NOprah 2020: The New Age Nonsense of Oprah Winfrey

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 15 January 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

After her inspiring Golden Globes speech, Oprah Winfrey has been touted as presidential material. But does her track record reveal someone rooted in science, evidence, and worthy ideas? Seth Andrews explains why Oprah's admirable success story doesn't translate to the U.S. Presidency.

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Slate article: https://slate.com/health-and-science/2018/01/oprah-winfrey-helped-create-our-irrational-pseudoscientific-american-fantasyland.html

Skeptical Inquirer article: https://www.csicop.org/si/show/oprah_winfrey_bright_but_gullible_billionaire

Interview with Diana Nyad: https://youtu.be/hla3ibhUuCU

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0:00.0	The search is heating up for the people who make football better. People like Sally Butler.
0:05.0	It's really us about putting mums on the pitch where they belong.
0:09.0	Jimmy the Moa. It might only be a council feel next to the tip.
0:12.0	But around here it's Wembley.
0:14.0	Rachel O'Sullivan and Sophie Downing.
0:16.0	Bringing women's football to a wider audience.
0:19.0	Entries are rolling in. Who's your real football number one?
0:22.0	Nominate them today and they could win a money car buy experience with Skybet prize drop.
0:27.0	Skybet for you kids number one betting up.
0:30.0	Did you know choosing the train can take up to 500 cars off the road?
0:35.0	Just one train at a time.
0:38.0	One gig at a time. One last minute plan.
0:42.0	One festival.
0:44.0	One going then. Why not at a time?
0:48.0	One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.
0:53.0	So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk for what's last greener?
1:00.0	Here we go. The standby. Three, two, one. Action.
1:06.0	Assume nothing.
1:08.0	Brash ball face blast from me.
1:11.0	Question. Everything.
1:12.0	Find it extremely hard to imagine.
1:14.0	Open your eyes.
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