Kinder, Gentler Colonialism: Bungling Billionaires and Their Arrogant Adventures in "Saving the World"

Meet Bill Gates, the philandering philanthropist who attempts to remake the world's operating system in his own image. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD. Sources/Links/Notes: Bill Gates, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster , 2021. Alan Guebert, " Given What We Don't Know, Why Do We Act Like We Do Know? ," Food and Farm File , September 25, 2022. Gates Foundation, " Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines, " January 2010. Bill Gates TED Talk, " The next outbreak? We're not ready ," 2015. Erin Banco, Ashleigh Furlong, and Lennart Pfahler, " How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response — with little oversight ," Politico , September 14, 2022. Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World , October 1, 2019. Timothy A. Wise " Failing Africa’s Farmers: An Impact Assessment of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa ," Tufts University, July 2020. Anmar Frangoul, " Bill Gates on why he'll carry on using private jets and campaigning on climate change ," CNBC, February 7, 2023. Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy, P ost Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth In The Time Of Collapse , October 17, 2022. Support the show