Episode 248: Erin Lee Carr

Published: June 7, 2017, 5:27 p.m.

Erin Lee Carr is a documentary filmmaker\xa0and writer. Her new film is Mommy Dead and Dearest.\n\n \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve always had the story down\u2014that\u2019s not been really difficult for me. So the difficult thing, I think, for me, has always been access. Can I get the access? Can I withstand the pressure? You know, there\u2019s been so many times where I wasn\u2019t being paid to do the job, and I had to wait on the access. And it\u2019s not for the faint of heart. You know, I could have spent a year and a half of my life doing [Mommy Dead and Dearest] and I could\u2019ve not gotten the access to Gypsy, and it kind of would\u2019ve been a wash.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Kindle, Squarespace, V by Viacom, and HelloFresh for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@erinleecarr\nerinleecarr.com\n[02:00] Mommy Dead and Dearest\n[02:00] Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop\n[02:30] "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered" (Michelle Dean \u2022 BuzzFeed \u2022 Aug 2016)\n[04:30] Carr\u2019s Vice\xa0archive\n[05:15] Girls\n[05:45] Capturing the Friedmans\n[11:15] "First Animal to Survive in Space" (Motherboard \u2022 Sep 2012)\n[12:45] David Carr\u2019s Archive at The New York Times\n[13:45] "David Carr: The News Diet of a Media Omnivore" (Fresh Air \u2022 Oct 2011)\n[14:15] Click, Print, Gun: The Inside story of the 3D-Printed Gun Movement\n[25:00] Raw Deal: The Untold Story of NYPD\u2019s \u201cCannibal Cop\u201d (Gil Valle \u2022 WildBlue Press \u2022 2017)\n[32:00] Nick Bilton on the Longform Podcast\n[32:00] American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road (Nick Bilton \u2022 Portfolio \u2022 2017)\n[42:45] Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills\n[47:00] "Erin Lee Carr\u2019s New True-Crime Documentary to Air on HBO (Exclusive)" (Gregg Kilday \u2022 Hollywood Reporter \u2022 Oct 2016)\n[50:30] "Laura Poitras, Glen Greenwald and Edward Snowden with David Carr" (Times Talks \u2022 Feb 2015)\n[52:15] "Still Rendering" (Medium \u2022 Feb 2016)\n[55:00] The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own. (David Carr \u2022 Simon & Schuster \u2022 2009)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices