WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Episodes
Episode 818 - Marc Mulcahy / Phil Elverum
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's a doubleheader of singer-songwriters who are separated by several years but tied together by similar tragedies that reshaped their lives and thei...
Episode 817 - Lesley Stahl / Demetri Martin
04 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc interviews an interviewer when Lesley Stahl spends 60 minutes in the garage. The veteran journalist tells Marc what it was like to cover Watergat...
Episode 816 - Senator Al Franken
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc travels to Washington, DC for a conversation with his old radio co-worker who now happens to be a United States Senator. Al Franken takes Marc th...
Episode 815 - Jake Fogelnest / Ron Funches
28 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jake Fogelnest was a teenager with a public access show who was thrust into a high-profile MTV gig and before too long was in rehab for drug addiction...
Episode 814 - Danny Fields / J Mascis
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Fields is a music manager, a publicist, a magazine editor, a writer, and a conduit to some of the greatest artists ever, including Andy Warhol, ...
Episode 813 - Griffin Dunne / Bill Burr
21 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Griffin Dunne caught the acting bug at a young age and had early success with movies like American Werewolf in London and After Hours. But tragedy str...
Episode 812 - AJ Mendez Brooks / Fred Stoller
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As AJ Lee, she was a larger than life superhero who won the WWE women's wrestling championship three times. But as AJ Mendez Brooks, she spent most of...
Episode 811 - Joel Hodgson / Jonah Ray
14 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Hodgson took his Midwestern sensibility, his interest in theater of the absurd, his standup comedy experience, and his robot assembly skills, put...
Episode 810 - Kevin Bacon
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Bacon started his career with an awkward experience on the set of Animal House. Then his fear of becoming a major star after Footloose led him t...
Episode 809 - John Michael Higgins / Maria Bamford
07 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Michael Higgins is instantly familiar to audiences after seeing him in the Christopher Guest movies and Pitch Perfect and so many other films and...
Episode 808 - Wendi McLendon-Covey / Al Madrigal
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wendi McLendon-Covey may have found success with The Goldbergs and Bridesmaids but the Hollywood lifestyle was never her thing. As she tells Marc, Wen...
Episode 807 - Mark Mothersbaugh
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Although Mark Mothersbaugh co-founded Devo, he didn't think it was a band at first. To Mark and his bandmates, Devo was an art movement. Mark sits dow...
Episode 806 - Mark Lanegan / Mac DeMarco
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Lanegan is the soft-spoken elder statesman of the '90s Seattle grunge scene. Marc Maron talks with the former frontman of Screaming Trees and fin...
Episode 805 - Walter Hill
23 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Poor health kept Walter Hill out of the Army in the '60s, but that twist of fate led him into filmmaking during the tumultuous end of that decade. Wal...
Episode 804 - Amanda Peet / W. Kamau Bell
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc is a fan of Amanda Peet when she's playing funny, quirky characters, like in Togetherness or Brockmire, and when she's cold-hearted and mean, lik...
Episode 803 - Baron Vaughn / Moshe Kasher
16 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Baron Vaughn knows that growing up without a father and sharing a bunk bed with grandma can ignite the comedy spark. He tells Marc about being a latch...
Episode 802 - Michael Chiklis / Kurt Braunohler & Lauren Cook
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It turns out Michael Chiklis and Marc went to Boston University at the same time, but soon after school Michael got cast as John Belushi in the movie ...
Episode 801 - Anne Hathaway / Aimee Mann
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc tries not to fanboy out too much with Anne Hathaway in the garage. While he attempts to keep it together, they talk about her path from party gir...
Episode 800 - Jeff Ross
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the 800th episode of WTF, Marc welcomes back the show's very first guest, Jeff Ross. Just as WTF evolved since that first episode in 2009, Jeff ev...
Episode 799 - Jason Zinoman / Hank Azaria
02 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman is the one person analyzing comedy from the most prominent journalistic platform in the world. So naturally...
Episode 798 - Paul Beatty / Jackie Kashian
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc was blown away by author Paul Beatty's celebrated novel The Sellout and wanted to know how a writer can turn a stew of ideas about identity, race...
Episode 797 - Paul Shaffer
26 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Shaffer takes Marc down the path that turned a piano-playing kid from Canada into a keyboard-for-hire who became the bandleader for the famous To...
Episode 796 - Reza Aslan
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Religious scholar Reza Aslan has spent his life studying the facts and misconceptions about belief and the evolutionary reasons people need to believe...
