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Nov 2023
30m 48s

Judging Sam: Millennial Frauds

Pushkin Industries
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Lidia Jean Kott talks to journalist Elizabeth Lopatto about what it was like to cover the trial, the similarities it shared with Elizabeth Holmes’ trial, and what this all says about millennials, fraud, and the future of the tech industry. 

This conversation was recorded on November 13.

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