Marc Maron

Maron was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of mother Toby Blum and father Barry Ralph Maron, an orthopedic surgeon.{{cite web|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|title=Episode 564 - Melanie Lynskey|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_564_-_melanie_lynskey|website=WTF with Marc Maron|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=January 1, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|title=Episode 48 - Brendon Small / Dr. Barry Maron|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_48_brendon_small_dr._barry_maron|website=WTF with Marc Maron|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=February 18, 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Heild|first1=Colleen|title=Doctor Gives Up Medical License|url=http://www.abqjournal.com/52117/news/doctor-gives-up-medical-license.html|access-date=January 8, 2015|work=Albuquerque Journal|date=August 25, 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|title=Episode 28 - Eddie Brill / Toby Maron|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_28_eddie_brill_toby_maron|website=WTF with Marc Maron|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=December 7, 2009}} He has a younger brother, Craig.{{Cite news|last=Edgers|first=Geoff|date=November 28, 2015|title=How an angry comic who had a coke habit became the Barbara Walters of podcasts|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/how-an-angry-comic-with-a-coke-habit-became-the-barbara-walters-of-podcasts/2015/11/24/502d8706-8e02-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2b_story.html|access-date=2022-02-13|issn=0190-8286}}

Maron is from a Jewish family, originally from Poland and Ukraine, including Drohobych.{{cite web|first=Ron|last=Netsky|url=https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/interview-marc-maron/Content?oid=2270417|title=INTERVIEW: Marc Maron |work=CITY Newspaper|date=September 11, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Clark|url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/marc-maron-does-television-too/|title=Marc Maron Does Television Too |work=Boston University|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2018}} He lived in Wayne, New Jersey until he was six.Levin, Eric. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/marc-maron/ "Comedian Marc Maron: The Stand-Up Notables Sit Down With; Marc Maron's must-hear podcast leads to a book and TV series."], New Jersey Monthly, June 14, 2013. Accessed October 10, 2017. "New Jersey Monthly: Before your family moved to Albuquerque, you spent your first six years in Wayne. How Jersey do you feel? Marc Maron: I do feel attached to the place." Maron's father joined the U.S. Air Force for two years for his medical residency in Alaska, and so Maron and his family moved there. When his father left the Air Force, he moved the family to Albuquerque, New Mexico and started a medical practice. Maron lived in Albuquerque from third grade through high school.{{cite web|last1=Chisholm|first1=Christie|title=Who Is Marc Maron? Comic returns to his hometown for one stand-up night|url=http://alibi.com/art/35167/Who-Is-Marc-Maron.html|website=Alibi|access-date=January 8, 2015|location=V.19, No.51|date=December 22, 2010}} He graduated from Highland High School.{{cite web|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|title=Marc's return to High School @ BreakRoomLive.com|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATkxOSVIrP0|website=Break Room Live|publisher=Air America|access-date=January 9, 2015|format=Video|date=October 17, 2008}}

In 1986, Maron graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in English literature.{{cite journal|last=Hayes|first=Dade|title=Broadcasting & Cable|journal=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 22, 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Andrew|title=Marc Maron's WTF|url=http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring13/marc-maron/|website=Bostonia|publisher=Boston University|access-date=January 9, 2015|issue=Winter-Spring 2013}}

Maron first performed stand-up in 1987 when he was 24 years old.{{cite news|last1=Lopate|first1=Leonard|title=Darkness, Depression, Addiction, and Anxiety: Marc Maron Probes the Inner Lives of Comedians|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/marc-maron/|access-date=January 8, 2015|work=The Leonard Lopate Show|date=November 6, 2014}} His professional comedy career began at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, where he became an associate of Sam Kinison.{{cite web |last1=Plastik |first1=David |title=Sam Kinison & Marc Maron backstage At The Comedy Store 1987 |url=https://erockphotos.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/SAM-KINISON/G0000AET7C9CW90Q/I0000Phq.u1Rodos |website=Vintage Music Images |publisher=erockphotos.photoshelter.com |access-date=November 24, 2020}}{{citation|last=Maron|first=Marc|title=The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah|publisher=Broadway Books|year=2001|chapter=7|isbn=0-7679-0810-4}} He later moved to New York City and became part of the New York alternative comedy scene. During the summer of 1994, he appeared several times on Monday open-mic night, coordinated by Tracey Metzger, at the now-closed Greenwich Village location of the Boston Comedy Club. He auditioned unsuccessfully for the 1995 Saturday Night Live cast overhaul and attributes being passed over to being high during a meeting with show creator and producer Lorne Michaels.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091416/http://www.airamerica.com/maron/story_michaels|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url=http://www.airamerica.com/maron/story_michaels|title=Lorne Michaels and Gorillas|year=1998|author=Maron, Marc|publisher=Air America}}{{cite web|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|title=The God of 'SNL' Will See You Now|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/arts/television/the-god-of-snl-will-see-you-now.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 20, 2014|date=August 22, 2013}}

