In 2011, Oprah and her staff at Harpo Studios went vegan for a full week. The results, and the resulting episode, sparked a conversation about health, ethical eating, and food as privilege — and showed us a lot about Oprah’s impact on health and food culture. Special guest: Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History for her book Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. Find lots more on our website — Oprahdemics.com Producer Nina Earnest, Executive Producer Jody Avirgan. Artwork by Jonathan Conda. Oprahdemics is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: Oprahdemics.com