Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.

I believe the Oprah Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.

I really never thought of it that way.

The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.

I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.

The moments that mattered, the eye-opening light lessons, never allow them to take

you somewhere else.

I'm bringing them back.

It's time to open the vault.

I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.

Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.

They want to know, do you see me?

Do you hear me?

Does what I say mean anything to you?

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

Today, I'm talking to the young men, young men, who admit to hitting and kicking and choking

and even wanting to kill the women they claim to love.

Right about up here a little bit is where I first put my hands on my wife with full

blown, full force.

I was jealous because at the party she was dancing with someone and it just set me off.

And I just remember walking up to her and just smacking her full force.

And I grabbed her by her neck and I kind of held her against the car.

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