WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

06 May 2019

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Dennis Quaid believes in the benefits of familiarity. In fact, he attributes his career to it. Multi...

02 May 2019

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After fifty years in Hollywood producing some of the most popular movies of all time, Irwin Winkler ...

29 Apr 2019

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Jane Fonda is still acting and is still an activist, two constants in her entire adult life. But as ...

25 Apr 2019

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Bryan Callen always wished he could be a tough guy. Maybe it was the influence of his Marine father ...

22 Apr 2019

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Brené Brown’s degree in social work and her research into conditions like empathy and vulnerabili...

18 Apr 2019

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Mark Arm was there at the beginning of a Seattle music scene that became a national phenomenon. But ...

15 Apr 2019

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Christina Hendricks can relate if you had a lousy time in high school. Between moving around a lot t...

11 Apr 2019

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Bruce McCulloch’s characters and disposition on The Kids in the Hall would lead you to conclude he...

08 Apr 2019

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The last time Vincent D’Onofrio saw Marc it was at a standup show where Marc got tackled on stage ...

04 Apr 2019

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Growing up in Texas, young Joseph Henry Burnett first experienced musical transportation while liste...

01 Apr 2019

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John Lithgow can go from playing the sweetest characters you’ll ever see to truly deranged psychop...

28 Mar 2019

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Phoebe Robinson knows too well the feeling of being “the only one.” Whether it was being the onl...

25 Mar 2019

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Rob Lowe had several revelations over the course of his life. One is that there’s more fun in sobr...

21 Mar 2019

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The word prodigy gets thrown around a lot, but if Tal Wilkenfeld isn’t one then the word has no me...

18 Mar 2019

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Amy Sedaris had no plan of action for her career other than going to Chicago to do sketch comedy and...

14 Mar 2019

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Aidy Bryant only recently felt like she could tap into her inner rage. She remains a wonderfully nic...

11 Mar 2019

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To celebrate the milestone of 1000 episodes, Marc and WTF producer Brendan McDonald reflect on how t...

07 Mar 2019

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Media juggernauts Marc Maron and Tom Scharpling join forces once again, this time to save not only t...

04 Mar 2019

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Alfred Molina was told early on that he was a “dreadful actor but a marvelous show off.” Thankfu...

28 Feb 2019

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Gary Clark Jr. tries not to put too much pressure on himself. That’s not surprising since outside ...

25 Feb 2019

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Andrea Savage didn't really know Marc but thought he was a little scary. Marc didn't know Andrea but...

21 Feb 2019

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Jon Bernthal’s path to becoming an actor was less about following a dream than about getting out o...

18 Feb 2019

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Mandy Moore has already gone through several career phases in her young life, from teenage pop star ...

14 Feb 2019

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Yeardley Smith knows that Lisa Simpson gets people through tough times. She knows because strangers ...

11 Feb 2019

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Tony Shalhoub grew up with nine siblings so it’s no surprise he developed a way to stand out. Tony...

07 Feb 2019

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Yorgos Lanthimos makes films that pose a lot of questions and Marc wants answers. But it turns out t...

04 Feb 2019

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Long before Anderson .Paak was getting nominated for Grammy Awards, well before his collaborations w...

31 Jan 2019

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Writer Allan MacDonell shaped his writing style at the punk magazine Slash, refined it while working...

28 Jan 2019

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Allison Janney won an Oscar playing the mother of a figure skater, but when she was younger she actu...

24 Jan 2019

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If Brad Garrett had to bet on it - and he likes to bet - he’s pretty sure he’ll die in Las Vegas...

21 Jan 2019

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It's very possible the only reason Aaron Sorkin became a writer is because he spent a lonely night i...

17 Jan 2019

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For Linda Cardellini, a person whose spiritual crisis took her all the way to the Vatican, it's appr...

14 Jan 2019

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Howie Mandel went to Hollywood and tried to make a living by putting a latex glove on his head. He n...

