The Book Love Launches in 1996

Do you have weird feelings about Oprah? So do we, and so does our guest! Kimberly Springer, co-editor of "Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture," joins us to talk about the rise of Oprah Winfrey and her infamous "wagon of fat" weight loss episode.

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• Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture
• Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980

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Clips!

• Oprah Winfrey Rolls Out A Wagon Of Fat  (Buzzfeed)
• How Oprah's Weight Affected Her Relationship with Stedman (Oprah)
• MadTv - Oprah - Fat Cam (Mad TV)

Links!

• The Importance of Being Oprah (New York Times Magazine)
• Oprah's 'Fattest' Mistake (CBS News)
• 5 awesome objects from the new Oprah exhibit (Washington Post)
• Oprah's biggest on-air mistake? The wagon of fat (Today)
• Diet That Made Oprah Winfrey Slim Demands Discipline, Specialists Say (New York Times)

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