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Lock the gate. All right, let's do this. How are you? What the. What the Buddies? What the next. What's happening? I'm Mark Marin. This is my podcast. Welcome to it. It's called wtf if you're not aware what you're listening to. That's always been the name. I don't know that. We knew it'd be like a brand for years. We've been delivering it for years. What's happening? I don't know how it happened, but it happened. Ariana Grande is here today, only one of the biggest stars in the world. She's one of these people. I don't know her whole catalog. I don't know a lot of it. You know, I got up to speed. But one thing I always knew is even seeing her for 15 seconds, is that she's one of these profoundly talented people where the gift is so great you kind of think it might come from outer space. Not calling her an it, but the gift. Maybe she's from outer space. I don't know. I knew when I got the opportunity to talk to her that I would have to take it because she's a magic person. You know, it's rare. I don't know what your lives are like or how often you get to meet true, truly magical people. I've met a few. Even with all the 1600 or so conversations I've had with people, the magic people are kind of. They're kind of rare, real magic people. I was talking to. Who was I talking to about. I talked to James Mangold the other day. I'll put that out later. About Dylan. He's another guy. Where it's this otherworldly magic that comes into these people. It's a combination of talent, but also just. People are somewhat possessed with magical ability. But Ariana works hard. It's paid off. She's one of the biggest selling global pop musicians in history. And now she's an Oscar nominee for Best supporting Actress for Wicked. And when I got the opportunity to talk to her, I'm like, I do what I usually do. I got up to speed as much as I could. I generally. With a musical guest that I'm not, you know, and I'm not a. You know, I'm not a teenager. I didn't grow up with her. But generally what I do with musicians is I'll listen to some of their very first stuff and then I'll dip into the middle a bit, and then I really listen closely to their newest stuff so I can sort of see where they've come from and where they are now. And I did that with her and I had some experiences with a couple of her songs. We talk a bit about it, but needless to say, it was special talking to her because she's a special person. That's that. Hey, if you're in la, in the area and you want to help out with the LA fire relief efforts, I wanted to get you up to speed on something. This week. My old manager, Olivia Wingate is working on three benefit shows at the Elysian Theater here in la. That's today, tomorrow and Wednesday. It's Samantha Bees Wits End show, which is a live trivia game show where two celebrities go head to head. It's been running in New York for two years and now it'll be in LA with with the proceeds going toward the fire relief charities. Kurt Bronner, Kristen Schall, Doug Benson, Rachel Scanlon, Joe Mandy and Reggie Watts are just some of the comedians participating. You can go to the Elysian Theater website Elysiantheater.com for tickets. Again, that's tonight through Wednesday at 7pm Each night. Each night. I was up so late last night, you know, I was watching Gone Girl, which I've seen before, and somehow, even though it's that movie, I didn't really remember how it ended quite. I watched it because I was gonna, I was preparing to talk to Carrie Coon, who is a astounding actress, and I watched a couple heavy movies. I got, I got, I got boundary problems, man. With movies. Is that possible? I have, I have boundary issues with movies. I can't. Sometimes I watch a movie and I get so immersed that I can't separate it from my life. Like, I watched another one of her movies, the Nest, and it was like, you know, there's some, there's some animal tragedy in that, and I couldn't not. It's one thing feeling emotions, but to sort of have emotions that linger and pervade your entire being. I mean, I try to watch some happy movies. They don't do the same thing, you know. So I'm going to be starting out in Iowa City at the Engler theater on Thursday, February 13th. That's this Week on my tour. Then I'm in Des Moines, Iowa at the Hoyt Sherman place on Friday, February 14, and Kansas City, Missouri at the Midland Theater on Saturday, February 15. Next week I'm in Asheville, North Carolina, at the Orange Peel on Thursday, February 20, Nashville, Tennessee at the James K. Polk Theater on Friday, February 21, Louisville, Kentucky at the Baumhart Theater. On Saturday, February 22 in Lexington, Kentucky at the Lexington Opera House on Sunday, February 23. Then I'm coming to Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Toronto, Vermont, New Hampshire, and then New York City for my special taping. Some of you are asking about tickets to that. They are not on sale yet. They are not there yet. But for all the other ones you can go to wtfpod.com tour for all my dates and links to tickets. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Are you stuck in the past when it comes to your online presence? It might feel like you just updated your website recently, but then you realize it's been a decade and you're way behind the times. Get yourself over to squarespace.com wtf and start making a beautiful website that has everything you need for today. For now, we created wtfpod.com using Squarespace, but that's just one example of how you can make Squarespace work for you. Because now Squarespace has enhanced features like design intelligence that helps you design a more personalized website tailored to your needs. This goes way beyond the type of design templates that were available in the past. Squarespace Payments is the easiest way to manage your payments in one space. 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I don't even know what they're eating. I had an apple cut in half in there. They didn't seem to want to touch it. What do they want? What do the bugs want from me? Why me man, it's been a long time since I've been a guest on things. I somehow pulled out of that. That. That rotation. Like, I don't do almost anybody's podcast, and I feel a little rusty at it. It's kind of weird. I had. I did a guest shot on Adam Ray's Dr. Phil show the other night, and it was weird. I was nervous. I think I told you about that. But the other day, I did a zoom appearance on Dana Carvey and David Spade's podcast, and that was fun, man. It was fun. Again, I got to keep talking to people. I see Spade pretty frequently at the Comedy Store, but just to engage with the two of them, and fuck, man, there are some guys that say some lines, then they're just lines where I'm like, holy shit, that is so funny. I'm never going to forget it. You know, I'll let you watch it because I don't want. I don't want to throw him under the bus in any way. But we're. Because I don't know if he'll use it. But we were talking about a movie that is notoriously kind of bad and panned, and we were talking about it, and I was like, I didn't see it. And I asked Spade if he had seen it. He said, I couldn't get through the poster. I couldn't get through the poster. Come on, that's a fucking. That's gonna be wedged in my brain forever. I'll just visit it when I need a little chuckle. I guess that's what good jokes do. Brendan reminded me of a joke I used to do that was similar. And I'm like, why did I stop doing that joke? Because it was too simple about watching a movie, a bad movie. And I guess the line was, it was so bad, I almost walked out of my house. I can use that for any movie. Why do I forget the good, simple jokes? Why don't I have more jokes? I tell you the story about taking it easy, the new Marc Maron. Well, in this time of trouble and darkness, and perhaps the end of even my ability to speak publicly from the point of view that I do. Come see those shows. Might be the last tour before the restrictions, but I just. I gotta lighten up a little bit, right? Why's everything gotta be so urgent, huh? What's wrong with me? This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Coming up in this conversation with Ariana Grande, you'll hear us talking about staying on track with mental health goals and how she handles it in the high pressure environment she's in. That's because she knows what a lot of the red flags are when it comes to her life and how she needs to be proactive about them before they become a problem. Therapy can help you identify the red flags as well as the green flags that point you toward healthy practices and relationships. If you want to give therapy a try, BetterHelp is a great way to get started. 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Better help. Okay, look, I don't want to ramble on too long. Ariana Grande is here. I mean, come on, Come on. Ariana Grande is here. She's up for best supporting Actress at the Oscars. Wicked is still in theaters and available to rent on digital platforms. And she's here right now. This is me talking to Ariana Grande last night. I was like, you know, I did a show and then I, you know, I didn't know how to reward myself, so I plowed through a pint of non dairy Ben and Jerry's.