Bruce Holsinger: "Culpability" | Oprah's Book Club

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This episode of Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks features coffee and conversation with award-winning author, Bruce Holsinger, in a café in Seattle, Starbucks’ hometown. Chosen as the 116th Oprah’s Book Club selection, Holsinger’s brand-new scorching summer read, called Culpability, is an intense page-turner about a family that survives a crash in an autonomous car only to ask the question: who was at fault? Was it the teenage son who was texting in the driver’s seat, the distracted parents, or the car itself? The book that Oprah calls “a modern tale of our times” also touches on our current and fast-approaching future of living with artificial intelligence including chatbots, self-driving cars, drones, and other non-human forces shaping our lives. Oprah and Holsinger are joined by an audience of readers as they enjoy a Salted Caramel Mocha Strato Frappuccino® drink and talk through many thought-provoking questions about the book. BUY THE BOOK! ⁠https://www.spiegelandgrau.com/culpability⁠ ⁠https://books.apple.com/us/book/culpability/id6740623159⁠ ⁠https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/culpability-by-bruce-holsinger Subscribe: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 ⁠ Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: Instagram Facebook TikTok Listen to the full podcast: Spotify Apple Podcasts #oprahsbookclub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, audience.
0:04.7	Hey, hey, hey, hey.
0:06.5	Bruce Holden, Your.
0:08.7	All right.
0:09.5	Have a seat, Bruce.
0:10.9	These are your people.
0:12.2	Indeed.
0:12.9	These are your people who have read your book.
0:15.0	Didn't you love this book?
0:17.0	Oh, my God, that Alice, honey child.
0:22.5	Okay, so many things to talk about.
0:24.8	I'm so excited.
0:27.2	Hi, welcome everybody to Oprah's Book Club, presented by Starbucks.
0:32.3	And we are in the beautiful Emerald City of Seattle, the home of Starbucks.
0:36.8	They've welcomed us into their headquarters,
0:39.1	really fun to be here. And I'm joined in this cozy cafe with an audience full of readers
0:44.4	with a good book, good coffee, and good company. Cheers for this month's summer pick. Starbucks
0:50.4	is pairing a salted caramel, mocha strato, frappuccino.
0:59.4	Okay?
1:00.3	It's a modern twist on a classic and a sweet and salty indulgence.
1:04.7	Icey cold, frappuccino base, blended with rich mocha sauce,
1:09.5	topped with salted caramel, cream, cold foam, and finish with a drizzle of salted caramel.
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