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Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations. Marc's probing, comprehensive interview style allows guests to express themselves in ways listeners have never heard.
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Episodes
- 2024 / 9 / 16Episode 1574 - Eric RobertsWhile putting together his new memoir, Eric Roberts developed a fuller understanding of his life as an actor. As someone whose parents did not help him establish a sense of self, his journey through various...
- 2024 / 9 / 12Episode 1573 - Ali MacofskyHundreds of WTF guests have show business origin stories, but nobody has one like comedian Ali Macofsky, whose impulsive phone call to Ryan Seacrest live on the radio when she was seven years old got the ball...
- 2024 / 9 / 9Episode 1572 - Lupita Nyong'oShe may have won an Oscar for her first film role, but Lupita Nyong’o spent the early part of her life hiding her desire to be an actor. Lupita tells Marc about growing up under autocratic rule, living in a...
- 2024 / 9 / 5Episode 1571 - Chris RobinsonIt took Chris Robinson a long time to accept being a rock and roll frontman. Even at the height of The Black Crowes’ success, he just thought they were just a group of dudes from Atlanta playing roots music....
- 2024 / 9 / 2Episode 1570 - Drew LynchDrew Lynch never planned on being a comedian. But his pursuit of an acting career got derailed by a traumatic brain injury that left him with a stutter and no career prospects. Drew tells Marc the reason he...
- 2024 / 8 / 29Episode 1569 - Brendon WalshWhen the topic of past guests comes up, Marc often mentions Brendon Walsh, a comedian who was on several early WTF episodes as well as Marc’s IFC sitcom. Diving into a full conversation more than a decade...
- 2024 / 8 / 27BONUS Producer Cuts - Marc's Monologues from JulyIt's an all-monologue edition of Producer Cuts, with some chunks of Marc's monologues that were cut for time in the month of July, with digressions about flying coach, Vancouver, politics, Marc's favorite...
- 2024 / 8 / 26Episode 1568 - Greg FitzsimmonsGreg Fitzsimmons returns to WTF after a 13 year absence, but his dynamic with Marc remains the same as it was when they were comics starting out in Boston almost four decades ago. With a new comedy special...
- 2024 / 8 / 22Episode 1567 - Paul W. DownsOver the past four years, Paul W. Downs has been one of the people responsible for constructing the ongoing story of a lifer standup comic on the show Hacks. Paul talks with Marc about how his comedy...
- 2024 / 8 / 19Episode 1566 - Michael RookerMichael Rooker is known for playing a variety of menacing and intense characters. But menace was something he was always good at, as the protective older brother of six sisters. And intensity is often...
- 2024 / 8 / 15Episode 1565 - Blair SocciBlair Socci comes from an athletic family with a hardened ancestral backstory involving throat slashing and exile. But despite her exterior toughness, Blair spent her youth enjoying poetry, journaling and...
- 2024 / 8 / 12Episode 1564 - Moon ZappaWhen Moon Zappa was on the show back in 2013, she and Marc started dating shortly thereafter. Now that Moon has just written her memoir, Earth to Moon, she and Marc sit down for their first real conversation...
- 2024 / 8 / 8Episode 1563 - Beth StellingWhen Marc saw Beth Stelling’s Netflix special, he knew there was something he found familiar. It turns out they both have a similar process of making comedy out of trauma. Beth talks with Marc about the...
- 2024 / 8 / 5Episode 1562 - Jimmie Dale GilmoreOne of the reasons singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore didn’t get a solo record deal until he was in his 40s is because he took an extended time away from music to live in a spiritual community. Jimmie and...
- 2024 / 8 / 1Episode 1561 - Anna AkanaMoving from place to place throughout her childhood was difficult on Anna Akana, but it was growing up alongside the internet that really changed her life. Anna tells Marc how her career as a comedian and...
- 2024 / 7 / 29Episode 1560 - Wolfgang Van HalenFor Wolfgang Van Halen, learning the drums, guitar and bass came easier than learning to deal with the trolling and resentment he faced for being the son of Eddie Van Halen. Wolfgang tells Marc how touring as...
