The reporting is good but I feel like I’m listening to the same audio over and over. They re-use a lot of material.

There is an unnecessary amount of repetition in the second season covering the trial. They feel the need to replay the same clips from Elizabeth’s deposition over and over again. I think this season could have been 2-3 bonus episodes instead of dragging it out. Also, it has a LOT of long adbreaks, which seems to be a pattern for iHeartRadio podcasts.

I am loving this podcast. Giving lots of a Scamanda vibes, and I love it!

The show was great, and then they flooded it with ads for other shows. Completely turned me sour on the whole thing.

This is an amazing podcast!!

I saw a study recently that showed women typically speak about 7000 words a day. Men - 2000 words. This podcast supports that finding. This was produced by all women and many pieces of information were repeated 3-4 times. Every time it happened, I would just smile and shake my head. Couldn’t finish it. I’m hoping Bad Blood is better.

The first part of the series was amazing. Very engaging. But once they get to the trial it’s very repetitive I couldn’t listen to the whole thing.

The first season is good, after that, it feels like every other audio clip was something reused from season one. By the end I felt sure I had heard certain clips dozens of times. It was distracting and made it feel way more drawn out than it had to be.

This is one of my absolute favorite podcasts. The topic was well covered, Jarvis is an excellent journalist and the diversity of people in the case interviewed was great. I really enjoyed it. The only weak parts were with attorney Caroline Polisi. I’m not sure how she has managed to be so successful, her predictions and opinions were wrong at every turn- almost comically and she had an annoying tick of laughing when talking about things that weren’t funny. Sort of strange. The other attorneys interviewed were great.

Thought I knew most everything there was to know about this reprehensible scam/ scammer. This outstanding coverage brings the peripheral players into crisp focus. An important lesson with a handful of true heroes, this.

Continually quotes and reuses audio already used in first season. Seems like a lot of the episodes after the first season are completely unnecessary. However, first season is good. Just don’t expect to learn anything new.

Interesting story, but the podcast was extremely redundant and the music was extremely distracting and obnoxious in my opinion. I understand that you’re trying to extend the series and but hearing the same things over and over and over but it drew attention from the great reporting.

Great story but they couldn’t afford an editor or just milked it to fill space generate ad revenue??

This isn’t about the case they purport to cover. They are trying to trick me into listening to George snuffleupagus

I first came across the drop-out on Hulu and was intrigued. I ended up watching the series and then finding the podcast. This is very well done and kept my attention. Great reporting!

Was looking forward to a “Sunny gets sentenced” minisode…

Great story, good reporting, but So. Many. Commercials.

Enthralling narrative of the Theranos case! Compelling, unbiased, thoroughly researched, very thought provoking journalism that provides some insightful clarity on a pretty complicated saga. I hope it continues to follow everyone involved- it’s kind of hard not to be drawn into this story that is so fascinating even on its own. Love her or hate her, Elizabeth has become an icon / cult leader. Being from Northern California myself, I found the “psychology” of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs extremely interesting. It is kinda sad, though, how Elizabeth has drawn so much attention away from the businesswomen, medical scientists, and young people who are (successfully) making their own remarkable breakthroughs every day! I admit I’ll probably listen to this again though, it’s a great podcast 👌 Thanks y’all for DOING it rather than just TRYing (lol)

Thanks for this. I was the project manager working for Walgreens and assigned to manage the Theranos project. What a mess.

You need to do FTX. You all would do an amazing job

Superior podcast. Highly recommend.

Crazy ride and a great listen.

Literally obsessed with this story. So well documented. Elizabeth is a true sociopath. Zero remorse or empathy toward patients, and even an employee who committed suicide! disgusting human being.

Good know words it’s that good

This was very interesting to listen to. I’d been barely aware of Theranos and Elizabeth but got hooked when I checked into the details for the Dropout series on TV. I think everyone involved here did a nice job pulling as much detail to present as possible..in particular the personal stories from the lab directors wife and the whistleblowers. Can’t wait for the sentencing.

