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As part of the 30th anniversary of Oprah’s Book Club, Oprah picks her 123rd selection: John of John by celebrated Scottish author Douglas Stuart. His other novels include Young Mungo and Shuggie Bain which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2020. John of John is set in a small, fictional farming and textile town, Falabay, on an isle off northern Scotland where everybody knows everyone’s business. The story centers around three generations living under the same roof: a father, his son and the son's grandmother. The central theme to this enthralling book is the secrets these three so desperately hold on to: secrets from each other, from their neighbors and from the church. A love story at its heart, Douglas Stuart tells Oprah how he spent six years writing this book, spending 16 weeks researching the Outer Hebrides Isles on the northwest coast of Scotland talking to local people who inspired his 26 supporting characters. Oprah and Douglas Stuart are joined by an audience in New York City who enthusiastically read the book and have questions for the author.

00:00:00 - Welcome Douglas Stuart, author of “John of John”

00:03:01 - The setting of the book

00:04:05 - Where he found this story

00:07:30 - What Douglas needed to learn to write “John of John”

00:09:20 - Douglas describes “John of John”

00:11:43 - Oprah compares the book to Heated Rivalry

00:13:30 - An unexpected love story

00:17:40 - The conflict between father and son

00:20:40 - His writing process

00:25:55 - Father and gay son on “John of John”

00:30:30 - How man found acceptance of his son

00:34:20 - Feeling seen in a novel

00:38:27 - What Douglas wants the reader to feel

00:44:50 - Masculinity and the patriarchy

00:46:10 - The experience of growing up gay

00:47:20 - The end of the novel

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One of the great joys of Oprah’s life has been her dogs – she’s loved 21 one of them! For all the dog lovers, have you ever wondered what’s really happening inside the mind of your dog or how they experience the world? Oprah talks with canine cognitive scientist and New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Horowitz, whose groundbreaking book Inside of a Dog has transformed how we understand our dog companions. From the astonishing power of a dog’s nose to how they interpret our words, emotions and intentions Dr. Horowitz reveals what life looks like from a dog’s point of view. She also explores how dogs form memories, how they learn and solve problems and why their low-to-the-ground perspective influences everything, from how they experience sound and scent, to how they navigate the concept of time in a human world. Oprah and Alexandra also take questions from our listeners like: Do dogs feel anxious when we leave them alone? Can they form deep soul bonds with their humans? What do they understand about aging, illness and the end of life? The episode also checks in with a passionate dog lover whose social media mission has helped rescue hundreds of senior dogs, giving senior pups a second chance with a family. This episode is presented by our fantastic partners at The Farmer’s Dog. Their real, human-grade food has been clinically shown to help dogs age well, so you can have more good years together.

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00:00:00 - Welcome Alexandra Horowitz, author of “Inside of a Dog”

00:05:22 - Do dogs have intelligence like humans?

00:06:50 - Their most important sense

00:08:40 - Detecting diseases and emotions

00:11:50 - Dogs track our movements

00:13:10 - What your dog remembers

00:17:30 - Do dogs feel a soul connection?

00:21:40 - Having a dog changed her life

00:22:30 - Do dogs have a concept of time?

00:27:00 - Showing your dog you are boss is harmful

00:30:30 - Do dogs get bored?

00:32:40 - Do dogs understand when it's their time?

00:34:40 - How do humans know when it's time?

00:37:28 - Meet Steve who adopts senior dogs

00:39:00 - Do dogs know their name?

00:48:23 - Adopting older dogs

00:49:38 - What Alexandra wishes people knew about dogs

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Emma Grede has become one of the most influential voices in modern business. She is best known as a founding partner of SKIMS, co-founder and CEO of the clothing brand Good American, her podcast Aspire with Emma Grede and as the first Black female investor on ABC’s hit show Shark Tank. She is helping redefine what success looks like for a new generation of women. In this conversation with Oprah, Emma dives into her first book Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work and Life sharing the mindset behind her rise from a young girl in East London to a global business leader. Drawing on the lessons in her book, Emma opens up about radical self-accountability, the power of discipline and why success starts from within. She also shares her bold perspectives on work-life balance, motherhood without guilt and why women must get comfortable putting money and ambition at the forefront. Plus, we hear from twin sisters who turned a simple idea into a hundred-million-dollar business after making a deal with Emma on Shark Tank.

