Episode 858 - Lizzy Goodman / Dana Gould

**Marc Maron** (0:00)
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All right, let's do this. How are you, WTFers? WTF buddies? WTFniks? WTFsters? What's happening? I'm Marc Maron. This is my podcast, WTF. How are you? Are you okay? I am okay. Back in the studios, shooting the TV. It's exciting, but it's long hours, and I'm actually recording this late at night after I've shot. But fortunately, I don't have to meander too much or noodle around or think out loud too much because I've got a couple of guests. I got a nice short talk with the amazing Dana Gould. And then later, after that, I talked to Lizzy Goodman about her book. Did you read her book? The Meet Me in the Bathroom, Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City, 2001 to 2011 I was in the book, and I feel like I completely missed music at that point in time. I talked to her about that.
But Dana, he's got a new comedy album out called Mr. Funnyman. It's available on Kill Rockstar's Records.
And the new season of his IFC show, Stan Against Evil, is premiering November 1st. And Dana and I go way back. I love him.
I love him. He's one of the guys I knew when I was just starting out. He was sort of a child prodigy. Is that what you call it? A comedic child prodigy almost. He started when he was like 15 or 16 in Boston. But always pretty, pretty geniusy. So, oh, I know what I want to tell you about if you live in Los Angeles.
You Los Angelinos, this Sunday, October 29th, I want to see you at our only LA Book Talk and signing. I'll be at the Ann and Jerry Moss Theater in Santa Monica with my producer and co-author of Waiting for the Punch, Brendan MacDonald, doing a little Boston, got a little Boston spin on the talking. This is all part of Live Talks LA. It's a 7 p.m. event and we'll make it worth your while on a Sunday night. You'll get some book talks, some behind the scenes stuff about WTF, some secrets that you didn't already know. We'll take your questions. We'll sign your stuff. It'll be great. Bring your copy of Waiting for the Punch if you already have one or you can get one with your ticket. Go to livetalksla.org to get tickets or go to the tour page of wtfpod.com. That's Sunday, October 29th, livetalksla.org or wtfpod.com.
Oh my God.
Long day today for me. As I told you, I'm recording this in the evening and I'm back in it. I'm shooting the glow. I'm shooting with the ladies, the gorgeous ladies of wrestling. We're doing it again, me and Alison, Betty and the crew.
But you know, you got to get up, go to work, hang out, wear costumes, stand one place, stand another place, do the talking, wait, go up another camera, change a lens, do the talking again.
It's a little tedious, but when you do get to do the acting and you engage and you have that emotional connection, it's nice, it's good, it's exciting. It makes the world go away for a few minutes, which gets harder and harder to do. I hope you guys are hanging in. And as I said, I'm a little tired and I've got two guests, so I'm going to lean on that a little today. So Dana Gould, what can I tell you about Dana Gould? He's been on the show before.