When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Microsoft founder Bill Gates was the most powerful and provocative private individual operating within global public health.
Today, we look at the role he has played in public health and his latest mission: procuring Covid-19 vaccines for countries in the developing world.
Guest: Megan Twohey, an investigative reporter for The New York Times; Nicholas Kulish, an enterprise reporter for The Times.
Sign up here to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter.
Background reading:
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
Whales Have an Alphabet
I.C.C. Prosecutor Requests Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders
Biden’s Open War On Hidden Fees
The Crypto Comeback
Was the 401(k) a Mistake?
The Sunday Read: ‘Why Did This Guy Put a Song About Me on Spotify?’
'The Interview': Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Has an Antidote to Our Climate Delusions
The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves
The Make-or-Break Testimony of Michael Cohen
The Possible Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System
Voters Want Change. In Our Poll, They See It in Trump.
How Biden Adopted Trump’s Trade War With China
Revisiting 'The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia'
'The Interview': Charlamagne Tha God Won’t Take Sides
Stormy Daniels Takes The Stand
One Strongman, One Billion Voters, and the Future of India
A Plan to Remake the Middle East
How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth
R.F.K. Jr.’s Battle to Get on the Ballot
Sunday Special: 'Modern Love'
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Up First
Post Reports
The Journal.
The Ezra Klein Show
Today, Explained