Too late now but if Obama had wanted to do a more popular podcast he could shown up and pardoned Adnan
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Thursday, 18 June 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
I thought Whiney went over to the dark side on the podcast thing
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 19 June 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
Would rather hear O on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast or maybe TV Guidance Counselor
― Josefa, Friday, 19 June 2015 03:02 (eight years ago) link
obama did BS report three years ago
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/b-s-report-barack-obama/
― nose, Friday, 19 June 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Whiney too busy exposing the truth behind the phenomenon of tumblr whites at the time to blow the lid off that story
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Friday, 19 June 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Is he trying to shore up all the disillusioned youngsters he took for a ride to get into office? I'd like to hear why he hopped to it for TPP but everything else, meh...
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 19 June 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
I like the idea of the President being Maron's housemate after his term ends.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 19 June 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
NYT talks to Maron after the interview.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/marc-maron-discusses-his-podcast-interview-with-president-obama/?smid=nytimesarts&_r=0
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 19 June 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
this interview fucked up my commute to work
then again that happens every time the president comes to LA for money, ie, every 3 months.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 19 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link
Wait until Katt Williams comes to the garage
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Saturday, 20 June 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
lol at the black helicopters riff
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 22 June 2015 12:52 (eight years ago) link
He actually asked who his guys were
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 22 June 2015 13:03 (eight years ago) link
It was like he suddenly couldn't believe the chance to ask had come up, and it burst out of him so rounded and joyful
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Monday, 22 June 2015 13:17 (eight years ago) link
it was kind of exciting! looking forward to thursday when him & brendan get into all the behind the scenes stuff
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
so dumb the headline every site is running about this interview
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 22 June 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
proceed directly to Kissinger, Marc Maron
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 June 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Hank's too busy with Colbert
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 22 June 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
it pretty much went how i expected but I aint mad about it
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
"am i in the orange chair?"
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
Like the first 3 or 4 minutes were totally shootin' the breeze kind of talk and you know Obama was thinking "oh boy, I never get to have these kinds of conversations anymore" and then it quickly became a conversation with "The President." Mildly disappointed, but I still got to hear him speak in an easier manner than the one to which I'm accustomed.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
yes, it seemed like at the beginning Obama was ready to pull out the smart-ass routine he did on "Between Two Ferns" and I started wondering how well he knew Maron's podcast
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 22 June 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
johnny fever otm, that was kinda how i felt too
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
Pretty boring tbh
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 22 June 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
seems like he knew or was briefed on the podcast v well
btwn 2 ferns was prob mostly scripted?
― johnny crunch, Monday, 22 June 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
some of it was, but O ad-libbed a lot
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 22 June 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
"Obama uses racial slur in interview" is now an MSN headline
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
u_u
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
The more surprising thing is that Marc Maron did not say "fuck" once
― Josefa, Monday, 22 June 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
Anderson Cooper did a whole panel segment on it tonight
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 05:01 (eight years ago) link
on the one-hour interview, or about literally one single word that Obama said in it?
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 06:21 (eight years ago) link
someone go back to the Patrice O'Neal episode and check whether he used any mildly off-colour words when discussing racism, I'll get my handkerchief ready for fanning
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 06:22 (eight years ago) link
If you're ever in need of a textbook example of missing the forest for one tree, this is it. So much pearl clutching over the use of the word that it seems to have shut down the conversation on every other point he was making. Bravo, America!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 07:54 (eight years ago) link
I think it was on the usage. The sound wasn't up on the wallscreen in the restaurant.
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 09:33 (eight years ago) link
listening to O for an hour isn't really like a forest, unless the trees are being bombed, deported, or mined for metadata.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 10:11 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCtNkGxOwNo
― how's life, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 11:17 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e-gW164spE
may be the dumbest thing I've ever seen on tv
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 11:21 (eight years ago) link
johnny one note vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VnDIqlOfI
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 11:54 (eight years ago) link
Literally might be the lamest zing I've ever heard about anything ever
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:40 (eight years ago) link
He didn't even bother coming up with a "witty" nickname for Obama. He must have been tired.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
Obametadata
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
I listened to the first 5-10 mins of this before falling asleep (out of tiredness rather than boredom). I'll listen later. I've never heard Marc sound so nervous interviewing anyone.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
Maron: I've interviewed the president on WTF. Will you do my show now?Lorne Michaels: He's been on SNL more than once, so no.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
how about War Criminal Dubyalike Shitface
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
Doesn't really scan as a pun, D+
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
and yeah getting chemo 2x a week then working a full day is tiring, along with hearing from MegaPharm "we received your new scrip last week but never scanned it." God Bless America peace out
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
It's just: We *know* he's shitty and the foreign policy is awful and he never closed GitmoBut he's also interesting sometimes and he was on Marc Maron's podcast and that's super interesting.Nobody was going crazy cheerleading or anything.
But either way: Get well soon, on the real
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
A
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 23:32 (eight years ago) link
Oops
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link
God, Morbius, sending you healing white light--get well speedily and fully!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, jumped the gun the other day.
I've been a regular WTF listener since the start of the year. I'd never even heard of Marc Maron before then (I live in Ireland), but I'd finished Serial, was looking for a new listen for my commute, and Slate or somewhere had his interview with Louis CK as the best podcast ever. I think the first one I heard was Chris Parnell, and I was hooked.
With that weirdly limited perspective on Maron, I was totally blindsided by Obama showing up on Monday's show. But the interview itself was a letdown, really. MM was out of his depth on the politics, and Obama wasn't gonna let himself be psychoanalyzed, unfortunately.
Obama reminds me of Blair these days. Deeply compromised, defensive of his legacy, at heart so much more a technocrat than any kind of leftist. And with a lot of blood on his hands (which either man would say is part of the job I suppose). His use of *that* word seemed to me like a highly calculated move, although my understanding of the issues involved is pretty shallow.
I want to send Dr Morbius my best wishes too. ILX is where I get my U.S. politics news, and for what it's worth, as a more-or-less Communist European, I usually agree with Dr M!
I'd also like to wish Dr M the best.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 25 June 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link