Episode 1686 - Barack Obama
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Episode 1686 - Barack Obama

B1IntermediateOctober 13, 20251 hr 7 min

For the final episode of WTF, Marc travels to Washington, DC for another conversation with the most significant guest in the show’s history. Former President Barack Obama welcomes Marc into his office to speak about the legacy of the podcast, the need for human connection, and the reason for optimism in the face of challenging times. Also, President Obama grants Marc’s specific request to help bring some closure to the past sixteen years of WTF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All right, let's do this. How are you, folks? This is it. This is the last episode of WTF.

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I didn't really know what we were going to do for this episode. Initially, I thought, well, maybe I could just talk to you guys and reflect. But we did that on Thursday. so then it came down to well who are we going to have on the last episode and well you know I do a

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lot of talking about how I feel about the world both interior and exterior micro macro what's going on in me how am I reacting to what's going on in the world and it became clear that the guest we needed to have was singular in that he could address the importance of this being our final episode, but also address how we move through the world we're living in, as frightening as it is

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