# Kathleen Stock: The scandal of Jason Arday

An episode of [UnHerd with Freddie Sayers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1540134798), 4 Aug 2026, 42 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/e/6a7213ea28ead4902ce6dda5/media.mp3

Jason Arday, the wunderkind sociologist and youngest ever black professor at Cambridge, has an almost unbelievable backstory. Overcoming illiteracy and autism, he became the jewel in the crown of the university’s pivot towards diversity post-2021. He has been lauded by celebrities, raised millions for charity, suffered abuse from detractors and found time to run hundreds of miles. Or has he? Kathleen Stock, former professor at Sussex University, speaks to UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers about her viral investigation into academia’s ‘DEI darling’ and the plagiarism scandal that shocked Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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