Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2019-04-02
Books mentioned on Part One: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone
In Episode 54, Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Elizabeth Holmes and how she conned the world. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans recommended Bad Blood by John Carreyrou.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bad Blood
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is an immersive investigative non-fiction book that uncovers the massive corporate fraud behind Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing startup, Theranos.
Recommended“So, uh, the book Bad Blood by John Keroo provides, it's a really good book, uh, provides additional context to Holmes' childhood ambition.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Jurassic Park
“For me it would be Robert wanted to make dinosaurs like in the Dur Essic Park books and that's the only thing he talked about was becoming a scientist.”