- 2024 / 7 / 25Episode 1559 - Clare O'KaneWhen two comics are on tour together, one of the best places to get to know each other is in a car while driving between gigs. Clare O’Kane and Marc didn’t have much history together before Clare started...
- 2024 / 7 / 22Episode 1558 - Shalom AuslanderShalom Auslander gave voice to something Marc was thinking for most of his life: That he’s been living in a world of Feh. What that Yiddish word means and why Shalom believes it’s an organizing idea that’s...
- 2024 / 7 / 19Bob Newhart from 2014 and 2018First, hear Marc's 2014 conversation with Bob Newhart from Bob's home in Bel-Air. Then, a follow-up conversation from 2018 where Marc and Bob talked on the phone. Bob Newhart died on July 18, 2024, at age 94....
- 2024 / 7 / 18Episode 1557 - Dan St. GermainIt’s been a long time since Dan St. Germain had his first big gig as an opener with Marc in Sacramento. As the years have gone by, Dan took a few breaks from standup, worked as a writer on several TV series,...
- 2024 / 7 / 15Episode 1556 - Trey AnastasioDespite Phish’s enormous following, frontman Trey Anastasio still sees himself as an outsider. Trey talks with Marc about his earliest influences, which were not jam bands, but groups like the Jackson 5 and...
- 2024 / 7 / 11Episode 1555 - Clarence MaclinClarence Maclin was uniquely suited to make his film debut in the new movie Sing Sing, starring alongside Coleman Domingo. That’s because the film is based on a real life group of incarcerated men at Sing...
- 2024 / 7 / 8Episode 1554 - Stavros HalkiasStavros Halkias titled his Netflix special Fat Rascal in part because he doesn’t know any other reality than a life with addictive food issues. Marc is no stranger to addiction or food-based trauma, so he can...
- 2024 / 7 / 4Episode 1553 - Julianne NicholsonJulianne Nicholson came over to the garage at the right time. With Marc deep in the middle of an acting job, it was helpful for both his curiosity and his confidence to talk to an expert actor like Julianne...
- 2024 / 7 / 1Episode 1552 - Paul ScheerWhen Paul Scheer was on WTF back in 2010, he spoke about things in his past that he never before spoke about publicly. That conversation with Marc started Paul on a journey of self-discovery that continued as...
- 2024 / 6 / 27Episode 1551 - Gareth ReynoldsGareth Reynolds was struggling in show business as a comic, a writer, an actor, you name it. But not unlike Marc, he finally broke through when he started hosting a podcast along with fellow comic Dave...
- 2024 / 6 / 24Episode 1550 - JewelJewel Kilcher left her troubled home life in Alaska as a teenager, hitchhiking her way across the country and living in her car before becoming a music superstar known globally by her first name. Jewel talks...
- 2024 / 6 / 20Episode 1549 - Geezer ButlerAs bassist and lyricist for Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler has a lifetime of rock and roll stories to tell. From the band’s working class roots in Birmingham to their early days as a traditional blues band to...
- 2024 / 6 / 17Episode 1548 - Jude LawJude Law and Marc made a movie together but they never actually got to meet during it. They remedy that at the production offices of Jude’s latest project, as he sits down with Marc to talk about the...
- 2024 / 6 / 13Episode 1547 - Ali SiddiqComedian Ali Siddiq draws from his life experiences to create his comedy shows. Now in the midst of a four part comedy special called The Domino Effect, Ali is exploring everything from his tough upbringing...
- 2024 / 6 / 10Episode 1546 - Ed O'NeillEd O’Neill’s his early days working in an Ohio steel mill and contemplating a potential career hustling for mobsters didn’t seem like a path to Hollywood. Nor did his days playing football and coming up short...
- 2024 / 6 / 6Episode 1545 - Larry DavidLarry David says he regrets saying yes to everything right after he agrees to do it. But it’s too late to back out of the garage now, so he’ll try to convince Marc that he actually has a much better...
- 2024 / 6 / 3Episode 1544 - Susie EssmanAfter twenty-four years and twelve seasons as Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Susie Essman’s life has become strangers seeing her on the street and asking her to curse them out. Susie tells Marc the ins...
