Wissenswertes

Has been on poor terms with Jon Stewart for years, which Maron admits largely stemmed from jealousy on his part. Because he finds Stewart to be nice, smart and talented despite their personal differences, he invited him onto his podcast to make amends (episodes of his podcast in which he reconciled with Paul F. Tompkins and Louis C.K. are regarded by many critics to be among the best podcast interviews ever). Stewart responded to this invitation, saying he would be willing to discuss their issues one-on-one over coffee, but not to do so in a public forum, although he made a point to congratulate Maron on the success of his podcast.

One of his guests on his highly successful 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast was then-President Barack Obama. Maron often makes mention of having to ask his neighbors' permission to station Secret Service snipers on their roofs during the interview.

Was good friends with Sam Kinison.

Was best friends and roommates with Louis C.K..

Stand up style is often compared to Richard Lewis. In his first book, The Jerusalem Syndrome, he initially wrote the phrase "the food pyramid in hell" which the editor changed to "the food pyramid from hell." Because "...from hell" is Lewis' trademark catchphrase (so much so that Lewis infamously petitioned Bartlett's Familiar Quotations to attribute it to him, as parodied in the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode The Nanny from Hell (2002)) this edit so-frustrated Maron that whenever he signs a copy of the book, he opens it to that page and changes it to "...in hell.".

Grew up in New Jersey, Alaska, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Graduated from Boston University.

Lynn Shelton met Marc Maron for the first time in 2015 when she was a guest on his podcast, "WTF with Marc Maron." Over the next five years, they worked together professionally on multiple projects, including Shelton directing two of his comedy specials, multiple episodes of his shows "Maron" and "GLOW," and the movie Sword of Trust. They also became romantic partners before her death in 2020.

He is of Russian Jewish descent.

In a WTF podcast interview with Seth Rogen in 2020, Marc asked him about his Jewish background. While they mainly discussed growing up with Hebrew school and other family parts of observing Judaism, the main controversy of the interview was the shared agreement by Maron and Rogen that they would never want to live in Israel.

Studied Acting with Michael Howard in New York.

Co-host of Breakroom Live, a novel internet show characterized by political commentary and insightful comedy on Air America. (April 2009)

Born on the same date as Scott Lawrence.