Marc Maron: how did podcasts become mainstream?
The godfather of podcasting on interviewing a president in his garage.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Marc Maron: how did podcasts become mainstream?" was published on April 5, 2019 and runs 26 minutes.
April 5, 2019 ·26m · Beyond Today
Summary
There are a few moments when the podcast phenomenon really took off - and one of them is in 2009 when a comedian began interviewing people he knew in his garage. “WTF with Marc Maron” has grown to be a podcast juggernaut - each month it’s downloaded 6 million times and it’s just celebrated its 1000th episode. Some of the most famous people in the world have talked to Marc - rockstars, A-List actors, and a former president of the United States. Marc Maron sat down with Beyond Today to talk about how podcasts made the jump from the underground to the mainstream, and what it’s like when Barack Obama comes to visit. Producer: Harriet Noble Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
Episode Description
There are a few moments when the podcast phenomenon really took off - and one of them is in 2009 when a comedian began interviewing people he knew in his garage. “WTF with Marc Maron” has grown to be a podcast juggernaut - each month it’s downloaded 6 million times and it’s just celebrated its 1000th episode. Some of the most famous people in the world have talked to Marc - rockstars, A-List actors, and a former president of the United States. Marc Maron sat down with Beyond Today to talk about how podcasts made the jump from the underground to the mainstream, and what it’s like when Barack Obama comes to visit.
Producer: Harriet Noble Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
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