Marc Maron has revealed that he’s ending his long-running, game-changing podcast WTF With Marc Maron. After practically 16 years spent interviewing musicians, comedians, and different cultural figures, the veteran comic and actor will launch his remaining episode of the podcast within the autumn. Maron broke the information throughout the publish current WTF episode, with John Mulaney, sharing that each he and his producing associate Brendan McDonald are “drained” and “burnt out,” however “completely happy with the work we’ve completed.”
“Sixteen years we’ve been doing this, and we’ve determined that we had a fantastic run,” Maron mentioned. “Now, principally, it’s time, of us. It’s time. WTF is coming to an finish. It’s our determination. We’ll have our remaining episode someday within the fall.” Take heed to the complete episode beneath.
WTF With Marc Maron rapidly established itself as a substitute strategy to podcasts, particularly when it debuted in September 2009. What started as an area for Maron to hash out his annoyances and beefs with fellow comedians quickly changed into a go-to useful resource for in-depth, sprawling, and laidback conversations with cultural figures. Maron took a nonplussed however pleasant strategy when talking with visitors, and within the course of repeatedly coaxed never-before-heard tales from celebrities whereas making them chuckle.
Throughout WTF With Marc Maron’s future, he recorded practically 1,700 episodes and spoke with everybody from former President Barack Obama and Carol Burnett to Ariana Grande and Osees’ John Dwyer. Although episodes sometimes acquired laughs out of his visitors and listeners alike, Maron by no means shied away from heavy matters or darkish corners. In 2010, he navigated a very private and emotional interview with Robin Williams; and, following the 2020 loss of life of his girlfriend, director Lynn Shelton, Maron opened up in a heartfelt, sobering episode.
Whereas Maron hasn’t shared what his subsequent plan is, he does have a number of initiatives lined up which have been publicly introduced. A type of is his starring function in Ship Me From Nowhere, the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen. Maron will painting Chuck Plotkin, the producer who painstakingly mastered Springsteen’s pivotal 1982 album Nebraska.
Revisit Pitchfork’s 5-10-15-20 interview with Marc Maron.
