WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Episodes
Episode 1395 - Courtney Love
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney Love is finishing up her first record in more than a decade while she lives in London, perhaps permanently. Courtney fled LA because, as she ...
Episode 1394 - Scott Cooper
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Writer-director Scott Cooper says the best thing to came out of his acting career was the friendship he struck up with Robert Duvall. At Robert’s su...
Episode 1393 - Rian Johnson
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rian Johnson revived the mystery genre with his movie Knives Out and now he’s seeing what other places he can take it, both with the sequel Glass On...
Episode 1392 - James Austin Johnson
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Austin Johnson figured out at a very young age that he could do impressions. When he got older and started doing comedy, he wanted to figure out...
Episode 1391 - Tommy Tiernan
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Tommy Tiernan knows a fellow traveler when he sees one. Ever since he saw Marc perform, he recognized a kinship, which is something Marc noti...
Episode 1390 - Elvis Mitchell
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elvis Mitchell waited his entire life to make the new documentary Is That Black Enough For You?!? As a film critic, professor, chronicler of the enter...
Episode 1389 - Clea DuVall
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the holidays, which means Clea DuVall’s movie the Happiest Season is once again part of a new tradition for people everywhere. That’s still...
Episode 1388 - James Gray
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker James Gray had crisis of confidence after watching a rough cut of his first movie, Little Odessa. Now that he’s made his most personal fil...
Episode 1387 - Rob Delaney / Sam Lipsyte
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Delaney says the last time he was on the show, he didn’t have two coins to rub together. After that, he started a family, moved to London, creat...
Episode 1386 - Live with David Baddiel
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live from The Bloomsbury Theatre in London, Marc welcomes comedian and writer David Baddiel to the stage. In light of David’s new book and accompany...
Episode 1385 - Robert Siegel
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Writer-director Robert Siegel wanted to explore a career in either comedy or journalism. It turns out he got to do both as Editor-in-Chief of The Onio...
Episode 1384 - Bruce Wagner
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Marc reads the works of author and screenwriter Bruce Wagner, he starts to question reality. Bruce’s depictions of Hollywood personalities and ...
Episode 1383 - Wes Bentley
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
American Beauty completely changed Wes Bentley’s life and is still doing so today, considering he got his current role in Yellowstone because of his...
Budd Friedman from 2012
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From November 2012, Marc talks with Budd Friedman, the man behind the comedy club boom in America. Budd died on November 12, 2022 at the age of 90. S...
Gallagher
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marc revisits his 2011 interview with comedian Gallagher, recorded in Portland, Oregon on January 27, 2011. Their conversation about comedy, language ...
Episode 1382 - Quinta Brunson
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Quinta Brunson didn’t pave the traditional path to a hit network sitcom. In fact, she paved a path that didn’t really exist. Quinta and Marc talk ...
Episode 1381 - Elizabeth Banks
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Banks says she’s the kind of person who likes to get ‘A’s on tests. And in show business, directing feature films for Hollywood studio...
Episode 1380 - Chris Redd
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Redd knows what it’s like to have dreams and then watch them shift in the face of reality. It happened first with the dream of being a rapper,...
Episode 1379 - Armando Iannucci
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Veep creator Armando Iannucci knows his job as a purveyor of political satire becomes more difficult as politicians become more absurd and cartoonish....
Episode 1378 - Ron Carter
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Carter is one of the architects of modern jazz. The Guinness Book of World Records cites him as the most recorded bassist in history and his influ...
Episode 1377 - Jeremy Strong
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Strong can’t help being honest. His honesty around his job as an actor is what leads to magazine profiles where he’s portrayed as “intens...
Episode 1376 - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. believes we must understand who we were in order to understand who we are. That goes for individuals, which is at the core of h...
Episode 1375 - Ralph Macchio
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso from The Karate Kid. In fact, so many people know him as Daniel LaRusso, he wrote a book about spending...
Episode 1374 - Béla Fleck / Michael Morris
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Béla Fleck is more than a virtuoso banjo player. He’s also a banjo missionary, an evangelist for an instrument he feels is often misunderstood and ...
Episode 1373 - Zahn McClarnon
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zahn McClarnon’s early experiences with reservation life helped him add some personal touches as a cast member of Reservation Dogs. But it was actua...
Episode 1372 - Jann Wenner
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jann Wenner’s life as the co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine has been chronicled in other books, but Jann says he needed to write a ...
Episode 1371 - Tony Gilroy
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Writer-director Tony Gilroy is the man behind one of Marc’s favorite movies of all time, Michael Clayton. They get into everything it took to get th...
Episode 1370 - Abigail Disney
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abigail Disney feels the burden of her last name, particularly due to the practices of the global company that was founded by her grandfather Roy and ...
Episode 1369 - Sigourney Weaver
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Multiple generations of audiences love Sigourney Weaver, whether it’s because of Ghostbusters or Avatar or Working Girl or the Alien franchise or al...
Episode 1368 - Sam Rockwell
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Rockwell and Marc have talked with each other a lot since Sam was last on the show. Granted, during a lot of those conversations they were pretend...
Episode 1367 - Adrian Belew
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Belew’s career in music was influenced by many and has influenced many more. As a completely self-taught guitarist, Adrian absorbed as much m...
Episode 1366 - Bradley Whitford
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the last time he was on WTF, Bradley Whitford spent a lot of time listening to the show while taking walks. So he’s primed and ready to take h...
Episode 1365 - Brett Morgen
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen likes to go into the deep end with his films. He never wants to repeat himself, or repeat any other docs for that m...
Episode 1364 - Sharon Van Etten
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten creates personal, deeply felt songs that also provide her with relief. Sharon talks with Marc about her stream of c...
Episode 1363 - Al Ruddy
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Al Ruddy's life as a producer taught him one major lesson: The making of every movie is itself worthy of a movie. That's why there's a limited series ...
Episode 1362 - Whitney Cummings
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whitney Cummings left the garage twelve years ago after a conversation with Marc and couldn’t shake something he said to her. It bothered her for ye...
Episode 1361 - Simu Liu
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Simu Liu is now an entrenched member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks to his portrayal of superhero Shang Chi. But Simu has his own origin sto...
Episode 1360 - S.G. Goodman
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman creates songs about complex people and conflicting ideas. She sings about complications that are close to her heart bec...
Episode 1359 - Andrew Garfield
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Garfield was terrified of being Spider-Man. As a 27-year-old who was not yet known to the world, he knew his life would immediately change...
Episode 1358 - Jerrod Carmichael
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jerrod Carmichael has been busy since the last time he talked with Marc in the garage. He directed his first movie, On The Count Of Three. He put out ...
Episode 1357 - Christina Ricci
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Ricci grew up around enough chaos to make her want constant control. Which is why the show Yellowjackets is such a different experience for ...
Episode 1356 - Patton Oswalt
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patton Oswalt returns to the garage more than a decade since his last appearance, but he and Marc have so much shared history that it’s always easy ...
Episode 1355 - Sam Quinones
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Sam Quinones blew Marc’s mind six years ago with his book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. More recently, he devo...
Episode 1354 - James Acaster
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian James Acaster caught Marc’s attention when he released four hour-long Netflix standup specials simultaneously. But in watching the specials...
Episode 1353 - Neil Gaiman
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Gaiman’s writing - from The Sandman to American Gods to Good Omens to hundreds of comics, novels and screenplays - uses fantasy to help explain...
Episode 1352 - Zainab Johnson
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Zainab Johnson can survive anything in the comedy world after she survived growing up with twelve siblings in a New York City apartment, subs...
Episode 1351 - Jerry Harrison
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers are two of the most influential bands of the ’70s and many would argue two of the best bands ever. And Jerry Har...
Episode 1350 - Nikki Glaser
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki Glaser returns to the show because Marc finds her so easy to talk with, probably because they share so many similarities. They have kindred stan...
Episode 1349 - Michael Mann
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Michael Mann talks with Marc about his 1995 crime epic Heat, he has such command of the deep backstory and destinies of all the film’s characte...
Episode 1348 - Orny Adams
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Orny Adams says that being a comedian is the one thing he knows he’s good at. He also says that being in the documentary Comedian is something that ...
Episode 1347 - Naomi Ekperigin
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and writer Naomi Ekperigin is a cheerful person who also finds herself paralyzed with rage. It’s a balancing act she has to manage, just li...
Episode 1346 - Jerry Stahl
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Stahl is one of Marc’s best friends. But sometimes you have no idea your best friend lived in a cave at one point. And that’s why you sit do...
Episode 1345 - Jason Kander
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Kander was a rising star in national politics. In fact, he was staging a run for the Presidency and got the thumbs up from none other than Barac...
Episode 1344 - Laura Veirs
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Laura Veirs has something to prove with her latest album, Found Light. After divorce ended her 20-years-long collaborative relations...
Episode 1343 - Atsuko Okatsuka
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka has familiarity with garages. But unlike Marc, she didn’t start a podcast in one. She lived in one with her mother and gran...
Episode 1342 - Dana Gould
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Gould is in his 40th year of doing standup. He and Marc talk about what they’ve learned in their decades of comedy, how they came to accept the...
Episode 1341 - Kate Berlant
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Berlant’s comedy defies easy categorization. That’s okay with Kate, who thinks people use a lot of empty terms to pin down comedy. Kate and M...
Episode 1340 - Jen Statsky
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Jen Statsky and her collaborators were creating the show Hacks, they knew they needed to nail the portrayal of life in standup comedy because com...
Episode 1339 - Greg Proops
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marc has a very direct question for his old friend Greg Proops: “Did we lose?” In the fight for the heart and soul of comedy, there is real uncert...
Episode 1338 - Lara Beitz
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For a while, Lara Beitz could only get on stage to do comedy if she was hammered. She'd drink to feel less nervous but then there wasn't a time when s...
Episode 1337 - Phil Tippett
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar and Emmy-winning visual effects artist Phil Tippett is responsible for some of the most memorable effects in movies history, like the alien ches...
Episode 1336 - Jesus Trejo
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus Trejo knows he put in the work to become a paid regular at The Comedy Store, spending years doing open mic spots and performing at 1am for a han...
Episode 1335 - Rosie Perez
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie Perez initially thought success would paper over her trauma. But the emotional ramifications from the abuse she went through as a child were nev...
Ray Liotta from 2018
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 2018, Ray Liotta talks with Marc about getting his start in soap operas, the debt he owes to Melanie Griffith, and the emotional filming of Goodf...
Episode 1334 - Joey Camen
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joey Camen left a dysfunctional home in Detroit as a teenager and, thanks to an ad he saw in a Playboy, knew exactly where he needed to go. He went st...
Episode 1333 - Marc Goes To Washington w/ Dr. Dwandalyn Reece and Lance Mion
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode about history. Collective history and personal history. Marc finds himself in Washington, DC on the latest leg of his standup tour,...
Episode 1332 - Michael Che
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Che wanted out his life on the Lower East Side, but his initial path was not comedy. It was painting and fine art. Michael tells Marc how he b...
Episode 1331 - Sandra Oh
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Oh spent much of her career believing certain opportunities weren't going to come her way because they're just not afforded to Asian actors. Sa...
Episode 1330 - The Doobie Brothers / Steven Jenkins
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Doobie Brothers is a band with almost twenty official members throughout its five decades of existence. But Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons have been...
Episode 1329 - A Tribute to Dan Vitale
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marc remembers the life and comedy of Dan Vitale, a comedian whose raw and unapologetically personal style of stand-up was a big influence on a young ...
Episode 1328 - Nicole Holofcener
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Holofcener has trouble breathing. She finds herself holding her breath for too long, which could be a result of allergies or a byproduct of sle...
Episode 1327 - Tony Hawk
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Hawk walked into Marc's garage on a broken leg, the result of a recent skateboarding trick gone wrong. It's everything about Tony that's on displ...
Episode 1326 - Trombone Shorty
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's normal for everyone to call Troy Andrews by his stage name, Trombone Shorty, because he's been playing the trombone since he was a tiny, four-yea...
Episode 1325 - Vanessa Bayer
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Bayer knows her comedic talent comes from a decidedly unfunny place. Vanessa's teenage cancer diagnosis focused her comedy skills, which in tu...
Episode 1324 - Aaron Blabey
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Children's book author Aaron Blabey can measure success by the more than 30 million books he's sold. But that success was a long time coming and in ma...
Episode 1323 - Robert Eggers
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Eggers was never into Vikings or hand-to-hand combat or macho stuff. And yet he just made the Viking movie to end all Viking movies, filled wit...
Episode 1322 - Harvey Fierstein
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The guiding philosophy in the life of Harvey Fierstein is simple: Say yes. As he put together his new memoir, I Was Better Last Night, it was clear to...
Gilbert Gottfried from 2012
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 2012, Gilbert Gottfried talks to Marc about his comedy peers, his one-year stint on SNL, the times his jokes got him in trouble, and more. Gilber...
Episode 1321 - Bonnie Raitt
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Raitt doesn't feel the need to slow down. With the release of her 18th studio album and the start of an eight-month world tour, the prolific si...
Episode 1320 - Zazie Beetz
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zazie Beetz and Marc were in three things together - Joker, the Netflix series Easy, and the new animated film The Bad Guys - but they're only now mee...
Episode 1319 - Adam Ray
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Adam Ray was a high school athlete, a musical theater performer, and an acting student with his eyes on Hollywood. But one thing he never cou...
Episode 1318 - Guy Torry
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Guy Torry spent 13 years creating and running the most famous all-black comedy night in America at The Comedy Store. And now Guy just spent a...
Episode 1317 - Flea
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been around for almost 40 years and Flea has been there for every minute of it. He and Marc talk about Flea's jazz-base...
Episode 1316 - Sam Jay
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Jay has a lot of irons in the fire. She's on the comedy series Bust Down, she has her own HBO late night show Pause, and she never stops doing sta...
Episode 1315 - Jeff Foxworthy
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Foxworthy still cringes when he knows other comics are watching his work. That persistent insecurity and the desire to always stay funny is why J...
Episode 1314 - Ariana DeBose
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ariana DeBose knows there was no way for her to prepare for what's happening right now. There's no instruction booklet for being a professional dancer...
Episode 1313 - Keith Richards
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been almost seven years since Marc smoked a cigarette with Keith Richards in a radio studio in New York City. Since then, Keith gave up smoking, ...
Episode 1312 - Mike O'Brien
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike O'Brien has the distinction of being responsible for Marc Maron crossing over into the world of improv. With a background in the Chicago improv a...
Episode 1311 - Caroline Rhea
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Not many people know Marc the way Caroline Rhea does. They have a history that runs through the many different stages of each of their lives and caree...
Episode 1310 - Mira Sorvino
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mira Sorvino has a lot of talents beyond acting. She speaks Mandarin Chinese, she dances ballet, she plays guitar. But acting is what Mira believes sh...
Episode 1309 - Sam Elliott
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Elliott plays a lot of tough guys - cowboys, bikers, soldiers - who can (and often do) beat people up. But in reality, Sam says the only guy he be...
Sally Kellerman from 2013
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 2013, Sally Kellerman talks with Marc about being his TV mom, embracing Hot Lips, and working with Robert Altman, Marlon Brando, Rodney Dangerfie...
Episode 1308 - W. Kamau Bell
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
W. Kamau Bell has talked with Marc before about his life, his comedy and his thoughts about the world. But this time there's a single topic that needs...
The Amazing Johnathan from 2014
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 2014, Marc talks with John Szeles, better known as The Amazing Johnathan, about his life doing comedy and magic, often at the same time. John die...
Mark Lanegan from 2017
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 2017, Marc talks with Mark Lanegan, the former frontman of Screaming Trees, about the '90s grunge scene and his collaborations with various artis...
Episode 1307 - Andy Garcia
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Garcia says it's surreal to look back on his early life as a shy Cuban exile who was idolizing famous actors and filmmakers, only to be reminisci...
Episode 1306 - Roy Wood Jr
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Wood Jr can't be angry on stage. He wants to be angry. But he believes his face is too round to be angry. Now, whenever Roy wants to say something...
Episode 1305 - Ana Gasteyer
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ana Gasteyer learned a major life lesson from Will Ferrell and it has nothing to do with their time together on Saturday Night Live. It was about maki...
Ivan Reitman from 2014
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From 2014, Marc talks with filmmaker Ivan Reitman about his career, his movies and his relationship with his writer-director son, Jason. Ivan died on ...
Episode 1304 - Chris Spencer
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Spencer is the kind of guy the White House calls when they need a show business favor. How did he become so connected? In Chris's words, Black H...