Saw this an an email earlier- set me back $43.54 after shipping. Since the only other signed edition available to order is the exorbitant $250 deluxe edition, this is quite the deal!

"Marc Maron's WTF podcast established a gold standard for podcasting and helped define the lexicon of a new form of entertainment. In celebration of the show's history and the release of Z2's official graphic novel account, WTF Is a Podcast, Marc Maron is joined by his longtime partner-in-podcasting Brendan McDonald and New York Times best-selling cartoonist Brian Box Brown (Andre the Giant, The He-Man Effect). Josh Bernstein (Z2 president) discusses encapsulating nearly 20 years of podcast and personal history into a single graphic novel."

scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2026

He should probably just start doing WTF again.


Are We Good?
Frank, caustic, and fearlessly funny, comedian and podcast pioneer Marc Maron has built his career on holding nothing back. Yet the famously outspoken comic continues to reveal new sides of himself in this poignant documentary. Filmed in the wake of the sudden and shocking death of his partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Are We Good? finds Maron reflecting—with his inimitable candor—on grief, loss, disillusionment, and growth as he struggles with how to move forward and channel personal tragedy into comedy.

Finally watched it last week and I have a few questions:

Did his mom not want to be in it? His dad was in it, but not his mom.

Why can’t Marc keep his pants up?

Was that Marc buying a Rush album? Thought he hated them?

Anyone know if Marc has an opener on this current tour?

I have tickets to the show August 15th, Saturday but have a conflict. Does anyone have tickets for Friday who would switch with me?

Edit: SOLD!

Hey WTFers!

Being an adult sucks, this is the second time this year I’ve had to sell tickets because of last minute life events

Selling at cost, I just don’t want them to go to waste. Please message me if interested

✌️

Yes, I realize a number of them get posted here. Yes, I know I can poke through my podcast app and try seaching there. But surely someone has compiled a list that we can just skim through to see which we might enjoy listening to more (due to hosts we like)? Ideally it could be sortable by the rating that Marc fans give the episodes, but I know that's asking for a bit too much.

A woman is at the beach with her son, daughter in law and their kids. Her son is swimming out a bit far and it looks like he's in trouble. The woman shouts, "Help! My son, the doctor, is drowning!"

It’s Father’s Day so as a present for myself I’m finally going to watch “Are We Good?” Also, it looks like I’m moving out west soon and cannot wait to go see Maron at the Store.

Many years ago, Marc exposed Carlos Mencia as the joke stealing hack that he is. Now, Mencia is in trouble with authorities for apparently not paying millions in taxes.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Marc regularly took some pride in having played a role in Nate Bargatze's rise. I wonder how he feels about him now, after Nate attended Trump's White House desecrating nitro-circus MMA shit show toddler birthday party?

[edit: a stunning range of responses. Some of the milder replies got my intent -- which was mere wry observation.

Those writing pissed replies, that I have nothing better to do, are the living epitome of irony.

And no, this post is not a purity test. I would love to hear Marc's take, if he ever offers one. Just interested in his reaction.]

So I began the podcast near the beginning. Because I'm a comedian fan and always loved his stand-up. It grew on me and I listened for years, going through addiction struggles myself. It was always such a relief to hear how he went through it and got the addicts side of the story, and had been sober for so long. I have been struggling with it for about 15 years or so, in and out of AA. My last attempt had me living in a sober living situation, where I had to share a room with another addict and a 3 bedroom apartment with 6 other men. Everyone kept relapsing, and causing disruption. And I wasn't exactly staying sober either. So I left and found my own place that had nothing to do with recovery. I gave up on AA after my umpteenth try, and this time being the furthest I've ever gotten. I don't get how it works and I'm not into it. They require complete and total sobriety, even for things you're not addicted to like Marijuana. Which I can't really live without, because it's just such a relaxant for me and only use it at the end of my day like most normies will use alcohol and a drink or 2 to end their day. It's a non-issue for me, but AA says to be apart of their program I'm not allowed. I gave up, left and a month later I sent an email to the WTF podcast stating all of this and my frustration with the program and wanting his advice. The whole thing made me feel that there's something wrong with me. And he sent me an email back, and I've never been able to get over it. He really responds to everyone, I'm not special. And what he said stuck with me.

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Not the AA bullshit that he's just vomiting out like they all do, that I don't get. It's been over a year and I'm doing OK. Living in the same place with the same job since I left the AA sober living situation, with my drinking drastically reduced to the point that it's not even a factor in my life anymore. I don't agree with the AA philosophy that I'm powerless over alcohol and drugs, except for that the fact that when you're in it... you're fucking in it and you can't get out without help. But once you're out, AA is not the only way to stay out. It really only has a 10% success rate. I'm not gong to get into all my problems with the program, because it's helped so many people like Marc. And to borrow from their jargon, it only works if you work it. But to work it you have to drink the Kool-Aid. Which I couldn't stomach.

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It's the end of the email that got me. "But yeah, it's not for everyone." It was so Marc Maron and so funny after his very heartfelt response to his experience, admitting that this really isn't for everyone. And it made me relax and realize that he's right, it's not for me and that's OK. That's almost unheard of in the AA recovery cult. They are made to make you out like you're wrong for not getting it and sticking with it, and will ostracize you for it. But that's not what he did to me. I don't agree with some of what he said before that last statement in regards to the program. Unlike any other AA person I've met before, he let me off the hook with that last comment. And I moved on and got better on my own.

And also, isn't that just the most Marc Maron non-commital thing to say at the end? Still has me cracking up over a year later.