Meghan to host Spotify podcast on how stereotyping affects women’s lives

Archetypes will launch later his year as part of multimillion-dollar deal between streaming service and Duke and Duchess of Sussex

The Duchess of Sussex will present a podcast investigating the stereotypes and labels that have held women back from the past to the present, ranging from physical weakness to promiscuity and hysteria, as the first series in the Sussexes multimillion-dollar deal with Spotify.

The podcast, named Archetypes, will launch on the streaming service later this year after the deal was first announced in December 2020. Through conversations with historians and experts it will explore the origins of stereotypes and how they influence women's lives.