Comedian Marc Maron: We Need 'Groupthink Empathy' During COVID-19 Outbreak

A self-described 'recovering hypochondriac,' comedian Marc Maron is trying to stay calm. 'There's something about freaking out about your health or about immediately thinking the worst thing ... there's definitely a selfishness to it.' nprfreshair

"When [the panic] does hit me, it hits me pretty hard, but it doesn't hit me too often," he says."We [have] to do the right thing to protect those who are vulnerable, to sort of get into a herd mentality, a kind of groupthink empathy."For the most part ... I'm not freaking out about too much of anything.

Heidi Saman and Thea Chaloner produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Meghan Sullivan adapted it for the Web.

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