Jon Meacham

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Super Soul Special: Maria Shriver, Part 1: Reflections, Prayers and Meditations for a Meaningful Life

Maria Shriver, the Peabody- and Emmy-award winning journalist, producer and best-selling author, sits down with Oprah to share inspiring quotations, prayers and reflections featured in her number one New York Times best-selling book "I've Been Thinking...: Reflections, Prayers, a ...  Show more

Super Soul Special: Anthony Ray Hinton, Part 2: Finding Life, Hope and Redemption on Death Row

Oprah continues her extraordinary interview with wrongly convicted death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton, who shares a remarkable story about an unlikely friendship he formed in prison. He explains how he eventually found his way to freedom through the help of civil rights attorney ...  Show more

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