Episodios

  • Oprah & Will Guidara, The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

    Oprah & Will Guidara, The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
    Nov 4 2025
    Oprah talks with world-renowned restaurateur Will Guidara about his New York Times bestselling book, Unreasonable Hospitality that has sold over 1 million copies. Will’s abiding belief is that focusing on providing excellent service to others can transform not only your business, but your entire life. Recorded with a live audience in New York City, this episode also features Will’s longtime friend and mentor, Chef Daniel Boulud of New York’s legendary restaurant Daniel. Presented by Walmart, this podcast is an invitation to use your unique gifts and talent to elevate the lives of those around you. You can find Will’s book, Unreasonable Hospitality, at Walmart.com. Will’s upcoming book Unreasonable Hospitality: The Field Guide is also available for preorder. BUY THE BOOK! Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect, published by Optimism Press and written by Will Guidara, is available wherever books are sold. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Field Guide is available for preorder. Unreasonable Hospitality: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Unreasonable-Hospitality-The-Remarkable-Power-of-Giving-People-More-Than-They-Expect-Hardcover-9780593418574/319309554 00:00:00 - Welcome Will Guidara, author of ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’ 00:03:35 - Handling last place at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 00:07:45 - Setting the goal to become No. 1 00:08:45 - Will’s first fine dining experience 00:13:46 - The impact we have on others 00:16:30 - Living with intention 00:18:09 - The nobility of service 00:20:50 - Meeting Chef Daniel Boulud 00:23:00 - Taking his father to Daniel’s after his mother’s passing 00:25:19 - Chef Daniel Boulud 00:27:45 - What Chef Boulud learned from Will 00:31:30 - Examples of unreasonable hospitality 00:35:20 - Caring for difficult people 00:36:45 - The charitable assumption 00:41:20 - Mindsets and practices 00:43:40 - Oprah and Will have this in common 00:45:00 - The best gift Will ever received SHOP THE SET Better Homes & Garden Ezra Accent Chair: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-Ezra-Accent-Chair-Olive-Green/6832971398?classType=VARIANT&athbdg=L1300&from=/search&wmlspartner=wlpa&cn=FY25-ENTP-PMAX_cnv_dps_dsn_dis_ad_entp_e_n&adid=22222222297_0000000000_21407473164&veh=sem&vtcWeb=eviaA8Ad89fe38QBUyb9gE&expiryTime=1756505947449&c=mWebSmartBanner Better Homes & Garden Miller Drum End Table: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-Essentials-End-Table-Walnut/13665865382 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Gray Divorce (after 50) & Adult Children: The Fallout for the Family, with Oprah and Leading Experts

    Gray Divorce (after 50) & Adult Children: The Fallout for the Family, with Oprah and Leading Experts
    Oct 28 2025
    Oprah is joined by a live audience in New York City for a candid conversation about the soaring rates of divorce for people over the age of 50, what experts are calling "gray divorce.” Even though the overall divorce rate is on the decline, the divorce rate for people over 50 has doubled and more than tripled for those over 65. Oprah is joined by Susan Guthrie, a family law attorney and host of the popular podcast, Divorce and Beyond®. Joining the conversation are Lori Gottlieb, psychotherapist, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and Dr. Susan L. Brown, co-author of the studies identifying this national phenomenon, and a Distinguished Professor at Bowling Green State University. We also hear from several women who are in the early stages of gray divorce, have gone through gray divorce and adult children of parents who divorced after age 50. 00:00:00 - Rising divorce rates after 50 (“gray divorce”) 00:02:00 - Expert insights with Dr. Susan Brown 00:03:18 - Why gray divorce is on the rise 00:04:09 - Guest: Family law attorney Susan Guthrie 00:06:20 - Guest: Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 00:11:00 - Why divorce feels shameful 00:14:30 - Men’s surprise at women’s “invisible work” 00:16:22 - Is divorce always terrible? 00:19:02 - Divorce as grief and loss 00:26:45 - First steps after divorce 00:30:58 - Impact on older children 00:36:58 - Why few expect to remarry 00:41:50 - When parent-child roles reverse 00:47:32 - Knowing when to move on Additional Resources: Susan Guthrie, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast https://divorceandbeyondpod.com/ Dr. Susan L. Brown, National Center for Family and Marriage Research at BGSU BGSU.edu/ncfmr "Maybe You Should to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed” by Lori Gottlieb, is published by Harper Collins and available wherever books are sold. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone-lori-gottlieb?variant=40828383363106 Addison Aloian’s Women's Health piece, 'My Parents Got Divorced When I Was An Adult. Why Do I Feel So Weird Now That They've Moved On? https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a63799212/adult-child-of-divorce/ Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Megha Majumdar: "A Guardian and a Thief" | Oprah's Book Club

