meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Is Megan Markle a #TradWife?

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Society & Culture, Parenting, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Technology

4.3787 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we're asking the question on the Internet's bitchy lips: is Meghan Markle a tradwife? To get to the bottom of it, I'm dropping in a special crossover episode with Off With Their Headlines where I try to answer that very question. We unpack what “tradwife” actually means, why Meghan’s branding is smart (not submissive), and how capitalism, feminism, and influencer culture collide in unexpected ways. Plus, a little tea on royal family PR strategy, birth control conspiracies, and—something very unexpected—sneaky Jesus. 🎧 Like what you hear? Don’t forget to check out Off With Their Headlines wherever you get your podcasts. Join our newsletter community here. Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

How many of you have watched Megan Markle's new show?

0:10.3

I've seen all the episodes, and I love it.

0:12.8

I do. I do. I love them so much that I've considered getting my own urban bees.

0:17.1

Yeah, and I'm not ashamed to that. Not at all.

0:20.0

And one of the things that I'm very confused by is the internet calling Megan Markle a trad wife.

0:25.9

We are way too quick these days to dismiss any woman doing anything at all domestic as trad. And that is just not the case.

0:33.8

A woman who works in the home raising her children also isn't a tradwife, and that is a distinction

0:38.4

that I think we have to make over and over again. As America's leading expert on tradwives,

0:44.5

a position I never really thought I was going to have, I have to say, my definition of

0:50.6

tradwife is someone who promotes stripping agency away from women.

0:56.7

Someone who doesn't believe women should be in the workforce.

1:00.5

Someone who believes that a man is the primary head of the household.

1:03.3

Someone who believes that women shouldn't be making money.

1:08.5

Or if they don't believe this, at least they promote these kinds of ideas on their social media feeds.

1:10.1

And make no mistake, Megan Markle is a capitalist.

1:13.0

She is a capitalist and a brand. And frankly, I think she's working her butt off in spite of her

1:17.9

husband and his enormous generational wealth. I am not a royal expert and I don't pretend to be.

1:24.3

My friend Amanda Matta is royal obsessed. and she hosts a Royals podcast with media critic

1:30.4

Meredith Constant called Off with Their Headlines. It's great fun, and they recently had me on to talk

1:36.3

about this Megan Markle Treadwife thing. We had so much fun on this episode, and so many of you are

1:41.5

asking me my opinion on Megan and whether she's a tradwife,

1:45.7

that I just thought that I would pop this in our feed right here so you could listen to it.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jo Piazza, Influence Inc., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jo Piazza, Influence Inc. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.