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 connections, the occasional ugly cry.

I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.

The L-O-L's, the moments that matter, the eye-opening like lessons.

Never allow them to take you somewhere else. 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?

Does what I say mean anything to you?

You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.

Recently we did a show called Women Who Love Their Jobs. I happen to be one of those women where we

profile women who made careers out of their passions. Women who shop for a living

travel because that's a whole idea. You take what you love and you find a way to turn that into

something you can give back to the world and get paid for it. So if you love eating, there's a way to get paid

for that.

I missed my other calling I see.

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