LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian and actor Marc Maron mentioned Monday that he is ending his common and influential podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” after almost 16 years.
Maron mentioned on a newly launched episode that the final of the almost 2,000 episodes he has hosted can be launched later this 12 months.
“Sixteen years we’ve been doing this, and we’ve decided that we had a great run,” Maron mentioned. “Now, basically, it’s time, folks. It’s time. ‘WTF’ is coming to an end. It’s our decision. We’ll have our final episode sometime in the fall.”
The 61-year-old Maron mentioned he and producing companion Brendan McDonald are “tired” and “burnt out” however “utterly satisfied with the work we’ve done.”
Maron was a veteran stand-up comedian who had dabbled in radio when he began the present in 2009, at a time when stand-ups have been making an attempt out the shape in huge numbers, and plenty of listeners nonetheless downloaded episodes on to iPods.
The present early on was usually about Maron speaking via his beefs with fellow comedians, nevertheless it quickly stood out and have become a extensively heard and medium-defining present with its considerate, probing longform interviews of cultural figures.
It grew to become a key cease on press excursions for authors, actors and musicians and reached a peak when then-President Barack Obama visited Maron’s makeshift Los Angeles storage studio for an episode in 2015.
