Podcast Corner: Marc Maron returns to Obama for final episode of WTF
Marc Maron completed what he says is his final episode of WTF. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Monday, October 10, marked the 1,686th and final episode of which began in September 2009. It saw Maron travel to Washington DC for a conversation with former US president Barack Obama — “the most significant guest in the show’s history” — who first appeared on the show in 2015, when the podcast scene was “less glutted”.
After just over 16 years of two episodes a week, Maron says the relationship with the listeners is the longest of his life. It’s a two-way street; he has helped people battling addiction, suicidal thoughts, or simply unsure where the cat left its play ball. “I'm just sitting out here in the garage talking, but I know I'm talking to you and I do that as full-heartedly as I possibly can, and I guess that comes through,” he says on the penultimate episode, a monologue about the journey of
