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WTF Did This Podcast Do to Politics?
Barack Obama appears on an episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast in 2015. (Pete Souza via The White House)
When he interviewed Barack Obama on his podcast in 2015, Marc Maron invented a new form of long, casual, sympathetic interview. Now, he sort of regrets it.
By David Litt
10.14.25 — U.S. Politics
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David Litt
A former senior speechwriter for President Obama, David Litt is the author of three books, most recently the memoir It's Only Drowning, as well as the newsletter “Word Salad.”
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