Maron continued to be a stand-up comedian and also began to appear on television; his voice was used in episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2017/06/29/marc-maron-dr-katz-professional-therapist-video/|title=Marc Maron Recalls Getting Animated With Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|date=June 29, 2017|website=TVLine|access-date=2019-11-10}} and he hosted Short Attention Span Theater for a time. He also recorded half-hour specials for HBO and Comedy Central Presents as well as comedy showcases like the Cam Neely Foundation fundraiser, which also featured performers such as Jon Stewart, Denis Leary and Steven Wright. He frequently appeared in the live alternative stand-up series he had organized with Janeane Garofalo called Eating It, which used the rock bar Luna Lounge in New York's Lower East Side as its venue, from the 1990s until the building was razed in 2005.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLC9RDu6iXgC&q=%22Eating+It%22+Maron&pg=PA1976|title=High-Status Characters|publisher=Megawatt Press|isbn=9780989528436}}

His first one-man show, Jerusalem Syndrome, had an extended off-Broadway run in 2000 and was released in book form in 2001. In 2009, he began workshopping another one-man show, Scorching the Earth. According to Maron (in Scorching The Earth), these two shows "bookend" his relationship with his second wife, comic Mishna Wolff, which ended in a bitter divorce.{{Cite web |url=http://jesterjournal.com/MaronScorched.htm |title=Marc Maron "Scorching The Earth" review |website=jesterjournal.com |access-date=2019-11-10}}{{Cite book |title=Attempting normal |last=Maron |first=Marc |year=2013 |isbn=9780812992878 |edition=First |location=New York|pages=92 |oclc=800039436}}

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In May 2008, he toured with Eugene Mirman and Andy Kindler in Stand Uppity: Comedy That Makes You Feel Better About Yourself and Superior to Others. In January 2009, a collaboration with Sam Seder, which had begun in September 2007 as a weekly hour-long video webcast became Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder, produced by Air America.{{cite web|url=http://www.breakroomlive.com |title=The Majority Report with Sam Seder | Majority Report Radio |publisher=Breakroomlive.com |access-date=2012-10-11}} Until its cancellation in July 2009, the show was webcast live weekdays at 3 p.m. Eastern, with episodes archived for later viewing. In its final incarnation, the show was informal, taking place in the actual break room of Air America Media, with the cafeteria vending machines just off-camera. This meant occasional distractions when Air America staff and management alike would occasionally come in for food and drink. Maron and Seder held court in an online "post-show chat" with viewers, in an even less formal continuation of each webcast, after the credits had rolled.

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Maron's stand-up act is marked by his commitment to self-revelation and cultural analysis. He is particularly known for relentless on-stage exploration of his own relationships with family, girlfriends, and other stand-up comedians whom he has known and befriended over his years in the business.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marc-maron/waiting-for-the-punch/|title=WAITING FOR THE PUNCH |date=June 27, 2017|website=Kirkus Reviews}} In October 2013, Maron released his first hour-long special through Netflix, Marc Maron: Thinky Pain.{{Citation|last=Bangs|first=Lance|title=Marc Maron: Thinky Pain|date=October 15, 2013|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3004634/|access-date=2016-07-21}} Maron would follow this with another special, More Later, which was released in December 2015 through Epix.{{Citation|last=Goldthwait|first=Bobcat|title=Marc Maron: More Later|date=December 4, 2015|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5126220/|access-date=2016-07-21}}

