Last month, he got NPR’s famously reserved “Fresh Air” host Terry Gross to reveal that she’d dropped out of college and hitchhiked across the country in the ‘80s. Known for his intimate, sometimes mercurial interview style, Maron can make guests so comfortable they sometimes share incredibly personal details.
The program’s success has raised Maron’s profile as a stand-up comic and also helped him land his own IFC comedy, “Maron,” about - wait for it - a twice-divorced recovering addict who records a podcast in his garage. According to “WTF” producer Brendan McDonald, the show gets more than 5 million downloads a month and averages 450,000 downloads per episode.
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If you’re trying to make the president look hip, “WTF” is a natural fit - in the same vein as Obama’s appearances on Zach Galifianakis’ “Between Two Ferns” and Jimmy Fallon’s late-night shows, where the leader of the free world slow-jammed the news. Indeed, Obama and his communications staff surely knew what they were after with Friday’s “WTF” appearance. “So it would have been awkward, and it would have been hot. “I don’t really have a suit that fits properly,” he said with a shrug. He was dressed in the same outfit he’d worn to meet Barack Obama in his driveway that morning: a plaid shirt and blue jeans cuffed above a pair of motorcycle boots. Maron, 51, took a big puff and reclined in his wooden desk chair. Because this was the day the president of the United States had arrived via motorcade at Maron’s Highland Park home, walked into his 165-square-foot garage and sat for an interview on the comedian’s podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron.” And yes, that third letter stands for what you think it does. “Do you mind if I light a cigar?” Marc Maron asked.
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