AUSTIN — Beto O'Rourke will sit down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey at an event in New York City on Tuesday, in his first high-profile public appearance since leaving office earlier this month.

The event — which still has tickets available — will not be broadcast live on television but will air on Wednesday on the Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN. It will also be published as a podcast at a later date.

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Political observers are hoping O'Rourke will offer a glimpse of his future plans during the interview. He has been mulling a presidential run since November, when he came within 3 percentage points of unseating U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a closer-than-expected result in Republican-led Texas.

O'Rourke's interview with Oprah is part of an event called "Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square."

O'Rourke is the only lawmaker on the agenda, which also includes actors Michael B. Jordan and Bradley Cooper, philanthropist Melinda Gates, and Lisa Borders, president and chief executive officer of Time's Up.

Winfrey will "discuss how each of the guests created an impact and shifted conversation in their respective fields of entertainment, politics and culture in the last year," according to an advisory from her television network.

Madlin Mekelburg is a reporter with the USA Today Network Austin Bureau; she may be reached at 512-479-6606; mmekelburg@elpasotimes.com; @madlinbmek on Twitter.