10 Jan 2019

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Not only is Sam Lipsyte one of the funniest modern fiction authors, he’s also one of Marc’s best...

07 Jan 2019

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When Steve Coogan realized he was good at doing impressions, he also realized it was a really good w...

03 Jan 2019

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Seth MacFarlane can host award shows, create button-pushing animated shows, and sing standards in sy...

31 Dec 2018

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Before directing his first feature film, Reinaldo Marcus Green's life could have gone down multiple ...

27 Dec 2018

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Kyle Dunnigan was saved from a midlife crisis by Instagram. He explains to Marc how he bent the soci...

24 Dec 2018

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Topher Grace is at a point where he’s only going to make what he wants to make. Not all actors can...

20 Dec 2018

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Fahim Anwar's path to show business went through Boeing. It's not the most traditional route to Holl...

17 Dec 2018

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Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz deal with many of the typical challenges of middle age, but they’...

13 Dec 2018

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Maggie Gyllenhaal grew up with filmmaker parents but didn't really feel like her family was in show...

10 Dec 2018

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Jeff Daniels has delivered great performances in films, plays and TV shows for more than 40 years bu...

06 Dec 2018

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Ted Alexandro is a comic who believes deeply in social responsibility. Whether it’s responsibility...

03 Dec 2018

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Tim Blake Nelson might be a familiar face due to his indelible character roles in many films, but th...

29 Nov 2018

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Jeff Tweedy doesn’t spend a lot of time reflecting on the past. But he awakened a whole lot of it ...

26 Nov 2018

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Martin Mull has many job titles in front of his name: Actor, musician, painter, writer, comedian. Bu...

22 Nov 2018

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Comedian and writer Annie Lederman saw her adolescence take a turn for the worse after a childhood c...

19 Nov 2018

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Kenneth Lonergan doesn’t think there’s a real difference between comedy and drama, at least not ...

15 Nov 2018

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Michael Douglas produced an Academy Award-winner for Best Picture, was the star of a successful tele...

12 Nov 2018

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"The most dangerous place for black people to live is in white people’s imaginations." That idea h...

08 Nov 2018

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Sandy Hackett learned from the best, but not just because Buddy Hackett was his dad. But also becaus...

05 Nov 2018

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Rita Rudner is very likely the only person to start a comedy career because of an article in the New...

01 Nov 2018

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Roger Daltrey believes you can't retire from rock and roll, rock and roll retires you. But for now, ...

29 Oct 2018

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Zoe Kazan doesn't think much about the concept of "Hollywood royalty." Yes, her parents are in show ...

25 Oct 2018

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Python Week continues on WTF as Eric Idle gives Marc his perspective on the creation of the legendar...

22 Oct 2018

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John Cleese says there's one constant throughout his life, from Monty Python through today. He still...

18 Oct 2018

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Actor Richard E. Grant keeps a daily diary and has done so since he was ten years old. Having immedi...

15 Oct 2018

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Busy Philipps is on the cusp of becoming a late night talk show host, so it's appropriate for her an...

11 Oct 2018

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Recording artist Kurt Vile and Marc like a lot of the same stuff: Tom Scharpling, the blues, Randy ...

08 Oct 2018

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Writer and comedian Charles Demers has a lot of thoughts on the differences between the United State...

04 Oct 2018

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Sissy Spacek was a girl from Texas with a guitar who just wanted to sing. But after spending some ti...

01 Oct 2018

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Anna Faris had Marc on her podcast once. They both agree it got a little weird. They try to navigate...

26 Sep 2018

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Gale Anne Hurd is one of Hollywood’s most successful producers, with films like The Terminator, A...

23 Sep 2018

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Joan Jett wanted to be a rocker ever since she got a hold of a guitar, even though she was told gir...

19 Sep 2018

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Slash is known for guitar wizardry, the top hat, and a prolific career across several major rock act...

