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This holiday season, listen to the Capricorns. They’re holding it together for everyone around them
(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times; Ann Demeulemeester Black Livia Collar, courtesy of Ssense.com)
Anyone who has attempted to breach the magnetically charged ring of ice around a Capricorn knows that their association with their planetary ruler, Saturn, could never be a coincidence. Look deep into the stone-flower eyes of a Capricorn and you will sense an earthly strength that could be cultivated only through a lifetime of holding it together for not only themselves but also for everyone and everything around them. Consider the impossibly gravity-defying steps of a goat delicately yet pragmatically traversing a rock wall along an invisible path. When you marvel at the fruits of a Capricorn’s labor, understand that they would not exist without the potent recipe of discipline and dignity, suffering and strife, responsibility and reverence. The planetary rings aren’t just a testament to the gravitational pull of the power that comes from pain — they’re also a crown, meant to honor and create protective distance.
The Ann Demeulemeester Black Livia Collar is a soft armor, supple and tough as the shearling and lambskin that forms it. The shoulder placement renders it a landing cushion for the weight of the entire world, for who bears a burden more elegantly than a Capricorn? It’s only fitting that the designer herself has Sun, Moon and Saturn in Capricorn and that the house has been known for decades for its tastefully restrained color palette and timeless futurism. The Capricorn reminds us that restrictions can provide a path to creative liberation — when directed into a narrow vessel, a previously unfettered artistic energy gains the opportunity to examine more closely elements that may have been missed in the exuberance of expansion. And as a traditionally feminine sign, Capricorn understands that severity is a kind of tenderness. In preparation for battle on a cold, dark planet, the shield must be donned — but who says it can’t be gracefully fastened with a bow?
It takes 10 steps through the constellations to find the landing place where protection can be lush, where luxury can feel ascetic, where beauty is monastic. Hardships are not to be avoided or fled from at all costs. Staying present with the sensations of any of the innumerable burdens that are thrust upon us can yield an experience of transcendence — or, at the very least, an acceptance of what inexorably exists. True peace can’t always be found in nonstop happiness, joy and pleasure — and although these experiences are essential, there are many, many more that constitute the tapestry of what it means to feel human and to feel alive. This winter, as we turn inward with the tradition of the season, may Capricorn be the light that chases away the fear of feeling the pain of being an earthling.
Goth Shakira is an Aquarian digital conjurer and Queen of Pentacles divining in Los Angeles.
Marc Maron announced on his show Monday that the podcast will air its final episode this fall. After more than 1,600 episodes, he says he and his producer were “burnt out.” Maron is pictured above in Los Angeles on May 29, 2025.
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Since 2009, comedian Marc Maron has recorded his topical and entertaining podcast WTF from his garage studio, interviewing famous people such as Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman and former President Barack Obama.
Before talking to comedian John Mulaney on his latest episode, the podcast pioneer broke the news that he’s calling it quits.
“We have put up a new show every Monday and Thursday for almost 16 years and we’re tired. We’re burnt out. And we are utterly satisfied with the work we’ve done,” he told his listeners.
The WTF With Marc Maron Podcast has produced more than 1,600 episodes and boasts 55 million listens every year. It’s one of the most-streamed and downloaded podcasts around.
Maron began the podcast with producer Brendan McDonald in 2009 after losing the late night radio show he co-hosted at Air America Radio network, whose opening line of every episode was, “Good evening geniuses, philosopher kings and queens, working class heroes, progressive utopians with no sense of humor, lurking conservatives.”
At the time, the podcast genre was new.
“No one knew what a podcast was. I was coming out of a horrendous divorce. I was wanting to figure out how to continue living my life. Things were not looking good for me,” he explained on WTF. “There was no way to make money. There was no way that we knew how to build an audience or anything. And it was crazy. We were doing it in a garage at the beginning. That was just a garage. It was filled with junk.”
WTF with Marc Maron grew a huge audience, gained sponsors and became influential. In 2010, Robin Williams spoke to Maron about suicide before his death. That episode was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, which noted that “Marc Maron’s popularity has helped to legitimize the podcast as a media format and created an idiosyncratic document of this moment of American culture.”
His 2015 interview with Barack Obama was noted by The New York Times as “almost certainly the first time that a sitting president has recorded an interview in a comedian’s garage.”
With Maron in his Los Angeles garage and McDonald producing from Brooklyn, the two-man operation “had a great run, but it’s time, folks. It’s time,” Maron said. “WTF is coming to an end. And it’s our decision.”
The podcast will end “sometime in the fall,” and Maron says it doesn’t mean he won’t do another podcast. The 61-year-old author of The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah and Attempting Normal has been busy acting. He starred in the Netflix series GLOW, as well as in his IFC series Maron. He has also had his own standup comedy specials and movie roles, including Joker (2019), Respect (2021) and The Bad Guys (2022).
This week, he has a new Apple show, Stick, with Owen Wilson, and next week the Tribeca Film Festival will premiere a documentary about him, Are We Good? The film explores how Maron’s life changed after the death of his partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton, in 2020.
’16 and Pregnant’ Whitney Purvis
Son Weston Dead at 16 …
Born During Season 1
Published
Weston Gosa Jr. — the son of “16 and Pregnant” star Whitney Purvis — has died … according to a message posted by Whitney to Facebook.
The former teen mom shared the sad news Monday … sharing a photo of the two smiling. Whitney has her arms wrapped around her son in the sweet snapshot.
She captioned the photo, “Rest in Peace, my baby Weston. I love you forever, precious. I’ll never understand why life has to be so cruel. You’ll always be my baby.”
Whitney did not share a cause of death in the post … but, Weston’s stepmom, Amy Gosa, also posted about Weston’s passing — telling fans they tried to wake him up at 7 AM today and couldn’t.
Amy says they tried CPR and called an ambulance. Paramedics rushed Weston to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The family is waiting on autopsy results, Gosa says … but, she adds Weston had a number of medical issues, including diabetes.
Weston was born back on April 2, 2009. Whitney was actually pregnant with him when she and her baby daddy — also named Weston — were on the show’s inaugural season way back in the day.
Purvis lost custody of Weston and her other son, River, in the years since leaving the show … and, she was arrested last year for allegedly failing to make child support payments.
We’ve reached out to Whitney … so far, no word back.
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