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The Inventor
Don't Waste Your Pretty
English - March 20, 2019 21:11 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we’re covering the saga of medical tech scammer Elizabeth Holmes and HBO's new documentary The Inventor. From Holmes’ bizarre falsely lowered voice to the genius of her black turtleneck uniform we break down the ways this maybe-sociopath manipulated the already corrupt system of Silicon Valley and raised- then lost - 9 billion dollars. Plus why was every evil white man of the last 50 years on the Theranos board of directors? Why are billionaire investors so gullible? And what would your uniform be?
Background Reading: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/inside-elizabeth-holmess-final-months-at-theranos https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/as-theranos-burned-elizabeth-holmes-was-partyingat-burning-man
This week we’re covering the saga of medical tech scammer Elizabeth Holmes and HBO's new documentary The Inventor. From Holmes’ bizarre falsely lowered voice to the genius of her black turtleneck uniform we break down the ways this maybe-sociopath manipulated the already corrupt system of Silicon Valley and raised- then lost - 9 billion dollars. Plus why was every evil white man of the last 50 years on the Theranos board of directors? Why are billionaire investors so gullible? And what would your uniform be?
Background Reading: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/inside-elizabeth-holmess-final-months-at-theranos https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/as-theranos-burned-elizabeth-holmes-was-partyingat-burning-man