‘The Paper’ Star Domhnall Gleeson Salutes Journalists, While Marc Maron Reminds Us How We Wound Up With Fascism

About this episode

Domhnall Gleeson discusses his role in 'The Paper' and Marc Maron talks about his special 'Panicked' and current events.

Comedian Marc Maron discusses his most recent special — HBO’s “Panicked” — and updates us on how he’s doing post-podcast, and more importantly, what his cats are up to. Also, Domhnall Gleeson, who plays Ned Sampson in Peacock’s “The Paper,” teases Season 2 of the comedy — which has already wrapped production — and discusses how he’s become a folk hero for newspaper journalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guests: Domhnall Gleeson, Marc Maron

Topics covered

• journalism
• comedy
• television
• interviews
• politics

Keywords

• Domhnall Gleeson
• Marc Maron
• The Paper
• Panicked
• journalism
• comedy
• HBO
• Peacock

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO, Peacock

Books & works: Panicked, The Paper

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