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 matter, the eye-opening light lessons, never allow them to take

to some words.

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 we have Sidney Portier, really, is...

I'm going to try not to weep, but he is a very special guest for me.

He's a man who I have admired and literally adored since I was a little girl.

I remember sitting on my linoleum floor, same one I was watching Diana Ross on the

Ed Sullivan show, but I remember I was 10 years old at the time.

My mother worked as a maid, we were on welfare, and I was watching the Academy Awards, and

I saw him.

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