WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

Just saw on FB a click bait thing from The Independent re:his new comments about Community.

I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like ourselves. Clearly, this is the case with Chevy Chase.

I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like ourselves.

God I hope not.

I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like Chevy Chase

Well, I'm Chevy Chase, but you're not.

In the future, we'll all be Chevy Chase for 15 minutes

As Donald Trump has convincingly shown, many people have a secret or not so secret desire to be a toxic asshole.

Given his comments about how he was always the "star of the show" or "the best", I just think he's a huge narcissist that was "fortunate" enough to come up in entertainment in an era where white male behavior like that was tolerated, if not encouraged. As society evolved, no one ever really challenged his toxic behavior, they just quit calling him in for projects and/or cutting him out of them and, like any entitled performer of his era, he refuses to do any self-reflection that might cause him to put 2 and 2 together about why his career stalled out.

Well, I'm Chevy Chase, but you're not.

― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, September 26, 2023 11:56 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

'Cause that's impossible, that's im

I subscribed to Maron+ a couple months ago to get the bonus episodes where Marc and his girlfriend talk about movies sometimes, but leading up to the Chevy episode he and Brendan have set the stage for it in their bonus episodes so well—what happened before and after the tape was rolling—that I kind of don't need to listen to the actual interview (I'm a Chevy Chase hater anyway, so I likely was never going to).

'Cause that's impossible, that's im

― peace, man, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:07 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

thank you for this

Haven't listened to this in ages but I'm curious about Laraaji and John Wilson.

Loved the Paul Giamatti episode (#1500). Really showed what the show can be.

agree, great vibes from minute one

Marc was pumped about how well it went

Yeah that was a fun listen, Giamatti was so giddy

Did you guys listen to Matt B. Davis? Very old-school ep with escalating tension between Marc and guest, you get to hear two guys who can be kind of assholes rubbing their scars against each other, I loved it

Yeah, I just listened to that one the other day, even though he teased it ahead of time I really didn't expect it to get as tense as it did.

yeah it was great oldschool wtf
but i wanted to email marc afterward to tell him: gah Matt is a bully, fuck that guy

every once in a while i will check in with this podcast based on the guest -- and then will be reminded why i never listen. this dude WON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP. LET YOUR GUEST FINISH HIS SENTENCE. god what a jerk!

He did a decent job not stepping on A. Whitney Brown's toes last week.

God, if you hated a new episode for that reason, please don't listen to anything before, like, four years ago. xp

I generally listen to every WTF episode whether I know the guest or not. Sometimes I'll skip if I really don't want to hear a particular guest talk for an hour (Neal Brennan and Tiffany Haddish was a rare week where I skipped both), but I also skip ones where it's been made extremely clear that the interview was an uncomfortable one. That means I'll probably never listen to the Ben Kingsley ep.

I listened to some of the Kingsley episode just now. Pretty awkward. It seemed like Ben has all of his stories set down word for word and didn’t necessarily dig Maron’s interruptions and attempts to connect.

The Tiffany Haddish ep was pretty illuminating and the Daniel Stern was interesting too

ben kingsley best maron episode of all time

i absolutely love WTF, have listened for years and years, he's a great host and has the best conversations of any regular podcast interview person, except maybe tyler cowen

however, how to love WTF as i do:

skip 100% of interviews with musicians
skip 100% of interviews with "thinkers"
skip 100% of interviews with authors
skip 90% of interviews with directors
skip 50% of interviews with actors (you can tell within 5 min)
skip 0% of interviews with other stand-ups

yes, stand ups are most reliable

The Tiffany Haddish ep was pretty illuminating

I tapped out of this v early, did she talk about her comedy paedo video lawsuit or The Int3rnational Alma Mat3r School Of Asc3nsi0n Bless3d Univ3rsity?

totally agree that the standup eps are the best but I like the musician ones, I can't explain why since there's so much of Maron fan-stammering about the albums and then asking the musician "So you met xxxx?" but for some reason I like them anyway

I skip the ones where they talk about politics but it can be unpredictable which ones those are

Tiffany Hadish was just weirdly "People were unfairly mad at me for drunk driving, why are people like that"

skip 0% of interviews with other stand-ups

lol these are always skipped regardless of podcast, comedians are some of the least interesting people on earth

with WTF musicians and maybe some oddballs like a chef are the only ones I don't immediately archive

every actor interview is a free ~*MasterClass*~

I tapped out of this v early, did she talk about . . . The Int3rnational Alma Mat3r School Of Asc3nsi0n Bless3d Univ3rsity?
― bae (sic), Saturday, May 25, 2024 9:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

What's this?

I promise I tried googling various combinations of those words, to no avail

sounds like a Scientology thing

try H3ir Holin3ss or H3ir Princ3ss

Something about Daniel Kaluuya’s manager

cryptic sic tic

I like Maron but can't deal with the musician interviews. I just feel like he's out of his element or something, even more than when he interviews directors and authors. Which is why I think the interviews with comedians are typically the best episodes

I liked the recent one with Tammy Faye Starlite, who was part of the late 80s / early 90s NYC performance art and alt-comedy scene Maron was also part of. The two had similar interests and frames of reference (Maron didn't have to have done any homework or read a book), so they could relax and engage.

milo z, if the only thing you listen to is musicians than we are not into wtf for the same things! but the reason the comedian ones are good are not necessarily bc they are "interesting" or "uninteresting" people - but (1) because they are good at talking, that is mostly their job; (2) i like listening to shop-talk between peers.