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NOprah 2020: The New Age Nonsense of Oprah Winfrey
TheThinkingAtheist
English - January 15, 2018 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsScience Education politics science atheist news religion atheism reason philosophy comedy humanism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After her inspiring Golden Globes speech, Oprah Winfrey has been touted as presidential material. But does her track record reveal someone rooted in science, evidence, and worthy ideas? Seth Andrews explains why Oprah's admirable success story doesn't translate to the U.S. Presidency.
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Slate article: https://slate.com/health-and-science/2018/01/oprah-winfrey-helped-create-our-irrational-pseudoscientific-american-fantasyland.html
Skeptical Inquirer article: https://www.csicop.org/si/show/oprah_winfrey_bright_but_gullible_billionaire
Interview with Diana Nyad: https://youtu.be/hla3ibhUuCU
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