Oprah Winfrey

Lisa Ling, who's coming to town tomorrow for Stevenson University's Baltimore Speakers Series, had already been an international reporter for nine years when, at age 25, she was picked as one of the cohosts of The View on ABC.  After a few years of that, she returned to reporting, hosted National Geographic Explorer, reported as special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show--and now has her own show, Our America, on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Ling on minority voters

Now that Oprah Winfrey has ended her talk show we''ll look at her impact on culture, publishing and politics. Our guests include: Sheri Parks, associate professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and author of Fierce Angels: The Strong Black Woman in American Life and Culture, Richard Sher, People Are Talking host and longtime Oprah colleague and friend, Kathleen Rooney, author of Reading With Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America and Craig Garthwaite, author of a study on the role of celebrity endorsements in politics: Oprah, Obama, and the 2008Democratic primary.