WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron basically invented the modern podcast interview. He started recording conversations in his garage in 2009, back when "podcast" still needed explaining. Sixteen years and roughly 1,200 episodes later, he wrapped it up in October 2025 with a final episode featuring Barack Obama. Hard to top that. The show was never polished. That was the point. Marc would sit across from someone — a comedian, an actor, a musician, whoever — and just talk. Not the sanitized press-tour version of talking. The real kind, where people admit things they probably shouldn't. His own anxiety and neurosis weren't bugs, they were features. Guests opened up because Marc opened up first. Some interviews were all-timers. The Robin Williams episode, recorded shortly before his death, is devastating. The Obama episode from 2015 was genuinely historic — a sitting president, in a garage, talking about race. The comedy world episodes are where Marc was most comfortable, getting fellow stand-ups to drop the persona and be honest about the grind. He could also be a lot. The first 15 minutes of self-reflection before the guest arrived weren't for everyone. His mood swung between self-deprecating and self-absorbed, sometimes in the same sentence. But when the interview clicked? Nothing else sounded like it. The show's over now, but the archive is massive and most of it holds up. Start with any guest you're curious about. You'll probably end up listening to five more.