Oprah Interviews Phil Donahue

Oprah Talks to Phil Donahue

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2002 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Oprah's one-on-one conversation with Phil Donahue, the guy who invented smart talk in the afternoon and brought startling new ideas into the living rooms and laundry rooms of American women.

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