Episode 795 - Paul Rust / Dax Shepard
19 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Actor and writer Paul Rust knew how to be funny as a kid growing up in Iowa and struggling with OCD. But he tells Marc it was his knack for taking int...
Episode 794 - Louis Theroux
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Louis Theroux once tried to make a documentary featuring Marc but he never used the footage. Marc's been puzzled by that ever since, but whe...
Episode 793 - Kevin Nealon
12 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Nealon is trying a new approach to life in order to be less of a people pleaser and to allow himself some anger from time to time. But Kevin is ...
Episode 792 - Fred Melamed / Andy Kindler
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fred Melamed is instantly familiar, not only because of his scene-stealing performances in the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man and Maria Bamford's Lady ...
Episode 791 - Eugene Levy
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene Levy brings more than five decades of comedy history from north of the border into the garage. He tells Marc about his early days as a college ...
Episode 790 - Jennifer Coolidge
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you see her in Christopher Guest's movies or on 2 Broke Girls or as Stifler's mom, Jennifer Coolidge is always a unique comic presence. She te...
Episode 789 - Raoul Peck
26 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Raoul Peck spent more than a decade putting together the documentary I Am Not Your Negro, a powerful film illuminating the words and life of...
Episode 788 - Norah Jones / Pete Holmes
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Norah Jones can float between multiple genres of music with ease, whether it’s jazz or standards or country or acoustic pop. That'...
Episode 787 - Trae Crowder / Lena Dunham
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Trae Crowder does not shy away from his Southern upbringing, in which he saw economic devastation and drug abuse lay waste to several generat...
Episode 786 - Will Arnett
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Unfolding world events are messing with Will Arnett and Marc as they sit in the garage, but they won't let the existential terror stop them from track...
Episode 785 - Ryan Adams
12 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams knows there's a stark difference between the way he views the work throughout his career and the popular perception of it...
Episode 784 - Steve Jones / Jed Maheu
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If Steve Jones was going to start a band after a troubled upbringing filled with petty crime, it makes sense that the band wound up being the Sex Pist...
Episode 783 - Bill Paxton / Dylan Brody
05 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If Bill Paxton hadn't suffered from rheumatic fever when he was growing up in Texas, he might not be in show business. Bill tells Marc some great stor...
Episode 782 - Joe DeRosa / John Hodgman & Jesse Thorn
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc had prejudged comedian Joe DeRosa. He thought he was a Philly tough guy who wouldn't want to have anything to do with a guy like Marc. Now that t...
Episode 781 - Robbie Robertson
29 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Robbie Robertson is in the garage to give Marc the full lowdown on the history of The Band, from its origins as a backing group to its final bow with ...
Episode 780 - Jonathan Daniel / Nick Thune
25 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How did an '80s glam metal bassist become one of the most prominent music managers in the industry, representing Sia, Weezer, Train, Courtney Love, Fa...
Episode 779 - Martin Landau
22 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Landau is an Oscar-winning actor with a lifetime of work on film, TV, and stage. But he's also one of the foremost educators on his craft. Mar...
Episode 778 - Martha Kelly / Bruce Talk with Dan Pashman
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Martha Kelly told Zach Galifianakis she cannot act. That didn't stop Zach from casting her as one of the leads on his show Baskets, but Marth...
Episode 777 - John Larroquette
15 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Larroquette knows that people still identify him most strongly with Night Court, and he's okay with that. John believes things would have been di...
Episode 776 - Roger Corman / G.J. Echternkamp
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Corman made hundreds of films and gave huge opportunities to filmmakers who became the best Hollywood has to offer. Now, at 90 years old, Roger ...
Episode 775 - James Hetfield
08 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Before James Hetfield formed Metallica, his musical awareness was shaped in equal parts by classical music, Aerosmith, and the desire to kill disco. ...
Episode 774 - Martha Plimpton / Laurie Kilmartin
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Plimpton says she learned how to act on the job. She talks with Marc about her childhood roles in movies like The Goonies, how those paved the ...
Episode 773 - Bruce Springsteen
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc leaves the cozy confines of the garage and heads to New Jersey (where else?) to talk with The Boss. Just two Jersey guys hanging out, talking abo...
Episode 772 - David Bromberg
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter David Bromberg is a human bridge between at least a half-dozen different styles of music. David and Marc talk about the pivotal evol...
Episode 771 - Sammy Shore
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Marc makes a pilgrimage to Las Vegas for a sit-down with Sammy Shore, a comic with a long show business life that doesn't quite have the ending he pla...
