I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

now.

How can we measure the cultural influence of television, legend, Norman Lear, all in the

family? Good times, the Jefferson's, one day at a time, and mod. At one point during the

1970s, more than 120 million people a week tuned in to a Norman Lear show. The iconic characters

he created made us laugh, broke barriers, pushed boundaries, and showed us that humor with

humanity can connect us. Today, Norman Lear has written his most personal work yet, his

own life story. In his best-selling memoir, even this I get to experience, Norman Lear

explains how the vertical journey toward his true self and a never-ending curiosity has

kept him young. He also believes there may be no greater unifying spiritual expression

than when we laugh together.

You have told the story of us. You have told the story of America. And now I think it's

so great that after 93 years, you're telling who said that? 93 years you're telling your

own story, your own story. And I've heard and read that it took you six years of reflection

to cultivate this. I told myself actually 20 years ago or more that I was going to do it.

I have six kids. They were asking me to please do it. And it took six years to actually

do it. The time I said, okay, now I'm doing it. But I had a glorious staff for all those

years who kept everything and notes and everything I ever wrote down there. Yes. They had ready

for me.

Well, here you write in the preface of even this I get to experience. In my 90 plus years,

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