Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episode 918 - Paul Rodriguez
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Rodriguez has always been paying his dues. Even before he paid his dues doing open mics and par...
Episode 917 - Neal Brennan
20 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly seven years after doing an episode of WTF that never aired, Neal Brennan sits down with Marc ...
Episode 916 - Mary Steenburgen
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Steenburgen started out pretty far away from Hollywood, as a young girl in Little Rock, Arkansa...
Episode 915 - Josh Brolin
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Brolin knows that time and maturity saved his life. Going back to his rebellious youth, Josh ca...
Episode 914 - Melissa McCarthy
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Before comedy and acting were ever on Melissa McCarthy's radar, she was like a lot midwestern teens ...
Episode 913 - Rachel Bloom
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Bloom is a self-described show pony, a people-pleaser with a lifelong desire to perform as a ...
Episode 912 - Drew Carey
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Carey was in a bad place. After losing his dad at a young age, suffering through anxiety and de...
Episode 911 - Scott Thomson / Tom Rhodes
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Thompson from The Kids in the Hall isn't too worried about the way of the world these days, mo...
Episode 910 - Mandy Stadtmiller
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Mandy Stadtmiller's career as a dating columnist was taking off as her post-divorce social li...
Episode 909 - Bradley Whitford
22 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Whitford was a huge Key and Peele fanboy who was desperate to work with them. But he didn't ...
Episode 908 - Sam Tripoli
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Tripoli never doubted he would become a comic, so his decision to study psychology was not an at...
Episode 907 - Aisha Tyler / Louie Anderson
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aisha Tyler's directorial debut is a film called Axis about a guy who has hit the wall. That's appro...
Episode 906 - Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite / E of Eels
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper are musicians with wildly different backgrounds but a unifying lo...
Episode 905 - Bill Simmons
08 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, producer and podcast pioneer Bill Simmons is a man whose life, career and worldview have cha...
Episode 904 - Jason Alexander
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Alexander was one of countless New Jersey kids who couldn't resist the lights of Broadway on t...
Episode 903 - Neil Patrick Harris / Michael Imperioli
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Patrick Harris credits his New Mexico upbringing with helping him weather the ups and downs of ...
Episode 902 - They Might Be Giants
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Flansburgh and John Linnell tell Marc the unlikely story of how a couple high school friends ...
Episode 901 - Sean Penn / Lynn Shelton
25 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Penn wrote a novel to slow things down. He fell out of love with making movies, he is disillusi...
Episode 900 - Nick Nolte
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Nolte makes an appropriate guest for the 900th episode of WTF because he clearly has about 900 ...
Episode 899 - Nell Scovell
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nell Scovell has written for a Murderers' Row of television comedies - including The Simpsons, It's ...
Episode 898 - David Mamet
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Mamet's love for Chicago shows up all the time in his works, including his new novel which is ...
Episode 897 - Ted Danson
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Danson is one of the most visible and familiar actors of the past four decades, and yet he still...
Episode 896 - David Oyelowo
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Oyelowo got America’s attention with his instantly-iconic portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther Kin...
Episode 895 - Sharon Stone
04 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Stone made a decision after she achieved fame with Basic Instinct. She wanted to build a way ...
Episode 894 - Bill Janovitz / Danny Lobell
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When Marc was a young comic living in Boston, Buffalo Tom was one of his favorite bands. Buffalo Tom...
Episode 893 - Jennifer Lawrence
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Lawrence takes a break from being one of the biggest movie stars in the world to stop by th...
Episode 892 - Duncan Jones / Brendon Small
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Duncan Jones put his philosophy degree to good use when he started making science fiction ...
Episode 891 - Heather Graham / Sebastian Maniscalco
18 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Graham had stories she wanted to see made and roles she wanted to play, so she took them int...
Episode 890 - Gina Rodriguez
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Rodriguez is living the dream with her Golden Globe-winning performance as Jane the Virgin, rol...
Episode 889 - Esther Povitsky
11 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Almost a decade ago, a down-on-his-luck Marc Maron told 20-year-old aspiring comic Esther Povitsky t...
Episode 888 - Tracy Letts
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy Letts is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, a Tony Award-winning actor, and someone Marc is ...
Episode 887 - Riki Lindhome / Laurie Kilmartin
04 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show business finally clicked for Riki Lindhome when she started the comedy music duo Garfunkel and ...
Episode 886 - Ezra Furman / David Wain
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ezra Furman started writing songs when he was 14 years old after hearing Bob Dylan but while still w...
