A Special Report: The Little Boy Oprah Couldn't Forget

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date: 2-9-2007 When Oprah saw a photograph of a child slave in "The New York Times," she was haunted by the image. Determined to uncover the boy’s story, she dispatched correspondent Lisa Ling on a 7,000-mile journey across the globe to uncover what happened to him. What unfolds is a powerful investigation into modern-day slavery, as Lisa seeks answers about the boy’s fate and sheds light on the hidden realities faced by millions of children around the world.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:05.0	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:08.0	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs,
0:16.0	the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.0	I'm missing so terribly.
0:21.6	I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.6	The moments that mattered.
0:25.6	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:27.6	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:30.6	I'm bringing them back.
0:32.6	It's time to open the vault.
0:34.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.2	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:44.8	They want to know, do you see me?
0:47.8	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.6	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:59.0	One of my favorite things to do every single Sunday
1:02.6	is before I do anything, come down in my pajamas,
1:06.6	get the New York Times.
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