![]() But he did want to talk about the common refrain that “everybody knew” what C.K. In a long monologue that began his podcast this Monday morning, Maron said he would not “condone,” “justify,” “defend” or “apologize for” C.K.’s “vile, inappropriate, hurtful, damaging and selfish” behavior. has acknowledged that the allegations of sexual misconduct against him by five different women are true, it was Maron’s turn to talk about his role in his longtime friend’s disturbing history. It wasn’t until Maron launched his podcast in 2009 that the tide finally began to turn. They started out performing together in Boston, but over the years as C.K.’s star began to rise, Maron’s stalled. dramatized their uncomfortable reconciliation on his FX show Louie.Īt that point, the two stand-up comics had been friends for more than 25 years. ![]() Their 2010 conversation on Maron’s WTF has been called the “greatest podcast episode ever.” Two years later, C.K. are currently in the category of “uninspired.Marc Maron and Louis C.K. Joe Rogan and Ricky Gervais seem to fall under the “untalented” category, while Chappelle and probably Louis C.K. Many of these comics do not see themselves as right-wing people, they see themselves as “libertarian,” but they are so easily appropriated by right-wing thought, right? There are these weird tribal lines being drawn, and the old-school kind of progressive nature of sensitivity - but also taking shots at everybody - is sort of falling to the wayside of people going, “Fuck you, I’m entitled to do this because of this and that, or free speech and anti-censorship.” So that ideological place is a front, and it’s enabling a lot of really uninspired, untalented people to perform. I do believe that there are lines now in terms of comedy, and that they do function somewhat on political lines. They are the hacks, and they are the groupthink victims. For a bunch of freethinkers, they all think the same thing, and it’s like three things that they poke at, and it’s hackneyed. But this is just an excuse to ride the momentum of an audience that’s been built on these premises. A lot of people who are not innately that funny become comics, and they can become good comics if they can figure it out. You’ve got like-minded people who fill these rooms because they don’t know how to assess funny unless it’s bullying, or unless it’s in totally bad taste. That’s really the big unsaid thing, is that anti-woke is the new hack. I’m just saying that they are hacks, and it’s an angle. It’s a phenomenal interview, where Maron also takes aim at anti-woke comics ( as he has also done on his podcast, calling them the new hacks. He talks about processing Shelton’s death, how he developed his latest special, and why he decided to act in To Leslie. Maron has a stand-up special out on Netflix this week, and ahead of it, he gave an interview to Jesse David Fox over on Vulture. Now, it’s often my favorite part of each episode. I used to skip the first ten minutes of every podcast where Maron would talk about himself. It’s been illuminating to listen to him process his own loss during a period in which many of his listeners also experienced loss, and his interview with Andrew Garfield is one of the most remarkable hours of podcasting I’ve ever heard. It’s been nearly three years now, and during that time, Maron has continued to evolve as a person, and now he’s one of my favorite people. He’d cry occasionally, get choked up frequently, and he would frequently process his grief with celebrity guests. Maron, who did not take much time off, was a wreck on his podcast. Unfortunately, only a few months into the pandemic, Shelton died suddenly because of undiagnosed leukemia. ![]() When the COVID lockdowns began, Maron kept a lot of us company during our isolation. The angry, cynical crank mostly melted away and left, in its wake, a more thoughtful, introspective, and weirdly pleasant guy. After he landed interviews with Barack Obama and then Lorne Michaels, however, Maron exorcised some insecurities, and when he began dating Lynn Shelton, new aspects of his personality began to surface. His interviews continued to be good, but Maron’s cranky narcissism and persecution complex began to wear thin. In the beginning, it was thrilling because the podcast interview format was mostly new to me (I was listening to Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist podcast, as well), and it was fun to get to know Maron. Over the years, I’ve had an interesting relationship with Maron. I’ve been listening to WTF with Marc Maron for nearly a decade, checking in for the first time after the death of Robin Williams to hear to his previously aired interview with the late comedian. ![]()
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