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Wtfpodcast12/26/2023 In bad years I scramble like everyone else. In good years I get my insurance coverage from SAG. I am a proud dues paying member of both the WGA and SAG/AFTRA. We fill in some gaps in my curiosity about Ciro’s nightclub which is now The Comedy Store. On Thursday George Schlatter returns with some old show biz stories we didn’t get to the first time he was on. We catch up about his life and new special. Today my old friend Jim Gaffigan talks to me for the seventh time on the show. Because of divisiveness and entitlement and viral ideologies that compromise the humanity of individuals, it's heart-swelling and essential to watch something that should be the way we all see the world and others. The fact that it takes a certain amount of courage in art to sit with the familiar flaws of people without resolution or polish or judgement is a sad state of culture. He affords the actors, and hence the characters, a profound amount of space to unfold and exist in what seems an authentic world. I’ve been watching his early films that he did with the BBC and I find them totally engaging in terms of the empathy his lens has for beautifully flawed characters. I’m hoping to have an opportunity to direct a film and I want to know and feel what I really like in terms of specific elements of direction. I’ve been watching a lot of Mike Leigh movies. It’s always a little about me which is an understatement but flexible. I went to the picket line instead of exercising at my regular time. I don’t know why I checked but I got in over 11,000 steps. There were plenty of people I knew but didn’t really know. I clocked Tim, Eric, Chelsea, Reggie Watts, Jon Daly, Hannah Einbinder, Nick Thune, Jeff Baena and Joe Mande. It felt correct and righteous to be out there with the rest of my community, striking for correct compensation and representation. We met down at the main Netflix offices, were given t-shirts and a sign and got into the line. Tim Heidecker texted me that he and Chelsea Peretti were going and we should get a funny people presence on the line. I have explained what they are about in terms of grievances and possible resolutions. I certainly have spoken in support of the strikes by both the unions I am a member of, SAG/AFTRA and WGA. I tend to feel like I do my part when I talk about things on the podcast. I’m not sure I would’ve done it if It was entirely up to me. Listen as Marc Maron and President Obama get down and dirty on racism on the latest episode of WTF by hitting the link.I hit the picket line on Friday. But its the segment on race that is easily the most hard-hitting and it can be heard in its entirety down below. Their tastes in comedy are discussed, as well as fatherhood (Dad's Day being just yesterday and all) and how they both came to cigarette smoking. And they go deep, but it's not all that heavy. For many, this will be that moment of empirical frustration in the POTUS' voice and demeanor that we've been hoping to hear in the wake of the Charleston tragedies. Obama and Maron wax diligently over racism in the states, citing the recent horrors in Charleston, SC, and how the discussion on gun control is as relevant as it ever was. And if the thought of the POTUS sitting in a comedian's garage isn't enough to get your ears focused, perhaps a brief breakdown of the chat would do the trick. You probably heard rumblings of the occasion's announcement early last week as it all came together, but now you have the opportunity to sit-in on their discussion, which took place where almost all of Maron's interviews take place his garage. But today he's let loose an interview of a whole new beast, that is his candid sit-down with President Barack Obama. His podcast WTF has featured deeply insightful interviews of Louis CK (a must-listen for any comedy nerd out there) the late Patrice O'Neil, Carl Reiner, Larry King (a personal favorite) and virtually every comedic talent and rock god in between, up to and including both revealing interviews and a heartfelt tribute to the dearly departed Robin Williams. Marc Maron is perhaps one the internet's most important voices, and a fairly intrepid journalist for that matter.
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