--- description: Find out why "The Dropout" is on TIME's list of the 100 best podcasts of all time. title: 'The Dropout' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe3d2bfe5471a98c/6998c889a97fc02260a748bc/Best-Podcasts-2025-The-Dropout-031.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 23, 2025 # The Dropout The Elizabeth Holmes saga by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent  **_True Crime_** You’re probably familiar with [Elizabeth Holmes](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lTgBpvXVxAxiu6ViA2OUP?si=ff569f864b014387 "undefined"), the Theranos founder who lied to doctors, patients, and investors about her nonfunctioning blood-testing startup. But Holmes’ eccentricities—her decision to style herself like Steve Jobs, her insistence that her un-housebroken dog was actually a wolf, her sheer confidence in the face of some of the most powerful investors in the world—deserve a longform investigation. ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis hosted a riveting 2019 audio documentary that includes deposition tapes that had never before been heard publicly and dispatches from Holmes’ eventual trial. Holmes’ story lends itself well to the audio format, in part because the quixotic entrepreneur had a jarringly low voice. And the crazy yarn of Holmes’ rise and fall is so gripping, you cannot help but press play on the next episode even if you already know the major beats of the story. As a bonus, the podcast served as the source material for the Emmy-winning [Amanda Seyfried television series](https://time.com/6162418/elizabeth-meriwether-amanda-seyfried-the-dropout-interview/ "undefined") of the same name. 'The Dropout': 100 Best Podcasts ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303070/the-dropout/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303070/the-dropout/"},"headline":"The Dropout","datePublished":"2025-07-23T11:09:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:51:57.919Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303070/the-dropout/","keywords":["podcasts","list","Podcast","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe3d2bfe5471a98c/6998c889a97fc02260a748bc/Best-Podcasts-2025-The-Dropout-031.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"creator":"Eliana Dockterman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe3d2bfe5471a98c/6998c889a97fc02260a748bc/Best-Podcasts-2025-The-Dropout-031.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/podcasts/","name":"podcasts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303070/the-dropout/","name":"The Dropout"}}]}] ```