WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron
Comedy
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A great first guest for a great first show - The Master of the Roasts, comedian Jeff Ross. With his new book set to hit stores, Jeff and Marc talk about the finer art of the comedic roast, as well as how a roast led to one of the worst nights of Marc's life, and how one of the worst night's of Jeff's life was salvaged by Tom Cruise. Also, in his WTF moment of the day, Marc tells us how an act of crime led to his liberation from Whole Foods Market.

Episodes (51)

Episode 1675 - Spike Lee

Episode 1675 - Spike Lee

September 04, 2025 1h 24m
Some of Spike Lee’s most indelible hallmarks, including a story set in New York City, a morality struggle, and a lead performance by Denzel Washington, are on display in his new film Highest 2 Lowest....
Episode 1674 - Tim Heidecker

Episode 1674 - Tim Heidecker

September 01, 2025 1h 18m
Despite his two previous appearances on WTF, Tim Heidecker was not someone Marc felt truly comfortable around. In fact, Marc was intimidated by Tim. But as they’ve gotten older and connected over...
Episode 1673 - Regina King

Episode 1673 - Regina King

August 28, 2025 1h 40m
Regina King’s depth and range as an actor won her dozens of awards and allows her to choose projects best suited for her. Regina and Marc talk about her early sitcom days on 227, her breakthrough...
Episode 1672 - Jeremy Allen White

Episode 1672 - Jeremy Allen White

August 25, 2025 1h 26m
Jeremy Allen White played such a believable Bruce Springsteen in the movie Deliver Me From Nowhere that Marc, who was also in the film, can recall times on the set when Bruce couldn’t tell the...
Episode 1671 - Peter Conheim

Episode 1671 - Peter Conheim

August 21, 2025 1h 22m
In a world of influencers and content creators, Peter Conheim represents an age of culture jamming and social disruption. Influenced by bands like Can and art collectives like The Residents, Peter...
Episode 1670 - Ben Stiller

Episode 1670 - Ben Stiller

August 18, 2025 1h 38m
The last time Ben Stiller was on WTF, it was more than 15 years ago and it was a really big deal for an upstart podcast done out of a small garage to have a global movie star and film...
Episode 1669 - Neko Case

Episode 1669 - Neko Case

August 14, 2025 1h 19m
After recently releasing her memoir, The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, and finishing her eighth studio album, the upcoming Neon Grey Midnight Green, Neko Case is drawing a lot of conclusions....
Episode 1668 - Bowen Yang

Episode 1668 - Bowen Yang

August 11, 2025 1h 39m
Bowen Yang never thinks he’s ready for any of the opportunities he gets, including being a guest on WTF for this episode. After a discussion on who gets more nervous before interviews, Marc or the...
Episode 1667 - In Conversation with Jim Gaffigan at 92NY

Episode 1667 - In Conversation with Jim Gaffigan at 92NY

August 07, 2025 1h 19m
Multi-time WTF guest and veteran of standup comedy specials Jim Gaffigan is the perfect person to talk with Marc right after a screening of Marc’s new HBO special, Marc Maron: Panicked. They examine...
Episode 1666 - Questlove

Episode 1666 - Questlove

August 04, 2025 1h 31m
Questlove was drumming for his dad’s band by the time he was 12. Since then, he founded a prolific hip-hop band with his high school classmate, became a chronicler of popular music history, came into...
Episode 1665 - Awkwafina

Episode 1665 - Awkwafina

July 31, 2025 1h 23m
To an outsider, it seems like quite a leap to go from Nora Lum, classical and jazz trumpet player from Queens, to Awkwafina, rapper, comedian and global movie star. But for Nora, it all feels like a...
Episode 1664 - Ari Aster

Episode 1664 - Ari Aster

July 28, 2025 1h 26m
As one of the members of the last generation who grew up without the internet, Ari Aster’s movies all deal with the ways our minds are shaped and influenced by forces outside of ourselves. Ari talks...
Episode 1663 - Jackson Galaxy

Episode 1663 - Jackson Galaxy

July 24, 2025 1h 19m
It’s about time Jackson Galaxy and Marc met each other. Listeners have recommended Jackson to Marc as a cat behavior expert who can offer helpful advice about Marc’s ongoing cat problems. But it...
Episode 1662 - Sarah Sherman

Episode 1662 - Sarah Sherman

July 21, 2025 1h 36m
For anyone who knew Sarah Sherman’s act before she got hired for Saturday Night Live, her new gig might have come as a surprise. Rooted in the Chicago DIY scene, she performed as Sarah Squirm,...
Episode 1661 - Jena Friedman

Episode 1661 - Jena Friedman

July 17, 2025 1h 26m
Jena Friedman shares a lot of Marc’s concerns about doing politically relevant comedy during historically scary times. She felt the risk of it first-hand during a recent border crossing from Canada....
Episode 1660 - Leanne Morgan

Episode 1660 - Leanne Morgan

July 14, 2025 1h 19m
Leanne Morgan was a late bloomer in comedy but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t in her heart for a long time. Despite a life in Tennessee filled with tobacco farms and door-to-door jewelry sales, a trip to...
Episode 1659 - Dustin Chafin / Darby Allin

