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.
Oprah Talks COVID-19 (Season 1)
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre (Episode 1)
Air date: 2020-03-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Oprah speaks with Idris Elba and his wife, Sabrina Dhowre, about living with COVID-19.
Pastor Wintley Phipps (Episode 2)
Air date: 2020-03-22
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: Exploring the spiritual meaning of this moment, Oprah invites her longtime friend to offer words of wisdom, peace, and strength.
Monica Maggioni and Dr. Marco Vergano (Episode 3)
Air date: 2020-03-25
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: As the world watches Italy to better understand the virus, Oprah talks to a journalist and a doctor on the frontlines in that country.
DJ D-Nice (Episode 4)
Air date: 2020-03-25
Runtime: 18 min
Overview: The uplifting MC talks about #ClubQuarantine, the online party bringing people together. Plus, Oprah shares a viral video that caught her eye.
Anthony Ray Hinton (Episode 5)
Air date: 2020-03-29
Runtime: 18 min
Overview: He spent 30 years on death row before being exonerated. Now, Hinton joins Oprah to share his wisdom about coping with confinement.
Dr. Edith Eva Eger (Episode 6)
Air date: 2020-03-31
Runtime: 18 min
Overview: An Auschwitz survivor who became a psychologist specializing in trauma, Dr. Eger gives guidance on processing this time of crisis.
Chef José Andrés and Claire Babineaux-Fontenot (Episode 7)
Air date: 2020-04-02
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: World Central Kitchen's founder and Feeding America's CEO announce America's Food Fund, a special fund for those impacted by COVID-19.
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn (Episode 8)
Air date: 2020-04-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: At this time of unprecedented global anxiety, a pioneer in mindfulness techniques joins Oprah to discuss finding peace in the moment.
Emily Fawcett, Xenia Greene & Idara Inokon (Episode 9)
Air date: 2020-04-08
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: Nurses from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx tell Oprah how they're coping on the frontlines of COVID-19 in America's epicenter.
Amy Finnegan and Donnella James (Episode 10)
Air date: 2020-04-08
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Dr. Bruce Perry (Episode 11)
Air date: 2020-04-10
Runtime: 16 min
Overview: A foremost trauma expert discusses strategies to regulate stress and calls on those with privilege to serve others.
Shaka Senghor (Episode 12)
Air date: 2020-04-10
Runtime: 16 min
Overview: The author reveals how he survived seven years of isolation in solitary confinement by turning his cell into a space of creativity and learning.
The Deadly Impact on Black America (Episode 13)
Air date: 2020-04-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Oprah takes an in-depth look at the dramatic effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on African Americans across the country.
