Episode 1133 - Janelle Monáe

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Janelle Monáe is not going to stop creating, but right now she feels the urge to use her creativity in the service of action. Marc talks with Janelle about the social and political unrest in the country today and why no one has an excuse to remain silent. Janelle explains how her fears of emotional abandonment when she was younger laid the groundwork for her music career and her acting, including her most recent performance in Homecoming. They also talk about Prince, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, androids, and Kansas.

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0:00.0	Lock the gate!
0:01.0	All right, let's do this.
0:11.3	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fucking ears, what the fuck sticks,
0:16.7	what's happening?
0:18.4	I'm Mark Marren, this is my podcast, WTF, and welcome to it.
0:25.1	If you're new here, thanks for coming.
0:27.4	I can get you up to speed on stuff.
0:29.6	I've been doing this over a decade, there's like 1,100, there's a lot of episodes.
0:33.9	You can get a lot of the back catalog at Stitcher Premium.
0:39.1	The most recent 50 are always available.
0:41.9	The one I did with President Barack Obama is Evergreen, that's from 2015.
0:49.7	And I talked to a lot of different kinds of people, all different kinds, full range of
0:54.7	entertainment types and presidents.
0:58.5	I've been going through a hard time myself, if you're just joining us for the first time,
1:02.5	it's hard for me to focus on the world, which is horrible, with some glimmers of hope,
1:09.1	but not enough for my liking, but I also have some personal issues that are happening
1:16.0	as we speak.
1:17.4	I don't want to go rehash all of that, but I'll probably jump in.
1:21.5	I'll probably jump in, but I don't want to be rude, how are you guys, you all right?
1:25.8	Before I get lost in my ramblings, today on the show is Janelle Monet.
1:32.8	Yes.
1:33.8	You never thought that would happen, did you?
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