321. Extra: Richard Branson Full Interview

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🗓️ 26 February 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Stephen Dubner's conversation with the Virgin Group founder, recorded for the Freakonomics Radio series “The Secret Life of a C.E.O.”

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Stephen Dubner.
0:04.2	You are about to hear a conversation with Richard Branson, founder of the International
0:08.9	Conglomerate, The Virgin Group.
0:10.9	I spoke with Branson in November for our special series, The Secret Life of a CEO.
0:16.5	We will be releasing full interviews from that series as bonus episodes.
0:20.5	One week for the next six weeks, you'll hear my lightly edited conversations with Mark
0:25.5	Zuckerberg of Facebook, Satin Adela of Microsoft and others.
0:29.8	Hope you enjoy.
0:32.5	Hello, this is Stephen Dubner.
0:33.7	Is that Richard Branson?
0:35.0	I am.
0:36.0	I'm Richard Branson and I so too.
0:38.8	Nice to talk to you too.
0:39.8	Thank you so much for making the time.
0:41.2	How's things?
0:42.2	I have everything.
0:43.2	It's very good.
0:44.2	Thank you.
0:45.2	I'm sitting here with a cup of tea in my hand and I wish we were talking in person,
0:49.4	but anyway, nice to talk to you.
0:51.2	All right, so let's begin if you would just literally say your name and what you do.
0:56.9	Yep, my name is Richard Branson and then what do I do?
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