Helen Pidd

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269 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Aug

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Full Story · Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

There was a statement that a spokesperson from Cambridge made to um an online outfit last month, sort of suggesting that he'd been the victim of vicious smears, and his defenders were saying, listen, this is all motivated by racism. matched

And I think when we discussed that, it's probably worth us talking about. matched

About where some of these plagiarism claims were coming from and who they were coming from. matched

So who were who was the main person who was raising these concerns? matched

Yeah, and I think the university concluded that his views, quote, while were seen by many as offensive, didn't breach the law and didn't contravene university regulations designed to uphold free speech, and he then moved to a Belgian um university. matched

Was he the only one who was gunning for our day at the time? matched

Do you think that the matched

claims against him. matched

When it simply comes to the matched

academic plagiarism are reasonable. matched

Because I know that you have spoken to a number of other prominent academics who've looked into it as well, those who have not been obsessed with the idea that black people um, you know, w in a meritocracy would not be able to rise to the top of academia. matched

Right, okay. matched

And when these allegations sort of hit the mainstream a couple of weeks ago, they were on the front page of the telegraph. matched

And I just wonder what you make of the tone and the prominence that were given to those allegations initially. matched

he's not Professor Brian Cox, is he? matched

And after the initial um plagiarism allegations uh were on the front page of the telegraph, followed up by many other media outlets, our day matched

claims that he was the victim of a smear campaign. matched

And he said in an interview, We're talking about academia here. matched

I didn't murder somebody. matched

I think the cruelty I've experienced and the positioning of me as some kind of liar and fantasist is totally unacceptable. matched

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