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 mattered, 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?

That's what I say, mean anything to you.

You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.

Listen to this email, you've touched me in ways I can't begin to describe.

No matter what happens, I will always be here for you.

Those words were written by a 40-year-old man, to a 13-year-old girl, during their eight

month affair.

The mother of that young girl says that as a parent, she made a terrible mistake that

she cannot take back.

Our family is just the very typical midwestern family, and we're living in a community

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