EXCLUSIVE: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is preparing to launch her latest podcast.
Meghan is launching Confessions of a Female Founder with Lemonada Media. It comes a year after she struck a deal with the company behind Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
The series, which launches on April 8, will see her have candid conversations with female founders and friends who open up about the success, the struggles, and the never- before-told stories that took many of them from starting a company to selling it.
Per the logline, the series allows audiences to be a fly on the wall and hear the unfiltered stories behind the successes of notable female founders, while also sneaking a peek behind the curtain of Meghan’s own entrepreneurial journey launching As ever.
The eight-part series, which will see episodes released weekly, is her first original podcast for the company, which was founded in 2019 by Jessica Cordova Kramer, a former executive producer at Pod Save America producer Crooke Media, and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, co-founder of theater company Rec Room Arts.
Last year, Lemonada, which is also behind series such as Hard Feelings with Jennette McCurdy and Choice Words with Samantha Bee, distributed Meghan’s previous series Archetypes, which was originally for Spotify, to all podcast platforms.
It’s a busy month for the Duchess of Sussex, who just launched With Love, Meghan on Netflix.
“I’m so proud of what we’re creating, and the candid conversations that I’m able to have with other female founders as we unpack the twists and turns of building a business,” said Meghan. “Through my friendships and relationships, we’re able to dive into the type of insights that everyone wants to know as they’re building a business, and that I’m able to tap into as I’m building my own business with As ever.”
“As female founders ourselves, Steph and I are grateful to get a chance to build alongside Meghan the exact podcast we needed when we started Lemonada,” added Lemonada’s CEO and co-founder, Jessica Cordova Kramer.
“Meghan is such a warm and welcoming person, and you feel that in her interviews. She creates a comfortable space for her guests to bring fascinating personal stories to the table and open up in a way they likely haven’t before publicly. Listeners can expect conversations that are way more break room than boardroom,” said Lemonada’s Chief Creative Officer and co-founder, Stephanie Wittels Wachs.
