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You Get A Podcast!Oprah and Fashion! w/ Avery Trufelman**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com**
This episode, take a look at Oprah Winfrey, style icon. From how the clothes she wore reflected different trends — to how she helped set trends herself, from Uggs to Spanx. Plus: our favorite Oprah fits.
Our guest this episode is the incredible Avery Trufelman, host of our fellow Radiotopia show Articles of Interest.
You Get A Podcast is hosted and executive produced by Kellie Carter Jackson, with co-host Leah Wright Rigueur.
...2023-07-1341 minYou Get A Podcast!Oprah, Video Vixens and "Stupid Girls" w/ Elizabeth Hinton and Saida Grundy**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com**
This episode, we go back to the “naughties” and look at a conversation Oprah held about the depiction of young girls on TV, in music videos, and beyond. This featured hip-hop dancer Karrine Steffens, who had written a book called “Confessions of a Video Vixen” — as well as the singer PINK, who took on this culture in her song “Stupid Girls.”
Our guests for this episode are Elizabeth Hinton of Yale, and Saida Grundy of Boston Univ...2023-07-0644 minYou Get A Podcast!Oprah Runs A Marathon w/ Natalia Petrzela**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com**
This episode, we look at the moment that Oprah Winfrey ran the Marine Corps Marathon — and all that it represented about her relationship with fitness, dieting, and health. Throughout the years, from the infamous “wagon of fat” to her very public experiments with different diets, Oprah’s personal approach to fitness has reflected the way our larger culture thinks about weight and health.
Our guest for this episode is Natalia Petrzela of The New School...2023-06-2842 minYou Get A Podcast!Oprah and Gayle: Road Trip! w/ Brittany Luse**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com**
This episode, we look at an iconic friendship — and an epic road trip. In 2006, Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King drove from California to New York together. Of course, they turned it into an episode for the Oprah Winfrey Show. We look at their friendship, what it says about the bond between Black women, and of course what went down on the very long drive.
Our guest for this episode is Brittany Luse, host of NP...2023-06-2142 minYou Get A Podcast!Oprah and Hip-Hop, Trom Ice-T to Jay-Z w/ C. Brandon Ogbunu**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com**
This episode, we look at Oprah’s love/hate — or maybe hate/love — relationship with hip-hop. We break down two key moments: a 1990 episode about rap music featuring Ice-T, Tipper Gore, and Juan Williams; and then Oprah’s very warm interview with Jay-Z about a decade later.
Our guest for this episode is C. Brandon Ogbunu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.
You Get A Podcast...2023-06-1446 minYou Get A Podcast!Oprah Confronts Racism In Forsyth, GA w/ Carol Anderson**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com**
This episode, we revisit perhaps our most-requested episode, and a touchstone moment in the OWS history. In 1987, Oprah took her show to the town of Forsyth, Georgia — an area where all the Black residents had been driven out some 75 years before. In 1987 there were protests and violence about the town’s racist past, and Oprah held an explosive town hall with the residents of Forsyth.
We’re joined for this episode by Carol Anderson, the Ch...2023-06-0742 min
This DayYou Get A Podcast!As it happens, the This Day team has a bunch of cool new projects coming out over the next week or two. So, we’re going to feature them here.
Today: Kellie’s other podcast is back! You Get A Podcast looks at the rich and wild history of the Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Queen of Talk’s influence on our culture and politics. Be sure to check it out wherever you get your podcasts or at YouGetAPodcast.com
Sign up for our newsletter! We’ll be sending out links to all the stuff we recom...2023-06-0127 minThis DayYou Get A Podcast!As it happens, the This Day team has a bunch of cool new projects coming out over the next week or two. So, we’re going to feature them here.
Today: Kellie’s other podcast is back! You Get A Podcast looks at the rich and wild history of the Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Queen of Talk’s influence on our culture and politics. Be sure to check it out wherever you get your podcasts or at YouGetAPodcast.com
Sign up for our newsletter! We’ll be sending out links to all the stuff we recom...2023-06-0127 minYou Get A Podcast!Oprah Evolves Past Phil, Jerry, Sally, Geraldo And MoreWe’re back for our second season! We’re bringing you two months of new episodes on some of the most iconic Oprah moments.
This episode, we discuss the talk show scene in the late 80s and early 90s, and how Oprah sought to transform herself and evolve past the “trash TV” scene of Jerry Springer, Geraldo Rivera, and more. It’s the evolution from Oprah 1.0 to 2.0 that marked a key moment in The Oprah Winfrey Show, and set the table for the success that would follow.
Help support the show as we get back to making...2023-05-3141 minYou Get A Podcast!Teaser: Season TwoWe’re coming back with two months of new episodes! Here’s a taste of what’s on the way.
In the meantime, help support the show and help us get back on our feet under a new name and a new era.
Visit https://yougetapodcast.com/home/#donate to help however you can. Thank you!2023-05-2406 minYou Get A Podcast!An Update from You Get A Podcast!A statement from Kellie Carter Jackson about what’s next for “You Get A Podcast!”
“There was a dispute regarding the use of Oprahdemics. It has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of all parties. We have an update about the future of our show, and we are excited to move forward with a new name and updated artwork. Next week, we’ll be back with some brand new episodes and information. Stay tuned!”
Thanks to everyone for your patience — we’re so excited to be back with new episodes very soon! In the meantime, visit yougetapodcast.com 2023-05-2200 min
You Get A Podcast!Presenting You Get A Podcast! (The Study of The Queen of Talk)Kellie Carter Jackson and Leah Wright Riguer are historians, best friends, and Oprah obsessives. Now, it’s time to pour through the archives to relive and rehash the most iconic episodes from the decades-long run of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Along the way they’ll be joined by great guests, have lots of fun, and try to understand what the Queen of Talk has meant for the culture.
More information at yougetapodcast.com2022-03-2302 min