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

They subsequently said we've got no record of this. matched

He's also claimed to have been a visiting professor at various institutions across the world who have said no this is simply not true. matched

He said that he wrote and had published a book and that was never published. matched

I just wonder, given how many examples there are. matched

That don't add up. matched

Whether there are also questions now about his remarkable backstory? matched

And I know that you've interviewed R Day on a number of occasions. matched

What happened when you matched

fronted him up and said, Listen, I've looked into these allegations about the mass man. matched

I've looked into the allegations about the pig's head. matched

And it just doesn't seem to stack up. matched

What did he say? matched

And what do you think he was getting at with that? matched

Is it like I thought you, the guardian, I thought you, a black man, would believe me. matched

W what do you think he meant by that? matched

Right. matched

And of course you're not, as we've said, not the only journalist that has been looking into his claims, and in fact matched

last year there was um a journalist called Jack Grove, who was a reporter for the Times educational supplement, who was looking into these plagiarism claims and matched

He says all he did was email Professor Arday with a series of questions. matched

And then R Day reported him to the police, didn't he? matched

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