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5 min readThe Scammer's Playbook and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
The trailer for the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary opens with her rocking a baby, her eyes unnaturally wide, saying "I don't have anything to deceive you, and of course I'm not deceiving you." Joe Rogan and comedians Ehsan Ahmad and Deric Poston watch it and immediately recognize something familiar. "Watch how crazy this bitch looks," Rogan says. "I don't think she blinked. That was terrifying." Holmes built a $9 billion company called Theranos on a blood-testing technology that never worked. She wore black turtlenecks, lowered her voice to sound more like a man, and convinced powerful investors—including one who gave her $150 million—that a single finger-prick could replace full blood draws. The whole thing was a scam, and she's now serving 11 years in federal prison.
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- 2 (00:13) **Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos Scam** - Joe introduces a documentary on Elizabeth Holmes and explains the Theranos blood-testing fraud
- 3 (02:55) **Holmes's Fake Voice and Tech Culture** - The conversation shifts to Holmes's manufactured persona and the gullibility of the tech startup world
- 4 (10:38) **Portland Bar Incident and Gender Politics** - A man is kicked out of a Portland sports bar for wearing an "XXY chromosome" shirt
- 5 (14:09) **The Fake 49ers Receiver Scam** - Discussion of a man who posed as a San Francisco 49ers player to scam women out of $1.3 million
- 6 (19:57) **Elizabeth Holmes's Prison Sentence and Relationship** - Details emerge about Holmes's 11-year sentence and her relationship with Sunny Balwani
- 7 (23:26) **SSRIs, Sex Drive, and Political Scolding** - A wide-ranging discussion about antidepressants, their side effects, and the psychology of childless political activists
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Show Notes
Ehsan Ahmad is a comedian and co-host of "The Solid Show" with Deric Poston. His new comedy special, "Ehsan Ahmad: Too Soon," is streaming on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/m6weMUz0lqA?si=mLbn1S0fCogIg0mj
www.youtube.com/@TheSolidShow2024
www.ehsancomedy.com
Deric Poston is a standup comic and host, along with Ehsan Ahmad, of "The Solid Show."
www.youtube.com/@TheSolidShow2024
www.dericposton.com
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