Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’

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LifeKit is here to help. Consider us your mental health accountability buddy with episodes on everything from navigating social anxiety to unlearning perfectionism. Listen to the LifeKit podcast in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Fresh Air, I'm TV critic David Biancoley. The Bear, the FX series about people running a Chicago restaurant, has won 21 Emmy awards so far and is nominated for eight more for its fourth season, including for guest actress Jamie Lee Curtis and guest actor Rob Reiner.

The show's fifth and final season currently is running weekly on FX and streaming in its entirety on Hulu. And the bear is ending with a bang, not a whimper. Today on Fresh Air, we'll listen back to an interview from last year with Ebon Moss Backrack, who's already won two Emmys for the role of Richie, the family friend who now co-runs the restaurant known as The Bear. And I'll start with an appreciation and overview of the TV series, because The Bear has been a delectable treat from start to finish. Christopher Storer created and unveiled the bear in 2022, telling the story of a talented chef, Carmen Berzato, who left home to train at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

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