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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Harry and Meghan

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It was a game changer when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members of the royal family. Since then, they've given interviews, secured lucrative multimedia deals, and launched several personal projects — Harry recently published the highly anticipated memoir Spare. And they've done it all while bringing long-overdue conversations about race and the royal family's legacy to the forefront. So how, exactly, do we process all of this?

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It was a game changer when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members

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of the Royal Family.

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Since then, they continued to be in the tabloids and our culture feeds.

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They've given interviews, secured lucrative multimedia deals, and launched several personal

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projects Harry recently published the highly anticipated memoir Spare.

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Then they've done it all while bringing long overdue conversations about race and the Royal

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Family's legacy to the forefront.

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So how exactly do we process all of this?

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I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about Harry and Meghan on Pop Culture Happy

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Hour from NPR.

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Joining me today is Saraya Nadia McDonald, senior culture critic for Anne'scape.

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Welcome back, Saraya.

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Hello, hello.

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Also with us is podcast producer and film and culture critic Kate Young.

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Welcome back to you two, Kate.

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Hi again.

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And rounding out the panel is Kristen Meinsert.

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She's the co-host of the podcast, Movie Therapy with Rayford and Kristen and the Royal Report

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from Newsweek.

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Welcome back to you two, Kristen.

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Thanks for having me back.

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Yes, we've got a great crew lined up for this conversation here.

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