Theranos is an astonishing tale of moral corruption. I read Bad Blood 5-6 years ago and my jaw found new ways of dropping. A new 2 part interview with Tyler Shultz, the key whistle blower, made my jaw hurt anew.
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The thing that surprised me is that in the intervening years my mind had started underplaying the details, I think because I had implicitly thought "surely no-one could actually behave in such a depraved manner".
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It's a great example of truth being more extreme than is tolerable in fiction: I would not consider this plausible if it hadn't actually happened.
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The episodes are (currently) the top two listed at https://www.thesocialradars.com/episodes. Highly recommended.
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It's also worth noting how important it is to have 3 hours on this topic: podcasts have opened the ability to dive deep into something which traditional radio would have condensed into at most 1 hour, stripping away vital detail.
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Also the format of the conversation is pleasingly different to what we'd have got on traditional radio. The hosts create a casual, but well informed, vibe that keeps things moving without feeling like an interview.
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My only, very minor, quibble is that I hoped for a permalinkable page with both audio and transcript, but I think right now it's either/or. Still, what a resource!
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