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Making

WBEZ's critically-acclaimed bio-podcast series explores how an icon is made.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Oprah 1: No Strategy, No Plan, No Formula

Oprah 1: No Strategy, No Plan, No Formula

It was 30 years ago this fall that Oprah Winfrey first said “hellooooo” to a national audience. By the show’s finale in ... Read more

10 Nov 2016

57mins

Ranked #2

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Obama 1: The Man In The Background

Obama 1: The Man In The Background

Before he was the 44th President, Barack Obama worked as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago. Hear how th... Read more

8 Feb 2018

45mins

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Ranked #3

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Oprah 2: Skinheads And Scented Candles

Oprah 2: Skinheads And Scented Candles

In the second episode of Making Oprah, we explore how The Oprah Winfrey Show elevated itself out of the heap of trash TV... Read more

17 Nov 2016

1hr

Ranked #4

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Obama 2: Chicago Politics Ain’t Beanbag

Obama 2: Chicago Politics Ain’t Beanbag

When Barack Obama first came to Chicago, a political transformation was happening in the city. Hear how that change insp... Read more

15 Feb 2018

42mins

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Ranked #5

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Oprah 3: YOU GET A CAR!

Oprah 3: YOU GET A CAR!

In the show’s final decade, Oprah and her team staged massive spectacles of increasing grandiosity, from the infamous ca... Read more

22 Nov 2016

1hr 2mins

Ranked #6

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Obama 4: Wait Your Turn

Obama 4: Wait Your Turn

In 2000, Barack Obama ran for Congress against a Chicago political legend. It became a contest about race and identity.

1 Mar 2018

56mins

Ranked #7

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Obama 5: Up Or Out

Obama 5: Up Or Out

Former president Barack Obama has only lost one election in his life. It was in 2000, and that defeat set him on the cou... Read more

8 Mar 2018

55mins

Ranked #8

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Obama 6: Yes We Can!

Obama 6: Yes We Can!

Barack Obama burst onto the national stage during his U.S. Senate run. Hear how ambition and luck propelled him to Washi... Read more

15 Mar 2018

58mins

Ranked #9

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Oprah BONUS: Making Donahue

Oprah BONUS: Making Donahue

In our final bonus installment, the Making Oprah production team revisits an extended interview with daytime talk show l... Read more

30 Dec 2016

40mins

Ranked #10

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Oprah BONUS: Let's Talk About Oprah's Hair

Oprah BONUS: Let's Talk About Oprah's Hair

If you look at any image from the Oprah Winfrey Show, you can pretty much figure out what decade it’s from by looking at... Read more

16 Dec 2016

13mins

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