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Unicorn Graveyard: Tech's Rises & Falls

Unicorn Graveyard: Tech's Rises & Falls

Talking Labs 2 Episodes Sep 16, 2026

Unicorn Graveyard: Tech's Rises & Falls examines the biggest successes and failures in technology. It covers startups that flamed out, formats that lost their way, and inventions that were buried by their own creators. Reed Ashford narrates the weekly show. Episodes use AI narration and scripting with human editorial review, and the podcast is a Talking Labs production.

Episodes

Betamax vs VHS: How the Better Picture Lost
Betamax vs VHS: How the Better Picture Lost Sep 16, 2026 1771 Betamax had picture quality and an iconic inventor. VHS built the larger ecosystem. Follow recording-time trade-offs, licensing, rentals, network effects and the legal ruling that remade home video.This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.This episode includes AI-generated content.
Theranos, Part 1: The Voice
Theranos, Part 1: The Voice Sep 12, 2026 1482 Part one of two. A founder in a black turtleneck promised a full panel of blood tests from a single fingerprick, on a box the size of a desktop printer, in a pharmacy near you. Reed Ashford on why the pitch was genuinely excellent, why the physics of small-volume testing says no, what was actually running in the company's laboratory, and how a board of former secretaries of state with no clinical

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