Kliph Nesteroff's 2015 book The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy is dedicated to Maron.{{Cite web|last=Brawley|first=Eddie|date=November 2, 2015|title=Kliph Nesteroff's 'The Comedians' Untangles the Roots of American Standup|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/kliph-nesteroffs-the-comedians-untangles-the-roots-of-american-standup.html|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}

His 2023 special From Bleak to Dark was named New York magazine's "No. 1 Best Comedy Special of 2023."{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-stand-up-comedy-specials-2023.html|title=Best Stand-Up Comedy Specials 2023|last=VanArendonk|first=Kathryn|website=Vulture|date=December 6, 2023 |language=en-us|access-date=2023-12-13}}

From almost the first day of the liberal talk radio network Air America's broadcasts in 2004, Maron co-hosted Morning Sedition, a three-hour early-morning radio show with Mark Riley that aired weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/29/168274/-|title=Marc Maron Leaving AAR - "Morning Sedition" Cancelled|date=November 29, 2005|website=Daily Kos|access-date=2019-11-11}} The show was unique in the Air America lineup in its heavy reliance on both live and pre-produced sketch comedy, utilizing the talents of staff writers as well as the on-air hosts. The format was a left-leaning near-satire of typical morning "Buddy" radio programs, including recurring characters, interviews and listener call-in segments, and it attracted a loyal fan base.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFWaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 |title=Radio 2.0: Uploading the First Broadcast Medium |last=Lasar |first=Matthew |date=March 3, 2016 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781440832444 |page=70}}

As 2005 came to an end, it became known that Maron's contract would not be renewed on its December 1, 2005, end date because of problems with then Air America executive Danny Goldberg. Goldberg reportedly did not "get" the comedy or agree with the satiric and often angry tone set by Maron and other writers (Jim Earl and Kent Jones) for a morning drive-time show. On November 28, 2005, it was officially announced that Maron's contract had not been renewed. His last Morning Sedition broadcast was on December 16, 2005, and the show was discontinued shortly thereafter.

On February 28, 2006, Maron began hosting a nighttime radio program with Jim Earl as a sidekick for KTLK Progressive Talk 1150AM in Los Angeles called The Marc Maron Show from 10:00 pm until midnight PST. The program was frequently delayed (sometimes for over an hour) owing to KTLK's contractual agreement to broadcast local sports events that would often go into overtime. The Marc Maron Show was never nationally syndicated by Air America despite reported contractual clauses promising such. The show was streamed online live, but the show was not publicized, and the existence of the stream was not well promoted. {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}

On July 5, it was announced that Maron's final episode would be on July 14. A few days before that date, Maron bluntly discussed his long struggle with Air America Radio's executives on-air. In 2008, Marc and Sam Seder expanded their prior collaboration on a weekly hour-long video webcast (streamed at The Sam Seder Show website) into a daily show (and "post-show chat") produced by Air America Media{{Cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/marc-maron|title=Marc Maron Off-Screen|last=Ivie|first=Devon|date=August 3, 2015|website=Interview Magazine|access-date=2019-11-11}} called Maron v. Seder.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tBz0KGYosI|title=Subscribe to BreakRoomLive.com|date=January 30, 2009|website=YouTube}} The show became Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder starting in 2009 and could be viewed on Air America Media's website.{{Citation|last=Gray Area|title=Marc Maron interview|url=http://archive.org/details/MarcMaronInterview_981|access-date=2019-11-11}} On July 15, 2009, after less than one year, Air America Media canceled Breakroom Live. According to the show's hosts, the cancellation was for financial reasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/air-america-kills-breakroom-live/|title=Air America Kills "Breakroom Live"|last=Sklar|first=Rachel|date=July 16, 2009|website=Mediaite|access-date=2019-11-11}} Ironically, the day before the cancellation, the show got some of the first real publicity it had ever received when MaximumFun.org posted its podcast of an interview with Maron on The Sound of Young America.{{Cite web|url=http://tsoyaradio.libsyn.com/armando-iannucci-marc-maron-|title=The Sound of Young America on the Radio : Armando Iannucci & Marc Maron|date=July 14, 2009|website=tsoyaradio.libsyn.com|access-date=2019-11-11}}