    Megha Majumdar: "A Guardian and a Thief" | Oprah's Book Club
    Oct 14 2025
    In this episode of Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks, Oprah and Megha Majumdar discuss her magnificent new book, A Guardian and a Thief, a 2025 National Book Awards finalist and Oprah’s 119th Book Club selection. This exquisitely written novel packs an epic story into just 224 pages. From page one to the jaw-dropping conclusion, readers are immersed in a harrowing journey as two families, on a collision course in Kolkata, India, face the consequences and moral implications of their life-and-death choices. Megha’s evocative, beautifully crafted exploration of our changing world sparked a lively and thoughtful conversation among readers at a Starbucks coffeehouse in New York City. Starbucks' delectable drink pairing for this book is an Iced Banana Cream Protein Matcha. BUY THE BOOK! A Guardian and a Thief, published by Penguin Random House and written by Megha Majumdar, is available wherever books are sold. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798984/a-guardian-and-a-thief-by-megha-majumdar/ 00:00:00 - Welcome Megha Majumdar, author of “A Guardian and a Thief” 00:01:56 - Oprah describes “A Guardian and a Thief” 00:03:28 - Oprah’s daughter-girl Thando shares her take 00:05:15 - The plot 00:09:08 - Writing about famine 00:13:20 - A writer’s relationship to failing 00:16:20 - Each character sees America differently 00:22:30 - Is everyone both a guardian and a thief? 00:25:50 - How would you act under great pressure? 00:32:00 - What motivates us to do the right thing 00:39:30 - Confronting contradictions in her book 00:40:45 - Megha’s story of America 00:42:23 - Did Megha always know the ending? 00:47:28 - When writing became her career Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: Instagram Facebook TikTok Listen to the full podcast: Spotify Apple Podcasts #oprahsbookclub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • How to Let Go after Being Let Go with Oprah and authors Laura Brown & Kristina O’Neill

    How to Let Go after Being Let Go with Oprah and authors Laura Brown & Kristina O’Neill
    Oct 9 2025
    In this episode of The Oprah Podcast former In Style Editor-in-Chief Laura Brown and former Wall Street Journal Magazine Editor-in-Chief Kristina O’Neill talk about the many challenges—and opportunities—that come with losing a job, no matter where you are in your career. They discuss their new book All the Cool Girls Get Fired which dives into everything you need to know if you’ve recently lost your job including how to figure out who you are without your job title. Oprah shares her own story of being fired when she was let go from being the co-anchor of the Baltimore evening news at age 22 and former CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin talks about how she dealt with losing her high-profile job. We also hear from another woman who says she learned to bounce back better after losing her corporate role of 34 years. BUY THE BOOK! ⁠https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/All-the-Cool-Girls-Get-Fired/Laura-Brown/9781668067451⁠ Subscribe: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Gen Z Tech Addiction Crisis with Oprah and Adam Alter

    Gen Z Tech Addiction Crisis with Oprah and Adam Alter
    Sep 30 2025
    Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Oprah is joined by a live audience in New York City for an in-depth look at the crisis of tech addiction among Gen Z. Millions of young people ages 13 to 28 struggle to separate themselves from the many addictive digital experiences from social media, video games to adult content. Oprah is joined by Adam Alter, a professor of marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business and author of Irresistible The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. Also joining this important conversation are Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr, author of Smartphone Nation: Building Digital Boundaries When Offline Isn't an Option and Dr. Christina Brezing, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Additional guests include Conor McLaren and Alex Slater, co-founders of “Quittr” - an app designed to help people struggling with an addiction to online adult content. We also hear from several young guests who are struggling with addictions to video games and adult content. BUY THE BOOKS! Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked https://adamalterauthor.com/irresistible Smartphone Nation: Building Digital Boundaries When Offline Isn't an Option https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804258/smartphone-nation-by-kaitlyn-regehr-phd/ 00:00:00 - Tech addiction is a crisis 00:01:33 - Adam Alter, author of Irresistible 00:03:06 - Kaitlyn Regehr, author of Smartphone Nation 00:04:00 - Hate, Harm & Disinformation Is Algorithmically Prioritized 00:06:28 - Christina Brezing on Tech Addiction 00:08:54 - Nisha’s Son & Video Game Addiction 00:13:12 - What Can Parents Do? 00:17:18 - Maddie & Kyle – Adult Content Addiction 00:23:34 - Will AI Make It Worse? 00:24:31 - Conner & Alex – Quittr App 00:28:00 - Impact on Sex Lives 00:36:19 - A Generation Unsocialized Learn More About the Quittr App: https://quittrapp.com/oprah Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Do Dogs Really Love Us? with Oprah and Dr. Carl Safina

