Marc Maron's sensational WTF podcast is heading to public radio. From the nearly 200 episodes of WTF With Marc Maron, a ten part series comprised of some of the most compelling interviews has been selected and edited for public radio with the help of The Sound Of Young America's Jesse Thorn and Nick White. The episodes will be distributed to public radio stations by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, distributors of shows like The Moth and Sound Opinions. Among those WTF episodes set for airing are Maron's in-depth conversations with Conan O'Brien, Judd Apatow, Louis CK, Carlos Mencia, Margaret Cho and Robin Williams. For a full list, visit http://www.prx.org/wtf#episodes
With nearly 20 million downloads since its launch in September 2009, WTF With Marc Maron is nothing short of a phenomenon. The podcast regularly charts in the top comedy podcasts on iTunes and its enthusiastic and ever-growing audience includes not only fans of comedy, but those in the industry who hail WTF as essential listening. WTF With Marc Maron has been called a Must-Listen by The New York Times and Vanity Fair, and featured in Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" where it was called "a fascinating hour." Along with his many accolades as a brazenly honest and effecting, if not accidental, journalist who is capable of drawing out the most compelling stories from his peers, Rolling Stone also named Maron "One of the Funniest People" of 2011.
Maron, a legendary comedic writer and performer, who in addition to his bi-weekly podcasts, continues to tour as a stand up says, "It’s exciting that I could take the world I came from and bring it to public radio.”
WTF episodes are set to air on Chicago's WBEZ, WNYC in NY, KUT in Austin, KCRW in LA, with many more stations set to also pick up episodes.
Any stations interested in airing the show, or for more about PRX and the radio version of WTF, go to http://www.prx.org/wtf
Find more info on WTF, full episodes, photos, apps, dates for WTF Live and more at http://www.wtfpod.com/
