Oprah Winfrey is expanding her celebrated Oprah's Book Club to the podcast sphere, with a new podcast, 'The Oprah Podcast,' which launched on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

On Tuesday, Winfrey launched “The Oprah Podcast,” a weekly series airing on her YouTube channel that will feature book club authors and guests ranging from “global newsmakers” to “cultural changemakers.” Upcoming podcasts will feature author-chef Ina Garten and Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, among others.

Billionaire Oprah Winfrey launched “The Oprah Podcast,” a fairly late addition into the podcast wars, and an addition to her traditional media empire. Winfrey’s announcement of the new podcast creates an outlet for hosting weekly interviews and a recurring monthly interview in partnership with Starbucks (where episodes are filmed inside Starbucks shops alongside products) with an author for Oprah’s “Book Club,