“She sat at the back and they said she was shy. She led from the front and they hated her pride.” American actor Meghan Markle recites this poem, Breathe by Becky Hemsley in her latest episode titled Decoding the Crazy, and it flawlessly encaptures the essence of her podcast — Archetypes. 

Markle is no stranger to stereotypes, and the podcast enables talks around the several uncalled-for labels society uses for women. By inviting women icons who have had similar experiences, the podcast aims to decode and dissect years of conditioning that have been enforced on them. Naturally, it has been a huge success since its launch in late August.