16 Sep 2018

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Kristen Bell had an experience as a guest on WTF that not many others get to enjoy: Marc made her a ...

12 Sep 2018

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Comedian, actor and writer Adam Cayton-Holland didn't plan on having a memoir in his 30s. But Adam's...

09 Sep 2018

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Billy Eichner was singing before he was yelling. The star of Billy on the Street had an early love o...

05 Sep 2018

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Marc talks with Paul McCartney about, well, a lot: The Beatles and Stones rivalry that wasn’t, h...

02 Sep 2018

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Dan Schlissel died recently. He tells Marc all about it, along with the less harrowing tale of how a...

29 Aug 2018

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If there was a competition for WTF guest who comes from the most far-flung, middle-of-nowhere place,...

26 Aug 2018

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Jo Koy is one of the biggest headlining comedians in the world and it might not have turned out that...

22 Aug 2018

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A lot has changed in the 30 years since Marc and Tanya Donnelly worked together at a luncheonette in...

19 Aug 2018

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Shooter Jennings was born into Nashville royalty, the son of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. But h...

15 Aug 2018

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There were two times Joe Walsh felt part of a community. The first was as a student at Kent State, b...

12 Aug 2018

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Jimmy O. Yang felt like an outsider growing up in Hong Kong and then felt like he didn't fit in stud...

08 Aug 2018

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Chris O'Dowd charmed and amused audiences in things like Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd, and recently the...

05 Aug 2018

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Jay Leno came up as a comic's comic, a performer recognized by other comedians as one of the best in...

01 Aug 2018

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Luzer Twersky is an actor who has been seen on shows like Transparent and High Maintenance. But prio...

29 Jul 2018

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Mila Kunis says she's had a most fortunate trajectory in show business. That's because she got to ex...

25 Jul 2018

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Marc welcomes back to the show two comedian friends from the early years of WTF, both of whom have e...

22 Jul 2018

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It’s a summertime double-header of returning guests. First, David Sedaris takes a break from his m...

18 Jul 2018

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Before he was in Hamilton, Daveed Diggs was an aspiring actor, rapper and spoken word performer crea...

15 Jul 2018

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Filmmaker and kindred guitar noodler Gus Van Sant meets Marc in the garage and jumps in for a deep d...

11 Jul 2018

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Ray Liotta had no intention of getting into acting but his fearless disposition led him to performin...

08 Jul 2018

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Filmmaker and hip hop artist Boots Riley wants his audiences to be radically engaged. He grew up wit...

04 Jul 2018

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Peter Fonda is happy to be figuring things out, no matter how long it took. Childhood traumas and an...

01 Jul 2018

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One constant for Paul Rudd as he spent a large portion of his childhood moving around the country, c...

27 Jun 2018

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Comedian Eleanor Kerrigan knows a lot about The Comedy Store. Not only did she become the club's hea...

24 Jun 2018

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Lil Rel Howery burst into the mainstream as a hero. Playing the character who saves the day in Get O...

20 Jun 2018

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New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff came into Robin Williams's life right around the same t...

17 Jun 2018

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Billy Bob Thornton sees himself in a certain way and feels as though the world sees him differently...

13 Jun 2018

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Holly Hunter left the family farm in Georgia to become an actor. She talks with Marc about her early...

10 Jun 2018

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Bob Balaban was born into show business and he didn't even know it until he was 10. The ubiquitous a...

07 Jun 2018

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From Episode 233, this is Marc's conversation with Anthony Bourdain, conducted in 2011. Anthony died...

06 Jun 2018

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Vanessa Hollingshead can honestly say that a cruise ship saved her life. She tells Marc what led to ...

03 Jun 2018

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David Harbour became pretty cynical about the acting profession before landing the star-making role ...

30 May 2018

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Rachel Brosnahan related to the pressures and insecurities of standup comics when she got the lead r...

27 May 2018

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Tom Papa got the comedy bug early in life but his unconventional path went from football to live the...