To close out Season 1 of Make Me Care About, we talk with the co-chair of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda French Gates.Make Me Care About is produced by Magnificent Noise in partnership with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Make Me Care About Iodized Salt

Jun 21st, 2023 17m 48s

The next time you reach for the salt, read the label. More often than not, it is iodized salt you’re consuming. Turns out, salt fortified with iodine may actually make you smarter and has changed the world in ways you might have never guessed.

Make Me Care About Wastewater

Jun 14th, 2023 21m 52s

You may have never thought about the water you flush down your toilet or wash down your shower drain. Turns out, signs of disease can be detected in our wastewater systems from these very sources. Monitoring and analyzing wastewater helps publi

Make Me Care About Malaria

Jun 7th, 2023 17m 11s

Do you know what the deadliest animal is on the planet? From movies and TV shows, you might be thinking sharks, but that's wrong (sharks kill about five people a year). The answer is…mosquitoes. They are the deadliest animals on the planet by a

Make Me Care About Digital Money

May 24th, 2023 18m 1s

These days, there’s an app for everything, including your financial information. But what if you didn’t have access to receive and manage your own money? How would this limit how you live, thrive, or even survive? For many people - especially w

Make Me Care About Ninth Grade

May 17th, 2023 19m 6s

K-12 education is the foundation of a student’s academic career. But one grade sticks out above the rest: ninth grade. Success in ninth grade is the single most powerful metric for predicting students’ educational and career success. Learn why

Make Me Care About Ancient Grains

May 10th, 2023 18m 46s

Did you know that most of the world is consuming food that's more than 10,000 years old? Well, at least descended from the same plant…Quinoa, farro, millet, sorghum, teff, fonio, and even things like rice and corn are all considered ancient gra

Make Me Care About College

May 3rd, 2023 18m 39s

With rising tuition and the changing nature of work, is college worth it? According to the president of Northern Arizona University, the answer is yes, and he’s on a mission to make the case for the value of postsecondary education for not just

Make Me Care About My Kid's Friend Circle

Apr 26th, 2023 14m 57s

Having friends from diverse economic backgrounds is beneficial for all of us, but it is especially important for kids from low-income communities. Learn why, as well as how and where to make friends with people who are different from you.This e

Make Me Care About Garbanzo Beans

Apr 19th, 2023 13m 36s

Garbanzo BeansMost of us eat garbanzo beans in our hummus or salads. What you might not know is that these little round legumes are actually one of the world’s best ingredients to improving gut health and tackling malnutrition. From our mental

Make Me Care About Maternal Mortality

Apr 12th, 2023 27m 49s

When it goes well, giving birth can be a wonderful experience, but, when it goes wrong, it can be deadly for mother and child alike. Too often, where you live, your access to quality care, and in some places the color of your skin determines wh

Make Me Care About Syringes

Apr 5th, 2023 15m 38s

Vaccines have made headlines over the past few years, but what do you know about the syringes used to deliver them? Misused, syringes have the potential to spread more disease than the medicines they carry can prevent. Yet one innovation is eli

Make Me Care About Poop

Mar 29th, 2023 16m 41s

You’d probably rather not think about poop or where it goes, yet you might after this episode. The toilets we rely on today are outdated and overworked sanitation systems that could put us at risk of disease transmission. But there is a solutio

Make Me Care About Explained

Mar 29th, 2023 10m 39s

What is Make Me Care About? Join us for a quick overview and introduction to our host, Jen Hatmaker.Make Me Care About is produced by Magnificent Noise in partnership with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.To learn more about our show: http

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This is Make Me Care About

Mar 7th, 2023 1m 48s

There are so many things clamoring for our attention and it’s hard to distill which issues are important…or why we should care. Created in partnership with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Make Me Care About explores topics that have deep

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