Despite being a member of the Coppola family, all Jason Schwartzman really wanted was to be in a band. But he tells Marc about the chance occurance that got him cast in Rushmore without any prior acting ...
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Episode 568 - Mike Judge
Mike Judge and Marc have a lot to talk about. First of all, they both grew up in Albuquerque. Then there’s Mike’s groundbreaking animated work, which began on a whim and wound up birthing Beavis and ...
Listen →Episode 567 - Jeff Garlin
At long last, Jeff Garlin is in the garage for a one-on-one with Marc. They talk about how Jeff got paired with Larry David to birth Curb Your Enthusiasm, how Marc and Jeff once pitched a cop show ...
Listen →Episode 566 - Richard Linklater
Director Richard Linklater takes Marc through the unprecedented 12 year process of making his latest film, Boyhood, and goes into detail about Dazed and Confused, Matthew McConaughey, School of Rock, ...
Listen →Episode 565 - Paul Thomas Anderson
Director Paul Thomas Anderson joins Marc in the garage for a thorough discussion of each and every one of Paul’s films, including his latest, Inherent Vice. Paul explains his creative process and spills ...
Listen →Episode 564 - Melanie Lynskey
Actress Melanie Lynskey is always an engaging screen presence, whether in movies like Up in the Air or Heavenly Creatures, or in TV sitcoms like Two and a Half Men. But she probably never thought the gift ...
Listen →Episode 563 - Jason Nash
Close out the year with a WTF that harkens back to the days of old, when Marc and his guests stomped through the wreckage of strained relationships and bad feelings. This time it’s with actor and comedian ...
Listen →Episode 562 - Larry Grobel
Larry Grobel has interviewed everyone. As the premiere profile writer for Playboy Magazine, Larry became a renowned chronicler of celebrity and culture. But not unlike Marc, interviewing famous people was ...
Listen →Episode 561 - Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge makes Marc’s garage sound better than ever with an amazing conversation followed by a killer live performance. Love, loss, children, parents, cancer, recovery, desolation, vindication - ...
Listen →Episode 560 - Adam Goldberg
Adam Goldberg is one of the only WTF guests who can match Marc’s neuroses note for note. He’s also a Renaissance man who continues to hone his skills in photography, songwriting, filmmaking and acting. ...
Listen →Episode 559 - St. Vincent
Whether you call her St. Vincent or Annie Clark, all Marc really wants to know in this conversation is how she went from being a guitar-rocking 12-year-old in Oklahoma to one of the most celebrated ...
Listen →Louis C.K. from 2010
Originally published as a two-part episode in October 2010, this conversation between Marc and Louis C.K. was chosen by Slate as the #1 podcast episode of all time. It is presented here for the first time ...
Listen →Episode 558 - Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate is making it happen on her own terms, whether it’s her standup, her children’s character Marcel the Shell, or her movie projects like Obvious Child. Jenny and Marc talk about how a difficult ...
Listen →Episode 557 - Ian Edwards
The last time comedian Ian Edwards was WTF, Marc embarrassed himself in spectacular fashion. Now Ian is in the garage for a less cringeworthy conversation about his early life in Jamaica and a stand-up ...
Listen →Episode 556 - Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde was just an unabashed rock and roll music fan from the Midwest before a journey to England turned her into a genuine rock star and the face of The Pretenders. Chrissie tells Marc about her ...
Listen →Episode 555 - Norman Lear
Legendary producer Norman Lear is responsible for shows that not only changed television, but altered the culture at large. At 92 years old, Norman joins Marc in the garage to reflect on his early life ...
Listen →Episode 554 - Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller was tagged with the “alt” label early in his career, as in alt-country. But as Rhett explains to Marc, he was actually emo before emo was a thing, and that brooding, angst-filled teenager in ...
Listen →Episode 553 - Julia Sweeney
With her wit and kind nature, Julia Sweeney proves she can make an irresistibly entertaining conversation out of topics like death, cancer, loss of faith, divorce, alcoholism, insecurity and, of course, ...
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