12 Days of JOURNOS, Day 11: Elizabeth Holmes vs. NFTs

On the Eleventh Day of JOURNOS, we got ourselves a Special Guest: Elizabeth Holmes, fresh from her conviction on four of 11 charges (the ones related to rich folks, not the ones related to regular folks).

Brandon & Stephen walk through the rise and fall of Theranos, while newly minted Friend-of-Show Elizabeth looks on the bright side, including croquet with "Mad Dog" Mattis, joining a very exclusive crime club with Martha Stewart, and selling NFTs of herself making ... noises.

All this NFT talk gets us thinking about the strange world of tech investment. What's really the difference between a fortune built on made-up innovation that was supposed to be real and made-up innovation that's just ... made up.

From blood tests to mutant apes, it's a great talk with the one-of-a-kind Elizabeth Holmes about how the aura of value leads to success, or bubbles, or possibly just prison time.

You too can own a part of this episode, simply by listening.

Special thanks to the nonfungible Janet Varney for her backchannel connex to Lizzie.

JOURNOS is produced by Heather "Eagle Ears" Wilson.

Music: "Waking Up (Remix)" by Steve Combs