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Shaka Senghor

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2025-08-26

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2025-08-26

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1. “Yeah. Yes, you know, it's been one of the most incredible parts of my journey is to think about what it even means to be free. And obviously I had the kind of very real experience of being physically incarcerated. But what came up for me was that I was free before I ever got out of prison. I was actually free before I even knew I was getting out of prison. But I was also incarcerated before I went in because I had brought into a narrative that my life could only have very limited outcomes. And so when I got out and I started.”

   2025-08-26 · The Oprah Podcast · Oprah & Shaka Senghor on How to Escape Life’s Hidden Prisons · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Coming up on 15 years. So it's really amazing to even think about that part of my journey after spending 19 years to now be 15 years this side of freedom and to be able to live this experience is really what inspired the book.”

   2025-08-26 · The Oprah Podcast · Oprah & Shaka Senghor on How to Escape Life’s Hidden Prisons · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT