Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episode 1113 - Fran Drescher
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fran Drescher has a distinctive personality, but she says it wasn’t until her forties that she tru...
John Prine from 2016
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 746, Marc's conversation with John Prine about Kris Kristofferson, Steve Goodman, Bob D...
Episode 1112 - Jeff Dunham
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of comedians spend years or decades finding their voice on stage, but Jeff Dunham was very you...
Episode 1111 - Byron Bowers
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One thing Byron Bowers knows for sure is that comedy taught him who he is. He needed it after a chil...
Adam Schlesinger from 2012
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 348, Marc's conversation with songwriter and musician Adam Schlesinger about Fountains ...
Episode 1110 - Ben Sinclair
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Even with the popularity of his HBO series High Maintenance, Ben Sinclair is still not great at taki...
Episode 1109 - Kathy Valentine
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Valentine is in one of the most famous and profitable female rock bands ever but she’s reall...
Episode 1108 - Dan Aykroyd
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Aykroyd has thrived in show business but he’s always been in tune with the business part as mu...
Episode 1107 - Utkarsh Ambudkar
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world took notice of Utkarsh Ambudkar with his freestyle performance on the Oscar telecast but h...
Episode 1106 - Thandie Newton
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Thandie Newton took the part of Maeve on Westworld, she had no idea the character would wind up...
Episode 1105 - Don Gavin
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Don Gavin has Boston in his bones, so much so that he’s still cold even after moving to Florida. M...
Episode 1104 - Don Cheadle
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a good thing Marc cleaned the garage before Don Cheadle came over, otherwise Don might not ha...
Episode 1103 - Thora Birch
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Being sixteen is tough for almost everyone. But when Thora Birch was sixteen, she went from being a ...
Episode 1102 - Peter Berg
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Peter Berg and Marc never would have predicted their respective futures when they were liv...
Episode 1101 - Carol Kane
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Show business paid off early for Carol Kane. She was in her first movie at age 17 and got an unexpec...
Episode 1100 - Juliette Lewis
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Juliette Lewis spent much of her life facing her fears. She was a natural introvert who was suddenly...
Episode 1099 - Adam Pally
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Pally watched his dad put his own show business ambitions aside while he personally washed out ...
Episode 1098 - Ronan Farrow
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan Farrow needed to come to terms with a lot of things. He processed the pain and trauma that exi...
Episode 1097 - Brett Smrz
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some people are born into stunt performing, some achieve it, and some have it thrust upon them. For ...
Episode 1096 - Ben Schwartz
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Schwartz was afraid to do plays in high school. In fact, if it wasn’t for his college girlfrie...
Episode 1095 - Dan Levy
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once Marc gets over the confusion around Dan Levy’s name (he pronounces it differently than the Da...
Episode 1094 - Ashton Kutcher
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ashton Kutcher is still close with the modeling agent who discovered him in a bar in Iowa. He’s al...
Episode 1093 - Ben Bailey
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Bailey and Marc share a particular gripe as comics. Both of them became widely known for beloved...
Episode 1092 - Terry Crews
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Crews survived a lot. He survived a tumultuous upbringing in an alcoholic household. He surviv...
Episode 1091 - Josh Klinghoffer
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Klinghoffer came over to Marc’s house just days after receiving the surprising news from the ...
Episode 1090 - Brian Cox
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When listening to actor Brian Cox talk with Marc, it’s hard to see how this pleasant man is anythi...
Episode 1089 - Randall Park
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Randall Park’s Korean immigrant parents were skeptical about their son’s career path. But that a...
Episode 1088 - Lily Tomlin
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lily Tomlin received a bit of advice early in her life that she really took to heart: If you can’t...
Episode 1087 - Joe Mantegna
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Mantegna is about as Chicago as they come. He grew up in Chicago, he talks like he’s from Chic...
Episode 1086 - Brad Pitt & Leonardo DiCaprio
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During a victory lap for their movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio ...
Episode 1085 - Scott Caan
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Caan stars in major movies, is on a long running television series, published his own photogra...
Episode 1084 - Shauna Duggins
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shauna Duggins does stunts for blockbuster movies and TV series, but at first she just wanted to ent...
Episode 1083 - Brittany Howard
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brittany Howard always needs to keep moving forward. That’s part of the reason she made the diffic...
