WTF With Marc Maron

Comedian Marc Maron is tackling the most complex philosophical question of our day - WTF? He'll get to the bottom of it with help from comedian friends, celebrity guests and the voices in his own head.

Latest Episodes

  • Episode 391 - Billy Bragg

    Released 05.23.13

    Music legend Billy Bragg stops by the garage, guitar in hand. He talks with Marc about the punk and folk roots of his career as well as the events that led to his political activation.

  • Episode 390 - Pamela Adlon

    Released 05.20.13

    Actress Pamela Adlon is known to many as a prepubescent boy - Bobby from "King of the Hill" - but actually spends most of her time as a concerned mom who is worried about losing her grip.

  • Episode 389 - Sam Simon

    Released 05.16.13

    Marc travels to the home of Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, producer/show-runner on Taxi, and facilitator of countless television projects.

  • Episode 388 - Noah Baumbach

    Released 05.13.13

    Director Noah Baumbach's latest movie, Frances Ha, touched a real nerve with Marc, as did Noah's other films like The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg and Margot at the Wedding.

  • Episode 387 - Live at Trepany House in LA

    Released 05.10.13

    Marc gathers the crew for a big blowout bash blast at Trepany House in Los Angeles, featuring Christina Pazsitzky, Matt Kirshen, Jason Nash, Jeff Richards and Jim Earl.

  • Episode 386 - Alison Brie

    Released 05.08.13

    Alison Brie visits the Cat Ranch and Marc tries to figure out whether she's closer to Community's Annie or Mad Men's Trudy.

  • Episode 385 - Gillian Jacobs

    Released 05.06.13

    Community's Gillian Jacobs made Marc nervous when she was an audience member at one of his stand-up sets.

  • Episode 384 - Huey Lewis

    Released 05.03.13

    Huey Lewis has the distinction of being one of the biggest stars in the world at one time in his life.

  • Episode 383 - Live from Vancouver

    Released 05.02.13

    Margaret Cho surprises Marc with a much more revealing story than he expected. Andy Kindler lets everyone in on his joke-writing process.

  • Episode 383 - Live from Vancouver

    Released 05.01.13

    Margaret Cho surprises Marc with a much more revealing story than he expected. Andy Kindler lets everyone in on his joke-writing process.

  • Episode 382 - Hank Azaria

    Released 04.29.13

    Hank Azaria lends his voice and talent to many of the most beloved Simpsons characters. But he lends Marc some valuable advice about becoming a dad later in life and about finding productive ways to deal with professional setbacks.

  • Episode 381 - Mark Schiff

    Released 04.25.13

    Other comedians often call Mark Schiff their favorite comic, which is as much as curse as a compliment according to Mark.

  • Episode 380 - Uhh Yeah Dude

    Released 04.22.13

    Seth Romatelli and Jonathan Larroquette are the guys behind one of the original comedy podcasts, Uhh Yeah Dude.

  • Episode 379 - Jim Florentine

    Released 04.18.13

    For a guy who can't play a lick of music, Jim Florentine embodies the spirit of a Rock and Roll Comic.

  • Episode 378 - Scott Conant

    Released 04.15.13

    Scott Conant is an executive chef, a restaurateur and featured judge on one of Marc's favorite shows, Chopped.

  • Jonathan Winters Remembered

    Released 04.13.13

    Comedy legend Jonathan Winters passed away on April 11, 2013. Here is Marc's conversation with Jonathan at his home, from Episode 173 of WTF, May 9, 2011.

  • Episode 377 - Rob Schneider

    Released 04.10.13

    Rob Schneider makes a stop at the Cat Ranch to tell Marc about starting out as a trombone-playing teen comic, making it to Saturday Night Live, dealing with the fickle nature of Hollywood, becoming a new dad at 49 and discovering peace of mind in Zen prac...

  • Episode 376 - Dean Delray

    Released 04.08.13

    Dean Delray is a newcomer to comedy, but not to life. He has a rock and roll past that led him across the country and overseas, crossing paths with The Rolling Stones, Sammy Hagar, Tom Petty, Jakob Dylan and many others.

  • Episode 375 - Jason Stuart

    Released 04.04.13

    Comedian Jason Stuart has been in the stand up game for about as long as Marc but they've never really crossed paths.

  • Episode 374 - James Franco, Harmony Korine, Nate Bargatze, Peter Sagal

    Released 04.01.13

    It's Live WTF from SXSW. Peter Sagal of Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me details his adventures in the screen trade.

