WTF with Marc Maron

WTF with Marc Maron is a weekly podcast and radio show hosted by stand-up comedian Marc Maron. The show was launched in September 2009. The show is produced by Maron's former Air America co-worker Brendan McDonald.
Background.
The show's title stems from the Internet slang abbreviation "WTF" (for "What the fuck?"). "WTF" launched in September 2009 following the cancellation of Maron's Air America terrestrial radio program "Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder". Maron retained his Air America building keycard and, without permission, used their studios to record the first several episodes of "WTF".
After the first episodes, Maron moved from New York to California. Most episodes of the show are generally recorded in Maron's home garage, nicknamed "the Cat Ranch", in Los Angeles. He ends most podcasts with the phrase "Boomer lives" in honor of a cat he brought from New York who went missing. The phrase became a hashtag and his production company name.
Occasionally shows are recorded in Maron's various hotel rooms (while on the road performing standup), the offices of his guests, or other locations. Every show opens with an audio sample of one of Maron's lines from the film "Almost Famous": "Lock the gates!"
It began being distributed to radio by Public Radio Exchange in 2012.
Reception.
"WTF" has received generally positive reviews, including positive writeups in "The New York Times" and "Entertainment Weekly". On average, it receives over 220,000 downloads per episode—with the show purportedly reaching 100 million downloads by December 9, 2013. In 2014, "Rolling Stone" listed "WTF" #1 on their list of "The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts Right Now". In April 2021 it was announced that Maron and his producer Brendan McDonald would be the recipients of the first-ever "Governors Award by the Podcast Academy for Excellence in Audio" ("The Ambies") for their work on "WTF".