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? It's almost Christmas ? Christmas Gift Memberships: https://bit.ly/XmasGiftELFCMTake The 2025 "Christmas Quiz": https://bit.ly/ELFCMXmasQuiz2025---It was a revolutionary idea: being able to conduct fast, cheap, and effective blood tests with only a tiny drop of blood.But it turned out that the company behind it was one, huge fraud. This is the fascinating story of how a Stanford dropout went from the youngest self-made female billionaire in history to facing 20 years in prison.Background of Elizabeth HolmesProblem with blood testingDropping out of StanfordTelling a fantastic storyThe atmosphere inside TheranosWas there any technology really being developed?Attracting influential investors and board membersToo much pressure for scientists within the companyThe public launch of TheranosBecoming the youngest self-made female billionaire in historyIdolising Steve JobsThe arrival of John CarreyrouThings starting to unravel for TheranosDropping to zeroElizabeth Holmes todayReflecting on what went wrongFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/theranos ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

? It's almost Christmas ? Christmas Gift Memberships: https://bit.ly/XmasGiftELFCMTake The 2025 "Christmas Quiz": https://bit.ly/ELFCMXmasQuiz2025---It is the coworking company that was once valued at over $50 billion, but then came spectacularly crashing down.In this episode, we'll learn about the amazing rise and fall of the company that tried to make office space cool.The questions that WeWork gets us thinking aboutWeWork at its peakThe founding of WeWork in 2010Who was Adam Neumann?Who was Miguel McKelveyHow WeWork as a business workedMaking office space coolWeWork attracting billions of dollars in investmentMeeting Mayoshi SonThe vision continues to grow, and The We Company is bornWas WeWork a tech company?Burning through moneyThings start to go wrongLooking under the hoodThe collapse of WeWorkThe phoenix to rise from the flames?Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/wework ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

? It's almost Christmas ? Christmas Gift Memberships: https://bit.ly/XmasGiftELFCMTake The 2025 "Christmas Quiz": https://bit.ly/ELFCMXmasQuiz2025---He is the most famous playwright in history and has been translated into every major living language.In this episode, you'll learn about this fantastic man's life, his works, and why he is still called "the world's greatest living playwright".An exhibition celebrating Shakespeare's 450th birthdayThe two most common questions people have about Shakespeare“He was not of an age, but for all time"“The words of a dead man/are modified in the guts of the living.”Shakespeare's universalityThe life of William ShakespeareDid Shakespeare really write the plays (and does it even matter)?Shakespeare's global influenceBardolators: ultra-keen Shakespeare fansWhy Shakespeare is responsible for bringing starlings to North AmericaShakespeare's contribution to the English languageHow Shakespeare created wordsHow Shakespeare workedShakespeare's group of actorsWhy women didn't actBoys playing women charactersTwelfth Night & ideas of genderKing Lear in RomaniaJulius Caesar in Trump's AmericaThe Globe Theatre in LondonFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/shakespeare ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية