Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes, I believe the Oprah Winfrey show was one of the greatest

classrooms in the world.

I really never thought of it that way.

The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.

I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.

The moments that matter, the eye-opening light lessons, never allow them to take

to some words.

I'm bringing them back.

It's time to open the vault.

I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.

Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.

They want to know, do you see me?

Do you hear me?

Does what I say mean anything to you?

You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, the podcast.

Last year, 2007, my favorite show of the entire year was a show we did with Gary Newman

talking to young children about divorce.

And there was a little boy named Chris and his sister Daisy who were on that show.

And we aired that show, of course, and got so many thousands of emails like this one

from 36-year-old LaDonne from California who said, Oprah, please consider doing a show

about adult children of divorce because I can tell you the pain doesn't magically disappear

when you turn 18.

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