Do you love Oprah? If you don’t, why did you click on this post? If you love Oprah (or at least admire her gumption), this three part podcast is for you. With her hour long television show that started 1986, Oprah changed the conversations had on television. Daytime television. The show transposed what people were willing to talk about. From driving book sales to taking on tough issues like sexual abuse and nazis, Oprah reworked a television slot that was meant for game shows and soap operas. In addition, she gave rise to mainstream spirituality (I have never quite forgiven her for Dr. Phil).
The podcast details what it took to make Oprah – the conglomerate. In light of interviews with people who helped her build the show in the beginning, her early rival Phil Donahue, and even interviewing Oprah herself, we see how hard she worked to become a nationally syndicated show. Moreover, you hear clips from early Oprah from before she became a household name. If anything, it is a review of how much television has changed in the last forty years largely due to Oprah. The challenges of selecting the right market place for a black woman to the way Oprah from the get go knew how to talk to audiences and make them feel at home. Learn about how Oprah and her producers learned to teach us how to live our best life.