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The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah's "What Can You Live Without?" Experiment Part II

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Original Airdate: May 20, 2009 Two families are willing to strip their homes to the bare bones -- no cell phones, no computers, no TV! Find out how they cope with their new normal. Then, one mom gets a huge reality check. What happened to all her stuff? Hear about her three-month transformation and what living with less has taught her. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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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.

0:10.2

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

you somewhere else.

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

Does what I say mean anything to you?

0:52.9

You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.

0:59.6

Today, we have two more families who are willing to let us strip down their homes and

1:05.8

their lives to the bone.

1:07.6

Before we meet our families, we challenge our studio audience here and our staff to go

1:12.5

through their closets and find just 10 things they can live without.

1:17.4

And this is what we accumulate it, a lot of stuff.

1:20.4

I even gathered some things for my own closet.

1:22.7

Here's the great thing.

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