After 16 years, almost 1700 episodes and countless honest conversations, comedians and podcaster Marc Maron brought their influential WTF show with Maron Maron at the end – and did it with a suitable final guest: former US President Barack Obama.
Marc Maron offers Adieu to his podcast with former President Barack Obama as the last guest
Obama, who first appeared on WTF in 2015, while he was still in the office, re -joined the Maron for the final episode of the podcasts released on Monday. This time the conversation took place in the Obama’s Washington Office and brought a feeling of the whole circle to the show that helped shape the modern era of podcasting.
The identity of the final guest was kept secret, which caused intensive speculation between fans. Many of them rightly guessed that Obama would return, especially after Maron mentioned in a diverse interview in July that the former president would be his “ideal final conversation”.
In his typically underestimated opening, the maron was thinking about choosing to close the series with Obama. “It turned out that the guest we had to have was unique,” he said, “in the fact that he could solve the importance of this last episode, but also deal with how we move around the world in which we live and scary as it is.”
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Maron, now 62, launched WTF in 2009 from his Los Angeles Garage, a space that was lovingly named Cat Ranch. The show initially developed a refuge for its raw, self -reflective cottages with comic colleagues, developed into one of the most respected long forms in the world, and introduced guests from Robin Williams and Keith Richards to Anna Kendrick and Bruce Springsteen.
Obama’s first WTF performance meant a cultural turning point and legitimized podcasting as a serious medium for public discourse. His return for the finals emphasized the lasting influence of the show and the personal relationship between these two men.
In the latest conversation, Maron avoided apparent sentimentality and in the previous episode gave emotional farewell. Instead, Monday’s recording focused on reflection – personal and political – offering listeners one last moment of introspection and honesty that defined the series.
In his final words, Maron paid tribute not to celebrities or milestones, but cats that quietly accompanied him during the show – nodding on an intimate human scale, which made the WTF so significant.
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