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What is Oprah's weight journey and how has it shaped her life?
I wonder how a grocery store works. I'm Jesse Thorne. Everyone's kind of wondered something like that, right? Including my guest, Susan Orlean. And she didn't just wonder. She spent six weeks inside a real working grocery store. To me, that's really fun. We'll talk about that and her 45 years of brilliant, hilarious nonfiction. That's Bullseye. Find us in the NPR app at MaximumFun.org or wherever you get your podcasts.
Are you good at being alone? Oh my God. I'm a master at it.
Tell me more.
That's a card design for me. I learned as a child how to be alone and how to be, how to feel full alone because there wasn't anybody. So there's no longing for something else other than what I actually had.
I'm Rachel Martin and this is Wildcard, the show where cards control the conversation. Each week, my guest answers questions about their life, questions pulled from a deck of cards. They're allowed to skip one and to flip one question back on me. My guest today is Oprah Winfrey.
The reason why I'm so empathetic and have such understanding and curiosity is because, wow, that happened to me too. I lived through that.
These days, everyone is all about intimacy and authenticity. But this is what Oprah was all about way back starting in the 1980s. She let her audience in on some of the most personal parts of her life, and it changed media forever. Along the way, she inspired generations of young girls to find their own voice, myself included. Oprah's got a new book out. It's called Enough. Your health, your weight, and what it's like to be free.
How does Oprah embrace GLP-1s in her health journey?
She's written it with Dr. Anya Yastroboff. And it is my huge pleasure to welcome Oprah Winfrey to Wildcard. Wild card. Yay, Rachel. Wild card. Here we are, girl. Oh, my God. This is happening. So this is like building a car in front of Henry Ford, who invented cars.
I just have to say.
I mean, truly, my intro is... It's truthful. You invented modern interviewing. I mean, you really did.
Well, as you were saying that, I was thinking, oh, yeah, I think we did. We actually did do that. I don't sit around thinking about, oh, what we did or what you've accomplished. But, yes, when I started, there wasn't the level of. certainly nobody was being themselves. It was all television and you put on a face for television and you go on television, you act like you own TV. And I think what our show did and before our show, who was the, whose shoulders I stand on is Phil Donahue. And I actually stopped watching Phil Donahue when I became a talk show host myself because I found myself imitating him. Right. You had to do your own thing. And I had to do my own thing. Yeah. So I stopped watching Phil when I started doing it myself.
It worked out. It worked out for me. So pleased for you.
What childhood experiences influenced Oprah's perspective on life?
So we're going to play this game. Let's do it. All right? First round is memories. Oprah, one, two, or three?
Two.
Two. Right in the middle.
Okay.
Okay. Okay. Were you intimidated or excited about leaving your parents' house?
Oh, 100% excited. Yeah? Yes. I remember leaving at 19, and I was leaving because I had a boyfriend. And my father was like, no 25-year-old is going to be coming in his house, and no 25-year-old just wants to go to the park and feed the ducks because the boyfriend before that was my age, 16.
And this boyfriend was 25. And this boyfriend was 25. Older guy.
And I left my father's house because I wanted to be able to spend time with a boyfriend and not have to be home by 11 o'clock. And also because I was already an anchor woman on television and having to be home by 11 o'clock. I did the 10 o'clock news.
When you were 19?
Yes. I did the 10 o'clock news when I was 19. And my father was like, you have to be home by 11 o'clock. Well, Dad, the news isn't over until 10.30. I can't even get a car to get home. You need 30 minutes to get home.
How did Maya Angelou impact Oprah's life and career?
So, yes, I was really excited to leave home.
You were obviously – I mean, you had success young in your life. Yes. Did you feel prepared, though, to be an adult at such a young age?
I felt – I didn't, you know what, I got immediately in debt because I ended up with a credit card and I ended up with $1,800 worth of debt.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Oprah's weight journey and how has it shaped her life?
0:00–1:36
2
How does Oprah embrace GLP-1s in her health journey?
1:36–3:02
3
What childhood experiences influenced Oprah's perspective on life?
3:02–4:14
4
How did Maya Angelou impact Oprah's life and career?
4:14–6:50
5
What is the significance of Oprah's new book 'Enough'?
6:50–9:06
6
How does Oprah define freedom in relation to health and weight?
9:06–11:46
7
What lessons does Oprah share about self-acceptance and identity?
11:46–12:49
8
How does Oprah view mortality and the legacy she leaves behind?
12:49–1:03:11