WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

It's almost a wrap on Oscar Season. But before getting to their picks for overlooked 2024 Oscar Nominees, Brendan and Kris talk about I'm Not There, The Brutalist, Gene Hackman, and this week's WTF episodes with Carrie Coon and Chris Hayes.Click here to send us your suggestions, comments and topics.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.

When Chris Hayes was last on the show almost ten years ago, it was a much different world. Barack Obama had just recently been in the garage and Donald Trump had just declared his candidacy for President. Making sense of that changing world is what Chris does nightly on MSNBC, but he’s also written a new book about our changing brains. Chris and Marc talk about that book, The Sirens’ Call, and our rapidly evolving relationships with attention, information, media and our phones.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.Learn more about our sponsor NOCD by going here -  https://learn.nocd.com/wtf

When Chris Hayes was last on the show almost ten years ago, it was a much different world. Barack Obama had just recently been in the garage and Donald Trump had just declared his candidacy for President. Making sense of that changing world is what Chris does nightly on MSNBC, but he’s also written a new book about our changing brains. Chris and Marc talk about that book, The Sirens’ Call, and our rapidly evolving relationships with attention, information, media and our phones.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.

Marc joins Brendan to run down his picks for the winners of the 2025 Academy Awards and also to discuss the past year in film, as well as some overlooked high points.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.

As someone from a working class Ohio family, Carrie Coon didn’t think much about acting as a plausible career path. But her post-college work in regional theater led her to Steppenwolf in Chicago, which in turn led her to Broadway, and ultimately to a Hollywood career. Carrie and Marc talk about her first movie being being a baptism by David Fincher’s unique fire, meeting her husband Tracy Letts, learning that acting is not pretending, and spending six months in Thailand for the new season of The White Lotus.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.

As someone from a working class Ohio family, Carrie Coon didn’t think much about acting as a plausible career path. But her post-college work in regional theater led her to Steppenwolf in Chicago, which in turn led her to Broadway, and ultimately to a Hollywood career. Carrie and Marc talk about her first movie being being a baptism by David Fincher’s unique fire, meeting her husband Tracy Letts, learning that acting is not pretending, and spending six months in Thailand for the new season of The White Lotus.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.

Brendan and Kris are slogging through the winter, which gives them time to catch up on all things WTF, including guests Brady Corbet and Mo Amer, as well as final thoughts on SNL 50 and a new topic starter sent in by a listener about movies that take place entirely in one night.Check out The Cine-Files podcast, which features Brendan on the latest episode talking about Mad Max Fury Road. Click here for Apple Podcasts or click here for YouTube.Click here to send us your suggestions, comments and topics.

Mo Amer was new to America when he was nine years old and his brother took him to see his first standup show. From that point on, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. Then at age 17, he took advice that helped him map out his entire career. Mo talks with Marc about his love for Houston, its diversity, and its comedy scene. He also explains how he’s honoring his family and his Palestinian heritage in his Netflix series Mo and why the show had to be told from his personal perspective.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron.

Mo Amer was new to America when he was nine years old and his brother took him to see his first standup show. From that point on, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. Then at age 17, he took advice that helped him map out his entire career. Mo talks with Marc about his love for Houston, its diversity, and its comedy scene. He also explains how he’s honoring his family and his Palestinian heritage in his Netflix series Mo and why the show had to be told from his personal perspective.