Episode 885 - Rita Moreno
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rita Moreno is a show business legend with an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony to her name, as w...
Episode 884 - Don Was
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bass player and record producer Don Was is a Renaissance man in the music world. Whether he's produc...
Episode 883 - Macaulay Culkin / Cameron Esposito
21 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Macaulay Culkin considers himself retired, dabbling in whatever he chooses at any given time. It's u...
Episode 882 - Derek Waters
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Derek Waters created Drunk History, but he really doesn't want to know about the darkness that lies ...
Episode 881 - Laurie Metcalf / Tom Segura
14 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie Metcalf has never been through anything in her acting career like what she's going through no...
Episode 880 - Richard Jenkins
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Jenkins is one of the great character actors working today but he was a late starter in show...
Episode 879 - Fortune Feimster
07 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and actor Fortune Feimster joins Marc in the garage fresh off getting engaged to her girlfr...
Episode 878 - Ta-Nehisi Coates
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of America's most celebrated and insightful writers. But there's part of him...
Episode 877 - Marc's Family
31 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ring in the New Year with the Maron Family. Marc takes a trip back to some of the earliest episodes ...
Episode 876 - Michael Marcus / Dr. Steve
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc closes out 2017 with some old friends. Author Michael Marcus might not have made it to the gara...
Episode 875 - WTF Shows of Christmas Past
24 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For Christmas Day, Marc presents a look back at some holiday moments from the earliest years of WTF....
Episode 874 - Neal Preston
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Neal Preston is known for taking some of the most iconic shots of the world's most famo...
Episode 873 - Steven Van Zandt
17 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. Little Steven, is an encyclopedia of rock and roll history. Steven talks w...
Episode 872 - Darren Aronofsky
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky knows his films are not always crowd pleasers but he also knows exactly ...
Episode 871 - Loudon Wainwright III / Judd Apatow
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III talks life, love and Roman numerals. The prolific musician t...
Episode 870 - James Franco
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At some point after James Franco became a high-profile movie star, he found himself asking, "What if...
Episode 869 - Greta Gerwig
03 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Like the protagonist of her new film Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig grew up in Sacramento, spent the summer...
Episode 868 - Sam Beam / Bob Saget
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
His given name is Sam Beam but he's known in music as Iron & Wine, maker of soulful folk rock. Marc ...
Episode 867 - Rob Huebel
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Huebel and Marc start a new podcast within this podcast. It's a show called Contact List and the...
Episode 866 - Jimmie Vaughan / Kasper Collin & Bennie Maupin
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's an extra helping of music talk for Thanksgiving. First Marc sits down with filmmaker Kasper Col...
Episode 865 - Christina Pazsitzky
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For Christina Pazsitzky, comedy was finally something she enjoyed doing after burning through twenty...
Episode 864 - Lawrence O'Donnell
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence O'Donnell is on MSNBC every weeknight talking about the chaos and tumult of uncertain times...
Episode 863 - Kim Deal
12 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As a member of The Pixies and The Breeders, Kim Deal is already a rock legend. But she was also a ba...
Episode 862 - John Dwyer
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you call his band Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees, or OCS, there's no denying John Dwyer's prolific mu...
Episode 861 - Jenna Fischer
05 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Fischer came to Los Angeles when she was 22 with no contacts, no guidance, and no idea of what...
Episode 860 - John Hammond / Michael Rapaport
01 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Hammond was kid from New York with a dad in the music industry, so it's no surprise he became a...
Episode 859 - Joy Behar / Adam Goldberg
29 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Behar was already a successful comic when she became a co-host on The View. But before she was a...
Episode 858 - Lizzy Goodman / Dana Gould
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc completely missed the era of music that writer Lizzy Goodman chronicles in her book 'Meet Me in...
Episode 857 - Willem Dafoe
22 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Willem Dafoe might have had a hard time standing out while he was growing up as the seventh of...
Episode 856 - Bassem Youssef / Sam Seder
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bassem Youssef was a surgeon in Egypt who started doing a YouTube show from his house and eventually...
Episode 855 - Tracey Ullman
15 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On a list of the world's funniest people, Tracey Ullman ranks pretty high. But Tracey tells Marc she...
Episode 854 - Marilyn Manson
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being born Brian Warner, Marilyn Manson doesn't separate his stage persona from who he is as...
Episode 853 - Jeff Bridges / Beau Bridges
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It just so happens that Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges are both in new movies at the same time (Only ...
Episode 852 - Waiting For The Punch
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc presents a special audio version of the first chapter of Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live b...
