I listened to all of the first 1500 episodes. There was a lot to learn there about the psychological and emotional makeup of creative people and how enjoyable to listen to them talk when they’re not pushing product. There was an opportunity to take some pop culture artifact I had always ignored and learn the intentions and process of the person who created it. The show also took a lot of people on pedestals and gave them time to talk about themselves and be relatable.
I listen to podcasts while I walk through a large city park near my home. I had some health issues that kept me from my daily walk and podcast episodes backed up on me. When I got back to walking I looked at the WTF episodes I missed and realized I had no interest in most of those guests and I found myself listening to one out of every ten episodes. I’ll miss the show when it’s gone but I won’t have the sense of loss that I would have if he’d given it up five years ago. The best thing I heard about it from outside was in a Fresh Air interview with Taylor Tomlinson. Tonya asked her what her big standup influences were and she said listening to Maron talk to standups was a master class in learning how the business works and how to break in. On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Now the question becomes, how much of an archive do they maintain, and for > how long? > > Administrivia: My reply to the OAN goil being canned got spam-flagged, not > by GG, just by my email. > > Kevin M, June 2nd: > > I recall I was working at a job 16 years ago that required me to take at > least an hour long lunch. I was the youngest of four siblings, so I > basically eat food like a convict: fast and defensively. So after my lunch > was finished, I had to find something to do for the remaining 56 minutes. > At the time, there were not as many podcasts… basically Ricky Gervais, Penn > Jillette, and Marc Maron flooded my ears. > > Gervais is unlistenable now, Jillette became intolerable, but I still > enjoy WTF. I don’t listen to every episode (lunch breaks, if I get them, > rarely last 15 minutes), but at least one or two a month. I will miss them. > > > > https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/marc-maron-end-wtf-podcast-1236415478/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c6a6dc28-ed89-49ae-96e9-1e24f924cba7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c6a6dc28-ed89-49ae-96e9-1e24f924cba7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE%3DuSrph1F4WBjnuNxqb2WepoBw%3DS3b1vkDQJs6PBt2jA%40mail.gmail.com.