On the final Breakroom Live webcast, Maron said that this marked the third time since 2005 he'd been told by an executive at the network that his services would not be required in the immediate future. Co-host Sam Seder pointed out that this would be the end of his fourth show at Air America since the troubled network's inception.{{Citation|title=4/28/09 BRL|url=https://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1442361|access-date=2019-11-11}}

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Due to a precarious state in his comedic career, on September 1, 2009, Maron began a twice-weekly podcast called WTF with Marc Maron in what Maron would later describe in a 2015 interview as a "Hail Mary pass"; his first-ever guest was fellow stand-up Jeff Ross.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_1_jeff_ross|title=Episode 1 - Jeff Ross|website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast|date=September 2009 |access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Citation |title=WTF Is Up With Marc Maron? {{!}} All In {{!}} MSNBC | date=March 25, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IHa5pQNi8Y |access-date=2024-02-18 |language=en}} In a free-form discussion, Maron and his guests touch on topics like the arc of the interviewees' careers, their shared past experiences, and stories from the road. As of 2024, Maron has released more than 1,500 episodes of the show, garnering critical acclaim and more than 600 million downloads;{{cite news |last=Saltzstein |first=Dan |date=January 6, 2011 |title=The Comic Who Explores Comedy's Darkest Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/arts/09maron.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430074441/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/arts/09maron.html |archive-date=April 30, 2015 |access-date=April 8, 2015 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite magazine |last=Rottenburg |first=Josh |date=January 17, 2015 |title=Marc Maron: The comedian's comedian |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2011/06/24/marc-maron-comedians-comedian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113151/http://www.ew.com/article/2011/06/24/marc-maron-comedians-comedian |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 8, 2015 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{cite magazine |date=May 8, 2014 |title=1. 'WTF With Marc Maron' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/listen-up-the-20-best-comedy-podcasts-right-now-20140508/1-wtf-with-marc-maron-0307073 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917190002/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/listen-up-the-20-best-comedy-podcasts-right-now-20140508/1-wtf-with-marc-maron-0307073 |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=September 14, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} notable guests include President Barack Obama, Sir Paul McCartney, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Lorne Michaels, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt. The show has been noted for its influence on other long-form interview podcasts that emerged after its debut.{{Cite web|last=James|first=Becca|date=October 3, 2019|title=The 10 Essential Comedy Podcasts That Shaped the Genre|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-comedy-podcasts-all-time.html|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|last=Haglund|first=David|date=May 26, 2014|title=There Are Now 500 Episodes of Marc Maron's WTF. Which Ones Should You Start With?|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/05/wtf-best-episodes-marc-marons-interview-podcast-has-400-episodes-which-are-best.html|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}}{{Cite news|last1=Zinoman|first1=Jason|last2=Weinberg|first2=Elizabeth|date=February 28, 2018|title=Tour Marc Maron's Garage Before He and His Podcast Move|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/arts/television/marc-maron-podcast-garage-moving.html|access-date=2020-07-20|issn=0362-4331}} In April 2021, it was announced that Maron and his producer Brendan McDonald would be the recipients of the first-ever Governors Award by the Podcast Academy for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies) for their work on WTF.{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/12/entertainment/marc-maron-wtf-podcast-award/index.html|title='WTF With Marc Maron' awarded the Governors Award by The Podcast Academy|website=CNN|date=April 12, 2021 |language=en|access-date=2021-05-11}} The success of Maron's podcast opened up numerous other avenues on film and TV as well as giving him a massive boost to audience attendance at his stand-up shows.

In June 2025, Maron announced that WTF would end in Fall 2025 after a 16-year run.{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |date=2025-06-02 |title=Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’ Podcast to End After Nearly 16 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/arts/marc-maron-wtf-podcast-ends.html |access-date=2025-06-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

