Wake Up To Money - Elon Musk
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The BBC's North America Technology Correspondent James Clayton talks exclusively to Elon Musk about Twitter. They discuss why he bought the social media site, controversy around tackling disinformation and the future for blue ticks.
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| 0:05.2 | My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland. |
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| 0:44.2 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:47.9 | Hello, I'm Sean Farrington. |
| 0:49.4 | Welcome to a bonus edition of the Wake Up to Money podcast, |
| 0:52.3 | where we bring you the full interview with Elon Musk |
| 0:55.0 | carried out by our North America correspondent James Clayton. |
| 0:58.9 | James headed over to Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, |
| 1:02.3 | as you might have heard a pretty short notice, |
| 1:04.2 | to ask Mr Musk an array of questions on a wide range of topics. |
| 1:08.9 | Unsurprisingly, there were some intriguing answers too. |
| 1:11.6 | Wake up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 1:14.6 | First of all, why did you agree to do this, this interview with the BBC? |
| 1:18.6 | I don't know, I like spontaneous. |
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