Marc Maron has dropped the 1,686th and final episode of his long-running WTF podcast, with former President Barack Obama returning for Maron’s last interview. Maron managed to keep the identity of his last guest a secret until the episode dropped Monday morning, Oct. 13. In introducing Obama — who famously …
Read More »Jay Leno, Marc Maron, Wanda Sykes Raise Free-Speech Warnings After ABC Cans 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Marc Maron and Wanda Sykes were among the many to raise serious concerns about the threat to free speech after ABC’s decision to indefinitely pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the Trump administration. Sykes was set to be a guest on Kimmel on Wednesday night, but ABC made its …
Read More »Jamie Lee Curtis Mourns Charlie Kirk Despite Disagreeing With Him 'On Almost Every Point'
Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional on Marc Maron‘s WTF podcast as she reflected on the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. “I’m going to bring something up with you just because it’s front of mind,” Curtis told Maron on an episode that dropped Monday. “Charlie Crist was killed two days …
Read More »Marc Maron Dissects His Comedy Career and Confronts Grief in 'Are We Good?' Trailer
Marc Maron reflects on his career as a stand-up comic and podcast pioneer, while confronting the tensions between grief and comedy, in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary, Are We Good? The clip, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone, offers the first wide look at the highly anticipated film, which …
Read More »Marc Maron Takes Aim at Netflix, Bill Maher, Dave Chappelle: 'Fascism Is Good for Business'
Marc Maron doesn’t believe business should come before morals. It’s exactly why he severed ties with Bill Maher and finds the consistent platforming of controversial comedians on platforms like Netflix to be considerably dangerous, he said on Pod Save America, per Variety. “I always had a problem with his tone,” …
Read More »Ariana Grande Asks Entertainment Companies to Add Therapy Sessions to Contracts
After being raised in the limelight, Ariana Grande asked music, TV, and film companies to offer mental health resources for young performers, along with requesting they offer weekly therapy sessions. Grande, who starred in Nickelodeon’s Victorious and spinoff series Sam & Cat, opened up about navigating fame as a teen …
Read More »'The Order': Jude Law vs. Neo-Nazi White Supremacists. Guess Who Wins?
On June 18th, 1984, Alan Berg was assassinated outside of his home in Denver, Colorado. The confrontational talk-radio host had made a name for himself by arguing on-air with, among others, anti-Semites and white supremacists. A group known as “The Order,” who had taken their name from the fictional hate-mongers …
Read More »Marc Maron Slams Comics Driving 'Anti-Woke Flank of the New Fascism' After Tony Hinchcliffe Set
Marc Maron rebuked the comics he believes are driving the “anti-woke flank of the new fascism” in a short essay pointedly shared after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made several racist jokes at Donald Trump’s rally in New York City yesterday. Maron set up this point by arguing that he believes that …
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