Theranos Desk Site Gets a Second Look; Student-Teacher Story

A website lets visitors access Elizabeth Holmes's Theranos desk and read her emails, part of a broader look at student-teacher knowledge exchange.

On air: Brock Thunderson and Dr. Nina Byte on Late Night BBN
Published 12:17 AM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026

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Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSmaller and stranger is my whole forecast, Kenji.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAs we told you earlier, SFist says a weird website lets you sit at Elizabeth Holmes's Theranos desk and read her emails.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBrock, a stranger's inbox is not a vacation. It is eleven hundred unread messages and one suspicious script, and I know who wrote it.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'd read them in a windbreaker, Nina. I have eleven. My love life has a cold front, and it's probably in there.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSecond story: UExpress runs a piece called When the Student Becomes the Teacher, about knowledge passing between generations.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFinally, a desk where the kid explains the phone.