How better to begin a weekly podcast on books than with Oprah Winfrey who has, in the last quarter century, done more to get Americans to read than almost any literacy program we can think of. However the beginning of her book club was something of an accident. Oprah tells us why she didn’t believe it had a chance. She tells us what is in her personal, extra ... Show More
Feb 26
Tayari Jones and the Meaning of Kin
Tayari Jones is one of the country’s most gifted writers, and her newest, Kin, is sure to get everyone talking. Beautiful, wrenching and compelling, this is a period piece that takes place in the South around the 1950’s and 60’s. This is a book that will move you, and almost ever ... Show More
31m 32s
Feb 19
Allegra Goodman, Her Stories, and the Messiness of Family
Allegra Goodman’s latest, This is Not About Us is a treasure. Centered around the Rubenstein family, each chapter examines the Rubensteins from a different lens, a different perspective. The stories are funny, messy, heartbreaking, captivating; all adjectives that describe comple ... Show More
31m 45s
Feb 12
Belle Burden and the Art of Being Vulnerable
Belle Burden’s Strangers is not your everyday memoir about divorce. After three kids, two decades and two homes, her husband was caught having an affair. When confronted, he walked out, saying that marriage and family were not “for him”. It was not about the other woman nor was i ... Show More
29m 22s
Jul 2021
What I Know For Sure: Authentic Power
<p>Oprah shares excerpts from her<em> New York Times</em> Best-Selling book, <em>What I Know For Sure</em>. Inspired by her widely popular <em>O, The Oprah Magazine's</em> column, the compilation book includes Oprah's insight on how to become your best self. Oprah reflects on th ... Show More
40m 5s
Jul 2021
What I Know For Sure: Awe & Clarity
<p>Oprah shares excerpts from her New York Times Best-Selling book, What I Know For Sure. Inspired by her widely popular O, The Oprah Magazine's column, the compilation book includes Oprah's insight on how to become your best self. Filled with personal <em>Aha</em> moments and th ... Show More
46m 7s
Jul 2019
When You Know Better, You Do Better
<p>Maya Angelou once told Oprah, "When you know better, you do better." Oprah underscores this message with insightful stories from her own life and from those of <em>Oprah Winfrey Show</em> guests who learned from the mistakes they made. Oprah shares that she has empathy for oth ... Show More
29m 49s