His only major film credit for many years was a small part credited as "angry promoter" in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous, in which he is first seen fighting with Noah Taylor's character and then yelling at and chasing after the main characters as they drive away on a bus, at which point he yells, "Lock the gates!" which is now used in the intro to his podcasts.{{cite web|title=Almost Famous|date=September 22, 2000|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875|access-date=February 10, 2011|publisher=IMDb.com}} He was also featured at the Luna Lounge in the 1997 mockumentary Who's the Caboose? starring Sarah Silverman and Sam Seder.{{cite web|title=Who's the Caboose? (1997)|date=April 10, 1997|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179526|access-date=October 15, 2013|publisher=IMDb.com}} In 2019, Maron starred in a Lynn Shelton–directed comedy film titled Sword of Trust.{{Cite web|date=July 18, 2019|title=Review: Lynn Shelton's politically barbed 'Sword of Trust,' starring Marc Maron, takes on Civil War truthers|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-07-18/sword-of-trust-movie-review-marc-maron|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} In 2020, Maron played publicist Ron Oberman opposite Johnny Flynn's young David Bowie in the movie Stardust.{{Cite web|date=November 24, 2020|title=Review: A young David Bowie tours America in unrevealing biopic 'Stardust'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-11-24/review-stardust-david-bowie-biopic-marc-maron|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

In 2012, he provided the voice of Magnus Hammersmith in three episodes of Metalocalypse. Maron has made two guest appearances as himself on his longtime friend Louis C.K.'s show Louie, first in the third-season episode "Ikea/Piano Lesson"{{cite web|title="Louie" Ikea/Piano Lesson|date=August 9, 2012|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2260196/|access-date=October 17, 2012|publisher=imdb.com}} and then again in the fourth season episode "Pamela: Part 3".{{cite web|title="Louie" Pamela: Part 3|date=June 16, 2014|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3775768/|access-date=June 3, 2015|publisher=imdb.com}}

Maron, a television series created by and starring Maron for a 10-episode first season, premiered on IFC on May 3, 2013.{{cite web|title=Coming Soon – Maron|url=http://www.ifc.com/coming-soon|access-date=February 5, 2013|publisher=IFC}} The show is loosely autobiographical, revolving around Maron's life as a twice-divorced sober comedian running a comedy podcast out of his garage but establishing many differences between the real-life Maron and the version of him on TV. As the executive producer and star of Maron, Maron appeared in all 51 episodes of the show from 2013 to 2016, portraying a fictionalized version of himself.{{Cite news|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=July 11, 2016|title='Maron' To End After Four Seasons on IFC|language=en-US|work=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/maron-to-end-season-4-ifc-marc-maron-1201785174/|access-date=2017-03-25}} The show ended in 2016 after four seasons on IFC.{{Cite news|title=IFC's 'Maron' to End After 4 Seasons|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ifcs-maron-ending-4-seasons-909942|access-date=2017-03-25}} Maron directed two episodes of the show, "The Joke" and "Ex-Pod."

Maron played a supporting role in Todd Phillips's Joker origin story film Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, alongside Robert De Niro and Zazie Beetz.

In addition to his own show, Maron was the voice of the raccoon Randl on 12 episodes of the Nickelodeon show Harvey Beaks in 2015 and 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549505/|title=Marc Maron|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-03-25}} He appeared in the Netflix series Easy, playing a graphic novelist, Jacob Malco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/netflix-easy-season-3-review-joe-swanberg-1202132724/|title='Easy' Season 3 Review: All the Must-See Episodes in Joe Swanberg's Moving Netflix Anthology|last=Travers|first=Ben|date=May 10, 2019|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/easy-season-2-review-netflix-ranking-best-episodes-spoilers-1201903067/|title='Easy' Season 2 Review: Grading Every Episode of Joe Swanberg's Intimate and Exciting Netflix Series|last=Travers|first=Ben|date=December 2, 2017|website=IndieWire|access-date=2019-11-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/easy-season-one/|title=Review: Easy: Season One|last=Bowen|first=Chuck|website=Slant Magazine|date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=2019-11-12}} Maron also appeared on two episodes of Girls in season four in 2015, playing New York City councilman Ted Duffield.

From 2017 to 2019, Maron co-starred in the Netflix comedy GLOW, for which he was nominated for multiple awards.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/awards/glow-sag-awards-golden-globes-wga-nominations-1202639119/|title='GLOW' Ties 'Big Little Lies' and 'Stranger Things' for Most SAG Award Nominations|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=December 13, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=December 26, 2017}}

He was cast in a supporting role for the 2022 film To Leslie, playing alongside Andrea Riseborough.

