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Episode 301: Director Barry Sonnenfeld, 'The Office,' and Karen Carpenter

January 2, 2021 - 11:00am

Author Andy Greene takes us inside one of TV's greatest comedies, 'The Office.' Also, director Barry Sonnenfeld on making his mark in Hollywood. And writer Karen Tongson explains why Karen Carpenter matters.

Host(s): 
Doug Gordon [2]
Guest(s): 
Barry Sonnenfeld [3]
Karen Tongson [4]
Andy Greene [5]
Producer(s): 
Adam Friedrich [6]
Steve Gotcher [7]
Brad Kolberg [8]
Technical Director(s): 
Steve Gotcher [7]

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker

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Why Karen Carpenter Matters

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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History

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Call Your Mother: Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld Looks Back With Humor In New Memoir [12]

Director Barry Sonnenfeld, second from right, poses with cast members, from left, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin at a photo call for the film, "Men in Black 3," Thursday, May 3, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. [12]
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Filmmaker and writer Barry Sonnenfeld recently spoke with Doug Gordon of WPR's "BETA" about his new memoir, "Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother."

Author Explains Why Karen Carpenter Still Matters After All These Years [15]

The Carpenters, Richard and Karen, pose with their Grammy [15]
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Karen Tongson, author of "Why Karen Carpenter Matters," explains why Karen Carpenter and her music are still relevant 37 years after her death, and why her outsider status resonates with LGBTQ...

15 Years Later: NBC's 'The Office' Still Delivers [18]

The cast of NBC's "The Office" [18]
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Rolling Stone writer Andy Greene on his oral history of NBC's hit sitcom, "The Office"

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[2] https://www.wpr.org/people/doug-gordon
[3] https://www.wpr.org/people/barry-sonnenfeld
[4] https://www.wpr.org/people/karen-tongson
[5] https://www.wpr.org/people/andy-greene
[6] https://www.wpr.org/people/adam-friedrich
[7] https://www.wpr.org/people/steve-gotcher
[8] https://www.wpr.org/people/brad-kolberg
[9] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316415618?tag=wiscpublradi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
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[11] https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524744972?tag=wiscpublradi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1
[12] https://www.wpr.org/call-your-mother-filmmaker-barry-sonnenfeld-looks-back-humor-new-memoir
[13] https://www.wpr.org/listen/1631736
[14] https://mp3.wpr.org/download.php?f=bta200509a1.mp3
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[17] https://mp3.wpr.org/download.php?f=bta200509a2.mp3
[18] https://www.wpr.org/15-years-later-nbcs-office-still-delivers
[19] https://www.wpr.org/listen/1632766
[20] https://mp3.wpr.org/download.php?f=bta200509a3.mp3