30 episódios
Bad Blood: The Final Chapter Bad Blood
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- Crimes verdadeiros
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She was once the world's youngest self-made female billionaire. Now Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing startup Theranos, stands accused of leading a massive fraud, and lying to investors, doctors, and patients about the capabilities of her technology. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison. But Elizabeth may be able to sway a jury with her charisma, highly unusual defense strategy and the fact that key evidence has gone missing. John Carreyrou broke the Theranos scandal. Now he’ll take you into the courtroom as he examines Silicon Valley’s fake it-til-you-make it culture, and the case against Holmes.
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Episode 1: The Sympathy Play
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.
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Coming Soon: Bad Blood: This Week in Court
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Episode 2: Ebola
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.
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Episode 3: Sunny and Elizabeth
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.
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This Week in Court #1: Jury Selection
John Carreyrou and Emily Saul recap the first week of the trial of Elizabeth Holmes. They share their insight about the courtroom and the jury selection process. Plus, their predictions about how the makeup of the jury could affect the verdict.
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Episode 4: Guilty Conscience
A note Elizabeth Holmes wrote to herself one night in late October 2014 suggests she knew she was committing fraud.
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