Oprah & Shaka Senghor on How to Escape Life’s Hidden Prisons
August 26, 2025
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Summary
Shaka Senghor, a resilience expert, motivational speaker, and bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs, has inspired audiences worldwide with his journey from incarceration to transformation. Shaka joins Oprah to discuss his new book, How to Be Free. Full of hard-earned life lessons and practical tools, How to Be Free is a must read for anyone looking to manifest freedom in their own lives. Oprah and Shaka will also be joined by Shaka’s good friend Ben Horowitz, the cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and author of two books: What You Do Is Who You Are and The Hard Thing About Hard Things. Oprah and Shaka will also be taking Zoom calls from people at a crossroads in their own lives.
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How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons by Shaka Senghor, published by Authors Equity, is available wherever books are sold.
https://www.shakasenghor.com/
What You Do Is Who You Are and The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, published by Harper Business, are available wherever books are sold.
https://a16z.com/books/what-you-do-is-who-you-are/
https://a16z.com/books/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things/
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