Meghan Markle’s new Archetypes is currently Spotify’s most-listened-to podcast in six countries, overtaking usual U.S. frontrunner The Joe Rogan Experience.
On today’s U.S. Spotify chart, Archetypes outpaced both Rogan and the #3 entry The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon. Markle’s collection additionally topped the Spotify UK charts, as nicely as for Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Archetypes debuted Tuesday solely on Spotify, with tennis powerhouse Serena Williams as the new series’ inaugural guest. Produced by using Archewell Audio in partnership with Spotify’s Gimlet Media, Archetypes arrived almost two years after Markle and husband Prince Harry, beneath their Archewell Audio banner, signed an unique multiyear deal with Spotify. Next week’s episode will feature an interview with Mariah Carey.
On the inaugural episode titled “The Misconceptions of Ambition,” Markle and Williams discussed their youthful ambitions and juggling motherhood and career in the public eye, with Williams also talking about her choice to pivot from tennis toward different ventures.
At one point all through their conversation, Prince Harry “popped in,” as Markle described it, with a brief greeting to Williams.
The episode also drew interest for Markle’s remembrance of a scary moment when a fire broke out in then-four-month-old son Archie’s nursery when a heater malfunctioned. Although the toddler was no longer in the room at the time, information of the furnace left Markle “shaken,” she said.
The episode additionally blanketed a discuss with Dr. Laura Cray, a UC Berkeley professor and professional on gender in the workplace.

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