Overview
- Since its September 2009 debut, the podcast produced about 1,645 main episodes and over 300 bonus shows, drawing more than 1.1 billion downloads.
- Maron announced the final episode is set for fall 2025.
- He and producer Brendan McDonald received the Podcast Academy’s inaugural Governors Award for Excellence in Audio in 2021.
- Highlights include a record-breaking 2015 interview with President Barack Obama and a 2010 Robin Williams conversation now preserved by the Library of Congress.
- Maron plans to focus next on an HBO stand-up special and roles in the films In Memoriam and Deliver Me From Nowhere as well as Apple’s series Stick.