Marc Maron

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ted Danson doesn’t mind getting a little dark with actor, comedian, and podcasting pioneer Marc Maron. Marc talks to Ted about the passing of his romantic partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton and how he processed that loss on stage, including in his HBO special “From Bleak to Dark.” They also discuss why Marc would never run for office, losing loved ones, and Marc’s acting roles from “Maron” to films like “To Leslie.” This conversation was recorded in 2023. To help those affected by the Southern California wildfires, make a donation to World Central Kitchen today. Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0	I hope you're prepared because I'm a notoriously difficult interview.
0:03.1	I don't know if you know that.
0:03.8	Oh, no, I don't.
0:04.5	But that's very exciting for me.
0:07.5	You got to stay on it.
0:18.8	Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.
0:21.7	Today I'm joined by an actor, comedian, and one of the godfathers of podcasting, Mark Maron.
0:28.8	He's been the host of WTF with Mark Maron since 2009.
0:34.0	And in that time, he's talked with pretty much everyone.
0:39.3	I mean everyone. His 1600 plus episodes have included guests like Barack Obama, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Ted
0:48.6	Danson. I know. I know what I did. I slipped it in there. I'm aware of that. Anyway, one of Mark's special
0:56.7	powers is how he can weave humor with aging and death. That's actually the subject of his most
1:03.6	recent comedy special from bleak to dark. Thrill to have him on this show, here he is, Mark Merritt.
1:12.9	So I literally had this thought of you should run for office.
1:17.4	Yeah, I don't know.
1:18.5	I'm sure it would suck for you personally, but you, my brain went like this.
1:25.2	Sobriety.
1:25.8	Yeah.
1:26.2	Which means you're familiar with wanting to tell the truth and not have secrets and all of that stuff.
1:35.6	You have balls of steel because you're a stand-up.
1:39.9	Yeah.
1:40.6	And that means you're going to step up and you don't really care.
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