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Oprah's Super Soul

Trevor Noah: Born a Crime

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.632.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In his interview with Oprah at the famed Apollo Theater in New York City, Trevor Noah, the late-night comedy host and best-selling author of "Born a Crime," discusses his childhood in South Africa, his mother who risked her life to raise him, and his unlikely path to becoming the host of "The Daily Show." Trevor shares inspiring stories about overcoming extreme poverty under apartheid. Oprah tells Trevor, "You're the only person I've interviewed, that I can remember, who's a famous person, who grew up poorer than I did." Trevor says, "We laughed. We enjoyed ourselves. We had something that sometimes you don't have when you have too much, and that's the ability to focus on the human beings around you." Trevor also explains the "black tax" that he writes about in his book. He tells Oprah, "It's one of the hardest conversations to have with people." In this special edition of "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations," you'll hear Oprah and Trevor's full interview, featuring more than 15 minutes of bonus content not included in Part 1 of the OWN special "Oprah at the Apollo."

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:07.5

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

0:16.1

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

0:23.1

now.

0:24.1

Welcome to Super Noah!

0:35.1

Oh, I'm so happy, I'm so happy.

0:41.7

Wow.

0:42.7

Wow.

0:43.7

Oh my goodness, let me just tell you, I have to say I love this book.

0:50.6

I love this book so much.

0:52.1

Thank you so much.

0:53.1

Thank you.

0:54.1

Really, I have to tell you, I am so impressed that you were able to bring the story to the

1:00.1

world in a way that has such humor and such depth, such sincerity and such truth.

1:08.2

Really fantastic.

1:09.2

Thank you very much.

1:10.2

Amazing.

1:11.2

It's called Born a Crime and you're going to love it.

1:15.8

I've never heard of a comedian actually who grew up in a part-tade South Africa under

1:22.4

such extreme conditions and then being able to turn that around into comedy.

1:27.9

Well, I think that's really what I've found comedy is for me.

1:31.4

My whole life comedy has always been a tool that I have used to process pain.

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