"I'm weird. I can be more open in some ways with audiences than I can in interpersonal relationships. Look, I've lived and learned over time. I've been a toxic person in my life. I'm not great at relationships. I used to do a joke where I think I'm about 85 percent woke and the other 15 percent I keep to myself."
"The podcast is just me and my producer, Brendan McDonald. It's really about me and the arc of my life, and guests enter into that. Listeners have seen me move through almost everything one can in life, other than the birth of a child, because I don't have that. The death of a partner, cats coming and going, women coming and going, career things coming and going, my own personal anxieties and mental health coming and going, politics."
"We weren't going to stop podcasting until one of us was like, All right. And it happened. We were experiencing real burnout. If you're a workaholic, you don't really process that. But there are symptoms. There is a certain part of your emotional and psychological life that starts to buckle. It is somewhat consuming to show up, be engaged, and be empatheticto have a genuine conversation."
Marc Maron concluded his sixteen-year podcast run after experiencing real burnout and wanting to reclaim his life. He maintained the show with producer Brendan McDonald and framed episodes around the arc of his life, including relationships, losses, career ebbs, anxieties, mental health, and politics. He acknowledged being a flawed, sometimes toxic person and admitted difficulty in interpersonal relationships despite openness with audiences. He repeatedly affirmed his decision not to have children. He plans to step back from continual self-disclosure, aiming to enjoy life without the emotional responsibility of constant public exposure. He also continues work in film and standup.
Read at www.esquire.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]