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   E110 · 6 Oct 2026 · 33 min

   Amanda Rizkalla: “Hungered” | Oprah’s Book Club

   BUY THE BOOK! Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla: ⁠https://amzn.to/4hIE21vThe 125th Oprah’s Book Club selection is the stunning debut novel Hungered by author Amanda Rizkalla. Written from the perspective of 12-year-old Sofia, Hungered gives a unique look inside the world of a family who is unhoused. Amanda shares how her personal experience of losing their housing and living in a car with her family as a child inspired her to write this poignant and beautiful story. Oprah and Amanda have a thoughtful discussion about how - despite the daily struggle to survive - the fictional Sofia and her family…

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   E109 · 1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

   The Optimism We All Need Right Now with Simon Sinek

   BUY THE BOOK!Start with Why by Simon Sinek https://amzn.to/4xQ0ETDSimon Sinek’s landmark New York Times bestseller Start with Why transformed how leaders, entrepreneurs and employees think - inspiring them to shift their focus from what they do to why they do it. Simon brought this revolutionary concept to life with his Ted Talk, "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" which instantly went viral - and now ranks as the fourth most-watched Ted talk of all time with more than 90 million views. In this conversation, Oprah and Simon talk about how to feel more energized, optimistic and engaged in your…

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   E108 · 29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

   30 Years of Oprah’s Book Club: The Authors Behind the Stories We Love

   BUY THE BOOKS!The Oprah Book Club storefronthttps://amzn.to/4j5y1xWTo celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Oprah’s Book Club - Oprah is joined by four multiple-award winning, best-selling authors including: Viola Davis, Barbara Kingsolver, Abraham Verghese and Ocean Vuong. In her backyard under the oak trees Oprah and these masterful storytellers have a thoughtful conversation about the craft of writing, their processes and the significance the reader brings to their work. Among their works they discuss these Oprah's Book club picks: Finding Me, Demon Copperhead, The Poisonwood Bible, The…

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   E106 · 22 Sep 2026 · 49 min

   How to Work with Difficult People (Without Losing Yourself)

   BUY THE BOOK!How to Work With Complicated People by Ryan Leakhttps://amzn.to/4y8aXDBNew York Times bestselling author Ryan Leak joins Oprah at her tea house for a practical conversation about navigating difficult workplace relationships. Drawing from his book How to Work with Complicated People Ryan shares why the people we work with, more than the work itself, often determine how fulfilled we feel on the job. He breaks down four strategies for working through challenging dynamics, introduces the idea of an “expectations detox” and offers a powerful reminder: we’re all complicated to someone…

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   E105 · 17 Sep 2026 · 54 min

   Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for the Best Possible Life with Oprah and Jim Murphy

   BUY THE BOOK!Inner Excellence by Jim Murphyhttps://amzn.to/4rhK0ulPerformance coach and bestselling author Jim Murphy’s book Inner Excellence took the world by storm and rocketed to #1 after NFL wide receiver A.J. Brown was spotted reading it during a playoff game. Seemingly overnight the book became a New York Times bestseller, resonating far beyond the world of sports. Drawing from the powerful lessons in Inner Excellence Jim shares the mental tools you can cultivate to help manage your mind, unlock your potential and expand what's possible in your life. He also discusses his…

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   E104 · 16 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 39 min

   Oprah’s Greatest Conversations with Authors: 30 Years of Oprah’s Book Club

   BUY THE BOOKS!The Oprah Book Club storefronthttps://amzn.to/4j5y1xWIn this special bonus episode Oprah celebrates the 30th anniversary of Oprah’s Book Club and reflects on how her lifelong love of reading became a cultural phenomenon. Oprah revisits some of her most treasured conversations with the writers she calls her “rock stars” and celebrates three decades of connecting readers with great books. We hear her conversations with Toni Morrison, Ocean Vuong, Wally Lamb, Anthony Ray Hinton, Abraham Verghese, Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Strout, Tayari Jones, Barbara Kingsolver, Cormac McCarthy,…

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   E111 · 8 Oct 2026 · 47 min

   Why Is America Different Than Every Other Country When It Comes to Guns?

   BUY THE BOOK! The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell⁠https://amzn.to/4jvQMuE⁠ Malcolm Gladwell - one of America’s foremost thought leaders - examines our country’s obsession with guns and the devastating toll gun violence has taken on our communities. In his new book, The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic, Malcolm challenges some of our most deeply held beliefs about American gun violence: what we’re missing about the root cause of most violence, how modern medicine is obscuring the reality of the problem, why the answer might be more police—not less—and how…

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   E103 · 15 Sep 2026 · 48 min

   Heart Disease Kills More Women than All the Forms of Cancer Combined

   BUY THE BOOK!The Healing Power of Resistance by Dr. Tara Narulahttps://amzn.to/4h1TDu1Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. One of the country’s leading cardiologists is ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula who, earlier this year, released her New York Times bestselling book The Healing Power of Resilience: A New Prescription for Health and Well-Being. Oprah and Dr. Narula discuss the hidden warning signs of heart disease and how you can take better care of your cardiovascular health. Dr. Narula also explains how your connection to faith, purpose and…

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   E102 · 10 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

   The Lindsay Clancy Case, Understanding Postpartum Psychosis

   The Lindsay Clancy case has captured the nation’s attention, causing heated debate in the national conversation. On January 24, 2023 Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children in her basement and then attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window in her house. The resulting injuries left her paralyzed from the waist down. After 21 days of testimony from more than 80 witnesses, the jury was not able to reach a unanimous decision. Lindsay Clancy’s defense team has argued that she is not guilty by reason of insanity as she was experiencing postpartum psychosis, while the prosecution…

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    E101 · 8 Sep 2026 · 40 min

    Oprah Celebrates 40 Years of The Oprah Winfrey Show

    Today—September 8, 1986—marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most momentous days in Oprah's life and career. Forty years ago today the very first nationally syndicated episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired launching what would become a 25 year cultural phenomenon and pioneering television. In this special anniversary episode Oprah reflects on her extraordinary journey—from her early days as a news anchor in Nashville and Baltimore to her first audition tape and the lessons she learned hosting AM Chicago, the show that brought her to the Windy City. She also reveals the enduring early…

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