{"id":25508,"date":"2026-10-18T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-why-we-remain-fascinated-by-elizabeth-holmes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:37:14","slug":"you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-why-we-remain-fascinated-by-elizabeth-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-why-we-remain-fascinated-by-elizabeth-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You can\u2019t make this stuff up\u2019: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The entrepreneur turned fraudster is the subject of an Oscar-tipped new documentary that takes an unusual look at her strange legacy<\/p>\n<p>David Agus\u2019s first encounter with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/elizabeth-holmes\">Elizabeth Holmes<\/a> at a health conference came as a shock. The Holmes he met in the green room was personable and pleasant. The Holmes he interviewed on stage was altogether different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accent changed: this deep voice, very serious,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/davidagus.com\/\">Agus, a medical oncologist<\/a>, recalls by phone from Los Angeles. \u201cIt was as if I had met a person and then interviewed a separate person. That transition from the green room to the stage \u2013 I had never experienced something like that before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/oct\/17\/elizabeth-holmes-documentary-why-we-care\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/964fa47326a827f12bf336e880b2fdc4665711e6\/124_0_5598_4480\/master\/5598.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a87bb955799dc99704c62e34bbde3f3a\" title=\"\u2018You can\u2019t make this stuff up\u2019: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes\" \/>The entrepreneur turned fraudster is the subject of an Oscar-tipped new documentary that takes an unusual look at her strange legacy<br \/>\nDavid Agus\u2019s first encounter with Elizabeth Holmes at a health conference came as a shock. The Holmes he met in the green room was personable and pleasant. The Holmes he interviewed on stage was altogether different.<br \/>\n\u201cThe accent changed: this deep voice, very serious,\u201d Agus, a medical oncologist, recalls by phone from Los Angeles. \u201cIt was as if I had met a person and then interviewed a separate person. That transition from the green room to the stage \u2013 I had never experienced something like that before.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entrepreneur turned fraudster is the subject of an Oscar-tipped new documentary that takes an unusual look at her strange legacy David Agus\u2019s first encounter with Elizabeth Holmes at a health conference came as a shock. The Holmes he met in the green room was personable and pleasant. The Holmes he interviewed on stage was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-why-we-remain-fascinated-by-elizabeth-holmes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018You can\u2019t make this stuff up\u2019: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}