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Marc Maron on Pioneering Podcasting and Interviewing Celebrities
Plus: what it’s like to perform comedy in Boston
By Bill Simmons • 1 min
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by fellow podcaster Marc Maron to discuss his origins in the podcasting industry (5:00), the great generation of comedians (15:00), comedy clubs in Boston (21:00), his role in Almost Famous (28:00), the generation of cord cutters (33:00), the process of interviewing famous people (38:00), Kurt Russell’s podcasting chops (45:00), Bruce Springsteen’s persona (51:00), David Letterman in the mid-’80s (56:00), Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase skits (1:02:00), and the work behind writing a book (1:13:00).
Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons is the founder and managing director of The Ringer, which he launched in 2016. He hosts ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’ and ‘The Rewatchables,’ and also serves as head of podcast innovation and monetization for Spotify.