Marc Maron was interviewed at the New Yorker fest and mentioned he finally got his long-sought interview with Lorne Michaels for his WTF Podcast. For those not familiar with the story, Lorne talked to Maron about replacing Norm MacDonald on "Weekend Update." It was just Michaels and someone else from the staff in the final interview. Maron said there was a big bowl of candy on his desk and at one point Maron decided to reach for a candy. Michaels shot a look to the other person, as Maron remembered it. Maron has obsessed about it in Maron-like fashion.When Maron announced on the show he had gotten the interview, he mentioned he used to joke it would be his last interview for WTF. He hinted he might end the podcast or make some changes. He said he didn't know what he was going to do. He has not announced his plans in subsequent episodes. He seems to be backing away from the idea of ending the podcast. In today's podcast with James Taylor (excellent interview if you like Taylor's music but don't know his backstory, including his heroin addiction) he hinted the Michaels interview will drop soon. Hinting that he might end the podcast might simply be a way to build suspense and bring more attention to the podcast, which is passing some milestone like 20 million downloads (I don't remember the specific number). Part of me think Maron would be nuts to end it. Just in the last few weeks, he added Chipotle as a sponsor. He's had a couple of others cash advertisers. Most of his advertising is like Stamps.com or Audible where he gets a cut when someone signs up for the service using his promo code. Hell, I'll bet Kevin would commit acts forbidden in Utah and a few other states to get Chipotle as a sponsor. Maron also seems to be cruising on a post Obama glow. He seems to have snagged many more big-name guests after interviewing Obama. On the other hand, Maron has warned in the past that if he got enough money -- and he didn't know how much that would be -- he would pack it all in and walk away. I don't get the feeling he's getting rich from his IFC TV show. But if he wanted to leave on top this would be the time to do it. On today's podcast he said he was getting office space down the road, which suggests to me he wants to continue the podcast. I guess we'll know when he releases the Michaels podcast.
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