TOWS Special: An Abusive Husband's Desperate Plea For Help

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Original Air Date: April 19, 2006 Oprah’s guest, Louie, admits he's been abusing his wife, Shannon, for 13 years. He was convicted of domestic violence twice: once in 1999 for punching Shannon and a second time for pushing her to the ground. He says he no longer physically abuses Shannon, but now he emotionally abuses her. Together, with marriage counselor Harville Hendrix, they try to find out the cause of the abuse. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons,
0:02.0	seasons 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:07.8	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.2	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.4	The moments that matter.
0:25.1	The eye-opening light lessons.
0:28.2	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I personally
0:36.6	chosen these classic episodes to share with you again. Every single person you
0:41.8	ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:56.0	Domestic violence happens in half of all marriages in America. Can you believe that?
1:05.0	Half. That's what we know. So I talked to Louis who has been abusing his wife,
1:12.0	Shannon, for 13 years.
1:14.3	And when I did that interview, it struck me
1:16.9	how relatable their story would be to so many people.
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