Walter Cronkite & Katherine Graham

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

From April 1, 1997: Walter Cronkite and Katherine Graham sit down with Oprah recalling their careers reporting some of the biggest news stories. Oprah calls it a monumental mentor day hearing from two reporters she admires. Walter Cronkite speaks about his New York Times bestselling book, A Reporter's Life, where he shares his experiences covering some of the biggest news stories of his time from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, events of the civil rights movement and the first man to walk on the moon. Oprah also speaks with Katherine Graham about her book Personal History. She was the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company where she commanded Newsweek magazine, the Washington Post and television stations across the nation.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes, I believe the Oprah Winfrey show was one of the greatest
0:08.7	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.
0:20.1	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.8	The moments that matter, the eye opening, the light lessons, never allow them to take
0:29.9	us somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back.
0:33.5	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.5	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.2	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?
0:52.9	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:59.9	Well, you picked a good day to come to the show because we have two monumental mentors today.
1:11.3	When I was growing up, Walter Cronkite, Walter Cronkite, was the news.
1:15.8	Anybody else would go up and...
1:19.8	Well, he was there when dogs were let loose on civil rights protesters.
1:23.1	He was there when we buried a beloved president.
1:25.6	He was there when a man first walked on the moon.
1:28.0	He's been there for just about every news event in our lifetime.
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