  • Episode 373 - Ari Shaffir

    Released 03.28.13

    Comedian Ari Shaffir tells Marc what it was like to grow up in an Orthodox Jewish household, what led him to part with his faith, how his parents reacted and why he turned to stand-up comedy.

  • Episode 372 - Adam Parfrey

    Released 03.25.13

    Adam Parfrey had a profound effect on the brain of young Marc Maron. As the publisher of Feral House books and curator of the Apocalypse Culture series, Adam opened the minds of many unsuspecting readers to the weird, the marginal, the obscene and the mys...

  • Episode 371 - E of Eels

    Released 03.21.13

    Mark Oliver Everett is better known as E, the lead singer, songwriter and all-around creative force behind Eels.

  • Episode 370 - Dick Van Dyke

    Released 03.18.13

    Dick Van Dyke made as big an impression on young Marc Maron as he did on so many generations of kids who grew up with his movies and TV shows.

  • Episode 369 - Lynn Shawcroft

    Released 03.14.13

    Lynn Shawcroft is a comic who was married to a comic. That comic was Mitch Hedberg. So Lynn's story is pretty evenly split between comedy and tragedy.

  • Episode 368 - Leslie Jones

    Released 03.11.13

    The mighty Leslie Jones brings her hilarious wit and athletic prowess to the garage for a chat with Marc.

  • Episode 367 - Gina Gershon

    Released 03.07.13

    Gina Gershon started life as an authentic Valley Girl before making it in movies like Bound and Face/Off.

  • Episode 366 - John Darnielle

    Released 03.04.13

    John Darnielle, driving force behind The Mountain Goats, tells Marc how a childhood cycle of abuse led him down a dark path of drug use and criminal behavior before he became a psychiatric nurse and an accomplished musician.

  • Episode 365 - Darryl Lenox

    Released 02.28.13

    Comedian Darryl Lenox survived having a pimp for a father and triumphed over progressive blindness, but it was his own web of lies and trail of deception that almost did him in.

  • Episode 364 - Mike White

    Released 02.25.13

    Mike White, the creator of Enlightened, talks about his triumphs and anxieties in the course of making movies like School of Rock, The Good Girl and Chuck and Buck.

  • Episode 363 - Aimee Mann

    Released 02.21.13

    Aimee Mann serenades the Cat Ranch as only she can. Marc and Aimee wander down the path of her life, from a traumatic story of childhood turmoil to early pop success in 'Til Tuesday to an acclaimed career as a singer/songwriter.

  • Episode 362 - Eddie Pepitone and Steven Feinartz

    Released 02.18.13

    Eddie Pepitone is no stranger to WTF listeners. But after hearing him bring the rage-filled laughs on live WTF shows for the past three years, Marc tries to get to the bottom of the real Eddie with help from Steven Feinartz, director of a new documentary ...

  • Episode 361 - DC Pierson

    Released 02.14.13

    Renaissance man DC Pierson talks with Marc about the many areas in which he excels: writing, directing, rapping, stage acting, screen acting, improv and stand-up.

  • Episode 360 - Tom Green

    Released 02.11.13

    The surreal mind of Tom Green comes into focus during a chat with Marc in the garage. Tom talks about the early desire to push his comedy past the breaking point, the danger of being in a high-profile tabloid-friendly relationship, and the cancer fight th...

  • Episode 359 - Carl Reiner

    Released 02.07.13

    With a little help from Mel Brooks, Marc is able to sit down for a chat with another legend of comedy, Carl Reiner.

  • Episode 358 - Mel Brooks

    Released 02.04.13

    Mel Brooks. Nothing we write here can do this justice. So just listen to Mel and Marc take you through the life of a legend, from his youthful days in Brooklyn and his time served in World War II to his triumphs on the big screen, the small screen and The...

  • Episode 357 - Gary Gulman

    Released 01.31.13

    Comedian Gary Gulman short circuits Marc's brain with his rare breed of athletic Semitism. The two of them talk about performing in Boston, the empowering camaraderie of comics, the soul-crushing discouragement of development deals and the power of comedy...

  • Episode 356 - Lucinda Williams

    Released 01.28.13

    Lucinda Williams writes music that is raw, honest and emotional. So it's no surprise she brings the same qualities to a garage chat with Marc.

  • Episode 355 - Tim Ferriss

    Released 01.24.13

    Author, motivator and biological experimenter Tim Ferriss drops some fitness knowledge in the garage.

  • Episode 354 - John Hodgman

    Released 01.21.13

    The third time is the charm for John Hodgman after his two other WTF appearances vanished into the great beyond.

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