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Episode 1590 - Jessica Lange
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Jessica Lange admits she’s always drawn to the darkness and madness of her characters, whether it’s Frances Farmer or Blanche DuBois or her most recent performance as The Great Lillian Hall, which dealt with the trifecta of grief, loss and loneliness. Jessica and Marc talk about how she enjoys plumbing the depths of emotion, but also enjoyed a life that’s taken her all over the world, a career that started in the palm of King Kong, and a body of work that includes Tootsie, All That Jazz, American Horror Story and more.
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Episode 1603 - WTF Origins: A Full Maron Special Presentation
01:30:52|Marc presents a special compilation of mini-series created for The Full Maron feed on WTF+ called WTF Origins. In this series of recordings from the past year, Marc and WTF producer Brendan McDonald talk about pivotal moments that were important in the creation of WTF, including Marc's days at Luna Lounge in the '90s, The Marc Maron Show in Los Angeles, Break Room Live with Sam Seder, and the decisions made in the sink-or-swim early days of the podcast.BONUS Producer Cuts - Cynthia Erivo, Mo Mandel, Steve Furey and more
32:50|The final Producer Cuts episode of 2024 includes stuff from November, including outtakes from the talks with Cynthia Erivo, Mo Mandel and Steve Furey. Plus, some of Marc's post-election musings, his feelings about social media, and a deja vu cat story.Episode 1602 - Bruce Vilanch
01:22:38|Bruce Vilanch is best known for his time as the head writer of the Oscars, but he is actually a vestige of a fabled era of show business. Bruce talks with Marc about how he went from being a child actor to working at newspapers to writing jokes for Bette Midler. His skill at writing in other people’s voices led him to countless jobs as a joke-writer-for-hire, doing punch up for famous comedians like Lily Tomlin, George Carlin, Joan Rivers and others, as well as for many beloved and detested TV variety shows.Episode 1602 - Bruce Vilanch
01:21:28|Bruce Vilanch is best known for his time as the head writer of the Oscars, but he is actually a vestige of a fabled era of show business. Bruce talks with Marc about how he went from being a child actor to working at newspapers to writing jokes for Bette Midler. His skill at writing in other people’s voices led him to countless jobs as a joke-writer-for-hire, doing punch up for famous comedians like Lily Tomlin, George Carlin, Joan Rivers and others, as well as for many beloved and detested TV variety shows.BONUS The Friday Show - Do We Have Your Attention?
58:35|As we reach the end of the year, Kris and Brendan go through some of the listener questions and comments that have been sent in, but not before diving into a particularly complicated and thorny WTF episode that aired this week.Click here to send us your suggestions, comments and topics.Episode 1601 - Justin Kurzel
01:22:42|Filmmaker Justin Kurzel is drawn to stories about outlaws and outsiders. Growing up in South Australia and living in Tasmania, he’s seen the fragile nature of small communities and the people who can prompt societal upheaval. Justin talks with Marc about his new and very relevant film The Order and why Justin was compelled to cast Marc as an assassinated radio host. They also talk about Justin’s other films, including one that the Prime Minister of Australia said shouldn’t be made.Episode 1601 - Justin Kurzel
01:22:03|Filmmaker Justin Kurzel is drawn to stories about outlaws and outsiders. Growing up in South Australia and living in Tasmania, he’s seen the fragile nature of small communities and the people who can prompt societal upheaval. Justin talks with Marc about his new and very relevant film The Order and why Justin was compelled to cast Marc as an assassinated radio host. They also talk about Justin’s other films, including one that the Prime Minister of Australia said shouldn’t be made.BONUS The Marc and Tom Show #3 (from 2013)
01:21:27|From Feb 2013, it’s the third verbal jam session between Marc and Tom Scharpling. Tom tells a story about a bad encounter with a famous athlete at a Who concert, Marc spills the secrets of his rock and roll past, Tom details his pitch for Big Momma's House 3, and more. This episode was offered as an a la carte purchase at the time and is now available on Acast+ for the first time.Theme song - Mausoleum by The Tokeleys - Download by clicking here or listen to them on Spotify.Episode 1600 - Bobbi Althoff
01:25:57|Bobbi Althoff’s podcast success story is much different than Marc’s podcast success story. In fact, the concept of a podcast is very different than when WTF got started. Bobbi explains how she grew up in a chaotic environment where money was hard to come by and, after becoming a mom in her early 20s, she found viral fame by sheer force of will, as well as a guest appearance by Drake. They also talk about the grind of the content creation machine, the mental health drain of social media, and fame being an economic engine.