Maria Bamford | Extended Cut

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Beloved comedian Maria Bamford stops by to catch up with Stephen about life in Minnesota, early-morning stand-up shows, and what it's like being the subject of a documentary. The doc, "Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story," is screening at SXSW this month and you can find tickets to Maria Bamford's comedy tour at https://mariabamford.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official
0:05.5	after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then
0:11.2	join me, 48 Hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem,
0:17.2	where we bring you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different levels.
0:24.1	Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	It's the Late Show Potshow with Stephen Colbert.
0:38.7	Ladies and gentlemen,
0:41.9	folks, my next guest tonight
0:44.9	is, by my lights,
0:47.7	the funniest comedian in the world.
0:50.9	You know her from Lady Dynamite,
0:53.1	Arrested Development, and her stand-up specials.
0:55.4	Please welcome back to the late show, Maria Bamford.
1:02.1	Thank you so much. Hi, Maria. Hi, I'm so delighted to be on this show. I'm so thrilled to have you back.
1:08.8	You know, you're my favorite comedian. Oh, come on.
1:12.6	You haven't been on the show since 2023, so it's possible I'm lying.
1:16.6	Now, a lot of this is going on in the world.
1:18.6	Yes, yes. What have you been up to?
1:20.6	Well, I hope, like everybody here, I've been protesting against the state of...
1:26.6	And, yeah, and I was trying to think of what the Cise Puez of white woman would be.
1:35.1	And I think it would be, you know what, for me?
1:43.9	You're now the subject of a documentary.
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