# The Bear's Final Season with the NYT's James Poniewozik

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Podcast: [Special Sauce with Ed Levine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/special-sauce-with-ed-levine-496852)
Published: 2026-07-10T19:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2735

## Resource

If there is a smarter or better TV critic than T he New York Times 's James Poniewozik I have yet to come across him or her. So when I was dying to talk to someone about The Bear 's moving final season I rang up James and he graciously agreed to come on Special Sauce to talk about it. We had a blast talking about Carmy and Sydney and all the other finely etched characters on the show. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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