ABC News Announces New Podcast Episodes of “The Dropout” As Elizabeth Holmes Goes on Trial

ABC News’ podcast The Dropout will return with all new episodes leading up to and during Elizabeth Holmes' trial.

What’s Happening:

  • ABC News’ podcast The Dropout returns with new episodes as Elizabeth Holmes – once the youngest self-made female billionaire – goes on trial for alleged fraud, facing decades in prison, if convicted.
  • The Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes on Trial is hosted by Rebecca Jarvis, who’s spent more than a decade covering business and five years investigating Holmes.
  • Holmes is a Stanford University dropout turned founder and CEO of the blood-testing company Theranos. She  suffered an astounding fall from grace amid the accusations of alleged widespread fraud.
  • The Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes on Trial” debuts with two new episodes on Tuesday, August 31st. New episodes post Tuesdays throughout the trial with bonus episodes as news warrants.

About The Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes on Trial:

  • Each week the podcast will take listeners inside the courtroom and track the trial in real-time, providing key updates along the way on the most important developments. The new episodes will feature conversations between Jarvis and:
    • Holmes’ former colleagues and acquaintances
    • Theranos patients
    • Top legal experts
    • And more
  • The podcast will also bring listeners up-to-speed on the twists and turns since Holmes was first charged including her high-profile relationship with a wealthy hotel heir and a pregnancy, which delayed the start of her trial.
  • The series is written by Rebecca Jarvis, Victoria Thompson and Taylor Dunn.
  • Jarvis and Dunn are producers, and Thompson is executive producer.  
  • The podcast is a production of ABC Audio. For ABC Audio, Liz Alesse is executive producer.

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Did You Know:

  • The Dropout debuted in 2019, featuring exclusive interviews with former employees, investors, patients and the never-before-aired deposition testimony of Holmes and others at the center of the story.
  • “The Dropout” is the recipient of multiple awards, including:
    • Podcast of the Year at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards (2020)
    • 2020 Murrow Award for Podcasts
  • The upcoming Hulu Original limited series The Dropout, from Searchlight Television and Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television, is based on the ABC News podcast of the same name.
  • The Dropout comes from creator, executive producer and showrunner Liz Meriwether and is scheduled to debut in 2022.