23 Years Later: Oprah Returns To Williamson, West Virginia

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Original Air Date: 09/15/2010 In 1987, AIDS patient Mike Sisco jumped into a community pool causing a city-wide uproar and spread of misinformation. At the time, Oprah hosted a heated town hall style show in Williamson where the audience famously debated each other about the dangers, myths and facts about AIDS. 23 years later, Oprah returned to Williamson, West Virginia to speak with the many residents who were disgusted, scared, supportive and hopeful.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.1	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.1	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.7	The moments that mattered, the eye-opening light lessons, never allow them to take
0:29.9	to some words.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back.
0:33.4	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.5	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.2	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	That's what I say, mean anything to you.
0:52.9	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.
1:00.6	It was 1987.
1:01.6	A's was something we didn't know a lot about.
1:05.2	It had only been a few years since the first news reports.
1:09.1	Some were calling A's, the gay plague, and it was spreading at an alarming rate.
1:14.6	When leading man Rock Hudson revealed he had A's, suddenly it seemed no one was safe.
1:21.2	This information was rampant.
1:23.3	Some believed you could catch A's from a toilet seat, through kissing or sharing a glass.
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