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If you work any job long enough, the days eventually start to blur together.
Its why, according to him, he has trouble picking favorites.
Almost all of them have moments that are completely authentic, unique, and weird, he says.
Obama said the N-word,Todd Glass came outon the podcast,Ian McKellen did Shakespeareto my face.
Theres very few where I dont have a prolonged period of genuine engagement, and I think thats rare.
Maron may have a difficult time picking favorites, but fans ofWTFarent always as troubled.
There are multipleRedditthreadsandarticlesdedicated torounding these up.
Regardless of why they resonate, fans can now go back and revisit their favorites at any time.
I had that experience withTracy Letts.
Im a big fan of his, and I appreciate him as a person and a talent.
We had a really good time, and we did become friends afterwards.
Also Lynn Shelton, who I became very good friends with after the podcast.
We were so connected in the years later and briefly became life partners before she passed away.
It happens a lot, but usually I dont follow up on it.
I feel like its a transgression of boundaries.
It was a real misstep on my part, and a lesson that I learned.
There are some people like that who I could have done a little better with.
If somebody has had a second life since I interviewed them somebody like Kevin that might be more interesting.
That initiated a conversation.
Were not a fundamentally political show, but we do speak in reaction to things like that.
We certainly got more political during the Trump presidency, andeven last week, I addressed theRoev.Waderepeal.
Theres also the funnier ones, too.
Big chunks of my stand-up material have started out as stream-of-consciousness monologues on the podcast.
And he was kind of right!
We had to patch it up anddo another episode.
Then there are the ones thatdidgo up that were fairly difficult.
We thought we shouldnt use theBilly Braverepisode, because it didnt make him look great.
But he got very defensive about it.
He said, You better use it, or Im going to have Barbra Streisands lawyer call you.
I bridged the entire spectrum of radio personalities and radio entertainment.
I brought them together and sat them next to each other.
Episode where producer Brendan McDonalds imprint is strongest
The legwork for theObama episodewas a massive undertaking.
He had to work with the White House.
I was on a vacation at that time.
I had people sitting in my driveway trying to talk to me at the time.
Thats the highest level of protecting me, protecting the show, and doing what he does.
Most awkward interview moment
The one I always go back to is the one withNick Cave.
Except I didnt know that that meant gay in Australia.
It was a very awkward moment that took a lot to get back from.
Im not sure I recovered from it during that entire interview with him.
It was a very awkward interview.
Most satisfying conflict to resolve
TheMorgan Murphy episodewas good.
We had some stuff to work through, and that was a fairly candid and difficult conversation.
I was able to make genuine amends for behavior.
That one stands out in my head as being emotional.
Then there wasLorne Michaels, who I was obsessed with.
Guests wisdom that resonated with you most
Stewart Leemade something apparent to me as a stand-up.
I guess Im not your cup of tea.
Another good example was myfirst interview with Keith Richards.
It was at the NPR Studios in New York.
Hes smoking in the studio!
I hadnt smoked in years, and I was on nicotine lozenges to not smoke.
But I was talking to Keith, and I asked him for a cigarette.
So I smoked my first cigarette in a decade with Keith Richards at the NPR Studios in New York.
