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Sep 2023
38m 58s

Slate Money Criminals: TheraNOPE

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 In this episode of the Criminals series, the gang talks with Rebecca Jarvis, host of “The Dropout” about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Who were the real victims of Holmes’ crimes? How did her lofty goals drift into scandal? And where does she sit on a scale of “one to evil”?

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Podcast production by Patrick Fort.


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