Super Soul Special: Yara Shahidi: Next-Generation Actress and Activist

Oprah's Super Soul

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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At Harlem's famed Apollo Theater, Oprah sits down for the first time with Yara Shahidi, the teenage star of ABC's hit comedy "Black-ish" and its spinoff, "Grown-ish." Just a few days from her 18th birthday, Yara talks about her generation's view on politics, social media and history. She discusses her family's involvement in the civil rights movement during the '60s and why that era fascinates her. Yara also shares behind-the-scenes stories and insights from the sets of "Black-ish" and "Grown-ish," and opens up about her plans to juggle her career and her impending Harvard University education. Oprah says, "Every little thing [she] says sounds like a tweetable moment." In this special edition of "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations," you'll hear Oprah and Yara's full interview, featuring more than 15 minutes of bonus content not included in Part 2 of the OWN special "Oprah at the Apollo."

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey.
0:02.4	Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast.
0:06.5	I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time.
0:12.2	Taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.9	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right now.
0:23.6	Sarah Shaheedi!
0:25.6	Whoa!
0:28.6	Hello, I love to a girl.
0:32.6	Hello, lovely girl.
0:34.6	Wow. Wow.
0:38.3	Hi, everybody.
0:40.3	Get your love on for Yara.
0:44.3	It's so much pressure to be you at this moment, I think.
0:48.3	Do you?
0:50.3	Yes.
0:51.3	I'm feeling it.
0:52.3	You are being heralded, rightfully so, as this great spokeswoman person humanitarian
0:59.0	for your generation.
1:01.0	And I just ran across recently an old speech I had done when I was about your age, about
1:06.0	16 or 17, and it was entitled, What Young People Want Today?
1:10.0	I was talking about something crazy, like the generation gap between parents.
1:13.6	But what I realized when I was looking at that, I really didn't know what young people want today.
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