The Dropout

4.6 (23K)
TRUE CRIME

Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the woman once heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” find herself facing criminal charges - to which she pleaded not guilty - and up to decades in prison? How did her technology, meant to revolutionize health care, potentially put millions of patients at risk? And how did so many smart people get it so wrong along the way? ABC News chief business, technology and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis, along with producers Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson, take listeners on a journey that includes a multi-year 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 center of this story. Then, go inside the courtroom as 12 jurors decide the fate of the Theranos founder; three years after she was first charged, we find out how this saga finally ends.

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23,443 Ratings

Like a Good Neighbor, Walk Away

12/17/2024

Silvapain

The show was great, and then they flooded it with ads for other shows. Completely turned me sour on the whole thing.
Really informative and interesting

12/22/2024

Cinnamonpumpkinface

I am loving this podcast. Giving lots of a Scamanda vibes, and I love it!
Amazing!!!

11/29/2024

whenisayyou for scratch

This is an amazing podcast!!
Riveting podcast

09/17/2023

Simy2006

This is one of my absolute favorite podcasts. The topic was well covered, Jarvis is an excellent journalist and the diversity of people in the case interviewed was great. I really enjoyed it. The only weak parts were with attorney Caroline Polisi. I’m not sure how she has managed to be so successful, her predictions and opinions were wrong at every turn- almost comically and she had an annoying tick of laughing when talking about things that weren’t funny. Sort of strange. The other attorneys interviewed were great.
LOTS of Filler

10/14/2024

Halo69

I saw a study recently that showed women typically speak about 7000 words a day. Men - 2000 words. This podcast supports that finding. This was produced by all women and many pieces of information were repeated 3-4 times. Every time it happened, I would just smile and shake my head. Couldn’t finish it. I’m hoping Bad Blood is better.
First part great

11/27/2023

Allison B 21

The first part of the series was amazing. Very engaging. But once they get to the trial it’s very repetitive I couldn’t listen to the whole thing.
Good but gets old

11/26/2023

JulianZ13

The first season is good, after that, it feels like every other audio clip was something reused from season one. By the end I felt sure I had heard certain clips dozens of times. It was distracting and made it feel way more drawn out than it had to be.
Nice deep dive

08/02/2023

Bellamammal

Thought I knew most everything there was to know about this reprehensible scam/ scammer. This outstanding coverage brings the peripheral players into crisp focus. An important lesson with a handful of true heroes, this.
Follow up seasons are repetitive

07/29/2023

haileysgarden

Continually quotes and reuses audio already used in first season. Seems like a lot of the episodes after the first season are completely unnecessary. However, first season is good. Just don’t expect to learn anything new.
Interesting story but…,

06/25/2023

LoriBudski

Interesting story, but the podcast was extremely redundant and the music was extremely distracting and obnoxious in my opinion. I understand that you’re trying to extend the series and but hearing the same things over and over and over but it drew attention from the great reporting.

Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the woman once heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” find herself facing criminal charges - to which she pleaded not guilty - and up to decades in prison? How did her technology, meant to revolutionize health care, potentially put millions of patients at risk? And how did so many smart people get it so wrong along the way? ABC News chief business, technology and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis, along with producers Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson, take listeners on a journey that includes a multi-year 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 center of this story. Then, go inside the courtroom as 12 jurors decide the fate of the Theranos founder; three years after she was first charged, we find out how this saga finally ends.