Duchess-Of-Sussex-Visit-Fiji-Day-3-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2_The-Duke-And-Duchess-Of-Sussex-Visit-Fiji-Day-3-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2_The-Duke-And-Duchess-Of-Sussex-Visit-Fiji-Day-3-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2_The-Duke-And-Duchess-Of-Sussex-Visit-Fiji-Day-3.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The deal with Lemonada Media comes after Meghan and Prince Harry parted ways with Spotify. The streaming giant and the Sussexes&#8217; audio production company, Archewell Audio, released a joint statement saying they have &#8220;mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, an executive at Spotify called the Sussexes &#8220;grifters&#8221; after they stopped the deal. Bill Simmons, Head of Podcast Innovation and Monetization at Spotify, said in an episode of his own podcast: &#8220;The f***ing grifters. That&#8217;s the podcast we should have launched with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. It&#8217;s one of my best stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle signed a deal with Lemonada Media to release a &#8216;dynamic&#8217; new podcast but &#8216;considers herself too academic&#8217; for certain types of content, a source has&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6496,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/6496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}