Oprah is one of my great inspirations when I think about communication and connection to people. I have never watched her program, but I have seen I lot of iinterviews on the internet. The most interesting for me is how she can make people be open and talk about personal things. Her connection with people makes the interview really easy to watch and we do not notice the time pass. I always watch her videos trying to pay attention to the details and what she usually does that is different from others hosters.

One of these things is that she really pays attention in the conversation and in the person that she is interviewing. She always repeats and explains with her words what the interviewee is trying to explain. Also, she demonstrates that she understands the person's feellings and makes people comfortable to be open with her. Sometimes she touches the person's hand or gives a hug in emotional moments. She also makes a lot of compliments during the interview and shows that she knows the person's life and important moments of their lives. She also is a good listener and does not make a lot of interruptions. Her guests usually talk a lot during the interview and she always demonstrates that is listening nodding or saying "hum hum" (the noise when we wanna show that you are listening and agree with what the person is saying). The most interesting it is that she does not talk much during the conversation but in the end, we can notice that she conducts the discussions.

Recently, I watched Lady Gaga's interview where they talk about personal stuff from Gaga's life. For example, about Gaga's mental problems, the fact she feels pain all the time, what medicines she takes and what she does to overcome these problems. Oprah let her talks and seemed to understand Gaga's problems even though she never was in Gaga's shoes. In the end, Gaga could help a lot of people with her information about mental illness and it showed a great inspiration to people. In these moments I realize why its so important to learn how to connect to people and really listen to what they have to say and why the role of people like Oprah is so important to society.