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Marc Maron's WTF podcast is coming to an end this fall.

Marc Maron's WTF podcast is coming to an end this fall.

The Verge02-06-2025
The show that launched in 2009 is c losing up shop, as a three-year distribution deal with Acast seems ready to wrap up. 'Comedian interviewing everyone' podcasts are everywhere now, but WTF was an early and very popular version, with Squarespace paying $100k to be the sole advertiser on the Barack Obama episode in 2015 without knowing he was the guest.
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