ViceSpotting

Nick Montelupo

ViceSpotting is a forensic podcast about scandal, secrecy, corruption, and the hidden systems that protect powerful people. Hosted in the investigative voice of Nick Montelupo, ViceSpotting looks beyond gossip and outrage to ask sharper questions: who benefited, who stayed silent, what incentives shaped the cover-up, and what the scandal reveals about the world around it. From Hollywood scandals and institutional hypocrisy to real-world conspiracies, public vice, reputation management, blackmail, power networks, and moral collapse, ViceSpotting treats every case as more than a headline. Because secrets are not random. Secrets have structure.

Episodes

  1. Oct 14

    Theranos — The Anatomy of a Startup Promise

    A revolutionary blood-testing technology. A company valued at $9 billion. A founder celebrated as one of Silicon Valley's greatest innovators. And a promise that couldn't survive scrutiny. Elizabeth Holmes built Theranos around an extraordinary proposition: hundreds of medical tests from just a few drops of blood. Major investors committed millions, Walgreens became a commercial partner, and the world embraced the story of a healthcare revolution. But behind the publicity, the company's technology and financial reality told a very different story. In the inaugural episode of ViceSpotting, we reconstruct the rise and collapse of Theranos: the misleading demonstrations, questionable revenue projections, claims of technological validation, investigative reporting, regulatory scrutiny, and criminal convictions that followed. Beyond the familiar story of Elizabeth Holmes, we investigate a more consequential question: How does an ambitious technological promise become a fraudulent representation of reality? An investigation into entrepreneurial deception, investor credibility, the limits of due diligence, and the dangerous distance between what a company promises and what it can actually deliver. ViceSpotting — Secrets Have Structure.

    Theranos — The Anatomy of a Startup Promise
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About

ViceSpotting is a forensic podcast about scandal, secrecy, corruption, and the hidden systems that protect powerful people. Hosted in the investigative voice of Nick Montelupo, ViceSpotting looks beyond gossip and outrage to ask sharper questions: who benefited, who stayed silent, what incentives shaped the cover-up, and what the scandal reveals about the world around it. From Hollywood scandals and institutional hypocrisy to real-world conspiracies, public vice, reputation management, blackmail, power networks, and moral collapse, ViceSpotting treats every case as more than a headline. Because secrets are not random. Secrets have structure.

Information

  • Creator
    Nick Montelupo
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 ViceSpotting. Created, written, and produced by Nick Montelupo. All rights reserved.
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    ViceSpotting