Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-01-16

Books mentioned on Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

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Oprah continues to have the most sympathetic backstory of any BTB subject, and Robert walks Bridget and Andrew through how she turned it all around. See omnystudio.

Robert Evans discussed Invictus by William Ernest Henley and Oprah by Kitty Kelley.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Invictus

   William Ernest Henley · at 12:22

   William Ernest Henley's classic 19th-century poem Invictus stands as a stirring declaration of personal courage and defiance in the face of overwhelming adversity, famously closing with the assertion that one is the master of their fate and the captain of their soul.

   Discussed

   “a particular favorite was Invictus a stirring Declaration of Courage by the 19th century English poet William Ernst Henley which closes with”

   Robert Evans Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard? 2025-01-16 Listen at 12:22

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   Oprah

   Kitty Kelley · at 15:32

   Oprah by Kitty Kelley is an unauthorized biographical work that investigates the personal and professional life of media mogul Oprah Winfrey.

   Discussed

   “and so I'll quote this passage of Oprah a biography by Kitty Kelly next Katherine Esters”

   Robert Evans Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard? 2025-01-16 Listen at 15:32

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