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"Giant Mess" is a sloppy sports and entertainment comedy show hosted by a giant mess, The Real Cinch Neal Lynch. Neal's a single dad who loves to talk New York Giants football, Mets baseball, movies, and TV shows, along with life lessons and funny stories along the way. Neal's a former fourth string college quarterback and middling middle relief pitcher with a film and media studies degree who's worked for Playboy, Conde Nast, the New York Post, and SNY and clients like A+E TV Networks (The ...
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Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations. Marc's probing, comprehensive interview style allows guests to express themselves in ways listeners have never heard. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Connie Chung’s consummate professionalism and journalistic rigor worked against her as she put together her new memoir. Her impulse is to report the facts, but her editors told her she needed to include other things this time, like feelings and emotion. But as Marc finds out, Connie was able to thoroughly explore not only her past, but her family, …
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, New York Mets fan Neal Lynch recaps the 2024 regular season that was filled with humor, whimsy, and joy and finished with a sensational September thanks to outstanding pitching efforts from Jose Quintana, Sean Manaea, Luis Severino, David Peterson, Phil Maton, and Tylor Megill. The Amazin's clinched a pl…
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It’s all a combination of old and new for Kaitlin Olson. She’s just finishing up shooting the first season of her ABC detective series High Potential and is now about to begin shooting the seventeenth season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Kaitlin and Marc talk about the show that changed her life, not only because of the steady work it provi…
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In this "Giant Mess", New York Giants fan Neal Lynch reacts to Big Blue's demoralizing 20-15 loss to the down bad Dallas Cowboys on Thursday Night Football in Week 4 then previews the scary Week 5 matchup against the streaking Seattle Seahawks. New York Giants Fan Rants & Analysis from Giant Mess Podcast - https://bit.ly/NYGiantsYTPlaylist NY Mets …
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Kathleen Hanna’s life and career exist at the nexus of punk rock, outsider art, photography and feminism. Now that she’s been able to put it all into her memoir, Rebel Girl, Kathleen talks with Marc about her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, the music scene in Olympia, Washington, her time fronting the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, her solo p…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, New York Giants fan Neal Lynch reacts to Big Blue's 21-15 win over the Cleveland Browns in Week 3, previews the Thursday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4, and does a deep dive on the history of 0-2 teams making the postseason. New York Giants Fan Rants & Analysis from Giant Mess P…
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Marvel fans around the world know Elizabeth Olsen as The Scarlet Witch, but Elizabeth says she has a different alter ego inside of her— that of an elderly New Yorker living on her own in the big city. Elizabeth talks with Marc about this fantasy and how it has something to do with a lifelong desire to avoid the trappings of fame. They also talk abo…
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As a kid, Jason Ritter felt a lot of pressure as the son of a beloved actor who audiences felt like they knew personally. He didn’t feel pressure from his parents, but rather pressure from the world, believing he had to live up to being John Ritter’s son. Jason talks with Marc about how that insecurity, as well as his struggle to find his own ident…
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In this episode of "Giant Mess", New York Giants fan Neal Lynch recaps and reacts to Big Blue's bleak Week 2 loss to the Washington Commanders as New York's defense allows 7 field goals and Brian Daboll botches another injured kicker situation. Plus, a preview of the Week 3 matchup against Deshaun Watson, Myles Garrett and the confounding Browns in…
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While putting together his new memoir, Eric Roberts developed a fuller understanding of his life as an actor. As someone whose parents did not help him establish a sense of self, his journey through various roles and personality types was part of figuring out who he was. Eric and Marc compare notes on revelations about parents and Eric looks back o…
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Hundreds of WTF guests have show business origin stories, but nobody has one like comedian Ali Macofsky, whose impulsive phone call to Ryan Seacrest live on the radio when she was seven years old got the ball rolling on her career. Ali tells Marc about this event and all the other spontaneous decisions in her early life that led to a failed auditio…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, New York Giants fan Neal Lynch recaps and reacts to Big Blue's blowout loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season. Daniel Jones is toast. Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen need to face the music. Then, a preview of the Week 2 game against Daboll's crush Jayden Daniels and the Washington Com…
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She may have won an Oscar for her first film role, but Lupita Nyong’o spent the early part of her life hiding her desire to be an actor. Lupita tells Marc about growing up under autocratic rule, living in a country where creative voices were suppressed, and learning how to speak out even when it’s risky. Lupita also explains why she followed up 12 …
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It took Chris Robinson a long time to accept being a rock and roll frontman. Even at the height of The Black Crowes’ success, he just thought they were just a group of dudes from Atlanta playing roots music. Now reunited with the band and touring again after releasing their ninth album, Chris tells Marc why it took time and perspective to realize h…
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Drew Lynch never planned on being a comedian. But his pursuit of an acting career got derailed by a traumatic brain injury that left him with a stutter and no career prospects. Drew tells Marc the reason he decided to get on stage and put together a standup act, a decision that made him a finalist on America’s Got Talent and helped him land a recur…
