WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

07 Jun 2017

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It's a doubleheader of singer-songwriters who are separated by several years but tied together by si...

04 Jun 2017

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Marc interviews an interviewer when Lesley Stahl spends 60 minutes in the garage. The veteran journa...

31 May 2017

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Marc travels to Washington, DC for a conversation with his old radio co-worker who now happens to be...

28 May 2017

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Jake Fogelnest was a teenager with a public access show who was thrust into a high-profile MTV gig a...

24 May 2017

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Danny Fields is a music manager, a publicist, a magazine editor, a writer, and a conduit to some of ...

21 May 2017

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Griffin Dunne caught the acting bug at a young age and had early success with movies like American W...

17 May 2017

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As AJ Lee, she was a larger than life superhero who won the WWE women's wrestling championship three...

14 May 2017

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Joel Hodgson took his Midwestern sensibility, his interest in theater of the absurd, his standup com...

10 May 2017

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Kevin Bacon started his career with an awkward experience on the set of Animal House. Then his fear ...

07 May 2017

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John Michael Higgins is instantly familiar to audiences after seeing him in the Christopher Guest mo...

03 May 2017

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Wendi McLendon-Covey may have found success with The Goldbergs and Bridesmaids but the Hollywood lif...

30 Apr 2017

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Although Mark Mothersbaugh co-founded Devo, he didn't think it was a band at first. To Mark and his ...

26 Apr 2017

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Mark Lanegan is the soft-spoken elder statesman of the '90s Seattle grunge scene. Marc Maron talks w...

23 Apr 2017

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Poor health kept Walter Hill out of the Army in the '60s, but that twist of fate led him into filmma...

19 Apr 2017

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Marc is a fan of Amanda Peet when she's playing funny, quirky characters, like in Togetherness or Br...

16 Apr 2017

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Baron Vaughn knows that growing up without a father and sharing a bunk bed with grandma can ignite t...

12 Apr 2017

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It turns out Michael Chiklis and Marc went to Boston University at the same time, but soon after sch...

09 Apr 2017

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Marc tries not to fanboy out too much with Anne Hathaway in the garage. While he attempts to keep it...

06 Apr 2017

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For the 800th episode of WTF, Marc welcomes back the show's very first guest, Jeff Ross. Just as WTF...

02 Apr 2017

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New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman is the one person analyzing comedy from the most prominen...

29 Mar 2017

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Marc was blown away by author Paul Beatty's celebrated novel The Sellout and wanted to know how a wr...

26 Mar 2017

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Paul Shaffer takes Marc down the path that turned a piano-playing kid from Canada into a keyboard-fo...

22 Mar 2017

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Religious scholar Reza Aslan has spent his life studying the facts and misconceptions about belief a...

19 Mar 2017

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Actor and writer Paul Rust knew how to be funny as a kid growing up in Iowa and struggling with OCD....

15 Mar 2017

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Filmmaker Louis Theroux once tried to make a documentary featuring Marc but he never used the footag...

12 Mar 2017

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Kevin Nealon is trying a new approach to life in order to be less of a people pleaser and to allow h...

08 Mar 2017

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Fred Melamed is instantly familiar, not only because of his scene-stealing performances in the Coen ...

05 Mar 2017

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Eugene Levy brings more than five decades of comedy history from north of the border into the garage...

01 Mar 2017

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Whether you see her in Christopher Guest's movies or on 2 Broke Girls or as Stifler's mom, Jennifer ...

26 Feb 2017

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Filmmaker Raoul Peck spent more than a decade putting together the documentary I Am Not Your Negro, ...

22 Feb 2017

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Singer-songwriter Norah Jones can float between multiple genres of music with ease, whether it’s j...

19 Feb 2017

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Comedian Trae Crowder does not shy away from his Southern upbringing, in which he saw economic devas...

15 Feb 2017

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Unfolding world events are messing with Will Arnett and Marc as they sit in the garage, but they won...

