Episode 645 - Annie Baker

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2015

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Playwright Annie Baker is one of the most original and exciting voices in American theater. She’s already a Pulitzer Prize winner and counts super-producer Scott Rudin as one of her most ardent supporters. But as she tells Marc, Annie just wants to write plays for the type of people who don’t want to go see plays in the first place.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:10.6	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck nicks, what the fucksters?
0:15.4	What the fuck is going on?
0:17.2	Okay.
0:18.6	You can let your kids listen now.
0:19.9	I hope your commute's going well.
0:21.2	Your bike ride's going well.
0:23.1	If you're swimming and listening, that's interesting.
0:25.0	Perhaps you're in the shower in the bathroom or cleaning something.
0:27.8	I hope it's all going all right.
0:30.2	And thank you for listening to my show in your cubicle, trying to look like you're working.
0:36.6	Glad to be here.
0:37.9	Today on the show, the amazing Annie Baker is here.
0:41.7	It's a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of the flick, which is currently running at the
0:46.7	Barrow Street Theatre in New York.
0:48.3	I saw her other play, John, Big fan of hers.
0:51.8	And I believe in this marks the first time we've had a playwright on the show.
0:55.5	Also, Australia, not excited about flying there.
0:59.7	It's going to happen.
1:00.7	I'm coming.
1:01.7	I'll be, when you're listening to this, I may be suspended in the air moving fast over
	...

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