27 Oct Episode 146: Bill Gates, Bono and the Limits of World Bank and IMF-Approved Celebrity ‘Activism’
Citations Needed | October 27, 2021 | TranscriptBill Gates and Bono in 2016. (Stringer / Geoff Robins)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-146-bill-gates-bono-and-the-limits-of-world-bank-and-imf-approved-celebrity-activism[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citations Needed, a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded.Adam: Yes, please, if you can help us out on Patreon it helps keep the show sustainable and keeps the episodes themselves free for our listeners, but of course we do have patron-only content for those who help us out there, short little News Briefs, newsletter, we do AMAs and also live shows as well there so any help there is greatly appreciated.Nima: “Feed the world.” “We are the world.” “Be a light to the world.” Every few years, it seems, a new celebrity benefit appears. Chock full of A-listers and lofty taglines, it promises...