Magic + Loss

Magic + Loss

The Deeply Weird Mind of Elizabeth Holmes

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Virginia Heffernan
May 12, 2022
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In “The Dropout,” showrunner Liz Meriwether created a fictional version of audacious megascammer Elizabeth Holmes. How was Meriwether able to humanize a such a dangerous fraudster? On this week’s This is Critical, Liz joins Virginia for a rousing conversation on all things “The Dropout.”

Check out an excerpted transcript below.

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