Marc Maron announced that he and producer Brendan McDonald decided to end “With Marc Maron”, a groundbreaking podcast that helped define the media and launched in 2009.

Malone broke the news in the latest episode of the podcast to guest star John Mulaney, who was the first to hear the decision. "'WTF' is coming to an end, and it's our decision," Malone said. "We're going to have the final episode sometime in the fall."

The podcast, which turns 16 on September 1, has become one of the most influential shows in podcast history, with more than 1,600 episodes including interviews from everyone from Barack Obama to Keith Richards to Carol Burnett. It is worth noting that the episodes of Malone and Robin Williams became the first one-on-one podcast to enter the National Recording Registry of the United States.

"It wasn't some kind of difficult decision," Malone explained. "Brendan and I weren't the only ones responsible for this action on every level...we both realized we were done."

The show started early in the podcast, and began in Malone’s garage, when few people understood the potential of the medium. "It's starting, you know it's an old garage...it's just that no one knows what the podcast is," Malone said. "I was out of a horrible divorce. I wanted to figure out how to keep going."

Maron and McDonald maintained creative independence throughout the podcast run, while Maron recorded in his garage studio and produced by McDonald from Brooklyn. The two have been on the move every Monday and Thursday for nearly 16 years.

"We were tired, we were burned, and we were completely satisfied with the work we were doing," Malone said. "We did a great job."

Malone emphasized that the decision to end came from both sides at the same time. “We always say, ‘Well, how do we know what we’re done?’ I always say, “Well, whenever Brendan says that, he always says… “If Mark knew, we’re done.” Thankfully, we both realized together that we’re done. ”

He stressed that ending a podcast does not necessarily mean retiring from a similar job. "That doesn't mean I'm never going to do something like that again. You know, I'm never going to talk like I do here, or do some kind of podcast at some point in time. But for now, we're just packing things up."

The podcast will continue to release new episodes in the fall, with Malone promising to feature “as many people as possible” in the final months, including guests who might want to show up “Now you know it’s like home.”

"Everything can end," Malone reflected. “We started the show with our terms and developed under our terms and we will end with our terms.”

The news was first reported by the deadline.