He played the role of landlord Gideon Perlman in the Amazon web series The Horror of Dolores Roach.{{cite news |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title='The Horror of Dolores Roach': Marc Maron, Jean Yoon, Judy Reyes & Jeffery Self To Recur On Amazon Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/the-horror-of-dolores-roach-marc-maron-jean-yoon-judy-reyes-jeffery-self-1235054171/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2022}}

In 2013, Maron played a guitar solo on the protest song and charity single "Party at the NSA" by electropop music duo Yacht. Inspired by the 2013 global surveillance disclosures, "Party at the NSA" critiques the state of governmental surveillance programs in the United States. Proceeds from the single benefit the international non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation.{{cite web|last=Clairmont|first=Nicholas|url=http://bigthink.com/the-big-brouhaha/listen-to-party-at-the-nsa-a-new-song-protesting-surveillance|title=Listen To "Party at the NSA", A Fun New Song Protesting Surveillance|work=Big Think|date=August 20, 2013 |publisher=Big Think, Inc.|access-date=2015-09-15}}{{cite web|last=Segal|first=Dave|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/08/yacht_released.html|title=YACHT released an NSA protest "party anthem" with Marc Maron on guitar (stream it)|work=BrooklynVegan|access-date=2015-09-15|date=August 15, 2013}} Previously, Maron said he was a fan of the band.{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1439841/yacht-party-at-the-nsa-feat-marc-maron/mp3s/|title=YACHT – "Party at the NSA" (Feat. Marc Maron) - Stereogum|work=Stereogum|publisher=SpinMedia|access-date=2015-09-15|date=August 15, 2013}}

In an interview with KCRW, Maron stated, "I have no idea why they asked me to play guitar on the track. I'm only good at one thing on the guitar. It just so happens it was exactly the thing they needed."{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2013/08/yacht-releases-anti-surveillance-manifesto-party-at-the-nsa|first=Evan|last=George|title=YACHT releases anti-surveillance manifesto 'Party at the NSA'|work=KCRW|publisher=WordPress|access-date=2015-09-15|date=August 15, 2013}}

Reviews for the solo were positive. IFC's Melissa Locker said "Marc Maron plays a mean guitar."{{cite web|last=Locker|first=Melissa|url=http://www.ifc.com/shows/maron/blog/2013/08/marc-maron-yacht-party-at-the-nsa|title=Marc Maron and Yacht Have a "Party at the NSA"|work=IFC|publisher=IFC TV LLC|access-date=2015-09-15|date=August 16, 2013}} Spin{{'}}s Chris Martins called the guitar solo a "shredfest" as well as "angular."{{cite web|last=Martins|first=Chris|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/08/marc-maron-yacht-party-at-the-nsa-stream/|title=Hear Marc Maron Shred on YACHT's Disco Ripper 'Party at the NSA'|work=Spin|access-date=2015-09-15|date=August 15, 2013}} The Stranger called it "a frequency-fraying guitar solo that's better than you'd expect, although it won't make J Mascis jealous."{{cite web|last=Segal|first=Dave|url=http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/08/20/watch-out-yachts-party-at-the-nsa|title=Watch Out! YACHT's "Party at the NSA"|work=The Stranger|access-date=2015-09-15|date=August 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072146/http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/08/20/watch-out-yachts-party-at-the-nsa|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Maron wrote and performed on the score for his film Sword of Trust.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/sword-of-trust-movie-review-854864/|title='Sword of Trust' Review: Have Blade, Will Ramble|first1=David|last1=Fear|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 10, 2019}}

