President Barack Obama

President Obama appears on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast

Marc Maron announced last week that he would be speaking with President Barack Obama. He gave the news before his episode with Judd Apatow, another guest that speaks highly of his year that includes a once-in-lifetime phone call by Mick Jagger from The Rolling Stones. 

Maron today released the hour-long episode where Maron and Obama discussed “college, fitting in, race relations, gun violence, changing the status quo, disappointing your fans, comedians, fatherhood, and overcoming fear.”

Maron talked about the interview: “It’s just gonna be me and President Barack Obama in my garage. And I know that he was at Tyler Perry’s last night, so I’m a little… I mean, I like my house, but I imagine it’s gonna be a little different. It’s cozy, it’s cozy.”

Listen to the episode on Maron’s official site.

Stephen Colbert sent-off with “We’ll Meet Again”

Last night was the final episode of The Colbert Report and virtually every celebrity you could think of was there to say goodbye to Stephen Colbert with a singalong of Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again.”

Michael Stipe from R.E.M.’s (who for 25 cents at a yard sale yesterday), Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, Randy Newman, Willie Nelson, and Cyndi Lauper all were in the singalong. Among the other celebrities are Jon Stewart, Bryan Cranston, President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, James Franco, Katie Couric, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Stewart, and Alek Trebek.

Actual Stephen Colbert will take the role of David Letterman as the host of Late Show in CBS.