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00:00:00 - Welcome Emma Grede author of “Start with Yourself”

00:04:18 - Emma knew she needed to change

00:06:10 - Realizing what you don’t want

00:08:35 - How Emma changed her life

00:13:45 - Radical ownership and real barriers

00:15:10 - We need more women in power

00:19:00 - Career and motherhood

00:20:20 - We put too much pressure on moms

00:22:50 - Truth vs. emotions in business

00:24:22 - Mistakes Emma made

00:27:00 - Emma and Skims

00:27:50 - Building from purpose vs. ego

00:31:00 - Emma funded this on Shark Tank

00:36:00 - Importance of mentorship

00:38:20 - When to scale a small business

00:39:30 - The most important question

00:42:20 - What does self-care look like?

00:43:30 - Meditation practice

00:46:00 - Emma on life being magic

00:49:30 - Overcoming comparison

00:51:00 - Why she wrote the book

00:52:40 - Dyslexia is a superpower

00:54:30 - Is every woman meant for business?

00:56:30 - A well-lived life

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This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Oprah’s Book Club and we are celebrating with her 122nd selection: Go Gentle by International bestselling novelist Maria Semple. Her other books include Today Will Be Different, Where’d You Go, Bernadette and This One is Mine. Go Gentle follows the whimsical life of Adora Hazzard, a Stoic Philosopher and solo middle-aged mother who is raising her teenage daughter Viv on New York’s Upper West side. Adora believes that fulfillment and happiness come from loving life as it is and letting go of what is beyond one’s control. Her well-ordered life is upended when she meets a mysterious, handsome stranger at the ballet. Romance, black market art deals and international intrigue ensue. Maria Semple’s signature wit, humor and the unexpected plot twists are the reason this gripping page turner is Oprah’s Book Club selection for April 2026. Oprah is joined by listeners from across the country who have read the book who have questions for Maria Semple.

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00:00:00 - Welcome Maria Semple, author of ‘Go Gentle’ 00:02:45 - What is stoicism?

00:05:30 - Creating the main character Adora

00:08:03 - Many genres woven into the book

00:09:30 - Events from Maria’s life

00:11:30 - How Maria finds her characters

00:14:00 - The idea of the coven

00:16:20 - Was the coven a plan B?

00:18:40 - The goal is to love yourself

00:19:40 - Maria on writing TV comedy to fiction

00:22:40 - Learning to trust her voice

00:23:40 - Do you need a guiding philosophy to survive?

00:25:00 - How Maria practices stoicism

00:27:20 - Theme: Love whatever shows up

00:29:45 - Adora struggles with her weight

00:32:00 - Which version of Adora did Maria start with?

00:34:35 - Mother/daughter tension

00:36:00 - Adora’s blindspot

00:37:50 - Stoicism and motherhood

00:40:30 - Oprah’s favorite quotes

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Oprah talks with the international bestselling author of Good to Great, Jim Collins, to discuss his groundbreaking new book What to Make of a Life. Drawing on ten years of research, Collins offers a data-driven answer to one of life’s most enduring questions: What do we do with this one precious life we’ve been given and how do you know what you’re truly meant to do? Collins explores how to navigate life’s “cliffs”—periods of great transition that leave us disoriented and how to find direction in the midst of mental fog. Oprah shares her own journey through 'the fog' and how she found her way out. Collins also offers practical guidance for anyone confronting a major career transition. This is a conversation for anyone, at any stage of life, seeking greater clarity, direction and meaning.

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00:00:00 - Welcome Jim Collins, author of ‘What to Make of a Life’

00:03:19 - Why Jim started writing the book

00:06:50 - Every life has a cliff

00:10:25 - Cliffs can take many forms

00:14:30 - Self compassion for the cliff

00:19:00 - Oprah’s many revelations while reading

00:22:44 - Oprah on her encoding

00:25:00 - Oprah cold calling Toni Morrison

00:30:20 - How to deal with the fog after the cliff

00:35:22 - What holds people back

00:36:45 - How to embrace the tumult and the calm

00:44:10 - The color of your fire changes

00:47:00 - The relationship between work and money

00:50:40 - The competence-doom loop

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It’s the new memoir that has captured the attention of women and as Oprah describes, “everyone is talking about it." From the outside, Belle Burden seemed to have the perfect life: three thriving kids, a happy marriage and a summer home on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Then, one day, she gets a phone call that shatters everything she believed to be true about her marriage and her life. Oprah sits down with Belle to talk about the devastation that followed the shocking end of her marriage and how she slowly rebuilt her life into something better than she could have imagined. Drawing on revelations shared in her New York Times bestseller, Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage, Belle tells Oprah how her prestigious family pedigree couldn’t protect her from the pain of divorce. She also explains how sharing her story has empowered her to become the person she was meant to be.

