Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast is a book written by Marc Maron and published on October 10, 2017 by Flatiron Books that contains transcriptions from over 800 episodes of his interview podcast WTF with Marc Maron.
[3][4] Each chapter has a theme and is introduced by a short explanation about what stage of life Maron was going through at the time of the interview.
[7] The Publishers Weekly review of the book called it "deeply moving, inspirational, and witty".
[9] Canadian Broadcasting Corporation praised the book saying it is "At once laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, joyous, tragic and powerful".
[10] John Warner wrote in the Chicago Tribune that while the book tends to be funny it also has its awkward moments.