One misplaced letter on her birth certificate turned Orpah into Oprah, and one charismatic hour each afternoon turned a local talk show into a cultural super-power. Here’s the story of the woman who made millions feel seen. How a girl in potato-sack pants claimed the throne of daytime TV.

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The story of Oprah Winfrey

• 00:00 intro
• 00:33 Prayer for justice
• 02:17 Father, a microphone, and a beauty crown
• 03:38 Honesty against the rules. Viewers loved it
• 04:53 "AM Chicago". Oprah hits the top
• 06:24 The Color Purple, the color of courage
• 08:02 Live group therapy and a wheelbarrow of fat
• 09:36 The law that shut the door on monsters
• 11:03 The club that shifted shelves
• 12:06 The wings of Angel Network
• 13:08 Media that could hold more
• 14:25 170 daughters and one academy
• 15:26 Stars and cars
• 16:48 Last bell and a new stage
• 18:44 Empire and drive
• 20:01 outro

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