Rebecca Jarvis and the team documented the trial of Elizabeth in detail. The podcast provided professional coverage from the points from all the personnel being affected : employees, investors, and patients. Must listen podcast if you’re interested in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes!

I went to go listen to some more and most the episodes say episodes available. After about five times of seeing this I decide to move on.

Bah

Rebecca Jarvis and the team did an excellent job with this podcast and it’s worth listening to every episode from the beginning. I have not been this consumed with a podcast since listening to Raven 23, which is a must listen as well.

Great podcast. Binged it on my move to Tennessee.

I deleted this 1/3 of the way through season 2. Everything was so repetitive that I just felt like 45 mins of an episode delivered only a few minutes of content. Turned into way too much of a 20/20 style teasers aren’t that worth it after all. Good luck.

Amazing and riveting way to tell the story. I’ve watched the Hulu series already and STILL am hanging on every word

Such great journalism!

I’ve been wanting to find out about the Theranos rise and fall. But there’s so much out there now. It’s overwhelming. When I came across this podcast from ABC news I was thrilled. Here’s a name I know and trust to tell me the real story. It is a super fun story to listen to and easy enough to follow that I can listen while I work. Fantastic!

This podcast, which I began to listen to after watching both “The Inventor” and the movie “dropout” is absolutely one of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to. Giving more details then either the documentary or the mini-series, it is a fascinating account of unconscionable hubris and egomania coupled with an elaborate and secretive plan which resulted in the loss of money by investors, the loss of the confidence of the tech world, and the destruction of the company that so many thought would do so much good. We still don’t know the end of the story and I can’t wait for the final conclusion detailing the punishment imposed by our legal system.

Great reporting. Fascinating!

Unbelievable, very well done!

I really enjoy Rebecca Jarvis’ reporting for its clarity, accuracy and depth and The Dropout is no exception. This podcast is interesting and informative. I love that she gives the perspective of those directly involved as opposed to her own opinion.

I lived getting the updates on Elizabeth’s trial. Byt it’s incomplete without knowing what’s happening with Sunny’s trial. I can’t give you five stars because I feel like you dropped the ball.

I absolutely loved this podcast - where’s the Sunny Balwani update?!

more informative and cogent. cuts to the chase while leaving no stone unturned.

I really enjoyed listening to this & it was reported properly. I am now watching the Hulu series feature from this podcast but while waiting for the next episode I started to watch “The Bleeding Edge” on Netflix & it saddens me to see all these other LARGE companies like J&J, Bayer, Essue, Deviance & many others put out these products (under false pretense) that has made life long lasting paralysis to all kinds of people & not one of them was even threatened with jail time plus the FDA approved them. I’m not saying what Elizabeth did was right but what is the difference of what she did vs what they have done….is it because she was a woman & these other companies are ran by men?

In TV journalism reporters may need to constantly recycle material or repeat information within a short time span because people aren’t sitting glued to their screen and may miss some episodes. But with podcasts, I think most people are listening closely and chronologically—stop with the 50 recaps each episode! It’s frustrating to listen to the same clips and sound bites over and over and over again. After season 1, each episode has maybe 3-5 minutes of new content and everything else is recycled. Lazy reporting and editing, likely done by someone with limited experience with the podcast medium. Still listening to hear the snippets of new content but it’s truly painful.

This is a fantastic podcast but this last episode is terrible. It needs to be re released without the constant dramatic music. Also, where Is the narrative ? This is just a bunch of sound clips. Very disappointing after such a great series.

Pretty good story but wow the narration is painfully boring.

Doesn’t his tole deserve attention?

Why is there a new episode and I’m 30 mins in and there is nothing new. What is the point of this latest episode. It’s all repeat.

I don’t think there’s an original word after the first season. All podcasts after the first seasons seem to be rehash of season one.

The content is great, but the background music/sound is annoying and distracting.

Please tell the story in a somewhat linear way and stop with the sensationalist overstylized format. It’s headache inducing, especially this latest ep. Way too many cuts. Way too much music, sirens, voiceovers, reputations of sound bites. Sounds like a Wondery podcast on steroids.