The Dropout

A podcast by ABC News

55 Episodes

  1. Bad Rap: Party's Over

    Published: 3/27/2025

  2. Trailer: 'Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery'

    Published: 11/12/2024

  3. Introducing 'Pop Culture Moms' from ABC & Good Morning America

    Published: 5/2/2024

  4. Introducing 'Reclaimed: The Forgotten League'

    Published: 10/5/2023

  5. Introducing 'The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery'

    Published: 6/13/2023

  6. The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery

    Published: 5/18/2023

  7. 'Boston Strangler' | Ep. 1: The Women

    Published: 3/27/2023

  8. Introducing "Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler"

    Published: 3/20/2023

  9. 'The Informant' | Ep. 1: There's No Place Like Home

    Published: 2/1/2023

  10. Introducing 'Truth & Lies: The Informant'

    Published: 1/26/2023

  11. Bonus: Sentenced

    Published: 11/19/2022

  12. Bonus: Amanda and The Other Liz

    Published: 8/11/2022

  13. The Sunny Balwani Verdict

    Published: 7/8/2022

  14. Introducing 'Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley'

    Published: 6/9/2022

  15. Help Us Win a Webby!

    Published: 4/18/2022

  16. '20/20': The Rise and Con of Elizabeth Holmes

    Published: 3/6/2022

  17. An Update from 'The Dropout'

    Published: 3/2/2022

  18. The Verdict

    Published: 1/5/2022

  19. Next Up: The Verdict

    Published: 1/4/2022

  20. Closing Arguments

    Published: 12/21/2021

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Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the woman once heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” find herself facing criminal charges - to which she pleaded not guilty - and up to decades in prison? How did her technology, meant to revolutionize health care, potentially put millions of patients at risk? And how did so many smart people get it so wrong along the way? ABC News chief business, technology and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis, along with producers Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson, take listeners on a journey that includes a multi-year investigation. You'll hear exclusive interviews with former employees, investors, and patients, and for the first-time, the never-before-aired deposition testimony of Elizabeth Holmes, and those at the center of this story. Then, go inside the courtroom as 12 jurors decide the fate of the Theranos founder; three years after she was first charged, we find out how this saga finally ends.