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Theranos: What happened between the finger and the result?

In September 2013, Theranos and Walgreens promised lab tests "from a blood sample as small as a few drops". In 2022, a jury convicted founder Elizabeth Holmes of defrauding investors, and found her not guilty on the patient counts it decided. This episode follows the drops: which machines the court record says tested them, why a small sample is harder to measure, and how the inspections, the reporting and two separate trials played out.

Why it's worth your drive: a new documentary about Holmes, You Can See Everything, opened in theaters on October 16. We don't review the film; we go to the…

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