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When the topic of past guests comes up, Marc often mentions Brendon Walsh, a comedian who was on several early WTF episodes as well as Marc’s IFC sitcom. Diving into a full conversation more than a decade since he was last in the garage, Brendon tells Marc about the changes in his life since then, including the break he took from comedy, the tragic…
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Greg Fitzsimmons returns to WTF after a 13 year absence, but his dynamic with Marc remains the same as it was when they were comics starting out in Boston almost four decades ago. With a new comedy special out, Greg talks with Marc about his unhealthy relationship with worry, how he broke the self-destructive cycles of his family, and how his relat…
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Over the past four years, Paul W. Downs has been one of the people responsible for constructing the ongoing story of a lifer standup comic on the show Hacks. Paul talks with Marc about how his comedy background is very different from the fictional Deborah Vance, with his training at the UCB Theater, his days at the vanguard of internet video comedy…
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Michael Rooker is known for playing a variety of menacing and intense characters. But menace was something he was always good at, as the protective older brother of six sisters. And intensity is often something people misread because he’s hard of hearing. Michael talks with Marc about growing up in Alabama with no electricity or running water, his …
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Blair Socci comes from an athletic family with a hardened ancestral backstory involving throat slashing and exile. But despite her exterior toughness, Blair spent her youth enjoying poetry, journaling and creative writing. If she hadn't caught the comedy bug, she intended to become a novelist. Blair and Marc talk about her volleyball prowess, how a…
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When Moon Zappa was on the show back in 2013, she and Marc started dating shortly thereafter. Now that Moon has just written her memoir, Earth to Moon, she and Marc sit down for their first real conversation since their abrupt breakup. Moon talks about the forensic investigation she did of her life, the emotional damage she took from her mother, th…
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When Marc saw Beth Stelling’s Netflix special, he knew there was something he found familiar. It turns out they both have a similar process of making comedy out of trauma. Beth talks with Marc about the childhood event that informed most of the way she addresses difficult subjects in her act and how speaking up about an abusive relationship led to …
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, football fan Neal Lynch reviews Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants and reacts to GM Joe Schoen's negotiations with Saquon Barkley, how the blockbuster Brian Burns trade played out, the interest in Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, the attempts to trade up for a quarterback i…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, New York Mets fan Neal Lynch reviews all of the Amazin' trades from the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline, saying hello to former foe Jesse Winker, and giving up a top prospect for Paul Blackburn. Plus, reactions to Kodai Senga injury and how it impacts the starting rotation. Lastly, thoughts on the upcoming sched…
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One of the reasons singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore didn’t get a solo record deal until he was in his 40s is because he took an extended time away from music to live in a spiritual community. Jimmie and Marc talk about the search for enlightenment in the midst of being a trendsetter for Americana music. They also talk about Jimmie’s band The F…
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Moving from place to place throughout her childhood was difficult on Anna Akana, but it was growing up alongside the internet that really changed her life. Anna tells Marc how her career as a comedian and actor got going when she turned to YouTube after dealing with the lack of Asian representation in traditional media. Anna also explains how she b…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, movie lover Neal Lynch recaps and reviews Deadpool and Wolverine, the most Deadpool movie in the history of Deadpool, a meta buddy comedy that ushers in the Mutant Era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Deadpool and Wolverine is the first R-rated movie in the MCU, the first R-rated movie directly distribu…
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For Wolfgang Van Halen, learning the drums, guitar and bass came easier than learning to deal with the trolling and resentment he faced for being the son of Eddie Van Halen. Wolfgang tells Marc how touring as part of Van Halen taught him what to avoid in his career and helped him gain perspective on the type of music he wanted to make on his own. T…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, real American Neal Lynch recaps our nation's extended birthday party including poolside panic, a pricey carnival misadventure, Despicable Me 4, and a trip to Rhode Island for weak weather, strong drinks, and some seriously cringeworthy encounters. From near-death experiences on a porch column to falling …
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When two comics are on tour together, one of the best places to get to know each other is in a car while driving between gigs. Clare O’Kane and Marc didn’t have much history together before Clare started opening for Marc, so they recorded their drive from Cleveland to Detroit and talked about their shared experiences with depression, shaving their …
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Shalom Auslander gave voice to something Marc was thinking for most of his life: That he’s been living in a world of Feh. What that Yiddish word means and why Shalom believes it’s an organizing idea that’s been forced on human beings, particularly Jews, for thousands of years is the subject of Shalom’s new book. Shalom and Marc talk about breaking …
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First, hear Marc's 2014 conversation with Bob Newhart from Bob's home in Bel-Air. Then, a follow-up conversation from 2018 where Marc and Bob talked on the phone. Bob Newhart died on July 18, 2024, at age 94. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted o…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, New York Mets fan Neal Lynch recaps the first half of the Amazins' 2024 season, from the maydays of May to the June boom to climbing above .500 at the All-Star break. Plus, Neal gives his thoughts on how much the Metros missed El Troll Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo getting left of…
