{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbig-lessons-from-smart-nations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fmads-krogsgaard-thomsen-e7qWyaXA","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen: Tackling global crises through philanthropy","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bf4cd7f8-03dd-4238-b25e-8da4af7fb70f/7433e1a6-d5b6-4de9-af2f-4e5d0e447b23/mads-thomsen.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/16226b6a-6123-4e89-b1d1-74476b5f4ea8\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen: Tackling global crises through philanthropy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode, we talk with Mads Thomsen, the head of the world’s largest foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) and former Chief Scientific Officer at Novo Nordisk. Few people know that the NNF is larger than the Bill + Melinda Gates and Welcome Foundation.\n \nWe talk about how the foundation is going about tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges, ranging from obesity to climate change.\n \nMads also sheds light on how the Danes do things a bit differently, and it seems to be working.\n \nListen in."}