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I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.

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It's the Sound of Yellow America. I'm Jesse Thorne.

My guest on the program is comedian Mark Marin.

He's been a comedian for many years.

It wasn't as a leader of what some people have called the alternative comedy world,

first in New York City, now in Los Angeles.

He's shaking his head at me as though I'm saying something wrong.

He's recently transformed his career significantly with his podcast WTF,

which is also a public radio show, which I should mention I am one of the producers of the

public radio version, which has become one of the most popular comedy podcasts in America,

and I think has significantly transformed his standing in the world of entertainment,

though perhaps not as significantly as he might like.

Mark, welcome back to the Sound of Yellow America.

Thank you, Jesse. I'd like to add that I could not have done any of it without you,

without you patiently coming over to my house and walking me through the path of garage band,

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