Conversations With Oprah: Andrew Vachss

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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From July 16th, 1993Oprah speaks with Andrew Vachss, an attorney exclusively representing children and youth. He is also the author of Another Chance To Get It Right, a children's book for adults that explores the realities of child abuse and juvenile violence. They discuss Oprah's own experience with abuse and the abuse happening to other children. Andrew Vachss passed away on November 23rd, 2021 at the age of 79.

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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.
0:59.2	My guest today is a warrior for children.
1:02.8	He is not afraid to speak his mind and tell the truth to anyone, including me.
1:07.8	He has confronted me on some of my own child abuse issues that I didn't even know I had.
1:12.6	We're going to be talking about that in this show.
1:14.9	It is not going to be easy for me.
1:16.7	He is an attorney that has dedicated his life to representing only children who have been
1:21.2	abused because he believes that today's victims are tomorrow's perpetrators and that
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