Episode 987 - Aaron Sorkin

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

It's very possible the only reason Aaron Sorkin became a writer is because he spent a lonely night in a friend's apartment where the only thing working was an electric typewriter. Aaron tells Marc how that fateful night put him on the path to writing his first play, A Few Good Men, and kicked off a writing career on Broadway, in film and on TV that has few rivals. Aaron also talks about his hero and mentor William Goldman, why his first try at adapting To Kill A Mockingbird was no good, and how his habit of writing high landed him in rehab. Plus, stories about the making of The West Wing, The Social Network and more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and SimpliSafe.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you, what the fuckers?
0:12.4	What the fuck buddies?
0:13.7	What the fuck in the ears?
0:14.8	What's happening?
0:15.8	I'm Mark Marin.
0:16.8	This is my podcast WTF.
0:19.1	Welcome to it.
0:20.1	How's it going?
0:21.6	Everybody good?
0:22.6	I'm alright.
0:23.6	I guess.
0:24.6	I don't know why.
0:26.0	I can't change.
0:28.4	There are some things I can't change.
0:31.7	Aaron Sorkin is my guest today.
0:35.6	We recorded the conversation upstairs at the Schubert Theater in New York City where
0:41.2	it's to kill a mockingbird is currently running.
0:45.0	We recorded it a while back.
0:46.4	I did want to put this out there before I...
0:49.0	You guys get to that.
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