I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe

that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to

be more fully present. Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the

deeper world around us starts right now. How can we measure the cultural

influence of television, legend, Norman Lear, all in the family? Good times, the

Jefferson's, one day at a time, and mod. At one point during the 1970s, more than

120 million people a week tuned in to a Norman Lear show. The iconic

characters he created made us laugh, broke barriers, pushed boundaries, and showed

us that humor with humanity can connect us. Today, Norman Lear has written his

most personal work yet, his own life story. In his best-selling memoir, even this I

get to experience, Norman Lear explains how the vertical journey toward his

true self and a never-ending curiosity has kept him young. He also believes

there may be no greater unifying spiritual expression than when we laugh

together. You have told the story of us, you have told the story of America, and now

I think it's so great that after 93 years, you're telling who said that? 93 years

you're telling your own story, your own story, and I've heard and read that it took

you six years of reflection to cultivate this. I told myself actually 20 years

ago or more that I was going to do it. I have six kids, they were asking me to

please do it, and it took six years to actually, the time I said, okay now I'm

doing it, but I had a glorious staff for all those years who kept everything

and notes and everything I ever wrote down, they had ready for me. Well, here you

write in the preface of even this I get to experience. In my 90 plus years, I've

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