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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Audiobook— narrated by Will Damron
John Carreyrou's Bad Blood reconstructs the rise and collapse of Theranos, the blood-testing startup that promised a medical revolution and delivered fraud. It's investigative journalism written with the propulsion of a thriller, and a clear-eyed study of how charisma, money, and fear can keep a lie standing far longer than it should.
Why the audiobook wins
Will Damron narrates Bad Blood with the clipped, controlled urgency of a thriller, which is fitting, because Carreyrou's reporting reads like one even though every word of it is documented. Damron keeps the enormous cast of Theranos insiders, whistleblowers, and lawyers distinct without ever slowing the momentum, and his restraint lets the material's own outrage do the work rather than performing it for you.
At nearly twelve hours, this is a commute-and-then-some listen, but the pacing rewards it, each chapter adding another piece of a fraud that somehow stayed standing for years. If you know Theranos only from headlines or the docuseries, the audiobook is where you get the mechanics: the doctored demos, the coerced NDAs, the specific moments when people who knew better stayed quiet anyway.
Carreyrou is a two-time Pulitzer winner, and Damron's narration matches that reporting's rigor beat for beat. A long listen that never drags, and one credit gets you the whole unraveling.
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- Who narrates the Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup audiobook?
- Will Damron narrates the audiobook edition of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.
- How long is the Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 11 hr 37 min.
- Is the Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.7 out of 5. Will Damron narrates Bad Blood with the clipped, controlled urgency of a thriller, which is fitting, because Carreyrou's reporting reads like one even though every word of it is documented. Damron keeps the enormous cast of Theranos insiders, whistleblowers, and lawyers distinct…
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