Episodes

  • Introducing Bad Blood: The Final Chapter

    Introducing Bad Blood: The Final Chapter
    Jul 8 2021
    Bad Blood: The Final Chapter tells the story of the breathtaking rise and fall of the tech founder Elizabeth Holmes. Hosted by John Carreyrou, the investigative journalist who broke the scandal, the season will give listeners a front row seat at Holmes's criminal trial and dive into the evidence against her. The first two episodes arrive August 26. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Episode 1: The Sympathy Play

    Episode 1: The Sympathy Play
    Aug 26 2021
    Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, is headed to trial for allegedly defrauding investors and patients by misrepresenting the capabilities and accuracy of her blood-testing technology. Winning the jury’s sympathy is her best option to get acquitted. There are several ways she can do that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Episode 2: Ebola

    Episode 2: Ebola
    Aug 26 2021
    If Theranos was still in business, would it have tried to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic? Based on how Elizabeth Holmes tried to use the 2014 Ebola epidemic to land a big investment, the answer is very likely yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Episode 3: Sunny and Elizabeth

    Episode 3: Sunny and Elizabeth
    Sep 2 2021
    Elizabeth Holmes is likely to allege at trial that former Theranos President Sunny Balwani was an abusive boyfriend who held her in his thrall and deprived her of her free will. But text messages between the former lovers don’t back up that narrative. In this episode the actors Ali Farahnakian and Rachel Butera read the texts between Sunny and Elizabeth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Episode 4: Guilty Conscience

    Episode 4: Guilty Conscience
    Sep 9 2021
    A note Elizabeth Holmes wrote to herself one night in late October 2014 suggests she knew she was committing fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Episode 5: Fake it 'Till You Make It

    Episode 5: Fake it 'Till You Make It
    Sep 16 2021
    Elizabeth Holmes is the latest in a long line of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who’ve hyped and overpromised — sometimes to the point of outright lying. It’s that culture, as much as Holmes herself, that's on trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Episode 6: Holmes and the Media

    Episode 6: Holmes and the Media
    Sep 23 2021
    For two years, Elizabeth Holmes enjoyed the type of glowing media coverage most entrepreneurs can only dream of. But then she gave one interview too many—an interview with The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta that planted the seeds of her downfall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • This Week in Court #4: PR Over Patient Care

    This Week in Court #4: PR Over Patient Care
    Sep 30 2021
    Host John Carreyrou and reporter Emily Saul discuss prosecutors' introduction of private texts between Elizabeth and Sunny, the testimony of retired general James Mattis, and the trial's most important witness so far: former lab director Adam Rosendorff, who said Theranos prioritized PR and fundraising over patient care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    15 mins