profiled Markle in 2018 with a focus on her parents, Doria Ragland and Thomas Markle — appeared on Andrew Gold’s podcasts “On the Edge,” where the journalist shared her thoughts about the duchess from her media insider’s perspective. “She has this warped reality, and then she marshals evidence underneath it to support a thesis that may not be the case,” said Grigoriadis.She described Markle as a “striver” who wanted to be a “household name” and rise above her family’s “shaggy-dog-tale” life.