the two parter with Mencia was like WTF's version of Serial
Yeah I love this show but I don't think it's ever scaled this incredible apex again
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
The Jerry Lewis half-an-interview he posted this week was really good.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
Fun to hear Maron asking James Hetfield: "How about Styx, eh? Grand Illusion? Supertramp?"
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
them singing riffs back to each other was v lol
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:06 (seven years ago) link
I enjoyed the Springsteen ep once Maron stopped Jerseying it up
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
Tull came up in the opening bit, and again during the interview, and it didn't seem like Maron made the Grammys connection either time.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:08 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that was glaring
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 11:54 (seven years ago) link
Ryan Adams interview equally as boring as every Ryan Adams album after Heartbreaker.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 17 February 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
Whaaa?
I never really cared for the guy either way, but I dug that interview a lot.
― circa1916, Friday, 17 February 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
I'm a sucker for "punk skater kid in a small town" stories though. Thought he a painted a really vivid picture of what his coming up was like and it all felt really human and sincere. Was good.
― circa1916, Friday, 17 February 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
It felt like Maron rushed him past that and Whiskeytown into the shitty 15 years of his career or Adams didn't want to talk too much about the Whiskeytown era.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 17 February 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
Whiskeytown seems like it was a mostly shitty situation for him, so maybe he's not into talking about it. I probably wouldn't be.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 February 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link
htf does anybody listen to this guy.
I've tried to catch individual episodes based on recs and i never get through his fucking intro
Man i do not need to hear how you got to interview Michael Keaton. Play me the fucking interview with Michael Keaton. The less i hear about you the better, the less i hear outtve you the better, btw how did you end up speaking to ppl thru your nose for a living that might be something about you i actually want to hear
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 March 2017 23:38 (seven years ago) link
most people skip the intro tbh
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Sunday, 19 March 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
the YouTube versions make a point of having the top comment state what time the actual interview starts, yeah i mean no one listens to the stuff before.
― piscesx, Monday, 20 March 2017 01:09 (seven years ago) link
i've been a fan for years, never listen to the intro ever, not since the first like, month
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 March 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
Would pay money for darraghmac's WTF-style podcast, retitled HTF.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 March 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
I'd only record intros
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Monday, 20 March 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
darragh, the irish maron
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 March 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
When I listened to this regularly I TOTALLY listened to the intro because I was following Maron's parallel narrative. Now that I only listen to it occasionally, I usually skip the intro. Not always though!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 20 March 2017 02:17 (seven years ago) link
I always listen to the intro because I can drop in and out of it while I work. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's just noise until the interview starts.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 20 March 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
I'm always amazed by the pointlessness of the intros: Marin will tell you his preconceptions of the interview subject, then in the interview he'll tell the subject the same thing using the exact same words
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 20 March 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
Yeah he did that in the Louis Theroux interview, which seemed to take forever to get started even after it had started. Also I don't get why Maron has to play dumb so often, like when Theroux said he studied at Oxford and Marc says something like, "Oxford? I know it. It's like the Harvard of over there, right?" Is he stalling for time or something - what is that?
He's not always an easy listen, that's for sure.
― Josefa, Monday, 20 March 2017 14:25 (seven years ago) link
Also dumbfounding was Marc wasting a bunch of time having Theroux talk about the pronunciation of his name and then in his intro Marc gets it wrong
― Josefa, Monday, 20 March 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
Ah you wouldn't treat anything theroux told you as unvarnished tho
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Monday, 20 March 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
Also I don't get why Maron has to play dumb so often
i dunno, you might be giving him too much credit there marc doesn't seem to retain a lot of info outside of the topics of
- blues-rock / guitars - standup- american film from the 1970s- old grudges- rehab- himself
― not even my mate ross king sniffed out this hot gossip (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
Marc says something like, "Oxford? I know it. It's like the Harvard of over there, right?"
It was even worse than that, it was something like "Oxford, Cambridge? Whats the difference? Are they the same?" and Louis said "Its like Harvard and Yale, man"
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
willful ignorance, more like
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 March 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
ha ha yeah Maron is the master of claiming that some stereotype was upended for him through a conversation, and then going back to that stereotype soon after
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 20 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
Saw his Thinky Pain recently, thought it was really good.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Also I don't get why Maron has to play dumb so ofteni dunno, you might be giving him too much credit there marc doesn't seem to retain a lot of info outside of the topics of- blues-rock / guitars - standup- american film from the 1970s- old grudges- rehab- himself― not even my mate ross king sniffed out this hot gossip (bizarro gazzara), Monday, March 20, 2017 12:12 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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otm and why i stopped listening
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
I had to stop the Louis Theroux ep when they started talking about Theroux doing Rogan's podcast. Just not into it when he gets faux-combative with guests and all of them that I've tried lately have been either that or obsequious.
Who's doing the interview format well these days?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Kevin Pollack does a good job
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
xp Joe Rogan is great imo
― flappy bird, Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
The Reza Aslan interview today was great, as is generally the case when anyone talks to Reza Aslan.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
David Axelrod
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
^ otm
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Axelrod's guest list ranges from shitty people (John Kerry) to people who need to be set on fire (Sean Spicer).
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
But it's rare to hear conversations with people like them that aren't about scoring points. The Paul Simon (musician) one is notable for being one of the only non-excruciating Paul Simon interviews. And the ones with Karl Rove and Hugh Hewitt were surprising.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
Adam Buxton's interviews are generally excellent, though the framing is silly and has turned off a couple of people who I recommended it to who didn't know his style.
This is OTM re: Marc's playing dumb - I think it's closer to a weird defensive stance. It's amazing how the whole show for years has been about how he's evolving past these petty grudges and stifling prejudice about people and if anything it usually feels like he has actually gone backwards
― Jalapeño Coladas, Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:57 (seven years ago) link
Paul Shaffer! should be good!
― piscesx, Monday, 27 March 2017 11:56 (seven years ago) link
Haven't made it to the Ann Hathaway interview, but from the opener sounds like peak crushed-out Maron.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Monday, 10 April 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
lol the name "Anne Hathaway" didn't click with me for some reason. I thought he was talking about his obsession with Anne Bancroft or some 70s actress. Then when it dawned on me I was like WTF?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 10 April 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
you were like wtf wtf, i get it
― 'it's is my life' - jon bovi (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 April 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
I remember the period he was all googly about Rachel Getting Married. He controlled himself better here than I'd expected.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 10 April 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
So far behind because MM annoys me so much but gotta catch up on theseWalter HillMark Lanegan and Tiny Jangly Magical Hat Man (Mac Demarco)Mark MothersbaughJohn Michael Higgins & Maria Bamford
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 11 May 2017 05:21 (seven years ago) link
I learnt that Mac DeMarco is not a frat rapper from that WTF episode
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Thursday, 11 May 2017 05:31 (seven years ago) link
Kim Deal is amazing, hey that's not news but still. she sounds like Ruby Wax too. the stuff about Albini is great.
surprised this thread hadn't been updated much lately.
― piscesx, Monday, 13 November 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
I'm scared to listen to the Kim Deal ep. Maron + woman who is a musician is a scary combo.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
seemed like it was mostly "Do you remember this Boston thing? I do too!"
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link