![]() ![]() I just wanted to be a great comic, and that’s what I did, that was the work and still is the work. To me, it’s the identity that is sort of at the base of it all, that’s what I got into show business as. Is stand-up comedy your favorite thing to do? I don’t know if it’s my favorite it’s who I am. So that’s sort of what we do, and that somehow grew alongside and helped define the actual business of podcasting, and you know, we do all right with that. ![]() become sort of the bedrock of my life, and because it’s stayed steady, we’ve done a new show every Monday and Thursday since 2009. But we’re hard workers, my producer and myself … comedians who become popular and get a certain amount of momentum, they sort of have this window where they’re relevant and popular, and you should just work as much as possible in that window -especially if you’re a one-trick pony. I needed to keep moving because I was having trouble financially and in other ways. We were doing it to try something and to keep working. I really didn’t see any sort of future or business in it. I don’t even know if kids do it anymore.ĭid you ever think your show was going to become such a big hit? No, I didn’t, I didn’t have any expectations. I don’t think that any of us have those conversations, once you get older certainly. I don’t have a huge social life, really, I like talking to people, and I think it’s important to have those conversations. It’s nice to be reminded that they’re just people. I think WTF is great because so much press about celebrities is superficial, and you get the same canned answers. I don’t think they leave going, “What the fuck did I do?” If they do, it’s usually not that damning, you know what I mean? I think that just think they had a human revelation. Or there’s somebody like Kristin Wiig, who really doesn’t talk and it was sort of amazing, even though it wasn’t like a huge revelation other than the fact she was talking….We had episodes, where I’ve called the and said, “You know, really think about this, and make sure you’re comfortable with us airing it….But we’re not out to sandbag anybody. So, they don’t have any second thoughts about that. Like there are certain celebrities who will dictate what the interview is. If someone’s guarded, by nature, they’re not really going do the show unless they’re real pros. People seem to let their guard down when you interview them. These things become more loaded for people think that there’s some great mystery to it, because nobody hears these people talk as people. Neil Young saying he went to Pilates is pretty important stuff only because it’s Neil Young. So once you get around that, and you’re just talking to somebody, candidly as a person, you don’t know what they’re going to reveal … and sometimes it’s pretty mundane. When you’re in conversation, to people who have public lives … there’s a sort of patter that happens, a detachment. I’m sort of looking for that moment when you feel a sort of opening. I think that I connect with people, but I don’t know what they’re going to reveal and what they’re not going to reveal. How do you get your guests to reveal so much? I don’t know you just listen and talk to them. In anticipation of his Santa Barbara show, I spoke with Maron over the phone about his podcast and comedy work. Often revelatory and always interesting, WTF, which gets millions of downloads each month, has been touted as a podcast game changer. Since its inception, Maron has had some of the most famous folks in the world across the mike from him - including President Obama - engaged in chatter about all manner of things. The result was an off-the-cuff podcast that featured a variety of guests from the comedy and entertainment world. Maron, along with producer Brendan McDonald, scrambled to keep working. The now popular show was born out of desperation rather than a calculated career move when, in 2009, he was fired from his radio-hosting shows for Air America, The Marc Maron Show, and Breakroom Live. “I don’t have a huge social life, really, I like talking to people, and I think it’s important to have those conversations,” said comedian/author Marc Maron on the purpose he sees in his podcast WTF with Marc Maron. ![]()
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