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Episode 7: Blood Money: The Rise + Fall of Elizabeth Holmes


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Elizabeth Holmes was an over achieving 19 year old who took her ambition and tuition money to build a billion dollar company set on changing the world. Media outlets loved her and investors praised her for changing the world but behind closed doors the lab was not living up to expectations. Elizabeth’s incessant need to prove she could provide what she promised would lead to one of the biggest frauds of modern medicine to be exposed. Join Allie as she brings us through some of the biggest points of conversation in this story spanning nearly 20 years. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58336998

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43415967

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/03/226452/phyllis-gardner-elizabeth-holmes-professor-interview-the-inventor

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/elizabeth-holmes-the-dropout-turtleneck-b2030550.html

https://qz.com/2074304/how-safeway-and-walgreens-fell-for-the-theranos-pipe-dream

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/13/theranos-walgreens-holmes/

https://www.theringer.com/2018/5/22/17378494/bad-blood-theranos-john-carreyrou-interview

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/theranos-and-its-blood-test-machine

https://www.integrityline.com/expertise/blog/elizabeth-holmes-theranos/#:~:text=Holmes%20received%20money%20for%20the,their%20investments%20when%20Theranos%20collapsed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/technology/elizabeth-holmes-sentencing-theranos.html

60 Minutes Australia  - Elizabeth Holmes Exposed: The $9 Billion Medical ‘Miracle’ That Never Existed 

HBO - Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley

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Duo DiveBy Ashley King