Mitch Landrieu, Part 2: A White Southerner Confronts History

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Gloria Steinem: Letting the Road Take You

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired on October 25, 2015. Women's rights pioneer and living legend Gloria Steinem talks to Oprah about her lifetime of travel, her political activism and her book "My Life on the Road." From her early days at the forefront of the women ...  Show more

Mitch Landrieu, Part 2: A White Southerner Confronts History

This episode is a re-release. Oprah's conversation with former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu continues. Mitch documents the historical removal of four Confederate monuments from New Orleans in his New York Times best-selling memoir, "In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerne ...  Show more

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