Maron lived in Astoria, Queens, through the 1990s and most of the 2000s, but moved back to Los Angeles in late 2009.{{cite web|title=Marc D Maron - United States Public Records|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KJMJ-1NB|website=FamilySearch|access-date=January 8, 2015}} Maron also speaks openly of his caring for numerous stray cats that he takes into his home. This has led him to refer to his home, on the WTF podcast, as the "Cat Ranch".{{cite web|url=http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/marc-maron-cat-adoption-feral|title=Marc Maron Learned the Meaning of "Feral" from a Cat|date=August 6, 2012|access-date=May 8, 2013}} After his cat Boomer went missing, Maron began incorporating the catchphrase "Boomer lives!" to the end of each podcast. Since then, he has one addition to the "Cat Ranch" by the name of Buster Kitten. LaFonda died in December 2019. After she passed, Maron briefly replaced "Boomer lives!" with "LaFonda lives!" for a few episodes of his podcast. Monkey died in August 2020. He now usually concludes his podcast with some guitar playing and the phrase "Boomer lives... LaFonda... Monkey... Cat angels everywhere!" Maron currently lives in Glendale, Los Angeles, with his two cats, Buster and Sammy.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/dispatches/sammy-the-kitten|title=Sammy The Kitten.|date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=March 25, 2021}}

Maron has spoken openly, in his act and on his podcast, about his alcohol and drug abuse during the 1990s. Maron has been sober since August 9, 1999, but says he has struggled with an eating disorder he developed during childhood.{{Citation |title=Marc Maron {{!}} The Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan {{!}} EPISODE 21 | date=May 11, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whBbgySRbM |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=en}} Maron had a turbulent long-time friendship with fellow standup Louis C.K.; after the November 2017 confirmation of C.K.'s sexual misconduct, Maron said C.K. had previously lied to him about the allegations.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jun/16/marc-maron-im-familiar-with-coke-anger-bullying-selfishness | title=Marc Maron: 'I'm familiar with coke, anger, bullying, selfishness' | newspaper=The Guardian | date=June 16, 2018 | last1=Freeman | first1=Hadley }}

Maron has been married twice, to Kimberly Reiss and Mishna Wolff, a former stand-up comedian. Both relationships have figured prominently in his act. During numerous appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2007, Maron riffed on his then-recent separation and divorce from Wolff.

On the October 14, 2013, episode of his podcast, Maron announced that he had broken up with his former fiancée, Jessica Sanchez.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_432_-_natasha_lyonne|title=WTF Podcast Episode 432 - Natasha Lyonne|date=October 14, 2013 |access-date=October 14, 2013}} He then had a five-month relationship with Moon Zappa.{{Cite web|title=Marc Maron on gentrification, breakups and how WTF saved his life|url=https://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/05/20/37537/marc-maron-on-gentrification-moon-zappa-and-how-wt/|date=May 20, 2014|website=Southern California Public Radio|access-date=2020-05-16}}

Starting in late 2019, he began making reference to his relationship with director Lynn Shelton, a director on GLOW. She was a guest on his podcast in 2015 and 2018, and directed the 2019 film Sword of Trust, which stars Maron and Michaela Watkins. Maron and Shelton were together until Shelton's unexpected death in 2020.{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/lynn-shelton-dead-humpday-glow-director-1202231743/|title= Lynn Shelton Dies: 'Humpday,' 'GLOW,' 'Little Fires Everywhere' Director Was 54|website=IndieWire|first=Ryan|last=Lattanzio|date=May 16, 2020|access-date=May 16, 2020}}

{{As of|2023}}, Marc was dating a woman named Kit.* {{cite web | title=BONUS Marc on Movies (with Kit!) | website=Acast | date=2023-05-30 | url=https://shows.acast.com/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast/episodes/marc-and-kit-on-movies-the-company-of-wolves | ref={{sfnref|Acast|2023}} | access-date=2025-01-02}}

Books

• Maron, Marc. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46640849 The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life As a Reluctant Messiah.] New York: Broadway Books, 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-7679-0810-8}}
• Maron, Marc. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/870425052 Attempting Normal.] New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-812-98278-7}}
• Maron, Marc and Brendan McDonald. Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast. New York: Flatiron Books, 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-250-08888-8}}

