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 mattered, 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?

That's what I say, mean anything to you.

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

They are women just like so many of you who are watching us right now.

They worry about their kids, they worry about the bills and the laundry and their jobs,

while trying to also make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

The difference is, they are trying to do it from 7,000 miles away, as they also dodge

bullets, live in barracks and fight terrorists.

Now alarming new reports are exposing a harsh reality that many women face when they

come home.

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