12 Feb 2017

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Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams knows there's a stark difference between the way he views the work thro...

08 Feb 2017

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If Steve Jones was going to start a band after a troubled upbringing filled with petty crime, it mak...

05 Feb 2017

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If Bill Paxton hadn't suffered from rheumatic fever when he was growing up in Texas, he might not be...

01 Feb 2017

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Marc had prejudged comedian Joe DeRosa. He thought he was a Philly tough guy who wouldn't want to ha...

29 Jan 2017

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Robbie Robertson is in the garage to give Marc the full lowdown on the history of The Band, from its...

25 Jan 2017

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How did an '80s glam metal bassist become one of the most prominent music managers in the industry, ...

22 Jan 2017

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Martin Landau is an Oscar-winning actor with a lifetime of work on film, TV, and stage. But he's als...

18 Jan 2017

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Comedian Martha Kelly told Zach Galifianakis she cannot act. That didn't stop Zach from casting her ...

15 Jan 2017

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John Larroquette knows that people still identify him most strongly with Night Court, and he's okay ...

11 Jan 2017

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Roger Corman made hundreds of films and gave huge opportunities to filmmakers who became the best Ho...

08 Jan 2017

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Before James Hetfield formed Metallica, his musical awareness was shaped in equal parts by classical...

05 Jan 2017

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Martha Plimpton says she learned how to act on the job. She talks with Marc about her childhood role...

02 Jan 2017

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Marc leaves the cozy confines of the garage and heads to New Jersey (where else?) to talk with The B...

29 Dec 2016

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Singer-songwriter David Bromberg is a human bridge between at least a half-dozen different styles of...

26 Dec 2016

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Marc makes a pilgrimage to Las Vegas for a sit-down with Sammy Shore, a comic with a long show busin...

23 Dec 2016

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It's not entirely accurate to say this episode has never been heard by anyone before. About 700 peop...

22 Dec 2016

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A lot of former child stars have been in the garage, but Derek Trucks wasn't so much a child star as...

19 Dec 2016

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Annette Bening attributes her longevity in acting to stopping when she wanted. She talks with Marc a...

16 Dec 2016

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Every so often Marc gets together with Tom Scharpling of The Best Show to figure out life's big ques...

15 Dec 2016

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Comedian Billy West is a master of voices and one of the preeminent voiceover artists working today....

12 Dec 2016

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Casey Affleck says he doesn't want fame or stardom. So how's he handling it now that the spotlight k...

09 Dec 2016

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In September 2016, Marc recorded a conversation with the legendary Jerry Lewis. Until now, no one ha...

08 Dec 2016

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Comedian Shane Mauss saw his career gathering steam only to stall out and make him feel like opportu...

04 Dec 2016

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As Dana Carvey puts it, he gave a Heisman to fame, essentially putting himself on the sidelines of s...

02 Dec 2016

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We go back into the WTF Shoebox Vault to find another unaired pilot for The Marc Maron Show in Los A...

01 Dec 2016

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Gothic folk duo The Handsome Family meet up with Marc while he's in Albuquerque to talk about Americ...

27 Nov 2016

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Comedian Joe Matarese has struggled with bouts of rage, anxiety, and paralyzing indecisiveness. As h...

25 Nov 2016

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This limited series dives deep into the WTF Vault (aka a shoebox under producer Brendan McDonald's b...

23 Nov 2016

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Singer-songwriter Scott Fagan created a beautiful album in 1968, called South Atlantic Blues. But th...

20 Nov 2016

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Michael Shannon cuts a pretty intimidating figure on stage and screen. The combination of his Southe...

16 Nov 2016

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Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain wrote a book that changed Marc's life. On the 20-year anniversary of ...

13 Nov 2016

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is not only the creator of Hamilton and In The Heights, he's also a long-time WTF...

09 Nov 2016

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Talent manager Shep Gordon had no real interest in pop music. He was a young hippie making money dea...

06 Nov 2016

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On the eve of the U.S. Presidential Election, you owe it to yourself to hear this conversation betwe...

02 Nov 2016

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Endless Boogie was never supposed to become a band. It was made up of some guys who worked at Matado...

30 Oct 2016

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Roger Waters wrote songs that changed rock and roll, organized them in ways that changed how albums ...

26 Oct 2016

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Ron Howard knows the key to longevity in show business. He should, considering his evolution from ch...

23 Oct 2016

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Sarah Jessica Parker started her acting career at age 11 working with Harold Pinter on Broadway. Tha...

19 Oct 2016

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Comedian Ritch Shydner is a true road warrior who made his reputation during the comedy club boom of...

17 Oct 2016

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It's been almost four years since the last Marc and Tom Show. After countless hours helping each oth...

16 Oct 2016

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David Crosby readily admits that he probably shouldn't be alive. Drug addiction, alcoholism, and hea...

12 Oct 2016

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Singer-songwriter Margo Price entered the garage on a wave of acclaim and notoriety that is rare for...

09 Oct 2016

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Larry Clark does not consider himself a photographer and he explains to Marc why he doesn't. But tha...

05 Oct 2016

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When Marc first saw Hutch Harris perform live with his band The Thermals, he was won over immediatel...

02 Oct 2016

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Comedian Rachel Feinstein has conquered one of the most difficult spaces in the comedy world: The ba...

28 Sep 2016

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If you're wondering how John Prine, one of America's greatest living songwriters, came up with such ...

25 Sep 2016

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America is plenty familiar with Katie Couric in the role of interviewer. But what about when the rol...

21 Sep 2016

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It's Jazz Fest at The Cat Ranch. First, Kamasi Washington tells Marc how an Inglewood kid growing up...

19 Sep 2016

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Comedian Geoff Tate always found it a little odd that Marc needed to squash so many beefs with other...

15 Sep 2016

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Comedian Chris Garcia thought his upbringing was fairly typical as the son of first-generation immig...

12 Sep 2016

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Actor Ron Perlman is often buried under layers of makeup, whether he's playing Hellboy or the Beast ...

08 Sep 2016

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Billy Crystal's early love of show business put him on the path to standup comedy, which in turn got...

05 Sep 2016

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Joseph Arthur faced some of the same struggles as Marc even though he's a musician and artist, not a...

01 Sep 2016

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Whether you know the story of JT LeRoy or not, you certainly haven't heard an episode of WTF like th...

29 Aug 2016

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Robert Kelly is at the point in his comedy career where he can't help thinking about what's next. He...

25 Aug 2016

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Gad Elmaleh is a mega-successful international comedian and actor. Now he's basically starting from ...

22 Aug 2016

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Alan Alda always strives to play someone different. He takes Marc through the many characters he's c...

18 Aug 2016

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Kristen Wiig is afraid of too many things going well at once, speaking in front of groups of people,...

15 Aug 2016

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Werner Herzog is one of the only people who could make a great movie from inside Marc's garage. With...

11 Aug 2016

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Lauren Lapkus showed up to the garage as herself, but she clearly could lapse into one of dozens of ...

08 Aug 2016

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Seth Meyers didn't expect to be on Saturday Night Live. Then he didn't expect to anchor Weekend Upda...

04 Aug 2016

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Eric Andre and Marc did not like each other. An incident from when Eric first started doing comedy i...

01 Aug 2016

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Long before Roseanne Barr ran for President, even before she had the number one sitcom in America, s...

28 Jul 2016

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Comedian Brian Scolaro is back to pick up where he left off 627 episodes ago. The last time, Brian a...

25 Jul 2016

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Before Jane Lynch stole scenes in Best in Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Glee, Party Down, and everyt...

21 Jul 2016

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Writer Chuck Klosterman is always thinking. That's a good thing because his latest book is called "W...

18 Jul 2016

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James L. Brooks is responsible for something you love. Probably many things. Marc talks with the pro...