What he has done is cull the interviews for thematic content and organized them so they create a rough narrative in the sense that the first person might mention their father and then religion and the next quote might be about religion and move to the next topic. So if you have heard every episode of WTF, there will not be any new content here. As a listener not all that interested in addiction though, I would often get frustrated when he got to these moments! This is one of the reasons I stopped trying to listen to all the episodes, honestly, but I found that he has a very good reason for doing so - something about when someone connects with you on a shared experience like addiction, it somehow strips the pretense away and allows him to get deeper and more personal about other topics. In the Addiction chapter, his brief intro explains why he asks about addiction if he has that in common with his guest. That isn't really represented in this book much, although there are tidbits here and there. I think, at times, Marc Maron asks interesting questions, and I was curious to hear more about his thought process. I used to listen to the WTF Podcast, and still do occasionally when the guest is someone who really interests me. I try to read as many books as I can about podcasts, podcasting, interviewing, etc., so I was excited to see this book come up. Thanks to the publisher for providing access to this title through Edelweiss. In June 2015, Maron interviewed the President of the United States, Barack Obama, at his podcast studio and home, in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California.įrom 2013 to 2016, he starred in his own IFC television comedy series, Maron, for which he also served as executive producer and occasional writer. that was rated the #1 podcast episode of all time by Slate magazine. Highlights have included Conan O'Brien, Robin Williams, and an episode with Louis C.K. In September 2009, Maron began hosting a twice-weekly podcast titled WTF with Marc Maron in which he interviews comedians and celebrities. Maron was a frequent guest on the Late Show with David Letterman and made more than forty appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, more than any other standup performer. He hosted Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater for a year, replacing Jon Stewart.
He has been host of The Marc Maron Show and co-host of both Morning Sedition and Breakroom Live, all politically oriented shows produced by Air America Media.
Marcus David Maron is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and actor. Bruce Springsteen expounds on the dual nature of desperation to both motivate and devastate.įull of stories that are at once laugh-out loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, joyous, tragic and powerful, Waiting for the Punch is a book to be read from cover to cover, but it is also one to return to again and again. Amy Poehler dishes on why just because you become a parent doesn’t mean you have to like anybody else’s kids but your own. Molly Shannon uproariously remembers the time she and her best friend hopped a plane from Ohio to New York City when they were twelve on a dare. Amy Schumer recounts the pain of her parents’ divorce. Barack Obama candidly discusses the challenges of the presidency, and the bittersweet moments of seeing your children grow up. With each chapter covering a different topic: parenting, childhood, relationships, sexuality, success, failures and others, Punch becomes a sort of everyman’s guide to life. This book is not simply a collection of these interviews, but instead something more wondrous: a running narrative of the world’s most recognizable names working through the problems, doubts, joys, triumphs, and failures we all experience. Waiting for the Punch features the stories and thoughts of such luminaries as Amy Schumer, Mel Brooks, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Sir Ian McKellen, Lorne Michels, Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, RuPaul, Louis CK, David Sedaris, Bruce Springsteen, and President Obama. From the beloved and wildly popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron comes a book of intimate, hilarious and life changing conversations with some of the funniest, and most important people in the world like you’ve never heard them before.
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