Bill Gates on vaccine hesitancy, AI and global health
Bill Gates on vaccine hesitancy, AI and global health  
Podcast: The Conversation with Dasha Burns
Published On: Fri Dec 12 2025
Description: Gates Foundation co-founder Bill Gates joined POLITICO’s Dasha Burns on this week’s episode of The Conversation to discuss his continued support for vaccine philanthropy, the impact of government aid cuts in global health, AI, vaccine skepticism and much more. The interview took place shortly after the release of The Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Report projects, which predicts that child deaths will rise in 2025 for the first time this century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices