David Brooks: The Road to Character

Oprah sits down with bestselling author and Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor for a powerful discussion on uncertainty, grief, faith, resilience, personal growth, and spiritual transformation. In this thought-provoking conversation with Oprah, bestselling author, professor, a ...  Show more

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired on October 23, 2018. Oprah talks with Oscar-winning actress, mother and wife Julia Roberts, who shares the most daring thing she's ever done, the top quality she taught her children and when she feels the most vulnerable. Julia op ...  Show more

Tina Brown talks with David Brooks, the New York Times op-ed columnist and author of the new book The Second Mountain. Brooks posits that decades of unfettered individualism and social freedom have left us all morally adrift. But he has identified four principles that can get one ...  Show more

David Brooks is one of America’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and appears regularly on PBS NewsHour and Meet the Press. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Par ...  Show more

If you've wanted to develop your character, you've probably thought about strengthening virtues like courage, humility, and resolution. But my guest would say that practicing social skills is another way of increasing your moral strength, and the moral strength of society as a wh ...  Show more