Melinda French Gates

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932 appearances 10 recordings 6 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 14 Jun

Melinda French Gates’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And so when I go to places like Sweden, the men look at me like...

That's a silly question.

When I asked them, well, did you stay home at the birth of your child?

They're like, well, of course I did.

I wouldn't miss out on that, right?

And so they might have started taking paid leave at first because they didn't want to leave money on the table.

Like, oh, okay, you know, I'm getting this leave.

Now they're saying it's just the right thing to do and I want to be there as part of my kid's life.

And so these policies matter.

And so, yes, I do fund policy work as well.

I am.

Two granddaughters, ages 18 months and three years old.

They're a delight.

Well, first of all, having grandchildren, as everybody told me, is one of the best things in life.

But it is very hard to think that my two granddaughters have fewer rights than I have in this country.

Because the Dobbs decision, they have fewer rights than I had growing up.

That is the oddest thing in the world.

We had a policy on the books.

for almost 50 years for women.

And we rolled it back.

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