The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Original Air Date: 10/20/2009 Oprah speaks to five women who dated Philippe Padieu, a man who knowingly infected them with the HIV virus. Oprah also talks to Dr. Kimberly Smith, an infectious disease specialist at Rush Medical Center, who says that she treats many single and married women who are HIV-positive, most of whom acquired the virus through unprotected sex with long-term partners and husb...

Original Air Date: 05/18/2010 Her capture sparked an international firestorm. Now, after 140 days in a North Korean prison, reporter Laura Ling breaks her silence. Plus, Ling introduces a family who adopted a Haitian orphan.

In this episode of the Real Good podcast, host Faith Salie sits down with Center for Economic Inclusion Founder and CEO Tawanna Black to talk about how anti-racist action on a local and regional scale incites widespread change, and why diversity and inclusion is good economics. If you like what you hear, listen and subscribe to Real good wherever you get your podcasts!

Original Air Date: 01/13/2010 The institution of marriage is constantly changing and evolving. We're going around the globe to discover what marriage means and looks like to people in different areas of the world! Plus, author Elizabeth Gilbert on her new book Committed.

Original Air Date: 04/08/2010 Weeks turned into months. Months turned into years, without sex. One wife even refuses to kiss her own husband. Sex expert Dr. Laura Berman goes inside the bedroom to help real couples in crisis. Can their marriages be saved?

Original Air Date: 11/10/2009 Eric Wrinkles was sentenced to death for murdering his wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Now, the family members of a convicted murderer confront him about his actions and debate whether he should be executed.

Original Air Date: 02/09/2010 For centuries, no outsider has been allowed to fully enter their world. Lisa Ling is in Tokyo with the world's only Western geisha. Then, find out what goes on inside a convent when the Dominican Sisters of Mary invite Lisa to spend the night.

Original Air Date: 10/07/2009 It was one of the most heartbreaking stories in the news. The parents of nine special needs children were gunned down in their home. Oprah’s camera crew goes inside the home where the gruesome murders took place. 

Original Air Date: 11/17/2009 Working women, stay-at-home moms, regular folks, one out of three online viewers of porn are women. Lisa Ling reports on why millions of women are using porn and erotica. Plus, Jenna Jameson talks about her porn career and gives a tour of her house.

Original Air Date: 02/02/2010 Oprah sits down with four of the six children of Wanda Barzee to talk about their mother, their childhood and their stepfather. They share that they were not shocked to learn their mom kidnapped Elizabeth Smart. Plus, they talk about what their lives were like growing up with Barzee as a mother. 

Original Air Date: 04/15/2010 Through helping people recognize red flags and gut feelings, Gavin de Becker has saved countless lives. Now, he reveals the cutting-edge test that might save you or someone you love.

Original Air Date: 03/04/2010 Nick Schuyler, author of "Not Without Hope" and the sole survivor of the NFL boating tragedy, talks to Oprah about the 43 hours he spent lost at sea and about how he is coping one year later.

Original Air Date: 10/02/2009 Everyone thought they were crazy. This family had not one, not two, but 44 kids! Plus, the little family who's living large, once conjoined twins and the history-making sextuplets.

Original Air Date: 09/17/2009 Dr. Phil joins Oprah to speak with Melissa Moore whose father was a convicted serial killer. She discusses the guilt she has carries and why she somehow feels to blame.

Original Air Date: 05/19/2011 In the 25-year history of Oprah Show guests, they're the ordinary people who have made an extraordinary impression on Oprah. She recaps, revisits and reunites with her most memorable guests.

Original Air Date: 10/22/2010 Becky Babcock opens up about living with the secret that her biological mother was notorious child killer Diane Downs. Then, twenty years after the murder of her husband, Pamela Smart sits down with Lisa Ling to maintain that her only crime was becoming sexually involved with the teenager who eventually killed her husband.

Original Air Date: 04/25/2011 ManyOprah Winfrey Showepisodes discussed having sex as an older women, how to be a great mother and even how to make sure you're wearing the right bra size. Some may wonder, what was it like being a man working for theOprah Winfrey Show? We hear from the men, and even more women, who work behind the scenes and share their best-kept secrets and most memorable moments....

Original Air Date: 09/15/2010 In 1987, AIDS patient Mike Sisco jumped into a community pool causing a city-wide uproar and spread of misinformation. At the time, Oprah hosted a heated town hall style show in Williamson where the audience famously debated each other about the dangers, myths and facts about AIDS. 23 years later, Oprah returned to Williamson, West Virginia to speak with the many resi...

Original Air Date: 04/15/2011 At times he wasn’t given any food or water for days, all while being chained inside a tiny closet. At age 19, Clayton speaks out for the first time about the torture he endured at the hands of his father and stepmother when he was six. Plus, Oprah speaks with the man who saved Clayton’s life.

Original Air Date: 09/23/2010 She was a hiker accused of being an American spy and was held hostage in an Iranian prison for 14 months. Just days after her return to the United States, Sarah Shourd talks to Oprah. Plus, a woman’s ex-boyfriend put up an ad to get revenge. The Craigslist rape survivor reveals her identity and tells her story for the first time.

Original Air Date: 11/26/2010 Throughout the course of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah turned a simple 'thank you' into an art form. In her thank-you day follow-up, Oprah revisits some of the most unforgettable moments of gratitude that occurred during the show's 25 seasons. Oprah also checks in to see where these guests are and what they were doing in 2010.

Original Air Date: 04/07/2011 To the outside world Marie Walsh was living the American dream. She had a happy 22-year marriage and was a devoted mother to three children. She played bridge, tennis and rode horses in her upper-middle-class San Diego suburb. In truth, Marie was living a life she had spent decades crafting to hide her identity. Marie was really Susan LeFevre—a fugitive who had been h...

Original Air Date: 10/25/2010 In an instant, a car accident shattered the lives of Lori and Chris Coble. One year later, a miraculous twist of fate changed their lives again. It’s a story you must hear to believe. Also, Virginia Tech Massacre survivor Colin Goddard secretly films people selling him weapons at a gun show for cash with no I.D. required.  

Original Air Date: 04/18/2011 From a 276-car giveaway to a flash mob of 20,000 dancers to thousands of Favorite Things… Oprah’s producers are sharing their favorite behind-the-scenes moments and revealing the best-kept secrets of Harpo history!

Original Air Date: 11/23/2010 A single mother decides to marry a felon who will be behind bars for life. Oprah speaks to the unconventional couple and how they make their love story work. Then, Oprah speaks to the many women who are leaving their world behind to join the convent as nuns, getting a rare look inside their sacred space.