Episode 18
Marc Maron
He's a comedian, an actor and he rules the podcast world with an iron fist! Not really on that last one, but he does inspire quite a few people to start podcasts. Dax being one of the many to catch the podcast bug from Marc. The two sit down and talk about Marc's career, and how he got to be the podcast master.
What's this all about?
The conversation between Dax and Marc circles around the theme of jealousy and often has to do with Marc’s feelings on today’s podcast world. Marc is the veteran in this episode, and keeps the young buck (Dax) from getting to far ahead of himself. If you already listen to Marc’s podcast you know about him, for those that don’t though this is a good introduction. Listen to it here.
What did they say?
- Dax mentions the lack of a Fact Check for the Joel McHale episode.
- @6:45 “Can you believe how this human being operates?” Dax talks about how he was able to get Marc on the show and how this all could have gone bad, but Marc is a nice guy.
- @13:44 “You’re doing a podcast in 2009 and no one even knows what the fuck that is.” Marc talks about what it was like getting people on his podcast at first.
- @27:18 “Is it annoying at all that there are so many podcasts now?” Marc tells Dax about how his podcast WTF with Marc Maron came to be.
- @33:39 “I want to tell you why I have one.” Dax credits Marc for why he started Armchair Expert.
- @1:02:54 “Did you ever see that Bobby Fischer documentary on HBO?” Dax talks about why Chessmasters become paranoid through playing chess. This leads into a conversation about being the victim of persona.
These are the facts...
- @1:07:37 Fact Check Begins
- Marc was right about Dax waiting until the next day to return his text about being on the show.
- If you text Dax he screen grabs it and gives it to Monica.
- Monica thinks the Women’s basketball team in LA is the California Golden Bears, it is not. This will be corrected in a later episode.
- Salvia is a plant species that has transient psychoactive properties.
- Chris Hardwick was a host on MTV’s Singled Out.
- The Bobby Fischer documentary is called Bobby Fischer Against The World.
- Bobby Fischer died in 2008 from kidney failure.
- Not all Grand Chessmasters have paranoia.
- Bobby Fischer and Paul Morphy both had paranoia.
- #10 in the 12 step program is to continue to take personal inventory and when we are wrong to promptly admit it.
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