- 2024 / 5 / 30Episode 1543 - Tony GoldwynDespite a family name that goes back to the dawn of Hollywood, Tony Goldwyn’s father did not want him to get into the family business. It took Tony achieving his own success and landing a lead role in the...
- 2024 / 5 / 27Episode 1542 - Molly RingwaldThere was a time when Molly Ringwald knew she had to get out of America for a while so she didn’t have to be That Girl anymore. Now, with a career that includes being a jazz singer, a novelist, and a...
- 2024 / 5 / 23Episode 1541 - Steph TolevIn a role reversal for WTF guests, Steph Tolev thought Marc didn’t like her. And as Marc usually finds out when he assumes another comedian dislikes him, Steph discovered that Marc is actually totally...
- 2024 / 5 / 20Episode 1540 - Daniel SternDaniel Stern made a radical decision in show business after achieving success and financial independence: He decided to stop. After culture-defining projects like Home Alone, The Wonder Years, City Slickers...
- 2024 / 5 / 16Episode 1539 - Billy StringsWhen Marc saw Billy Strings play live on stage at Willie Nelson’s birthday show, he watched a born performer make bluegrass music vital to a modern audience. Billy talks with Marc about his joy of guitar...
- 2024 / 5 / 13Episode 1538 - A. Whitney BrownBefore discovering comedy, A. Whitney Brown dropped out of the eighth grade, bounced around reform schools, had a criminal record, and spent time in jail. Now, after a career that saw him do standup on...
- 2024 / 5 / 9Episode 1537 - Joe MandeJoe Mande’s past appearances on WTF involve him being a sort of merry comic prankster, like back in the heyday of Twitter when he was trolling politicians and corporate brands on a daily basis. But in today’s...
- 2024 / 5 / 6Episode 1536 - Chris PineChris Pine is in the position to offer Marc some advice. As the first-time director of the new movie Poolman, Chris gives Marc practical tips as Marc entertains the possibility of directing a film. But Chris...
- 2024 / 5 / 2Episode 1535 - Tiffany HaddishBefore Tiffany Haddish rocketed to stardom with Girls Trip, she saw Marc at the back entrance of The Comedy Store and told him that she was going to be on his podcast one day. Today is that day. Tiffany and...
- 2024 / 4 / 29Episode 1534 - Neal BrennanWhile watching Neal Brennan’s new Netflix special, Crazy Good, Marc learned new things about Neal despite knowing each other for 30 years. They sit down to figure out how things have changed for them, whether...
- 2024 / 4 / 25Episode 1533 - Tammy Faye StarliteNearly 30 years ago in the alt-comedy scene of New York City, Marc crossed paths with an evangelical country singer named Tammy Faye Starlite. She’s the alter ego of lifelong New Yorker Tammy Lang, who...
- 2024 / 4 / 22Episode 1532 - Paula PellPaula Pell is often celebrated as one of the funniest people alive by some of the other funniest people alive. The world is finally getting to see what they mean thanks to Paula’s standout role on Girls5eva,...
- 2024 / 4 / 18Episode 1531 - Jimmy CarrWhen Marc asked Jimmy Carr to be a guest on WTF years ago, Jimmy admits he wasn’t ready for it. He was already an established comedian at the time, but he felt like Public Jimmy was one thing and Private...
- 2024 / 4 / 15Episode 1530 - Malcolm McDowellWhen Malcolm McDowell left behind Liverpool to pursue acting in London, he didn’t imagine it would be the start of 60 years as a performer. Malcolm talks with Marc about his extraordinary career, including...
- 2024 / 4 / 11Episode 1529 - Alex EdelmanAlex Edelman is the kind of comic who makes Marc immediately anxious. But it’s quickly apparent that Marc is reacting to the fact that he sees so much of himself in Alex. They’re both still dealing with...
- 2024 / 4 / 8Episode 1528 - Carol BurnettCarol Burnett turns 91 later this month and is still going strong with a featured role in the new series Palm Royale. But Carol is quick to remind Marc that the great success she achieved happened in part due...
- 2024 / 4 / 4Episode 1527 - Dina HashemStandup comedy transformed Dina Hashem’s life. So why is she at a point, right after releasing her acclaimed first special, where she cares less about standup than ever before? Dina talks with Marc about her...