# ‘The Friendship Algorithm’ with Barry Kripke’s John Ross Bowie

An episode of [The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1801207070), 13 Oct 2025, 40 min.

Audio: https://prefix.up.audio/s/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8976805064.mp3?updated=1777929529

Back to break down another episode is John Ross Bowie, who played Barry Kripke across 11 seasons of “The Big Bang Theory.” John discusses why he believes the show had such a strong female viewership and how the character of Penny became all of us. John also reveals who he was closest to out of the cast and which cast members he still talks to regularly. Plus, John shares why he asked director Mark Cendrowski for an extra take during one of his scenes in this episode. Catch all episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” on HBO Max. © 2025 WBEI. THE BIG BANG THEORY characters and elements are © & TM WBEI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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