Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-01-21
Books mentioned on Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Oprah's career is on the move now, and Robert tells the gang about her coke filled early years in local TV, her rise to stardom and how she helped spark the Satanic Panic. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans discussed Age of Oprah by Janice Peck, Oprah by Kitty Kelley, and Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and others. Also mentioned: The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Age of Oprah
Age of Oprah by Janice Peck is an insightful critical analysis that examines the cultural, economic, and psychological impact of Oprah Winfrey on American media, therapeutic culture, and public consciousness.
Discussed“I'm leaving so much from like this uh this this really good book age of Oprah out”
Where to get it
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Oprah
Oprah by Kitty Kelley is an unauthorized biographical work that investigates the personal and professional life of media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
Discussed“I want to read a paragraph from the book Oprah a biography based on a conversation with her former colleague Patty Outlaw”
Where to get it
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a classic epistolary novel following the life of Celie, an African American woman living in the American South who endures profound hardship and discovers her self-worth.
Discussed“but yeah the color purple is based on a novel by Alice Walker and The Character she was portraying like I like I get it's not something I think he should have said but I get where he's coming from”
Where to get it
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Michelle Remembers
Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder is a controversial 1980 book that chronicles alleged satanic ritual abuse recovered through psychiatric therapy and helped spark the widespread satanic panic.
Discussed“this book Michelle remembers helped launch the satanic Panic a religious moral Panic that ruined hundreds of lives”
Where to get it