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00:00:00 - Welcome Belle Burden, author of ‘Strangers’

00:03:30 - Belle learning of her husband’s affair

00:12:10 - After learning of the affair

00:16:00 - Being told she was crazy

00:17:48 - Telling their kids

00:25:00 - The search for why

00:26:15 - Is divorce worse than death?

00:27:40 - The shame of being left

00:30:35 - Why she wrote the NYT essay

00:34:00 - Her path forward

00:35:35 - Why she wrote the book

00:36:30 - What she hopes her book gives other women

00:38:50 - Her prenup

00:42:36 - Belle’s mother Amanda joins

00:46:15 - He didn’t want joint custody

00:49:20 - What she had to do every day

00:53:30 - How she feels now

01:01:22 - Belle on her book

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Artificial Intelligence is already woven into our daily lives, but do we really know the consequences? Will it transform our lives for the better or will its unchecked power cause us harm? Who is controlling it? Oprah, experts and an audience explore what’s been being called a tectonic shift in human society. Oprah speaks with Academy Award–winning filmmaker Daniel Roher about his new documentary The A.I. Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, in theaters on March 27th. The film is a powerful look at this rapidly advancing technology and the many ways it will impact society. Oprah is joined by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin of the Center for Humane Technology, who break down what AI really is, who’s building it and why some experts are sounding the alarm. Futurist Sinead Bovell offers insight into how AI could reshape everything from work to global power dynamics. We also hear from people whose lives have already been transformed by AI from finding emotional connection through chatbots, to business profitability, to confronting the impact of deepfake images and when using chatbots as therapy can have fatal consequences. It’s a candid, thought-provoking conversation about the extraordinary possibilities of AI and the potential dangers. The experts offer practical ways we can prepare and how to hold the companies deploying the technology accountable.

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The A.I. Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is an eye-opening documentary about artificial intelligence, unpacking what it is, the risks, the possibilities, and practical ways to prepare for its fast advancement. It premieres in theaters on March 27th. The companion site, theaidocgetinvolved.com, serves as a hub for action, offering curated resources to help people learn AI, track policy, explore cutting-edge research, and stay informed through trusted voices like Hard Fork and Your Undivided Attention. More than just a film, it’s a call to action inviting viewers to move from awareness to agency by supporting advocacy groups, deepening their understanding, and actively shaping a more responsible AI future.

00:00:00 - Oprah intros The A.I Doc

00:05:30 - Welcome Daniel Roher, Director of The A.I. Doc

00:12:23 - Welcome Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin

00:15:38 - Why A.I. is so powerful

00:17:00 - The dangers of the A.I. race

00:17:40 - Why A.I. can’t be stopped

00:21:10 - How A.I. could eliminate humans

00:24:45 - Lack of regulation

00:26:30 - Social media was a test run for A.I.

00:28:20 - Futurist Sinead Bovell on the ethics

00:32:50 - What motivates A.I. companies

00:34:10 - Teen was the target of an AI deep fake

00:41:00 - How we can create change

00:43:00 - Claude as a mental health tool

00:48:50 - Laura Reiley on ChatGPT and her daughter’s death

00:56:10 - A.I. helping small businesses

01:00:00 - How A.I. saved her life

01:05:00 - Get involved

01:06:30 - The questions we should be asking

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In a worldwide exclusive interview, Oprah talks with Kristin Cabot, the woman caught on the Coldplay "kiss cam" in the arms of her boss and CEO of her company. The video became a phenomenon, instantly going viral around the globe with more than 300 billion views. While it became the most watched video of 2025, it also changed the course of Kristin Cabot’s life. In what she says will be her one and only on camera interview about the event, Kristin Cabot joins Oprah in front of an audience in New York City to reveal details about her life and relationships in the days leading up to the concert in Boston, and how her life was impacted afterwards. She tells Oprah her reaction to the 15 seconds that turned into an infinite number of memes and opened an unstoppable floodgate of what Kristin says is never-ending judgment, mocking, vitriol and even death threats. Kristin Cabot, who was the Chief People Officer for Astronomer at the time of the concert, tells Oprah the nature of her relationship with her then boss, former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron. Kristin Cabot says, “There is a different version of me than what people saw on a TikTok video.” Oprah and Kristin also hear from audience members about their reaction to the viral video and how they were quick to judge.

