Episode 527 - Wanda Sykes

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2014

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Wanda Sykes is one of the funniest people alive. But Marc remembers Wanda when she was first starting out in the New York comedy clubs and says she was a completely different performer back then. Wanda tells Marc how she found her confidence and became more honest, in both her act and her life. Plus, Wanda explains what happened during her encounter with the President and First Lady.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:10.5	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck in here is, what the fuck
0:13.7	sticks, what the fuck is the bulls?
0:16.2	How are you, I'm Mark Maren, this is WTF.
0:18.4	I am very excited to tell you that today on the show, Wanda Sykes, who I've known for
0:23.8	years, who I actually saw when she started back in New York and I'm excited to share
0:29.6	this conversation I have with her because she's amazing.
0:32.1	Now let me just say one thing at the very end of the interview, it's literally the last
0:37.2	four seconds of this interview, you'll hear a change in the audio.
0:41.1	I had a little problem with the recording, which happens very rarely, but luckily I had
0:45.7	an external mic going, but it wasn't plugged into the board.
0:49.2	But you'll be able to hear me and Wanda saying goodbye, so don't be jared, don't think
0:54.4	that I don't know what's happening.
0:56.8	Alright?
0:57.8	Okay, so that prepares for nothing, four seconds, but I just want you to know that I'm aware
1:04.0	of it.
1:05.0	So what is happening?
1:06.0	Alright, well I went down to Charlotte, this would be about a week ago, I got back.
1:10.4	Every time I go to the American South and I like to call it that, it gives us some historical
1:14.8	context, I am enamored with it.
1:18.4	I usually want to stay there.
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