--- description: Find out why "WTF with Marc Maron" is on TIME's list of the 100 best podcasts of all time. title: 'WTF with Marc Maron' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d164e078d66a82e/6998c87b1500fbf32faa6758/Best-Podcasts-2025-WTF-with-Marc-Maron-097.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 23, 2025 # WTF with Marc Maron Big names, small garage by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent  **_Comedy & Fiction_** After 16 years of interviewing some of the most famous actors, athletes, and politicians (for a long time in his garage), Marc Maron is planning to wrap up his pioneering podcast in the fall of 2025\. While the comedian’s many gripes, like his rejection by Lorne Michaels for a role on _Saturday Night Live_,and his either feigned or real ignorance of his subjects and their work, especially in the early days, could be a little irksome, his basic questions into people’s backgrounds and tendency to commiserate about rocky career launches solicited great answers from his subjects. And Maron’s personal arc—especially as his acting career began to flourish—gave the show a sense of the host evolving as a human as well as an interviewer. Maron's impact on podcasting is undeniable. Remember when he snagged an [interview with President Barack Obama](https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode%5F613%5F-%5Fpresident%5Fbarack%5Fobama "undefined"), a coup that put podcasting as a platform on the map for those who'd been ignoring the growing medium? There would be no Kamala Harris on _Call Her Daddy_ or Donald Trump on _This Past Week With Theo Vonn_ without Maron paving the way. Other standout episodes include [Robin Williams’ emotional reflection](https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/tag/Robin+Williams "undefined") on his struggles with depression and alcoholism, a [confrontation-turned-therapy session with Louis C.K.](https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode%5F111%5F-%5Flouis%5Fck%5Fpart%5F1 "undefined") about their tumultuous friendship and professional resentments, all before C.K. faced cancellation, and [Mel Brooks living up to his status as a comedic legend](https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode%5F358%5F-%5Fmel%5Fbrooks "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303137/wtf-with-marc-maron/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303137/wtf-with-marc-maron/"},"headline":"WTF with Marc Maron","datePublished":"2025-07-23T11:15:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:52:18.536Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303137/wtf-with-marc-maron/","keywords":["podcasts","list","Podcast","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d164e078d66a82e/6998c87b1500fbf32faa6758/Best-Podcasts-2025-WTF-with-Marc-Maron-097.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/blt7d164e078d66a82e/6998c87b1500fbf32faa6758/Best-Podcasts-2025-WTF-with-Marc-Maron-097.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/7303137/wtf-with-marc-maron/","name":"WTF with Marc Maron"}}]}] ```