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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: A Conversation with Marc Maron on Panic, Politics, and Podcasting
Description: Marc Maron joins Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott to break down his incredible new HBO comedy special, Panicked. Holding nothing back, he argues that a comic doesnât have a responsibility to be political in the age of Trump. "I do not think it's that comics' responsibility to do anything but be funny." To that, Maron roasts the left for its infighting, joking that progressives may have âannoyed the average American into fascism.â But we go deeper than politics. Maron reflects on how processing tragedy has allowed him to take greater comedic risks, revealing thereâs âa part of me that...