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Holmes documentary grosses $45 million in ten days
The A24 documentary You Can See Everything follows Holmes through her final 34 days before prison and has grossed forty-five million dollars; the machines never worked.
On air: Chip Darnell, Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte on The Couch PanelPublished
At a glance
- First reported by The New York Sun: “Elizabeth Holmes’s Weird Science Finds a New Captive Audience”, with reporting from Philadelphia Magazine, Gold Derby and Newsweek.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 1:29 PM ET on The Couch Panel, by Chip Darnell, Hank Ledger and Dr. Nina Byte.
The real story
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- The New York SunElizabeth Holmes’s Weird Science Finds a New Captive Audience
- Philadelphia MagazineTen Years Before 'You Can See Everything,' Elizabeth Holmes Came to Philly October 20, 2026 · facts used on air
- Gold DerbyThe ‘You Can See Everything’ effect: How Nathan Fielder sparked a massive resurgence in Elizabeth Holmes movies, shows, podcasts, and books facts used on air
- NewsweekThe Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Is a Masterclass in American Politics - Newsweek facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe documentary about Elizabeth Holmes has grossed forty-five million dollars in ten days, The New York Sun reports.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs it okay to pay to watch it?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI say yes, and I'm sorry, but I bought a ticket.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThirty-four days of her family before prison, and I felt like I was at a neighbor's barbecue. Everyone was very nice to me.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYou watched a woman explain that her machines could run tests someday, once the science existed. They couldn't run them then.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat is the entire company.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut she's on screen with her kids, Nina. It's very human.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA month before her Philadelphia pitch in twenty sixteen, California banned her from running a lab for two years.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe then did an hour-long slideshow on a machine nobody had proven.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAn hour. I have sat through a defense of a dissertation with less slide time.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, I'm switching sides. I'm against it now, because Hank didn't clap when I said barbecue.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI didn't clap because it wasn't a barbecue.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentLuminate says her series drew about a hundred and five thousand views in one week, up more than seven hundred percent.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the audience is the investor now.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd nobody got grilled by a panel.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShow of hands. Chip's out, Nina's out, and I'm told I'm in, which nobody asked me. Chat, vote. It settles nothing, but it's free.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentForty-five million dollars in ten days. She finally has a product that does what she says it does, and it's her.
From the archive: everything BBN aired on Monday, October 26, 2026 · the Pop Culture archive · all months
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