The Oprah Podcast
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The Oprah Podcast is home to all-new conversations featuring Oprah Winfrey and today’s foremost thought leaders, global newsmakers, best-selling authors, visionaries and cultural changemakers. Exploring timely themes, including happiness, resilience, consciousness and connection, the weekly series aims to help listeners on their journey to lead their best life. Oprah talks to people about what matters most to them in this moment. Every month, she will feature interviews with authors called ‘Oprah’s Book Club Presented by Starbucks’ with live audiences in Starbucks across the country.
Episodes
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Mar 31, 2026 • 1h 7min
Oprah with Belle Burden on the Collapse of Her 20 Year Marriage & Her Bestselling Memoir
Belle Burden, author and former corporate lawyer, tells of her 21-year marriage’s sudden collapse and the viral memoir that followed. She revisits the moment she learned of the affair, navigating family fallout, and the shame and disbelief she faced. Conversations cover telling her children, public perception, choosing to write, and how she rebuilt her life and identity afterward.
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Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 15min
Oprah & Tech Leaders on What AI Means for Your Job, Health, Family & Future
Aza Raskin, technologist and humane design co-founder; Tristan Harris, tech ethicist and public advocate; Daniel Roher, Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The A.I. Doc. They discuss who builds AI, why incentives shape its risks, control and emergent behaviors, deepfakes and real harms, and how collective action, policy and practical safeguards could change the trajectory.
Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 7min
Oprah and Kristin Cabot in an Exclusive Interview about the Coldplay Kiss Cam
Kristin Cabot, former Chief People Officer known for the viral Coldplay kiss cam moment, tells her one on-camera account. She revisits the night, the fallout at work and home, the flood of online hatred and death threats, and how her children and reputation were affected. Short, candid recollections and reactions from the crowd highlight themes of judgment, privacy, and the price of sudden fame.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 59min
HAPPINESS PROFESSOR: How to Discover the Meaning of Your Life with Oprah and Arthur C. Brooks
Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard social scientist and bestselling author, explores why many feel stuck in an age of emptiness. He discusses meaning as coherence, purpose, and significance. They tackle doom scrolling, using success to serve others, turning suffering into growth, and practical ways to reclaim direction and awe in everyday life.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 59min
When Your Kids Won’t Put Their Phones Down, with Oprah & Addiction Specialist Dr. Anna Lembke
Dr. Anna Lembke, a Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation, explains why smartphones act like digital drugs and harm developing brains. Sophie Winkleman, British actress and education advocate, argues that EdTech is wrecking classrooms. They discuss craving, withdrawal, school bans, boundary-setting, and practical steps parents and educators can take.
Feb 24, 2026 • 51min
Tayari Jones: “Kin” | Oprah’s Book Club
Tayari Jones, acclaimed novelist and professor behind An American Marriage and Kin, joins to discuss friendship, motherlessness, and chosen family. She talks about using letters as storytelling, midcentury settings, mentors who shaped her, and the eight-year gap between books. The conversation highlights craft moments like word doodling, title choices, and finishing the novel.
Feb 17, 2026 • 59min
Oprah and Experts: Setting Boundaries with Toxic Family Members
Dr. Joshua Coleman, clinical psychologist and bestselling author on family estrangement. Jemele Hill, Emmy-winning journalist and memoirist who shares her own no contact story. They discuss rising rates of estrangement, cultural and generational drivers, when cutting ties may be warranted, and pathways toward repair and reconciliation. Short, candid conversations about boundaries, family dynamics, and healing.
Feb 10, 2026 • 50min
Growing Your Passion into a Business with Oprah and Jürgen Ingels
Jürgen Ingels, tech entrepreneur and VC who founded Clear2Pay and Supernova, shares practical startup lessons from idea to scale. He discusses focusing on strengths, building the right team, raising capital with a story, keeping cash and systems in check, and why passion and asking why fuel long-term success.
Feb 3, 2026 • 42min
Discover AWE Daily with Oprah and Dacher Keltner
Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley psychology professor and author who studies awe, discusses how everyday experiences of wonder pop up in nature, music, moral beauty and shared events. Short stories and research explore the eight common triggers, awe walks, links to health and healing, and how awe can bridge divisions and transform daily life.
Jan 27, 2026 • 55min
How Mattering to Yourself & Others Can Change Your Life with Oprah, Jennifer Wallace & Ina Garten
Jennifer Wallace, journalist and founder of the Mattering Institute, shares findings from six years of research on why feeling valued is a core human need. Short conversations explore showing up, practical ways to signal care, the role of work and mentorship, and how mattering affects health, resilience, and community. Ina Garten joins with everyday gestures that make people feel seen.