Episode 1082 - Jimmy Tingle
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Tingle has a lot in common with Marc and many other Boston-based WTF guests. But what sets Jim...
Episode 1081 - Alex Gibney
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney is always trying to understand why things are the wa...
Episode 1080 - Jay Roach
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Roach went from directing major comedies like the Austin Powers series and Meet the Parents to m...
Episode 1079 - Paul Walter Hauser
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To play Richard Jewell, Paul Walter Hauser knew he needed to tap into a part of himself he thought h...
Episode 1078 - Cedric the Entertainer
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before he was a King of Comedy, before he was even an entertainer, he was Cedric the Insurance Claim...
Episode 1077 - Ethan Russell
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Ethan Russell is the only person to shoot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Sto...
Episode 1076 - Jessica Kirson
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There was a point in Jessica Kirson’s life where she was living with too many secrets. She was a p...
Episode 1075 - Keith Wager
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Wager is a recovery friend of Marc’s who has a lot to be thankful for. Instead of doing drug...
Episode 1074 - Mike Sweeney
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Sweeney tried on several different careers before becoming the head writer for Conan O’Brien:...
Episode 1073 - Louis Katz
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Comic Louis Katz was working with Marc just before the launch of WTF. In the ten years since, Louis ...
Episode 1072 - Nathan Lane
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When a very complementary newspaper profile called Nathan Lane “the last of the great entertainers...
Episode 1071 - Lili Taylor
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Actress Lili Taylor and Marc quickly realize how much they have in common, like their nearly 50 comb...
Episode 1070 - Tony Hale
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Hale is trying to be more present. He’s motivated by the fact that some of the biggest moment...
Episode 1069 - Kate Nash
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Nash says getting cast on GLOW saved her life and, when you hear about the emotional roller coa...
Episode 1068 - John Goodman
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
John Goodman has more than four decades of experience on stage, in movies, and on television, but he...
Episode 1067 - Joan Shelley
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marc doesn’t consider himself a “folk music guy” but he cannot deny how strongly he responds t...
Episode 1066 - Edward Norton
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Norton knows the importance of slowing things down. While many entertainers feel the need to ...
Episode 1065 - Pamela Des Barres
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No one can doubt Pamela Des Barres’s commitment to the life of rock and roll. She’s known as THE...
Episode 1064 - Rick Baker
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s very likely Rick Baker created something that made you smile, laugh, cringe, scream, or all o...
Episode 1063 - Woody Harrelson
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Living in Hawaii gives Woody Harrelson a pretty good perspective of what life should really be about...
Episode 1062 - Rachel Maddow
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marc sees Rachel Maddow on TV almost every night. But there was a time when they saw each other ever...
Episode 1061 - Jackie Tohn
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie Tohn is the co-star on GLOW who Marc feels he knows the most. Not because they knew each oth...
Episode 1060 - Argus Hamilton
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Argus Hamilton is the human embodiment of The Comedy Store, with the distinction of being one of the...
Episode 1059 - Danny DeVito
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Danny DeVito is one of America’s most beloved actors and that’s true across multiple generations...
Episode 1058 - Marilu Henner
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marilu Henner will not forget what was said in this conversation. That’s mostly because she has a ...
Episode 1057 - Jeannie Gaffigan
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeannie Gaffigan had a lot on her plate. She was raising five kids, writing comedy with her husband ...
Episode 1056 - Byron Allen
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How did Byron Allen go from teenage stand-up to highly successful media mogul and entrepreneur? Byro...
Episode 1055 - Chaunté Wayans
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chaunté Wayans has a last name that adds a lot of pressure to a comedy career. She also happens to ...
Episode 1054 - June Diane Raphael
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
June Diane Raphael knows people are likely to mispronounce her last name (it’s RAY-feel) but she’...
Episode 1053 - Danny Huston
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Huston felt somewhat doomed when it came to show business. His father John and grandfather Wal...
Episode 1052 - Bruce Dern
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Bruce Dern showed up at The Actors Studio, Lee Strasberg told him he was going to be their Fran...
Episode 1051 - Edi Patterson
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Marc first saw Edi Patterson on Vice Principals, he knew she was the kind of performer who can’...
Episode 1050 - Dale Beran
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Unlike Marc, Dale Beran was immersed in internet culture for most of his life. He considered himself...
Episode 1049 - Buddy Guy
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy had many insecurities about performing and they didn’t really ...