Episode 1659 - Dustin Chafin / Darby Allin

July 10, 2025 1h 30m
Dustin Chafin's path to comedy went from a Texas trailer park to a Mormon conversion before winding up in New York where he almost met a tragic end. That's also where he met Marc and a young Nate...
Episode 1658 - Alexander Skarsgård

Episode 1658 - Alexander Skarsgård

July 07, 2025 1h 22m
Alexander Skarsgård decided acting wasn't for him at age 13 and he went in a completely different direction with his life. But after time in the Swedish Navy and a false start at university in...
Episode 1657 - Chad Kassem

Episode 1657 - Chad Kassem

July 03, 2025 1h 22m
Chad Kassem was a Louisiana kid running afoul of the law, caught in a spiral of substance abuse and arrests. Thankfully, as he puts it, music is a hell of a natural drug. In his 20s, Chad became...
Episode 1656 - Mariska Hargitay

Episode 1656 - Mariska Hargitay

June 30, 2025 1h 17m
Mariska Hargitay says the new documentary she made began as a search for the mother she never knew. But as she pursued it, she wound up coming to a new understanding of her own truth. Mariska and Marc...
Episode 1655 - Rich Aronovitch

Episode 1655 - Rich Aronovitch

June 26, 2025 1h 33m
Many years after a life-changing one-on-one conversation between Rich Aronovitch and Marc in Queens, New York, Rich and Marc are sitting down once again. This time they’re talking about Rich’s new...
Episode 1654 - Jordan Klepper

Episode 1654 - Jordan Klepper

June 23, 2025 1h 18m
Jordan Klepper and his Daily Show colleagues find themselves in the position of calling fascism out for what it is while also still finding comedy in an increasingly unstable world. But one way Jordan...
Episode 1653 - Megan Stalter

Episode 1653 - Megan Stalter

June 19, 2025 1h 25m
Megan Stalter sees her comedic persona as a representation of both supreme confidence and a nervous breakdown simultaneously. It’s a demeanor that served her well, whether on the improv stages in...
Episode 1652 - Cristin Milioti

Episode 1652 - Cristin Milioti

June 16, 2025 1h 28m
Cristin Milioti’s portrayal of the ruthless Sofia Falcone in The Penguin might seem like a departure for her. But Cristin tells Marc her goal has always been to avoid being pigeonholed. Also, the tone...
Episode 1651 - Mike Birbiglia

Episode 1651 - Mike Birbiglia

June 12, 2025 1h 28m
Perhaps a reason there’s always tension between Mike Birbiglia and Marc is they have a lot in common. That’s also probably the reason that, despite this tension, Mike has made multiple trips to the...
Episode 1650 - Seth Meyers

Episode 1650 - Seth Meyers

June 09, 2025 1h 24m
Seth Meyers doesn’t get out to LA very often, but when he does he’s able to visit longtime friends, go on other late night shows, and head over to the garage to talk with Marc. This time they get into...
Episode 1649 - Josh Homme

Episode 1649 - Josh Homme

June 05, 2025 1h 32m
Josh Homme manifested an 18-year-old dream to perform a Queens of the Stone Age concert in the Catacombs of Paris. Josh tells Marc why it was such a meaningful undertaking two years after he survived...
Episode 1648 - John Mulaney

Episode 1648 - John Mulaney

June 02, 2025 1h 35m
John Mulaney has been through a lot since the last time he was on the show, so it’s nice he can identify the present as, in his words, a happy time that he can appreciate. John offers Marc his...
Episode 1647 - Scott Frank

Episode 1647 - Scott Frank

May 29, 2025 1h 40m
Scott Frank is one of Hollywood’s most prolific screenwriters but he still has perpetual anxiety about his job security. Scott and Marc talk about the impulse that keeps him grinding away, whether...
Episode 1646 - Nick Kroll

Episode 1646 - Nick Kroll

May 26, 2025 1h 31m
Nick Kroll was one of the first dozen guests on WTF and in the nearly sixteen years of his life since then, loved ones have been lost, babies have been welcomed to the world, and Nick can now see...
Episode 1645 - Peter Wolf

Episode 1645 - Peter Wolf

May 22, 2025 1h 27m
Peter Wolf didn’t want to write the typical rock and roll memoir filled with lurid tales and score settling. Instead he wanted to write a collection of short stories that stem from his serendipitous...
Episode 1644 - Sarah Silverman

Episode 1644 - Sarah Silverman

May 19, 2025 1h 17m
Sarah Silverman and Marc go back more than 30 years and although they know a lot about each other from the past, they can both acknowledge that they haven’t stopped growing and learning and changing...
Episode 1643 - Carol Leifer

Episode 1643 - Carol Leifer

May 15, 2025 1h 17m
Carol Leifer has been a standup comic for almost 50 years, but the knowledge she can impart from her lifetime of experience isn’t limited to the standup stage. That’s why Carol co-wrote the new book...
Episode 1642 - Bridget Everett

