You're Wrong About

Karen Carpenter Part 2 with Carolyn Kendrick

Jan 31, 2023

01:39:10

Episode guests

Carolyn Kendrick

Highlights

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Episode notes

Reaching Success Is Not Like Being Fulfilled Within Your Art Form

03:00

The Carpenters and Kenny Ortega

02:39

Karen's Body Parts - I'm Sorry, I Was Like That.

02:03

Introduction

3min

Karen Carpenter, Part Two

2min

Are There Any Other Themes That Are Coming to Mind?

3min

Is There a Cultural Literacy Around Eating Disorders?

2min

Are You Surprised? Oh, I'm the Lone Woman.

2min

The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy Elleschmitt

2min

Dominant Mother Figure or Dominante Mother

2min

Do You Know if You Own Your Child Right Forever?

3min

The Ultimate Expression of Love That You Give Your Child

2min

10.

Is Every Song a Love Song?

2min

11.

Is Your Brother's Girlfriend Dating Someone?

3min

12.

Is There a Lot of Money in a Woman's Life?

4min

13.

The Relationship Between the Performer and the Audience

3min

14.

The US FSA Is Unfair, Isn't It?

2min

15.

Reaching Success Is Not Like Being Fulfilled Within Your Art Form

3min

16.

The Art of Competition

2min

17.

Is It Better to Share Something With People Than to Be the Best at Something?

2min

18.

Are Podcasts a Good Way to Connect With Other People?

3min

19.

You Know, You Shouldn't Stand With Your Back to the Audience

3min

20.

Totally. It Makes a Ton of Sense

2min

21.

Karen's Body Parts - I'm Sorry, I Was Like That.

2min

22.

How to Lose Half of Your Weight in a Structured Fashion

2min

23.

The Trend of Almond Moms on TikTok

2min

24.

Are We Still Dealing With Eating Disorders?

2min

25.

Agnes Carpenter - Is She a Threat to the Whole?

2min

26.

It's Code, It Was Codependents All Along

2min

27.

Karen's Mom Feels Like Terry's a Threat

2min

28.

I Want It to Look Classy in a Funky Kind of Way

3min

29.

I Need to Be in Love

2min

30.

The Carpenters Are Not Writing Their Songs

4min

31.

What a Smart Person Kills People?

2min

32.

The Volcano Doesn't Accept Sluts

2min

33.

You're Enough, You Just Gotta Let Her Go

3min

34.

Sexiness Is About a Lot of Things

2min

35.

I Feel Like Someone Just Slipped My Wrists

2min

36.

The Carpenters and Kenny Ortega

3min

37.

Was It a Doctor or a Therapist?

3min

38.

We've Only Just Begun, We're Only Just Beginning

4min

39.

We Love You, Karen

2min

40.

We Love You, Karen

4min

In this episode, Carolyn and Sarah follow Karen from the height of her fame through her struggle to find independence, her attempts at eating disorder recovery, and finally to her death on February 4, 1983, when she was just 32 years old. Then it's time to sing a song.

We extensively discuss eating disorders, disordered eating, and everything that goes with them in this episode. Please listen with care.

Additional CW: At 01:21:18 we use a term that evokes suicidal imagery. It is okay to pick back up at 01:21:21.

If you want to learn more, try Little Girl Blue by Randy L. Schmidt, our primary source for the information in this episode.

Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter - Randy L. Schmidt - Google Books

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