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It’s been a long time since Dan St. Germain had his first big gig as an opener with Marc in Sacramento. As the years have gone by, Dan took a few breaks from standup, worked as a writer on several TV series, dealt with the heartbreak of a declining parent, and struggled with sobriety. Dan tells Marc how he managed to pull things together, get clean…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, single dad Neal Lynch talks about a sad scavenger hunt at Schenk Farmstead, attending a college graduation party, Father’s Day Weekend, his daughter's last day of kindergarten, mini-golf, missing cats, core memories, Inside Out 2, an empanada festival, hitting up a Trenton Thunder baseball game, watching…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, single dad Neal Lynch tells stories about meeting up with his old high school girlfriend, house hunting, EveryPlate, mini-golf, the fall of On The Border, The Garfield movie, his first Renaissance Faire, and watching a Jungle Book play, the Jungle Book animated movie from the '60s and the most recent liv…
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Despite Phish’s enormous following, frontman Trey Anastasio still sees himself as an outsider. Trey talks with Marc about his earliest influences, which were not jam bands, but groups like the Jackson 5 and musicals from Broadway. They also talk about the pressure Phish encountered after Jerry Garcia died, how the party scene surrounding the band s…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, single dad Neal Lynch seeks answers and explanations from artificial intelligence about why his ex-girlfriend dumped him then uses an app to see how many American women are up to his standards. Plus, more ridiculous profiles on dating apps. Funny Stories from Giant Mess Podcast - https://bit.ly/GiantMess…
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Clarence Maclin was uniquely suited to make his film debut in the new movie Sing Sing, starring alongside Colman Domingo. That’s because the film is based on a real life group of incarcerated men at Sing Sing prison and Clarence plays a fictionalized version of himself. Clarence talks with Marc about how a theater program run by an organization cal…
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Stavros Halkias titled his Netflix special Fat Rascal in part because he doesn’t know any other reality than a life with addictive food issues. Marc is no stranger to addiction or food-based trauma, so he can relate. But both Stavros and Marc can also still get really excited talking about Greek food and their love of diners. Stavros explains the f…
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Julianne Nicholson came over to the garage at the right time. With Marc deep in the middle of an acting job, it was helpful for both his curiosity and his confidence to talk to an expert actor like Julianne who is so versatile in all her performances, from movies like Black Mass to her Emmy-winning performance in Mare of Easttown. Julianne and Marc…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, sci-fi freak Neal Lynch (aka Neal 1) recaps, reacts to, and reviews season 1 of the thrilling Apple TV+ show Dark Matter, which stars Joel Edgerton as a physics professor named Jason Dessen who's abducted and thrown into an alternate reality. Jason tries survive numerous other realities to get back to hi…
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When Paul Scheer was on WTF back in 2010, he spoke about things in his past that he never before spoke about publicly. That conversation with Marc started Paul on a journey of self-discovery that continued as he built a family, grew his career and dealt with the relationships in his life that had deeply unresolved issues. All of this culminated in …
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Gareth Reynolds was struggling in show business as a comic, a writer, an actor, you name it. But not unlike Marc, he finally broke through when he started hosting a podcast along with fellow comic Dave Anthony, The Dollop, where Dave tells stories from history that Gareth knows nothing about. Gareth and Marc talk about what led to the creation of t…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, time travel enthusiast Neal Lynch recaps, reviews, and reacts to Outer Range Season 2. If you've ever been interested in seeing a person glitch in real life or witness a human's brain breaking, you're in luck. Also, NEAL ATTEMPTS MATH IN REAL-TIME! All 7 episodes of the second season premiered on May 16,…
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In this episode of the "Giant Mess" podcast, one-time comic book buyer Neal Lynch recaps, reviews, and reacts to X-Men '97, one of the most anticipated new series of 2024. The new Marvel Animation series on Disney+ continues where the original animated series left off in the '90s. Disney announced that the first episode had 4 million views worldwid…
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Jewel Kilcher left her troubled home life in Alaska as a teenager, hitchhiking her way across the country and living in her car before becoming a music superstar known globally by her first name. Jewel talks with Marc about how she used creativity to overcome anxiety, how Bob Dylan factored into her breakthrough, and how she feared becoming a stati…
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As bassist and lyricist for Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler has a lifetime of rock and roll stories to tell. From the band’s working class roots in Birmingham to their early days as a traditional blues band to their transformation into the quintessential heavy metal group, Geezer tells Marc how he brought it all together with Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward …
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Jude Law and Marc made a movie together but they never actually got to meet during it. They remedy that at the production offices of Jude’s latest project, as he sits down with Marc to talk about the elasticity of time, having a runaway imagination, the traveling life of an actor, and Michael Caine. They also talk about the preparation Jude puts in…
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Comedian Ali Siddiq draws from his life experiences to create his comedy shows. Now in the midst of a four part comedy special called The Domino Effect, Ali is exploring everything from his tough upbringing to his time spent in prison to the early comedic stylings he displayed while working at the Sunglass Hut. Marc and Ali compare notes on their s…
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