Episode 1642 - Bridget Everett

May 12, 2025 1h 33m
When Bridget Everett was growing up in Kansas, the question “How are you feeling?” was not often asked. That’s part of the reason why Bridget embraced singing and making music as her primary way to...
Episode 1641 - Samantha Crain

Episode 1641 - Samantha Crain

May 08, 2025 1h 32m
Singer-songwriter Samantha Crain wasn’t sure if she’d ever be able to make music again after a car accident left her without the ability to play instruments or physically write songs. Samantha talks...
Episode 1640 - Tom Green

Episode 1640 - Tom Green

May 05, 2025 1h 22m
While he was once known for all manner of comedy involving animals, both alive and dead, Tom Green’s relationship with the animal kingdom is now much more traditional, as he spends some of his time...
Episode 1639 - David Harbour

Episode 1639 - David Harbour

May 01, 2025 1h 31m
David Harbour and Marc met in the garage seven years ago at the height of Stranger Things and the beginning of a new phase in David’s career. Now with the Marvel movie Thunderbolts coming out, David...
Episode 1638 - David Cronenberg

Episode 1638 - David Cronenberg

April 28, 2025 1h 22m
David Cronenberg starts making each new film of his as though he’s making a movie for the first time. Marc sees connective tissue through all of David’s work, consisting of “the meat, the machine,...
Episode 1637 - Jessica Kirson

Episode 1637 - Jessica Kirson

April 24, 2025 1h 28m
Jessica Kirson was a guest on WTF six years ago, when she talked with Marc about her start in comedy and her personal background. This time, she came back just to hang out and have some laughs. And...
Episode 1636 - Liza Treyger

Episode 1636 - Liza Treyger

April 21, 2025 1h 30m
Comedian Liza Treyger is frequently mystified by human behavior. Why are people so mean when leaving internet comments? Why do adults continuously repeat the patterns of children? Why are friendships...
Episode 1635 - Jillian Bell

Episode 1635 - Jillian Bell

April 17, 2025 1h 27m
Jillian Bell’s history of anxiety goes back to when she was a baby and would hold her breath until she passed out. But she didn’t let panic attacks stand in the way of her dream to get hired at SNL or...
Episode 1634 - Ryan Coogler

Episode 1634 - Ryan Coogler

April 14, 2025 1h 27m
As a writer and director, Ryan Coogler is drawn to stories about identity. He made Fruitvale Station to confront his own thoughts and fears about being a Black man in America. He made Creed as an...
Episode 1633 - Gavin Matts

Episode 1633 - Gavin Matts

April 10, 2025 1h 16m
By all accounts, Gavin Matts has carved a successful path for himself as a comedian, actor and writer at the young age of 30. But he can’t shake the feeling that he came into show business at the tail...
Episode 1632 - Peter Weller

Episode 1632 - Peter Weller

April 07, 2025 1h 34m
Peter Weller knows that most people think of him as RoboCop. But he also knows that when they approach him to talk about RoboCop, it’s his opportunity to talk to them about art, jazz, theater and many...
Episode 1631 - Lynne Margulies

Episode 1631 - Lynne Margulies

April 03, 2025 1h 15m
When Lynne Margulies was 25 years old, she met Andy Kaufman on the set of the film My Breakfast with Blassie. Two years later, just shortly before he died, Andy made Lynne promise she would keep his...
Episode 1630 - Delroy Lindo

Episode 1630 - Delroy Lindo

March 31, 2025 1h 23m
Delroy Lindo can take pride in many accomplishments - his family, his career, his educational - while being aware that he’s still in the process of finding himself. Delroy and Marc, despite their...
Episode 1629 - Modi Rosenfeld

Episode 1629 - Modi Rosenfeld

March 27, 2025 1h 20m
Some comedians think of comedy as a higher calling, but Modi Rosenfeld knows exactly where the call came from. He points to a story of two comedians in the Talmud, men who gave cheer to those who were...
Episode 1628 - Nick Thune

Episode 1628 - Nick Thune

March 24, 2025 1h 25m
Nick Thune is a comic Marc is always happy to welcome back on the show. But this time, it’s very fortunate that Nick is able to join Marc in the garage at all because there was a time in which he...
Episode 1627 - Chris Fleming

Episode 1627 - Chris Fleming

March 20, 2025 1h 32m
Unlike many comedian guests on WTF, Chris Fleming had a lot of support and encouragement from his family when it came to pursuing a career in comedy. In fact, it was his mother who got him started at...
Episode 1626 - Jane Marie

Episode 1626 - Jane Marie

March 17, 2025 1h 19m
Jane Marie’s early life in Michigan didn’t necessarily put her on the glide path to the future world of podcasting, but an internship at This American Life gave her a crash course in the type of...
Episode 1625 - Mike Elias

Episode 1625 - Mike Elias

March 13, 2025 1h 18m
When Mike Elias wanted to learn the guitar, his dad told him he had to teach himself. Mike took that rule and ran with it for the rest of his life, teaching himself everything from sewing to metal...

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