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Sarah, as you know, I have a lot of guilty pleasures, and today I wanted to tell you about one of them, which is daytime TV.

Sachi, as someone who skipped an insane amount of school growing up, I'm right there

with you. Like, all I did was watch daytime TV. That's how I learned what everything was.

Yeah. And I love it, but the truth is, we don't normally think of daytime TV as having any

impact on our political futures. Like, in what world do

Mori Povich and his countless paternity tests really matter? That's the point, right? It doesn't

matter. Yeah, I mean, I was a big Oprah head. I would watch her every single day when I got home

from school. And I remember people being like, maybe Oprah should be president.

Do you remember that? I do. And it's funny that you mention Oprah, because this story I'm about to tell

you has to do with Oprah's power to turn other people into superstars overnight for better and often

or worse.

It's April 2012, an audience is gathered in Studio 6A at New York's Rockefeller Center.

When the lights go up and the applause sign flashes, a tall, slim man bounds on stage.

He's wearing a suit and has quaffed brown hair.

It's Dr. Mehmet Oz, the host of CBS' daytime talk show called,

Duh, the Dr. Oz Show.

And he's one of the biggest daytime TV stars in the world.

He stares right into the camera, as if he's speaking directly to you.

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