00:00:00 - Welcome Kristin Cabot of Coldplay kiss cam fame

00:03:20 - Why Kristin is sharing her story

00:04:51 - Kristin’s marital status

00:07:20 - The first night they touched

00:11:00 - Kristin and Andy were both separated

00:21:00 - Kristin acknowledges her mistake

00:24:40 - Realizing it was a huge news story

00:26:45 - Why this exploded

00:28:30 - What PR told her to do

00:30:20 - What upset Kristin the most

00:32:00 - What Kristin represents for other women

00:33:00 - Andy was treated differently

00:35:15 - How her kids are affected

00:38:30 - When death threats started

00:40:15 - Treatment by other women

00:43:30 - Explaining to her kids

00:44:37 - Does she talk to Andy?

00:45:50 - Andy’s lack of public statement

00:47:50 - What breaks Kristin’s heart

00:48:20 - Kristin’s reaction to death threats

00:50:30 - Kristin and Andy’s next steps

00:52:45 - What Kristin wants people to know

00:54:20 - Gwyneth Paltrow’s message to Kristin

00:57:00 - Woman admits to judging Kristin

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What is the true meaning of your life? Does your life have purpose? Are you living a life you love? These are questions many people quietly wrestle with in a time when more individuals report feeling lonely, anxious and uncertain about their place in the world. Oprah is back with the Harvard Happiness professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks. They explore his latest book The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness. Arthur explains why so many people today feel stuck in what he calls an “age of emptiness,” and reveals the modern traps that can make life feel like a simulation of endless distraction, doom scrolling and procrastination. These leave people disconnected from their deeper purpose. Oprah and Arthur take questions from listeners including a college freshman caught in what Arthur Brooks calls “the doom loop" struggling to break free from constant scrolling while searching for a sense of direction. The episode also checks in with several of Arthur Brooks’ former students who share how they found meaning through serving others, pursuing achievement with intention and redefining success beyond personal gain.

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During his conversation, Arthur Brooks stated that “animals like Koko never ask questions,” however The Gorilla Foundation / Koko.org has brought to our attention that Koko frequently asked questions. This video, titled “Koko Has a Question,” shows her curiosity and her ability to communicate using ASL to seek new information. https://youtu.be/cdzh32l8IuI

00:00:00 - Welcome Arthur Brooks, author of ‘The Meaning of Your Life’

00:03:40 - Why he took on the meaning of life

00:04:30 - How campus life changed

00:05:29 - Happiness is a combination of 3 things

00:06:20 - The meaning of the meaning of life

00:09:40 - 5 explanations for why things happen

00:16:28 - What is a doom loop

00:17:50 - Finding meaning and happiness

00:24:26 - Creating impact outside of your own life

00:30:50 - Using success in service to others

00:33:00 - How the sides of our brains work

00:38:15 - Redefining your meaning

00:40:10 - How to use your suffering as part of your calling

00:43:25 - What is moral beauty

00:49:00 - How to stay present to the big questions

00:52:00 - How meaning found Arthur Brooks

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Millions of parents and educators are in an overwhelming struggle to get children and teens to put their smartphones down or stop watching a screen on a tablet. To uncover what is at the root of an issue that is wreaking havoc at home and at school, Oprah sits down with Dr. Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. Dr. Lembke, author of the New York Times mega-bestseller Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, explains why smartphones and tablets should be thought of as providing “digital drugs,” while describing the devastating impact these “drugs” are having on the still-developing brains of young people. Dr. Lembke and Oprah answer questions from mothers who are desperate for help managing their children’s screen addictions. Plus - British actress, Royal Family Member and Patron of Close Screens Open Minds Sophie Winkleman joins from London to talk about why she believes tech in schools has been disastrous for students and is destroying the education system from within.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Welcome Dr. Anna Lembke, author of “Dopamine Nation” 

00:03:00 - Reframing digital media as a drug

00:08:30 - Smart phones are modern day hypodermic needles

00:09:15 - Addiction definition 

00:12:10 - Kids experiencing craving and withdrawal 

00:17:00 - Mom of 2 girls wants to know if they are addicted 

00:27:15 - Managing teens devices

00:36:15 - How to help college-aged kids 

00:42:00 - Actress Sophie Winkleman on ed tech 

00:45:00 - Screens in schools 

00:48:00 - Distracted kids don’t know how to learn 

00:50:00 - Regulating tech for kids

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