# John Carreyrou

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of John Carreyrou (Investigative reporter, The New York Times) talking, from an interview on Hard Fork published Oct 16, 2026.

- Role: Investigative reporter, The New York Times
- On X: https://x.com/JohnCarreyrou

## What John Carreyrou said

- [Holmes’s changing image doesn’t erase the evidence of deception](https://realalpha.app/s/holmess-changing-image-doesnt-erase-the-evidence-of/)
  Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026 · 8 min
  > “she embraced the spotlight. She jumped into the spotlight. She did everything she could to attract the spotlight.” — John Carreyrou · [21:32](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/?t=1292)
- [Holmes’s story stays compelling partly because she keeps renewing it](https://realalpha.app/s/holmess-story-stays-compelling-partly-because-she-keeps/)
  Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026 · 6 min
  > “She is the one who invited these filmmakers into her home 30 days, 34 days before she was scheduled to go to prison.” — John Carreyrou · [34:00](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/?t=2040)
- [Missing peer-reviewed studies helped trigger Carreyrou’s probe](https://realalpha.app/s/missing-peer-reviewed-studies-helped-trigger-carreyrous/)
  Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 min
  > “there were no peer-reviewed scientific journal studies or articles about her technology.” — John Carreyrou · [6:49](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/?t=409)
- [Holmes’s partnership pattern appears to be repeating](https://realalpha.app/s/holmess-partnership-pattern-appears-to-be-repeating/)
  Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026 · 6 min
  > “I do think there was a grain of truth there in the sense that Sonny was a terrible influence on Elizabeth Holmes.” — John Carreyrou · [37:12](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/?t=2232)

## The episode

- [Why Nathan Fielder's ‘You Can See Everything’ Left Us Reeling | Hard Fork](https://realalpha.app/v/zcZ4fSZJFzM/) · Hard Fork · Oct 16, 2026