Comedy albums

• Maron, Marc. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758605672 Not Sold Out.] [Minneapolis, MN]: Stand Up! Records, 2002.
• Maron, Marc. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68109354 Tickets Still Available.] [Richland, MN]: Stand Up! Records, 2006.
• Maron, Marc. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428936961 Final Engagement.] [Minneapolis, MN.]: Stand Up! Records, 2009.
• Maron, Marc. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742527136 This Has to Be Funny.] [New York City]: Comedy Central Records, 2011.
• Maron, Marc, Lance Bangs and Kathy Welch. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/871695901 Thinky Pain.] [Burbank, CA]: New Wave Dynamics, 2013.
• Maron, Marc. [https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bztx65zfj3aj7eghkrh7ypogjsi&tid=song-Talaoc4fijxdyurmmfwk5fzo6bu&PCamRefID=LFV_ba657455191c9b1798618b8e98d17b67 Too Real.] [Minneapolis, MN]:{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/marc-marons-netflix-standup-special-too-real-premieres-next-month.html|title=Marc Maron's Netflix Standup Special 'Too Real' Premieres Next Month|last=Wright|first=Megh|date=August 17, 2017|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-23}} 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2018.
• Maron, Marc. [https://800poundgorillamedia.com/products/more-later?srsltid=AfmBOooIH1mZQNktKPZUFJl-8tOIqWqQXso0lA5Fa4x7RCmNAE95r8vB More Later.] [Chicago]: 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2020.
• Maron, Marc. [https://craftrecordings.com/products/from-bleak-to-dark-digital-album?srsltid=AfmBOopFowiyQKEj6emFhaA0EqpbJuXBOKQYZTRft3vy530o1vLz6i2p From Bleak to Dark] [New York City]: Craft Recordings, 2024.

Comedy Specials

• HBO Comedy Half-Hour (1995){{cite web |url=http://www.hbo.com/search?type=schedule&q=HBO%20Comedy%20Half-Hour%2013:%20Marc%20Maron |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803223836/http://www.hbo.com/search?type=schedule&q=HBO%20Comedy%20Half-Hour%2013:%20Marc%20Maron |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |title=HBO Search}} (Season 2, episode 5)
• Comedy Central Presents New York City, New York: 1998{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/an57fr/comedy-central-presents-cc-presents--marc-maron-season-1-ep-0102 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118232239/http://www.cc.com/episodes/an57fr/comedy-central-presents-cc-presents--marc-maron-season-1-ep-0102 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |title=Comedy Central Presents - Season 1, Ep. 2 - Marc Maron - Full Episode |date=December 8, 1998 |publisher=Cc.com |access-date=2018-04-23}} (Season 1, episode 2)
• Comedy Central Presents (2007){{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/2emm4v/comedy-central-presents-cc-presents--marc-maron-season-11-ep-1104 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930074116/http://www.cc.com/episodes/2emm4v/comedy-central-presents-cc-presents--marc-maron-season-11-ep-1104 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |title=Comedy Central Presents - Season 11, Ep. 1 - Marc Maron - Full Episode |date=January 13, 2007 |publisher=Cc.com |access-date=2018-04-23}} (Season 11, episode 1)
• Thinky Pain (2013){{Cite web |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/merch/?category=DVD |title=Merch — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |access-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084303/http://www.wtfpod.com/merch/?category=DVD |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
• More Later (2015){{cite web|author=Just Coffee Co-op WTF Roast |url=http://www.theconnextion.com/maron/index_maron.cfm |title=Merch - WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |publisher=Theconnextion.com |date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=2018-04-23}}
• Too Real (2017){{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80177405 |title=Marc Maron: Too Real | Netflix Official Site |publisher=Netflix.com |access-date=2018-04-23}}
• End Times Fun (2020){{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81040891 |title=Marc Maron: End Times Fun | Netflix Official Site |publisher=Netflix.com |access-date=2020-03-12}}
• From Bleak to Dark (2023){{Cite web |last=VanArendonk |first=Kathryn |date=2023-02-10 |title=Marc Maron After the World Ends |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/marc-maron-from-bleak-to-dark-hbo-comedy-review.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}

Music Recordings

• Maron, Marc and Paige Stark. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNOmGtIaTus "Signed D.C."] Love, LA. Org Music. Written by Arthur Lee. Released April 20, 2024.

Podcasts

• WTF with Marc Maron (2009–present)

In 2022, Maron's WTF podcast episode featuring Robin Williams from April 26, 2010, was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the US National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."{{cite web |title=National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Journey and More in 2022 |url=https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-recording-registry-inducts-music-from-alicia-keys--ricky-martin--journey-and-more-in-2022/s/fee30140-0454-401c-a2a2-205298e32fb1 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=16 February 2023 |language=en}}

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