At just 23 years old, Leon Benson was sentenced to 61 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. At 47 years old, Leon is a free man after his case was taken up by lawyers at the University of San Francisco Law School’s Racial Justice Clinic. Over 25 years, Leon consumed as much knowledge as he could get access to, which helped him explain the complex d ... Show More
Jun 25
Mojisola Adebayo – Black Duende
Busy Being Black returns soon with a season exploring Black imaginative vigour—and who better than Mojisola Adebayo to remind us of the adventure and irreverence of Black artistry, during and beyond times of crisis? In this conversation, which originally aired in February 2023, M ... Show More
58m 44s
Aug 2024
Dennis Carney – Sustaining Our Thriving
Dennis Carney is an elder whose respect among our community needs no justification nor explanation. Among much else, he led the now-closed Black Gay and Lesbian Centre in Brixton, and he has worked for 25 years as a therapeutic practitioner, supporting Black gay men to love thems ... Show More
57m 17s
Feb 2023
Super Soul Special: Bryan Stevenson: The Power of Mercy and Forgiveness
Original Air Date: June 6, 2018Oprah sits down with Bryan Stevenson, the law professor, civil rights attorney and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who shares why he has dedicated his life to giving a voice to incarcerated men and women. Bryan has spent more tha ... Show More
36m 38s
Feb 2023
Super Soul Special: Anthony Ray Hinton, Part 2: Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row
Original Air Date: June 12, 2018Oprah continues her extraordinary interview with wrongly convicted death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton, who shares a remarkable story about an unlikely friendship he formed in prison. He explains how he eventually found his way to freedom through t ... Show More
36m 46s
Jun 2018
Bryan Stevenson: The Power of Mercy and Forgiveness
Oprah sits down with Bryan Stevenson, the law professor, civil rights attorney and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who shares why he has dedicated his life to giving a voice to incarcerated men and women. Bryan has spent more than three decades challenging pov ... Show More
35m 54s
Jun 2018
Anthony Ray Hinton, Part 2: Finding Life, Hope and Redemption on Death Row
Oprah continues her extraordinary interview with wrongly convicted death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton, who shares a remarkable story about an unlikely friendship he formed in prison. He explains how he eventually found his way to freedom through the help of civil rights attorney ... Show More
36m 2s
Nov 2022
The Man Wrongfully Convicted Of A Murder He Didn’t Commit: Raphael Rowe
Raphael Rowe is the host of Worlds Toughest Prisons on Netflix, the worldwide-hit show that takes us inside the toughest penitentiaries on the planet. It’s a world he knows well, wrongfully convicted of murder, he spent twelve years in maximum security prisons before he proved hi ... Show More
2h 11m
Sep 2018
We Are Better than the Worst Things We’ve Done
Bryan Stevenson, the New York Times–bestselling author of Just Mercy, has been called America’s Nelson Mandela by Desmond Tutu and Nicholas Kristof. As a civil rights lawyer, he’s liberated more than 100 people from death row, proving their innocence in the process. And as the fo ... Show More
40m 13s