The New York Times had a fun piece today on one of my favorite podcasts, WTF with Marc Maron.
The do-it-yourself quality of the podcast — his setup includes only a laptop computer or digital recorder, a mixer and two microphones — puts guests at ease. As Mr. Apatow put it, “You kind of feel like he might lose the tape on the way home.”
The podcast is a series of interviews with famous (and not-so-famous) comics, with guests ranging from Robin Williams to Carlos Mencia to Aziz Ansari.
“He’s a much better talker than me,” Mr. Glass, the radio host, said. “As a performer he’s incredibly bare. And then to bring that bareness to a journalism setting gives you this secret weapon that’s immensely powerful.”
The interviews with Carlos Mencia are like no other interviews I’ve heard (you can read about them in the article as well). If you were looking for something new to listen to on your way to work, WTF is it.
