Theranos | The Race to Publish | 3
American Scandal
Audible
4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
An investigative journalist looks into Theranos, and is shocked by his discoveries. Elizabeth Holmes tries to fend off the potentially devastating story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to American Scandal add-free on Amazon Music, download the app today. |
| 0:20.0 | It's February 2015 and a Monday morning in Manhattan. |
| 0:24.0 | John Kerry Rue climbs the stairs of a subway station alongside a crush of other commuters. |
| 0:29.0 | When he steps out into the city streets in Midtown, he's greeted by bumper to bumper traffic and crowds of people hurrying into skyscrapers. |
| 0:37.0 | Kerry Rue buttons up his coat, the cold wind blowing through his mop of brown hair. |
| 0:42.0 | Then he slips into the crowd and begins hurrying to his office in a building that also reaches toward the grey winter sky. |
| 0:49.0 | Kerry Rue has a lot of work ahead of him. |
| 0:51.0 | For years, he's been a reporter at the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:54.0 | He's a highly respected journalist and he's recently finished an investigative piece about Medicare fraud. |
| 1:00.0 | That story was all consuming, but now that it's behind him, it's time to get back to work to find his next great feature story. |
| 1:12.0 | Kerry Rue steps into the newsroom of the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:15.0 | It's a beautiful, chaotic scene. |
| 1:17.0 | Reporters type furiously on their keyboards while interviewing sources for their stories, phones ring in every direction. |
| 1:24.0 | Up above, flat screen TVs are tuned to news about the markets and politics. |
| 1:29.0 | Kerry Rue has been in this building a thousand times, but he'll never get tired of the newsroom or the important work of holding people in power accountable for their actions. |
| 1:38.0 | The moment later, Kerry Rue reaches his messy desk. |
| 1:41.0 | He barely has a chance to take off his coat when his phone rings. |
| 1:45.0 | Oh, this is John. |
| 1:47.0 | John, Saddam Clapper, got a minute? |
| 1:49.0 | Adam, good timing. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm just starting to look for my next story. |
| 1:53.0 | At some point, I was hoping to talk with my favorite physician slash blogger slash consultant. |
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