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The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

TOWS Special: Russel Yates Talks To Oprah

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date: March 20, 2002 Russell Yates talks to Oprah about the murders of his five children committed by his then wife Andrea Yates. Russell and his mother Dora discuss Andrea's murder trial, the trial's verdict and how they're coping after the tragedy. 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, 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 mattered.

0:25.4

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

It's one of the most heart-wrenching tragedies we have ever heard

1:02.0

five children murdered at the hands of

1:04.4

their own mother Andrea Yates and we are talking to Andrea's husband rusty Yates

1:10.3

and we'll talk to rusty's mother who came to their house every day, she says, to help

1:17.5

Andrea with the children. She will tell us what she saw in that household and

1:22.4

later jurors will tell us what compelling evidence helped them decide Andrea's fate.

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