Oprah Talks COVID-19

Season 12020

How can we mindfully move through a crisis while holding on to ourselves and our humanity? In this series, Oprah has remote conversations with experts and everyday people to provide insight, meaning, and tangible advice for the human spirit.

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13 Episodes

    E01 Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre

    Oprah speaks with Idris Elba and his wife, Sabrina Dhowre, about living with COVID-19.

    March 20, 2020

    E02 Pastor Wintley Phipps

    Exploring the spiritual meaning of this moment, Oprah invites her longtime friend to offer words of wisdom, peace, and strength.

    March 21, 2020

    E03 Monica Maggion, Dr. Vergano, an ER Doctor

    Along with most of Italy, journalist Monica Maggion is under strict quarantine. She described the uncanny quiet outside her apartment in Milan, where she is living with her elderly parents. "There is no sound but the ambulance," Maggioni told Oprah. In the second half of the powerful episode, Oprah spoke to Dr. Vergano, an ER doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

    March 24, 2020

    E04 DJ D-Nice

    The uplifting MC talks about #ClubQuarantine, the online party bringing people together. Plus, Oprah shares a viral video that caught her eyes.

    March 24, 2020

    E05 Anthony Ray Hinton

    He spent 30 years on death row before being exonerated. Now, Hinton joins Oprah to share his wisdom about coping in confinement.

    March 28, 2020

    E06 Dr. Edith Eva Eger

    An Auschwitz survivor who became a psychologist specializing in trauma, Dr. Eger gives guidance on processing this time of crisis.

    March 30, 2020

    E07 José Andrés and Clair Babineaux-Fontenot

    World Central Kitchen's founder and Feeding America's CEO announce America's Food Fund, a special fund for those impacted by COVID-19.

    April 1, 2020

    E08 Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn

    At this time of unprecedented global anxiety, a pioneer in mindfulness techniques joins Oprah to discuss finding peace in the moment.

    April 4, 2020

    E09 Emily Fawcett, Xenia Greene & Idara Inokon

    Nurses from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx tell Oprah how they're coping on the frontlines of COVID-19 in America's epicenter.

    April 7, 2020

    E10 Amy Finnegan and Donnella James

    With COVID-19 cases surging in Detroit and New Orleans, Oprah speaks to nurses from each city about hope, fear, and how we can all help.

    April 7, 2020

    E11 Dr. Bruce Perry

    A foremost trauma expert discusses strategies to regulate stress and calls on those with privilege to serve others.

    April 9, 2020

    E12 Shaka Senghor

    The author reveals how he survived seven years of isolation in solitary confinement by turning his cell into a space of creativity and learning.

    April 9, 2020

    E13 The Deadly Impact on Black America

    Oprah takes an in-depth look at the dramatic effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on African Americans across the country.

    April 13, 2020
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