Episode 851 - Elliot Gould
01 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elliot Gould was at the vanguard of American New Wave Cinema in the 1970s, but he tells Marc there w...
Episode 850 - Tom Colicchio
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Top Chef's Tom Colicchio discovered a passion for cooking at a young age, thanks to a book his corre...
Episode 849 - Pete Davidson
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday Night Live's "Resident Young Person" Pete Davidson might be the only member of the SNL cast...
Episode 848 - George Schlatter
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Television comedy impresario George Schlatter created Laugh In at the peak of cultural upheaval in ...
Episode 847 - Lee Daniels
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Daniels got his start in show business by running a nursing agency. That may seem unusual but th...
Episode 846 - Kathy Bates / Graham Elwood
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Bates hammered her way into movie and pop culture history with her Oscar-winning performance i...
Episode 845 - Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Burns and his frequent collaborator Lynn Novick have made indelible documentaries about American...
Episode 844 - Lorde
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Not every global pop superstar would feel at home in Marc's garage, but Lorde isn't your average glo...
Episode 843 - Warren Hutcherson
03 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Hutcherson and Marc were getting their starts in standup around the same time. Then, as Marc ...
Episode 842 - Steve Jordan
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Jordan is considered one of the greatest rock and roll drummers of all time. He joins Marc in ...
Episode 841 - Jay Baruchel
27 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Jay Baruchel takes the trip down from Canada to talk with Marc about life, acting and the Grea...
Episode 840 - Alice Cooper
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc gets the full story of how Vincent Furnier became Alice Cooper and took rock & roll into dark a...
Episode 839 - Brent Weinbach / Ms. Pat
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
First things first: Brent Weinbach and Marc need to have a good conversation about crying. Once that...
Episode 838 - Jennifer Jason Leigh
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To prepare for this conversation, Marc watched one of Jennifer Jason Leigh's earliest films, Fast Ti...
Episode 837 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Phil Stutz
13 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he's happy if you know him a...
Episode 836 - Mike MacDonald / Jon Ronson
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Canadian comic Mike MacDonald survived four decades in comedy, drug abuse, Sam Kinison, chronic illn...
Episode 835 - The Lucas Brothers
06 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Keith and Kenny Lucas are identical twins and Marc is freaking out at how similar they are. Well, fr...
Episode 834 - Rory Scovel / Maz Jobrani
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rory Scovel is from the South, he was born into a legacy of postal workers, and one of his first job...
Episode 833 - Al Gore
30 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Former Vice President Al Gore has been thinking about change his whole life, whether it was the way ...
Episode 832 - David Alan Grier / Joe Mande
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Alan Grier studied to become a serious actor at Yale School of Drama, which actually came in h...
Episode 831 - Randy Newman
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc believes - and many agree with him - that Randy Newman is an American genius. One person who's ...
Episode 830 - David Remnick
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Remnick is a seasoned journalist, an accomplished writer and a proud amateur guitar player. Bu...
Episode 829 - Edie Falco
16 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With indelible roles in shows like The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie, and Horace and Pete, a lot of people ...
Episode 828 - Keb' Mo' / Taj Mahal
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Blues legends Keb' Mo' and Taj Mahal are distinctly different individuals. One grew up in Compton, C...
Episode 827 - Glow Writers & Creators
09 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Give a listen to how the sausage of television gets made as Marc talks with the creative team behind...
Episode 826 - Jeff Baena / Dave Anthony
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Jeff Baena was always into movies that didn't fit into easy categories. He tells Marc abou...
Episode 825 - Kia Stevens / Chavo Guerrero Jr.
02 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's a tag team match with two of Marc's GLOW colleagues. First, Chavo Guerrero Jr. stops by to tell...
Episode 824 - Jason Mantzoukas
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Mantzoukas is a great improvisational comedian, which you would know from seeing him in shows ...
Episode 823 - Jenji Kohan
25 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Even when she was in school, Jenji Kohan didn't like being told what she couldn't do. So it makes se...
Episode 822 - Sofia Coppola
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Despite a surname that is practically synonymous with modern American cinema, Sofia Coppola didn't w...
Episode 821 - Alison Brie & Betty Gilpin
18 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marc sits down with his coworkers Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin to take stock of the time they spent ...
Episode 820 - Kumail Nanjiani & Emily Gordon / Jim Florentine
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon are married. They also wrote the movie The Big Sick, which is based...
Episode 819 - Ariel Leve / Wheeler Walker, Jr.
11 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Marc crossed paths with writer Ariel Leve back in the '90s, she was working at MTV and on the v...