Today we re-air our conversation with Theranos whistleblower Erika Cheung, with a new intro where we share our thoughts on A24's new documentary, You Can See Everything.
Erika arrived at Theranos headquarters at 22, a freshly minted UC Berkeley grad who saw Elizabeth Holmes the way much of Silicon Valley did: a visionary about to upend healthcare. Her dream job lasted about seven months. She quit the lab, bought a burner phone, and reported the company to federal regulators—a report that led to the shutdown of Theranos' clinical lab and kept false medical results from reaching thousands of patients.
The new, nearly three-hour documentary directed by Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder, follows Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their two young children in the 34 days before she reported to prison in May 2023. It's an unnerving, often uncomfortable watch about performance, access, and how much a camera can actually capture—and it pairs eerily well with Erika's account of what the inside of that company felt like. We highly recommend seeing it.
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