Episode 5: Fake it 'Till You Make It

Bad Blood: The Final Chapter by Sony Music

Sep 16, 202138:34Society & Culture

Elizabeth Holmes is the latest in a long line of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who’ve hyped and overpromised — sometimes to the point of outright lying. It’s that culture, as much as Holmes herself, that's on trial. Learn...

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