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May 2022
33m 4s

Oprah Shares Her Favorite Books

ABC NEWS | CHARLIE GIBSON, KATE GIBSON
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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
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