Former comedian Matt B. Davis and Marc discuss their friendship, sobriety, and how Matt found a new career in obstacle racing. They delve into personal issues, regrets in comedy, making choices for movie roles, and the challenges of creating a 24-hour race documentary. The conversation also touches on intense personalities, mean-spiritedness, and the impact of honesty. They end with recommendations for movies, an obstacle racing website, and discuss a fake viral video.
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Matt B. Davis shares his personal journey from comedy to starting a staffing company and finding a passion in obstacle racing.
The intense and emotional conversation between Matt B. Davis and Marc Maron explores their insecurities, emotional impact, and ultimately finds resolution.
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Summary of the podcast episode
The podcast episode discusses the speaker's personal journey from comedy to starting a staffing company and eventually getting involved in obstacle racing. The speaker shares his experience of getting sober and finding a new passion for obstacle racing. He explains the challenges he faced in scaling his staffing company and the lessons he learned about managing finances. The speaker also touches on his involvement in the obstacle racing community and his podcast, which focuses on the sport's stories and participants.
The Emotional Interview
In this intense and emotional interview, Mark Marin and his guest have a heated conversation, exploring their similarities and differences. They discuss their insecurities, their tendencies to diminish each other, and the emotional impact of their interactions. The conversation escalates into anger and resentment, but ultimately they find resolution and apologize for their outbursts.
A Documentary on Obstacle Racing
Matt B. Davis discusses his documentary on obstacle racing, titled 'The World's Toughest Hunter Mile Race.' He talks about the challenges of the sport, the specific rules and parameters of the race, and the unique experiences of the participants. Matt reflects on the importance of the documentary for the sport and his aspirations to create more content in the future.
Reflecting on Acting Choices
Mark Marin engages in a conversation about his acting choices and the portrayal of accents in one of his films. He discusses the decision to take on a specific accent and the challenges it presented. Mark reflects on the risks and rewards of pushing himself as an actor and the subjective nature of audience reactions to his performance.
Matt B. Davis is unique among WTF guests in that he did comedy for more than a decade, got out of the business and never wanted back in. Matt and Marc talk about how they got to know each other as comics, how they've helped each other in sobriety, and how Matt found a second career within the obstacle racing community. But then the conversation hits an obstacle of its own, as both Matt and Marc try to deal with a roadblock that's interfering with their friendship.