Obama 4: Wait Your Turn
In 2000, Barack Obama ran for Congress against a Chicago political legend. It became a contest about race and identity.
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Obama 3: You Don’t Say No To Barack
Former President Barack Obama won his first political seat in 1996. Hear what he had to learn, and the conflicts he faced, to get there.
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Listen — 56:46Obama 2: Chicago Politics Ain’t Beanbag
The fall of Chicago’s “machine” politics, the rise of Mayor Harold Washington, and what a young Barack Obama learned from watching it all.
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Listen — 42:26Obama 1: The Man In The Background
Former President Barack Obama — along with key advisers, mentors, and rivals — tells the story of his climb from Chicago to the national stage. In the first episode of this six-part podcast from …
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Listen — 45:36Obama: Preview of Making Obama
Former President Barack Obama — along with friends, mentors, and rivals — tells the story of his climb from Chicago to the national stage. Subscribe now and don’t miss the first episode on February 8.
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Listen — 3:48Oprah BONUS: Making Donahue
Before Phil Donahue, talk show hosts stayed far away from their studio audiences. As Oprah said in 1992: “Phil changed all that.”
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Listen — 40:00Oprah BONUS: Oprah Gets Political
For 10 years Oprah refused to have politicians on her show. But in 2000 she spoke to two presidential candidates. In 2008 she endorsed one.
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Listen — 21:38Oprah BONUS: Let’s Talk About Oprah’s Hair
Oprah’s longtime stylist on the high stakes of doing the hair of the most watched woman on television.
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Listen — 13:41Oprah 3: YOU GET A CAR!
At its peak, The Oprah Winfrey Show was daytime television with no limits. Then, suddenly, there were some.
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Listen — 62:21Oprah 2: Skinheads And Scented Candles
How The Oprah Winfrey Show elevated itself out of the heap of trash TV and into a show that intentionally embraced spirituality.
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