Actress and author Diane Guerrero, the Boston native best known for her roles on “Orange Is the New Black’’ and “Jane the Virgin,’’ is hosting a new podcast produced by actress Reese Witherspoon.

Entertainment Weekly reports that Guerrero will host “How It Is,’’ a podcast focused on the first-person stories of women. The first season of the podcast will include five 30-minute episodes, featuring stories from Tarana Burke, Krista Tippett, Gabrielle Union, Glennon Doyle, Ellen Pao, and Lena Waithe, among others, discussing issues such as anger, power, and freedom.

“ ‘How It Is’ will feature powerful, personal stories told by a diverse group of high-profile women,’’ Witherspoon’s company, Hello Sunshine, said in a statement. “The episodes will present women — celebrities, activists, and ordinary people with extraordinary insight — as experts on their own lives, claiming their power by telling their stories.’’

Guerrero, whose memoir “In the Country We Love: My Family Divided’’ recounts how her immigrant parents were deported from the United States when she was just 14, will be in town in a few weeks to deliver the commencement address at Regis College in Weston.