Episode 1048 - Betty Gilpin
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Betty Gilpin’s performance on GLOW has brought her critical accolades, Emmy nominations, and perso...
Episode 1047 - David Shields
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Shields is always looking to push the form forward, whether it’s by way of his writing, his ...
Episode 1046 - Patricia Clarkson
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Clarkson came to show business by way of New Orleans, where exposure to all manner of publi...
Peter Fonda from 2018
17 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 930, Marc's conversation with actor Peter Fonda about childhood trauma, Easy Rider, and...
Episode 1045 - Stephen Root
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Root grew up moving all over the country because of his dad’s job. Being uprooted all the ...
Episode 1044 - Bashir Salahuddin
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bashir Salahuddin is having a moment. He has two new shows out that he co-created and stars in, Sout...
Episode 1043 - Greg Kinnear
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Kinnear actually bailed on being an actor. Even though he performed in high school plays and ho...
Episode 1042 - Walton Goggins
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Walton Goggins has played tough guys, weird guys and guys who completely defy description, but to hi...
Episode 1041 - Juston McKinney
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Juston McKinney’s story keeps coming back to New Hampshire. It’s where he grew up, where he lost...
Episode 1040 - Kurt Andersen
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At some point in the past decade, Kurt Andersen felt like he had to figure out America. Coming from ...
Episode 1039 - Tom Dreesen
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Now that Tom Dreesen has 50 years in show business under his belt, he wants to enjoy life. He’s ea...
Episode 1038 - Geena Davis
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Geena Davis says the biggest thing she had to learn as she made her way through show business was ho...
Episode 1037 - Alex Ross Perry
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Not only did director and writer Alex Ross Perry work in a video store while he was learning to beco...
Episode 1036 - Sean Lennon
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Lennon admits that he was naïve about his family legacy when he began a career in music. He al...
Episode 1035 - Nahnatchka Khan
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Nahnatchka Khan started developing Fresh Off The Boat for TV, she knew it was an undertaking th...
Episode 1034 - David Lee Roth
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You only need to hear David Lee Roth talk for a few seconds to understand why he is the consummate r...
Episode 1033 - Jamie Lee
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Lee started her career in close proximity to comedy, but not actually doing it. She was workin...
Episode 1032 - Stephen Dorff
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Dorff started acting in movies before he was a teenager, but the sudden and tragic death of ...
Episode 1031 - Brent Butt
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Even though Brent Butt grew up in rural Saskatchewan, his path to comedy is similar to American comi...
Episode 1030 - Stephen Colbert
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before Stephen Colbert knew what he wanted to do with his life, all he wanted was to be Hamlet. Not ...
Episode 1029 - Steve Sweeney
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Steve Sweeney was growing up in Boston, the last thing he expected to become was an entertainer...
Episode 1028 - Eve Ensler
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Marc read Eve Ensler’s new book The Apology, he knew he had to speak with her right away. Not...
Episode 1027 - Jamie Denbo
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Denbo’s life and career would not be the same were it not for her job at a Renaissance fair....
Episode 1026 - Mavis Staples
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Mavis Staples turns 80 years old, she continues to perform and record with young musicians and pr...
Episode 1025 - Perry Farrell
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Farrell is the creative force behind Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros, and the Lollapalooza...
Episode 1024 - John Turturro
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When you talk with John Turturro, it’s quickly apparent that he’s a student of history. But John...
Episode 1023 - David Letterman
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Letterman started out doing the very thing that scared him to death - getting up in front of s...
Episode 1022 - Timothy Olyphant
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the last decade or so, Timothy Olyphant realized that a lot of his interests when he was younger ...
Episode 1021 - Duff McKagan
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Duff McKagan weathered the storm of rock and roll excess and now finds himself with a loving family,...
Episode 1020 - Lisa Kudrow
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Of course Lisa Kudrow talks with Marc about Friends. But first they discuss several other topics Lis...
Episode 1019 - Kyle Mooney
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A fateful moment in Kyle Mooney’s life was when his high school hip hop group went up in flames. Q...
Episode 1018 - Anjelica Huston
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If there was one constant in Anjelica Huston’s early life and career, it was the pressure to prove...
Episode 1017 - Anna Konkle & Maya Erskine
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine, co-creators and stars of the middle school-based comedy PEN15, met and...