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

  • ALERT - New Marc and Tom Show available NOW!

    Released 06.03.12

    Marc Maron and Tom Scharpling have joined forces again for another meeting of disgruntled minds. Get a new episode of The Marc and Tom Show exclusively on iTunes for $2.99.

  • Episode 284 - Craig Finn / Tony Clifton

    Released 05.31.12

    Craig Finn of The Hold Steady drops in on the garage to stay positive and play a tune off his new solo album.

  • Episode 283 - Bo Burnham

    Released 05.28.12

    Bo Burnham is only 21, but Marc can still learn a few things from him. Bo talks with Marc about shedding the Internet Sensation label that helped define him and learning to embrace his own style of comedy.

  • Episode 282 - Killer Beaz

    Released 05.24.12

    Killer Beaz is a veteran stand-up who has such a strong following in the South, he became friends with Lynyrd Skynyrd. He talks with Marc about going from funeral home work, complete with embalming experience, to becoming a successful touring comedian, c...

  • Ron Shock Remembered

    Released 05.23.12

    Comedian Ron Shock passed away on May 17, 2012.

  • Episode 281 - Paula Poundstone

    Released 05.21.12

    Paula Poundstone challenges Marc's supremacy as Overlord of the Cat Ranch. They both share an obsessive need to cultivate feline populations within their homes.

  • Episode 280 - Danny McBride

    Released 05.17.12

    Danny McBride is not the big-mouthed manchild he plays on Eastbound and Down or in movies like Tropic Thunder.

  • Episode 279 - Live from SF Sketchfest

    Released 05.14.12

    Pete Holmes wrestles with a false premise, Arden Myrin looks for a cookie hammer, Geoff Bolt gets touchy, Laraine Newman revisits Season 1 of SNL, and Will Durst pinpoints the problem with liberals.

  • Episode 278 - Craig Ferguson

    Released 05.10.12

    Craig Ferguson doesn't consider himself a talk show host. He talks with Marc about his punk rock past, his days as Bing Hitler and his unlikely detour as a sitcom actor.

  • Episode 277 - Rachael Harris

    Released 05.07.12

    Rachael Harris of The Hangover and The Daily Show joins Marc in the garage as they share their common bond of obsessive codependence.

  • Episode 276 - Wayne Coyne

    Released 05.03.12

    Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips sits down with Marc in the birthplace of the Lips, Oklahoma City. Marc and Wayne share their similar fears of flying, half-remembered acid trip stories and encounters with creative inspiration.

  • Episode 275 - Chelsea Handler

    Released 04.30.12

    Chelsea Handler invites Marc over for a poolside chat about all things Chelsea. She explains how a young Jersey girl from a Jewish-Mormon household wound up with three simultaneous comedy shows on TV.

  • Episode 274 - Bob Zmuda

    Released 04.26.12

    Andy Kaufman lives in this epic WTF with Kaufman's former comedy partner and Comic Relief co-founder Bob Zmuda.

  • Episode 273 - James Mercer

    Released 04.22.12

    The Shins frontman/founder/nerve center James Mercer reminisces with Marc about growing up in Albuquerque, defends the earnest art of the synthesizer and sets Marc straight on the difference between Danger Mouse and Modest Mouse.

  • Episode 272 - Kevin Hart

    Released 04.19.12

    Kevin Hart is arguably the biggest-selling act in American comedy. He talks with Marc about how it took massive failure to help him get where he is today.

  • Episode 271 - Stephen Merchant

    Released 04.16.12

    The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant stops by the garage to talk about his wide range of projects as a comedian, actor, writer, director and radio host.

  • Episode 270 - Chris Elliott

    Released 04.12.12

    Chris Elliott has left his mark on comedy, whether it was on Letterman, on his own show Get a Life, or in Farrelly Brothers' movies.

  • Episode 269 - David Cross

    Released 04.08.12

    David Cross and Marc Maron go way back. In fact, they go back far enough that they need to help each other navigate through hazy memories and past mistakes.

  • Episode 268 - Jon Glaser

    Released 04.04.12

    Delocated's Jon Glaser takes off the ski mask and joins Marc in the garage for a chat, minus the vocal distortion.

  • Episode 267 - Carrie Brownstein

    Released 04.01.12

    Carrie Brownstein brings the rock and brings the funny. She talks with Marc about Sleater-Kinney, her new band Wild Flag and Portlandia.

  • Episode 266 - Jeffrey Tambor

    Released 03.29.12

    Jeffrey Tambor joins Marc for a Live WTF taping at SXSW in Austin, Texas, to talk about Hank Kingsley, Al Pacino, George C.

