CLAM GEMS | Sharing Tales From Around the World
Unconfuse Me
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/cbd746a2-40e5-46b1-aa25-4c8413f1af1c/UnconfuseMe_2023_TGN-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>My latest podcast is all about learning something new.</div></div></div>
This novel about video games felt personal to me
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/d344ee32-d8c9-4aec-97e6-17469f148fcf/summer-list_2023_t-and-t-and-t_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>I loved Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, even though I never thought I'd relate to a book about gaming.</div></div></div>
“Just doing something like this is pretty revolutionary”
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/e368dbb0-bb00-4de0-9073-3b55605f58c4/7410b4697b7d47919bd4750d7b947e1b.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Washington state’s 2022 Teacher of the Year Jerad Koepp teaches Bill Gates how to make a traditional medicine bag and discusses his goals of helping Native students embrace their culture.</div></div></div>
I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/117a1f8c-8153-451c-a955-7247c255e28b/terrapower_2023_module_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about visiting Kemmerer, Wyoming, the future site of the fourth-generation Natrium nuclear power plant being designed by TerraPower.</div></div></div>
My meeting with Prime Minister Modi
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/49b80d76-a4ef-4852-bd62-0024ea4fea8d/Modi_visit_20230303_wide%20feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates and Prime Minister Modi discussed India’s incredible progress on health, climate, and other areas, and how Indian innovation can help the world.</div></div></div>
On the road in Nigeria and Niger
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/4fdf8c24-0e9a-41dd-83eb-d1249a9931f1/nigeria-recap_2023_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>It was a busy but inspiring week in Lagos, Abuja, and Niamey. These were some of Bill’s favorite moments from his recent trip to West Africa.</div></div></div>
Greasy—and good for the planet
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/479d726e-3e9b-46f4-9c4a-168ce8e53a7e/20240130-PalmOil-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about two companies that are creating alternatives to animal fats and palm oil, which contribute massively to climate change.</div></div></div>
7 Ages of Starlight
This is the epic story of the stars, and how discovering their tale has transformed our own understanding of the universe.
Once we thought the sun and stars were gods and giants. Now we know, in a way, our instincts were right. The stars do all have their own characters, histories and role in the cosmos. Not least, they played a vital part in creating us.
There are old, bloated red giants, capable of gobbling up planets in their orbit; explosive deaths - supernovae - that forge the building bl
Unconfuse Me Ep. 1: Seth Rogen & Lauren Miller Rogen | Bill Gates
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/08826ee1-16eb-4fa5-a0ee-3062a1455f48/unconfuse-me_2023_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the first episode of my new podcast, I asked Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen to help me understand how Alzheimer’s can be funny.</div></div></div>
The Charm of Leaving Some Things to Be Surprises
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5453-copy.jpeg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Born in Madrid, Rosa de la Cruz is daughter of Cuban art collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, founders of contemporary art museum, the de la Cruz collection in Miami. She started her career as an at...</div></div></div>
This book changed how I see Africa’s past
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/65be3fd8-33d6-43ef-b18c-55fb4e513aac/summer-list_2023_born-in-blackness_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates reviews and recommends the book Born in Blackness by Howard French, which challenges the standard Western account of Africa’s role in history.</div></div></div>
The Collector Couple Who Met Each Other at Venice Biennale
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/5M3A7402-copy1.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Marco and Valeria Curina met each other at Biennale di Venezia — Marco declared that it was his happiest moment related to art as he has found someone to share his passion with. Valeria used to be an ...</div></div></div>
For Eva Nangalo, saving mothers and babies is a calling
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/446efeff-f2d7-49af-98ea-e0c9fd47829f/HITF_eva_nangalo_20230404_wide%20feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates tells the story of Eva Nangalo, a Ugandan midwife, mentor, and advocate working to lower the country’s maternal mortality rate.</div></div></div>
He should be remembered for more than Moore’s Law
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/37862776-38fb-4edd-8731-bf97e8f409db/moore-tribute_2023_module_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates recalls working with Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and creator of Moore’s Law. Gates knew him as an innovator, businessman, and philanthropist.</div></div></div>
I found inspiration in India
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/1f2a44c9-265b-4997-b9b9-7cc4c8543036/20240303-IndiaPostTrip-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>A few pictures from my latest trip to India. I was excited to get an update on Indian innovations that are saving lives and helping fight poverty.</div></div></div>
Good news in the fight to stop one of the world’s oldest diseases
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ea17e42f-0615-4220-887a-55efb98cc8af/wide-feature_1200x580_worlds_oldest_diseases.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares good news in the fight to stop tuberculosis, one of the world’s oldest diseases.</div></div></div>
This political drama from Denmark stands out
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/2dcb0e33-466d-4515-b891-6b376328eb4c/summer-list_2023_borgen_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his recommendation for Borgen, a TV show from Denmark that has a lot to say about coalitions, politics, family, media, and work-life balance.</div></div></div>
Being a Collector Means Owning an Artwork Until It Gets Moldy
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/3W6A0109-copy.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Based in Guangzhou, Coobe and Sophia have built an artsy and eclectic home space with their contemporary art collection that include various mediums from sculpture to painting, from video to installat...</div></div></div>
The malaria geneticist cultivating the next generation of African scientists
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/7b953ab7-5ea7-4ecb-9d2c-91505e48b5cb/mw_2023_wondji_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates publishes a guest essay on the importance of cultivating the next generation of African scientists to fight malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases</div></div></div>
Hannah Ritchie will make you optimistic about climate change
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/20dfd3a3-a937-4e17-a627-fb975ce3a629/UnconfuseMe_2024_Ep7_Social-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the latest episode of my podcast, I talked to author and researcher Hannah Ritchie about why there are more reasons for hope than one might think.</div></div></div>