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Today, Explained

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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For decades, Bill Gates exemplified the “good billionaire.” His reputation — tarnished almost overnight — highlights the danger of relying too much on billionaire philanthropists. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.0	Bill Gates.
0:51.6	Microsoft.
0:53.2	Billionaire.
0:54.5	Divorce.
0:56.3	Who cares?
0:57.5	Bill and Melinda Gates have about a $150 billion fortune that is largely in the public interest.
1:07.4	What happens to that is in the public interest.
1:09.5	Teddy Schleifer cares.
1:11.4	He writes about billionaires for recode.
1:13.2	There's a lot of people out there who depend on Bill and Melinda Gates.
1:17.3	Even if they might not know it, Bill and Melinda Gates are shaping their world in a way
1:20.8	that probably if you were I got divorced, it wouldn't affect anybody else.
1:25.2	We'd have to get married first, Teddy.
1:27.1	Okay, we'll do that first.
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