    Do Dogs Really Love Us? with Oprah and Dr. Carl Safina
    Sep 23 2025
    Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Oprah sits down with renowned ecologist Dr. Carl Safina, author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, to explore our sacred connection with the animal world—especially our tight-knit relationships and bonds with our beloved dogs. Joining them is author and neuroscientist Dr. Gregory Berns, whose groundbreaking MRI research offers scientific proof that our dogs really do love us. Dr. Berns discusses his eye-opening books How Dogs Love Us and Cowpuppy. The episode also features extraordinary true stories of hero dogs who saved their owners’ lives. BUY THE BOOK! https://wwnorton.com/books/alfie-and-me https://books.apple.com/us/book/alfie-and-me/id6445787372 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Oprah and Edwina Findley Dickerson on Manifesting Life’s Dream for You

    Oprah and Edwina Findley Dickerson on Manifesting Life’s Dream for You
    Sep 16 2025
    In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, award-winning actress Edwina Findley Dickerson invites Oprah and listeners into the heart of her very first book, The World Is Waiting for You: Embrace Your Calling and Manifest the God Dream Over Your Life. Edwina reveals how each of us carries the potential to uncover a divine vision uniquely designed for our lives. Drawing from her own journey of extraordinary signs, wonders, and answered prayers she shares how moments of manifestation are not reserved for the few but available to anyone willing to nurture faith and step into courage. Edwina speaks with guests across the country who hunger to realize their own potential and awaken to a life larger than the one they are currently living. She shares practical ways to begin this journey whether it be prayer, tips for vision boarding or how to show up in service of others. She believes anything is possible when we align and discover God’s dream for us all. BUY THE BOOK! https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-world-is-waiting-for-you/id6739210907 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Elizabeth Gilbert: "All the Way to the River" | Oprah's Book Club

    Elizabeth Gilbert: "All the Way to the River" | Oprah's Book Club
    Sep 9 2025
    Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks features coffee and conversation with one of the most beloved writers of our time, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert, in a café in Starbucks’ hometown Seattle. Her vulnerable new memoir, All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation, is Oprah’s 118th book club selection. The book details Elizabeth’s raw and riveting story of falling in love with her partner Rayya, navigating harrowing struggles and finding a path to healing in the years that followed Rayya's passing. Liz shares what was really going on in her life during the time Eat, Pray, Love was released, including her own journey with sex and love addiction, shocking stories about what happened after Rayya was diagnosed with cancer and Liz's personal surrender to recovery. Oprah describes her story as "the bravest thing I've ever seen." For this conversation, Oprah and Elizabeth are joined by an audience of readers as they enjoy the Fall favorite, Pumpkin Spice Latte. BUY THE BOOK! "All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation” by Elizabeth Gilbert, is published by Riverhead Books and available wherever books are sold: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707805/all-the-way-to-the-river-by-elizabeth-gilbert/ HERE I AM The footage featured in Oprah’s podcast with Elizabeth Gilbert comes from the feature-length documentary, Here I Am, directed by award-winning filmmaker, Marc J. Francis https://www.marcjfrancis.com and produced by Speakit Productions https://www.speakit.org. Here I Am is a deeply intimate portrait of Elizabeth and her partner Rayya Elias who opened their world to Marc, inviting him to witness and document their final year together. From the soaring highs of love, laughter and creativity to the devastating lows of illness, addiction, and grief, their story is a powerful meditation on what it means to love, live and let go. The film will be released internationally in 2026. For updates and behind-the-scenes insights about the film, subscribe at https://www.marcjfrancis.com/here-i-am Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: Instagram Facebook TikTok Listen to the full podcast: Spotify Apple Podcasts #oprahsbookclub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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