Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

Behind the Bastards

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News, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Oprah's career is on the move now, and Robert tells the gang about her coke filled early years in local TV, her rise to stardom and how she helped spark the Satanic Panic.

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0:00.0	Callsor Media
0:02.8	Welcome back to Behind the Bastards.
0:06.2	We're on page 18 of 52.
0:08.8	I know.
0:09.5	A podcast where Robert Evans accidentally wrote almost 24,000 words about Oprah for these episodes.
0:17.0	The normal length of a book is 50,000 words.
0:20.5	So half of a book about fucking Oprah.
0:23.4	And, like, I was having panic attacks at the end of this of, like, oh, my God, I'm leaving so much out.
0:28.6	I'm leaving so much from, like, this really good book, age of Oprah out.
0:34.0	Because, like, I just don't even know how to like fit everything in but I have to start this
0:39.8	episode with our wonderful guests the inimitable Bridget Todd and the the glorious
0:47.9	sainted I don't know Andrew T I'm trying to think of new new adject adjectives to praise y'all with this week come in.
0:55.8	What do you do to become a saint?
0:57.6	What's a saint?
0:58.2	I think you actually have to die.
1:00.2	No, you don't.
1:00.7	No, you don't.
1:01.2	No, you don't.
1:02.1	I think you don't have to die.
1:02.2	I'm down.
1:02.5	You're probably okay.
1:03.4	Just let me know.
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