Special: Are You Rude?

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

From October 15, 2008: Oprah takes her audience through a test to determine if they are rude. Professor at John Hopkins University and author of Choosing Civility: Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct, P.M. Forni, discusses the principles of respectful people, the difference between being rude and mean and explains why our quality of life depends on the quality of our relationships. Steve Dublanica, author of the New York Times bestseller, Waiter Rant, shares restaurant etiquette that most people don’t know. P.M. Forni passed away in 2018.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:05.0	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:08.0	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the connections,
0:16.0	the occasional ugly cry.
0:18.0	I'm missing so terribly, I miss it every single minute.
0:21.9	The LOLs.
0:23.8	The moments that mattered.
0:25.2	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.3	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:31.1	I'm bringing them back.
0:33.4	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.7	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.4	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?
0:49.1	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.7	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:59.3	I know y'all are feeling it, too, America.
1:01.7	People are so rude these days.
1:04.7	Aren't they? I mean, just obnoxious, obnoxious coworkers.
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