Hear Me Out: You Need To Care About Meghan Markle
b'On today\\u2019s episode of Hear Me Out\\u2026 royal pains.\\n\\nThe British Royals are far from the imperial power they once were. Whether you love the institution, hate it, or simply don\\u2019t care, it\\u2019s hard to deny that it feels like an artifact of another time.\\n\\nWhich is perhaps why Meghan Markle\\u2019s arrival on the scene \\u2013 and subsequent departure, with Prince Harry at her side \\u2013 threw so many people for a loop. Meghan continues to receive racist, sexist, and downright fabricated harassment from the public, and particularly the tabloids\\u2026 and so do the people who defend her.\\xa0\\n\\nKristen Meinzer, culture critic and host of The Daily Fail, joins us again to explain why we need to care about Meghan \\u2014 and defend her.\\n\\nIf you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com\\n\\nPodcast production by Maura Currie\\n\\nYou can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month\\xa0for your first three months.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'