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"The Oprah Conversation" will debut July 30. It
will feature Winfrey and Ibram X. Kendi, author of the
best-selling book "How To Be an Antiracist," speaking with white
people about racism, Apple and Winfrey said in a statement.
"It’s time to bring humanity back to the conversation," Winfrey,
one of the most influential women in the United States, said on
Twitter. Winfrey said she hoped to have "conversations that
unite us - not divide us."
The first episode will be free to stream on Apple TV+ and joins
two other Apple ventures by Winfrey - "Oprah Talks COVID-19" and
"Oprah's Book Club."
The new series, which does not have a fixed timetable, will
"explore impactful and relevant topics with fascinating thought
leaders from all over the world," the statement said.
It comes during a national reckoning about systemic racism in
the United States that has led to nationwide protests for more
than two months.
Winfrey in 2011 ended her top-rated daily television talk show,
in which she broke new ground, discussing topics ranging from
incest to sexual abuse as well as interviewing presidents and
celebrities.
The second episode of "The Oprah Conversation" will be streamed
on Aug. 7 and will feature a two-part interview with former
football player Emmanuel Acho, the host of "Uncomfortable
Conversations with a Black Man." The episode will include
questions from white and Latino guests.
The episodes will be filmed remotely because of the coronavirus
pandemic, but will include audience engagement.
Other guests will include Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the
Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit, whose story inspired the
2019 film "Just Mercy."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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