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Now that The Oprah Winfrey Show has come to an end, will Oprah’s fans find a new icon to worship? In the run-up to the show’s final episode, which aired today, media outlets have been turning to Kathryn Lofton, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University and the author of Oprah: the Gospel of an [more...]  Have you heard the good news? If you’ve been at all exposed to popular culture over the last two decades, chances are you’ve heard it—the message of Oprah’s gospel, that is. In the latest UC Press Podcast, we interview Kathryn Lofton, author of the forthcoming book Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon (March). Lofton, a [more...] The folks over at the Post Carbon Institute have created a spoof video around the fascinating, often disturbing spectacle of Oprah’s Favorite Things. The video illustrates some key points made in the book, The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises, edited by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch. In the chapter “Dangerously Addicted,” Dr. [more...] Oprah Winfrey interviews “Planet Earth” series creator Alastair Fothergill and producer Jonny Keeling regarding their 11-part documentary series to premiere on The Discovery Channel on March 25, 8 pm ET/PT. Fothergill discusses the 5-year project that took him, Keeling, and their film crew to more than 200 countries, documenting never before seen footage of various [more...] |
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