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Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford and founded Theranos, a blood testing company that promised to run many tests from a pinprick of blood.
“she dropped out of Stanford and started this blood testing company called Theranos. The idea of which was that you would be able to run a huge battery of tests from a pinprick of blood.”
Elizabeth Holmes appeared on magazine covers and became the world's youngest female self-made billionaire, while Theranos was valued at $10 billion at one point.
“She was on the cover of magazines. She became the world's youngest female self-made billionaire, and Theranos at some point was valued at $10 billion.”
Investigative journalist John Carreyrou uncovered that the Theranos machines did not work.
“our colleague, the investigative journalist John Carreau, uncovered that these machines didn't work.”
Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors.
“in 2022, uh, she was sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors.”
Amanda Seyfried won an Emmy for playing Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries The Dropout.
“Hulu miniseries for which Amanda Seyfried, who plays Elizabeth Holmes in it, won an Emmy for her performance.”
Nathan Fielder's HBO series The Rehearsal premiered in 2022, and Alissa Wilkinson calls it her favorite of his shows.
“my personal favorite of his shows is The Rehearsal, which premiered in 2022, was just kind of the best thing I've ever seen on TV.”
In the first episode of The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder builds a full-scale replica of the Alligator Lounge bar in a warehouse to rehearse a conversation.
“He actually builds a full scale, exact replica of the bar in a warehouse.”
Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes's partner and the father of her children, is present throughout the documentary.
“Billy Evans, her partner, the father of her children. And he is always present in the film as well”
Elizabeth Holmes has two children, and having them delayed the start of her prison term.
“she's had two children, which has delayed her going to prison in the 1st place.”
Lance Oppenheim, Fielder's co-director, has made documentary work including Sperm World and a series about a Renaissance fair, and also directed the fiction film Prime Time.
“He is a documentarian who's made work like Sperml World. He made a series about Renaissance Fair. He also directed the fiction film Prime Time that's out right now.”
John Wilson made the HBO series How To with John Wilson, short documentaries built around everyday how-to tasks.
“He made this HBO show How to with John Wilson, which is little documentaries with a lot of B-roll about how to do tasks”
Ross McElwee's film Sherman's March is about 40 years old and was recently restored for theatrical release.
“Ross MacLay's work, whose film Sherman's March, uh, is 40 years old, and it was just restored”
Sherman's March begins as a film about Sherman's march but turns into a portrait of the director's romantic anxieties and his ex-girlfriends.
“it turns out to be about all of his anxieties about his singleness, and we basically just meet all his ex-girlfriends on this journey.”