WTF

In the way of many things born at an era’s dawning, “WTF with Marc Maron” reminds us that podcasting began with good intentions.

Some of us remember what that territory was like, especially when “WTF” launched and, as Maron recalls at the top of his Monday, June 2 episode, no one knew what a podcast was.

Early “WTF” episodes are deeply confessional, a product of Maron figuring out his life’s direction after a horrendous divorce.

Maron’s production output has been daunting since the earliest days of “WTF,” churning out two episodes a week to build an archive surpassing 1600 installments.

Before “WTF,” he was a featured personality on Air America, the short-lived progressive response to conservative talk radio.