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“This is entertaining but seems edited and reported in ways that are problematic. From the jump, it’s strange how little interest the reporter seems to take in Genetech, who are clearly culpable in what goes wrong. I don’t even think the founder of Genetech was mentioned by name until the final episode, when we learn that he declined to be interviewed. This factor, that Liveyon was willing to discuss what went wrong and is still a viable company and Genetech seems to have folded has apparently skewed the reporting so that Liveyon is the focus of the story and therefore appears most culpable. It’s also strange that in all of the interviews with Liveyon higher ups, there is almost no pushback or challenging from the reporter, even though we hear her interacting with nearly every other interview subject. This seems unfair when the podcast is edited to respond to the Liveyon leadership like John with what appears to be damning counter evidence… but those interview subjects aren’t given the chance to respond in turn. This makes the reporter seem cowardly and passive aggressive. It does seem like Liveyon made some mistakes but on the whole whenever they speak for themselves on this podcast they come across as forthright and clear headed. It’s telling that in instances where things went wrong and people were hurt, such as the patients who got sick or the investor in the ponzi scheme John had been brought into, that John took the necessary steps to remove his product from the market and apologized to the investor who had been hurt. That particular interview with the embittered investor was a low point for this podcast. It felt amateurish and petulant. The podcast also feels like it’s trying to do two things at once: litigate the stem cell market in a broad sense and also focus on one example where stem cells were infected with bacteria. The second doesn’t necessarily support the first, since the failure of best practices doesn’t speak to the efficacy of the technology in any way. For this reason the thesis of the podcast seems muddled and unfocused.”
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