  • Episode 265 - Michael Cera

    Released 03.26.12

    Michael Cera is concerned he doesn't have enough inner turmoil for a true WTF conversation. If there's anyone who can find some well-concealed demons, it's Marc Maron.

  • Episode 264 - Molly Shannon

    Released 03.22.12

    Molly Shannon makes a visit to The Cat Ranch and Marc helps trace her path through the show business ranks, including detours with Robert Englund and Gary Coleman, leading to her amazing success at Saturday Night Live.

  • Episode 263 - Mary Mack

    Released 03.18.12

    Mary Mack stops by the garage armed with a clarinet, a mandolin, her unique sense of humor and some stories about growing up deep in the hills of Wisconsin.

  • Episode 262 - Fred Willard

    Released 03.15.12

    Fred Willard rose from humble Midwestern origins to become one of the funniest human beings on the planet.

  • Episode 261 - Mindy Kaling

    Released 03.12.12

    Mindy Kaling takes a break from The Office to join Marc in his work environment. It's a little different than Dunder Mifflin.

  • Episode 260 - Jake Johannsen

    Released 03.08.12

    Some serious shop talk goes down when Jake Johannsen gets together with Marc in the garage. Few people have better insights into the lives and experiences of stand-up comics than the prolific and vital Jake Johannsen.

  • Episode 259 - Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

    Released 03.05.12

    Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally bring some love to the garage at The Cat Ranch. They tell Marc about their starts in legitimate theater, their courtship as co-stars, and their two classic television characters, Ron Swanson and Karen Walker.

  • Episode 258 - Paul Gilmartin

    Released 03.01.12

    Comedian Paul Gilmartin and Marc find themselves in a wormhole of self-doubt and passive aggression as they delve into the mental health and pathology of stand-up comics.

  • Episode 257 - "Weird Al" Yankovic

    Released 02.27.12

    This is no parody, this is the real deal. "Weird Al" Yankovic graces the garage at The Cat Ranch for a conversation with Marc about his three decades in entertainment and the unique connection he has with audiences, including their ability to lift him up ...

  • Episode 256 - Diablo Cody

    Released 02.23.12

    Diablo Cody won an Oscar for her first screenplay but people still doubted her achievements. She talks with Marc about her development as a writer and how she managed to silence her loudest critics with Young Adult.

  • The Marc and Tom Show

    Released 02.20.12

    Marc Maron. Tom Scharpling. Just a couple of dudes trying to figure things out, one podcast at a time.

  • Episode 255 - Big Jay Oakerson

    Released 02.20.12

    Big Jay Oakerson did not take the traditional path into comedy. Of course, being a bouncer for stag party strippers and a dress-up Elmo for children's birthday parties isn't the traditional path into anything.

  • Episode 254 - Bill Maher

    Released 02.16.12

    Bill Maher is one of the drivers of political conversation in America but he still sees himself, first and foremost, as a comic.

  • Episode 253 - Nick Lowe

    Released 02.13.12

    Singer-songwriter Nick Lowe joins Marc for a talk about life in music. Nick dishes a bit about Elvis Costello and Johnny Cash before giving the Cat Ranch microphones a real workout with a top-shelf acoustic performance.

  • Episode 252 - Bill Lawrence

    Released 02.09.12

    Veteran TV writer and showrunner Bill Lawrence talks to Marc about his success in creating shows like Spin City and Scrubs after getting fired from major sitcoms of the 90s.

  • Episode 251 - Matt Graham

    Released 02.06.12

    Matt Graham has quite an amazing history. He and Marc crossed paths in the Boston comedy scene and Matt went on to be a respected comedy writer, a professional Scrabble player, a professional poker player, and an almost-college basketball player at the ag...

  • Episode 250 - Frank Santorelli, Tony V, Jimmy Tingle, Mike Donovan, Kenny Rogerson

    Released 02.02.12

    Marc got his start doing comedy in Boston and now he's back doing a Live WTF. All the guests on the show are comedy legends in Boston and, at some point in the past, Marc opened for all of them.

  • Episode 249 - Jimmy Kimmel

    Released 01.30.12

    Marc heads over to Hollywood Boulevard for a chat with Jimmy Kimmel. They discuss Jimmy's upbringing in Las Vegas, his tales of survival in local morning radio, his love of pranks and his mindset when he pulled one of the most famous televised pranks in h...

  • Episode 248 - Paul Feig

    Released 01.26.12

    Paul Feig, creator of Freaks and Geeks and the director of Bridesmaids, brings it to the garage for a candid conversation about comedy, his origins, Christian Science, the Golden Globes and a daunting issue he's lived with for most of his life.

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