As the first passenger flight of Virgin Galactic approaches, Branson defends the benefits of privately funded space exploration and the paradoxes around Virgin's eco-messaging.

Branson

Space

Virgin Atlantic's battle with British Airways, ending in a libel suit win for Branson; Branson continues to push for world records and promotional attention for his company, setting off on a nail-biting Pacific Ocean balloon voyage.

Fight or Flight

The launch of Virgin Atlantic and Branson's efforts to attract media attention to his brand, including an attempt to break the trans-Atlantic speed record in a boat and his death-defying balloon adventure across the Atlantic in 1986.

Atlantic

Exploring Branson's early years and the influence of his iconoclastic mother; as a dyslexic teenager, he leaves school at age 15 to create a magazine, leading to a mail-order record business and eventually Virgin Records and Virgin megastores.

Words and Music

Before Richard Branson is scheduled to make a potentially historic flight as the first passenger to reach space in his own spacecraft in July 2021, the billionaire entrepreneur sits down for a conversation.

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