WTF Uncovered - Live At Now Hear This
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's not entirely accurate to say this episode has never been heard by anyone before. About 700 people were in the room at the Now Hear This podcast f...
Episode 770 - Derek Trucks
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of former child stars have been in the garage, but Derek Trucks wasn't so much a child star as he was a prodigy. At the age of nine, Derek was a...
Episode 769 - Annette Bening
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Annette Bening attributes her longevity in acting to stopping when she wanted. She talks with Marc about being able to put the brakes on her career wh...
WTF Uncovered - The Lost Marc and Tom Show
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every so often Marc gets together with Tom Scharpling of The Best Show to figure out life's big questions. They record these conversations and release...
Episode 768 - Billy West
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Billy West is a master of voices and one of the preeminent voiceover artists working today. Billy tells Marc about his need to escape into ch...
Episode 767 - Casey Affleck
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Affleck says he doesn't want fame or stardom. So how's he handling it now that the spotlight keeps getting hotter? Casey talks with Marc about g...
WTF Uncovered - Jerry Lewis
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2016, Marc recorded a conversation with the legendary Jerry Lewis. Until now, no one has heard it other than those in the room. This was ...
Episode 766 - Shane Mauss
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Shane Mauss saw his career gathering steam only to stall out and make him feel like opportunities were passing him by. Then an accident that ...
Episode 765 - Dana Carvey
04 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As Dana Carvey puts it, he gave a Heisman to fame, essentially putting himself on the sidelines of showbiz for 15 years. Dana and Marc talk about the ...
WTF Uncovered - Maria Bamford
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We go back into the WTF Shoebox Vault to find another unaired pilot for The Marc Maron Show in Los Angeles from 2006. This time the guest was comedian...
Episode 764 - The Handsome Family / Sam Pollard
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gothic folk duo The Handsome Family meet up with Marc while he's in Albuquerque to talk about American roots music, carnival sideshows, meeting your h...
Episode 763 - Joe Matarese
27 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Joe Matarese has struggled with bouts of rage, anxiety, and paralyzing indecisiveness. As he tells Marc, Joe is correcting these problems thr...
WTF Uncovered - Patton Oswalt
25 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This limited series dives deep into the WTF Vault (aka a shoebox under producer Brendan McDonald's bed) to present lost Marc Maron material that has n...
Episode 762 - Scott Fagan
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Scott Fagan created a beautiful album in 1968, called South Atlantic Blues. But things didn't go the way they were supposed to. Scot...
Episode 761 - Michael Shannon
20 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Shannon cuts a pretty intimidating figure on stage and screen. The combination of his Southern upbringing and his early-career immersion into ...
Episode 760 - Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain / Andre Royo
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain wrote a book that changed Marc's life. On the 20-year anniversary of 'Please Kill Me: An Uncensored Oral History of Pun...
Episode 759 - Lin-Manuel Miranda
13 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lin-Manuel Miranda is not only the creator of Hamilton and In The Heights, he's also a long-time WTFer. So he's well prepared to get into everything w...
Episode 758 - Shep Gordon
09 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Talent manager Shep Gordon had no real interest in pop music. He was a young hippie making money dealing drugs to rock stars. Shep tells Marc how he t...
Episode 757 - Sam Quinones
06 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of the U.S. Presidential Election, you owe it to yourself to hear this conversation between Marc and journalist Sam Quinones. Sam's travels...
Episode 756 - Paul Major & Jesper Eklow (Endless Boogie)
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Endless Boogie was never supposed to become a band. It was made up of some guys who worked at Matador Records, one in particular who loved to collect ...
Episode 755 - Roger Waters
30 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Waters wrote songs that changed rock and roll, organized them in ways that changed how albums were made, and performed them in ways that changed...
Episode 754 - Ron Howard
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Howard knows the key to longevity in show business. He should, considering his evolution from child actor to sitcom star to award-winning director...
Episode 753 - Sarah Jessica Parker
23 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Jessica Parker started her acting career at age 11 working with Harold Pinter on Broadway. That would be enough for most people, but it only got...
Episode 752 - Ritch Shydner / Anthony Bourdain
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Ritch Shydner is a true road warrior who made his reputation during the comedy club boom of the 1980s. Ritch talks with Marc about diving int...
The Marc and Tom Show #4
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's been almost four years since the last Marc and Tom Show. After countless hours helping each other figure out what's going on, they're now facing ...
Episode 751 - David Crosby
16 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Crosby readily admits that he probably shouldn't be alive. Drug addiction, alcoholism, and health issues have taken their toll but have not knoc...
Episode 750 - Margo Price
12 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Margo Price entered the garage on a wave of acclaim and notoriety that is rare for an artist with only one album. But Margo's countr...
Episode 749 - Larry Clark
09 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Clark does not consider himself a photographer and he explains to Marc why he doesn't. But that didn't stop a young Marc Maron from being drawn ...
Episode 748 - Hutch Harris/A Pashman Interlude
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Marc first saw Hutch Harris perform live with his band The Thermals, he was won over immediately and invented a whole mythology around who Hutch ...
Episode 747 - Rachel Feinstein
02 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Rachel Feinstein has conquered one of the most difficult spaces in the comedy world: The back table at The Comedy Cellar in New York. You bet...
Episode 746 - John Prine
28 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If you're wondering how John Prine, one of America's greatest living songwriters, came up with such great lyrics, just look to your mailbox. John tell...
Episode 745 - Katie Couric
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
America is plenty familiar with Katie Couric in the role of interviewer. But what about when the roles are reversed? Marc finds out why Katie got into...
Episode 744 - Kamasi Washington / Ben Ratliff
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's Jazz Fest at The Cat Ranch. First, Kamasi Washington tells Marc how an Inglewood kid growing up in the early 90s wound up at the forefront of a m...
Episode 743 - Geoff Tate / Nick Kroll & John Mulaney
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Geoff Tate always found it a little odd that Marc needed to squash so many beefs with other comics, because the two of them hit it off so wel...
Episode 742 - Chris Garcia
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Chris Garcia thought his upbringing was fairly typical as the son of first-generation immigrants, with stories and experiences that paved the...
Episode 741 - Ron Perlman
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Ron Perlman is often buried under layers of makeup, whether he's playing Hellboy or the Beast or some other humanoid oddity. But Ron's not hidin...
Episode 740 - Billy Crystal
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Crystal's early love of show business put him on the path to standup comedy, which in turn got him on TV shows like Soap and SNL. Marc talks wit...
Episode 739 - Joseph Arthur / Peter Bebergal
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Arthur faced some of the same struggles as Marc even though he's a musician and artist, not a comedian. Joseph and Marc talk about the false st...
Episode 738 - Laura Albert & Jeff Feuerzeig
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you know the story of JT LeRoy or not, you certainly haven't heard an episode of WTF like this. First, Marc talks with filmmaker Jeff Feuerzei...
Episode 737 - Robert Kelly
29 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Kelly is at the point in his comedy career where he can't help thinking about what's next. He's on the FX television show Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, ...
Episode 736 - Gad Elmaleh
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gad Elmaleh is a mega-successful international comedian and actor. Now he's basically starting from scratch to perfect his act in America, not in his ...
Episode 735 - Alan Alda
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Alda always strives to play someone different. He takes Marc through the many characters he's created, from Hawkeye to Uncle Pete, and explains h...
Episode 734 - Kristen Wiig
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Wiig is afraid of too many things going well at once, speaking in front of groups of people, and deep water. But she's not afraid of sharing t...
Episode 733 - Werner Herzog / Godfrey
15 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Werner Herzog is one of the only people who could make a great movie from inside Marc's garage. With a new documentary about the internet on his mind,...
Episode 732 - Lauren Lapkus
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Lapkus showed up to the garage as herself, but she clearly could lapse into one of dozens of characters at any time. Marc and Lauren talk about...
Episode 731 - Seth Meyers
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Meyers didn't expect to be on Saturday Night Live. Then he didn't expect to anchor Weekend Update or become the show's head writer. And then he r...
Episode 730 - Eric Andre
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Andre and Marc did not like each other. An incident from when Eric first started doing comedy in LA kept him from doing WTF for seven years. Marc...
Episode 729 - Roseanne Barr
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Long before Roseanne Barr ran for President, even before she had the number one sitcom in America, she was a giant in the comedy world. Marc and Rosea...
Episode 728 - Brian Scolaro
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Brian Scolaro is back to pick up where he left off 627 episodes ago. The last time, Brian and Marc barely scratched the surface of how they m...
Episode 727 - Jane Lynch
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Before Jane Lynch stole scenes in Best in Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Glee, Party Down, and everything else she's ever been in, she was told she wou...
Episode 726 - Chuck Klosterman
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Chuck Klosterman is always thinking. That's a good thing because his latest book is called "What If We're Wrong?" and you don't want someone wh...
Episode 725 - James L. Brooks
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
James L. Brooks is responsible for something you love. Probably many things. Marc talks with the prolific writer-director-producer about all of it - T...