Bad Blood
Unbelievable but true
Rigorously reported and fearlessly written by prize-winning journalist John Carryrou. Bad Blood is a fast paced and gripping story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron. A tale of ambition and hubris, set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs. A brilliant Stanford dropout whose start-up promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device that performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by high profile investors, Theranos was valued at more than $9 billion. There was just one problem, the technology didn’t work.
After the book came the podcast series The Drop Out, followed by the documentary ‘The Inventor’ and now a film staring Jennifer Lawrence is in the works. It’s a story that we just can’t get enough of!
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PODCASTS
The Dropout
Read the book, want to learn more and hear the voices ? Listen to the Podcast series The Drop Out. ABC News takes listeners on a journey that includes a three-year-long investigation. You’ll hear exclusive interviews with former employees, investors, and patients, and for the first-time, the never-before-aired deposition testimony of Elizabeth Holmes, and those at the centre of this story.
6 episodes of 40 mins.
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The Book Club Review of Bad Blood
(37 mins )
Kate and Laura sit down to chat about the books read most recently by their book clubs. What did they make of them? Did they spark debate? And did they love them or loath them, they always they try to answer the big question: were they great book club books? Find out what Kate’s book club thought about Bad Blood.
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Lessons of Theranos
(27 mins)
What can we learn from how one medical start-up fooled Silicon Valley and the world? How did she manage to deceive some of the world’s cleverest minds – and is there something about start-up culture and the cult of the visionary leader which encourages charlatans? Evan Davis and guests discuss. The Bottom Line, BBC Radio.
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Dr Phyllis Gardner, Stanford Professor & Theranos Critic.
(41 mins)
Dr Phyllis Gardner who worked behind the scenes to expose Holmes, discusses why ‘fake it till you make it’ doesn’t work in medicine and the human cost of the fraud. Danny in The Valley Podcast.
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VIDEOS
Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Cult of Silicon Valley
(31 mins )
Reason TV sat down with John Carreyrou, the Wall Street Journal reporter who unmasked Holmes. An interesting summary and interview with the man who pursued and broke the story. June 2018.
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Interview with Tyler Shultz, Theranos whistleblower
(9 mins)
Hear the story from the inside with Tyler Shultz. Shultz’s decision to speak up about fraud inside Theranos led to his being fired by the company, pressured to stay quiet by his family, and served with $400,000 in legal bills before he was ultimately vindicated.
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5 Signs You’re Dealing With A Narcissist
(12 mins )
You Tube video, 5 Signs You’re Dealing with A Narcissist, which uses Elizabeth Holmes as their primary example!
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ARTICLES
How John Carreyrou Exposed the Theranos Scam.
+A Q&A with John Carreyrou the author of ‘Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-up. By Kate Knibbs for The Ringer, May 2018.
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Every Elizabeth Holmes Book, Movie, & Podcast & What You’ll Learn From It
+Comparing what aspect of the story you’ll get from each medium, happy listening, reading, and viewing !
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Book Club Questions for Bad Blood
+Great questions for your Book Club to use to further discussions and debate about the book. From bookriot.com
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