Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Q1 Wrap-Up: 100K Subscribers, Awards, New Show Launch, and What’s Next

Highlights include surpassing 100,000 YouTube subscribers and receiving the silver plaque, winning “Interview of the Year” at the Political Podcast Awards for the Tony Blair episode, securing a partnership with one of the UK’s biggest airports at the awards, and meeting Anthony Scaramucci.

We discuss notable recent guests such as Steve Rigby, Will Storr, Matthew Flamini, and Diego (who catches pickpockets), plus the experience of hosting senior politicians like Pat McFadden and Peter Kyle.

We also announce the new leadership-focused sister show, “What We Don’t Know,” hosted by Dr Hayaatun Sillem and Matt Brittin, and mention Anthropy at the Eden Project, experimenting with AI tools, and potential media partnership with a British Craft Prize.

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Jamie Bartlett| Internet Subcultures and the Social Media Rage Machine

Bartlett explains how he gains access to difficult contributors through detective-like research and by maintaining fairness and integrity, avoiding overt political positioning to reach audiences across outlets including the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, Spectator, and varied podcasts.

They discuss how algorithms reward emotion, distort perceptions of public opinion, and turn politics into clip-farming, while long-form podcasts can restore deeper listening. Bartlett outlines ingredients of successful narrative podcasts and recounts key series: The Missing Cryptoqueen, Believe in Magic, and A Very British Cult, emphasizing relatable victims, twists, and translating complex tech risks for mainstream audiences, plus the importance of timing for story impact.

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Pat McFadden on Youth Unemployment, Apprenticeships, and How AI Will Change Work | Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future

Pat McFadden, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, joins Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future to discuss the UK’s youth jobs crisis, with nearly a million young people not in education, employment or training and over half never having had a job, despite 50,000 manufacturing vacancies. He reflects on his first jobs (paper round, supermarket night shifts, dishwasher at Edinburgh’s Viva Mexico, Fringe work), his path into politics, and how social media and 24-hour news have changed government and debate. McFadden outlines new incentives for employers: £3,000 to hire a young person on Universal Credit for six months and £2,000 for small firms taking on young apprentices, which can total £5,000. He addresses youth sickness and mental health, arguing support should focus on improving life outcomes and work opportunities, and shares a cautiously optimistic view of AI as both job-destroying and job-creating.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:27 First Job Paper Round

03:04 Family Roots and Siblings

05:06 Path Into Politics

06:11 Student Jobs and Fringe

08:04 Where Saturday Jobs Went

09:27 NEETs and Youth Inactivity

13:30 Making It a National Cause

14:26 Hiring Bonuses Explained

18:17 What Makes a Good Job

21:06 AI and the Future of Work

25:29 If Graduating Today

25:49 Career Paths And Optimism

26:34 Studying Politics At Edinburgh

27:40 Finding Confidence And Belonging

29:19 Leaving Home For University

31:12 How Politics Has Changed

34:01 Parliament As Clip Culture

35:12 Advice For New MPs

36:37 Governing In A Faster World

38:06 Risk Aversion And Getting Things Done

39:45 Mental Health And Welfare Reform

42:51 Influencers And The Arc Of Work

45:00 Quickfire Questions And Wrap

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Tony Blair on AI, Work, and What Governments Get Wrong (Award-Winning Interview)

This episode of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future - featuring former Prime Minister Tony Blair - was recently named Best Interview at the Political Podcast Awards, so we’re revisiting the conversation with a fresh edit.

Jimmy and Tony discuss how artificial intelligence could reshape government and the economy, why the UK now has significantly more people out of work than before the pandemic, and how leaders can keep up with rapid technological change.

Tony also reflects on life after Downing Street, building his global institute, and the challenges of turning big decisions into real change inside government.

A wide-ranging conversation about leadership, technology, and the future of work.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

00:40 What does a former Prime Minister actually do?

03:00 Why getting things done in government is harder than it looks

05:00 AI and the biggest technological revolution of the century

11:00 Will AI replace jobs?

14:00 Why more people in the UK aren’t working

17:00 Technology, government and innovation

20:00 Why business leaders should go into government

28:00 Building organisations after politics

34:00 Ambition, leadership and career advice

37:00 Quickfire questions

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Will Storr on Status Games: Politics, Podcasts, Storytelling, and the Future of AI

Storr argues social media amplifies status games and notes similar “flame wars,” cancellation, and pronoun debates existed on an early online network, The WELL. They explore how status shifts with age, why self-control and conscientiousness predict professional success, and why being easy to work with matters (including why Nigel Farage is easy to book).

Storr explains how Marco Pierre White made chefing high status, influencing Gordon Ramsay and British food culture, reflects on appearing on Rogan, Diary of a CEO, and Modern Wisdom, and discusses AI’s impact on writing and the growing importance of distinctive author brands.

TIMESTAMPS

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Why do humans care so much about what other people think?

This week on Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, Jimmy sits down with bestselling author and journalist Will Storr to explore one of the most powerful forces shaping our lives: status.

Will has spent years investigating the hidden psychological forces that drive human behaviour. In this conversation, he explains why our brains are wired to seek status, why we constantly misjudge how status works in modern society, and how these instincts shape everything from work and politics to social media and success.

They also dive into Will’s career as a journalist and storyteller, how his reporting led him deep into the science of human behaviour, and the ideas behind his latest work on status and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are.

Expect a conversation about human psychology, ambition, storytelling, and the invisible rules that govern social hierarchies - and why understanding them might change how you see the world.

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Meet London’s “Batman”: Diego Galino on Exposing Pickpockets, Street Safety & Going Viral

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Diego Galdino, a.k.a Pickpocket London, explains how he went from a delivery rider to confronting and filming pickpockets to raise public awareness and help victims. 

After seeing tourists targeted near Buckingham Palace, he launched TikTok and Instagram accounts on 15 July and quickly built a large following by posting daily footage and sharing evidence with police informally. 

He describes worsening street crime after the pandemic, an informal network of riders and shop staff who alert him, and dangerous encounters where he was punched, chased with a stick, and hit with a phone. 

Diego discusses using washable head-ink spray to mark suspects, funding the work through GoFundMe, media appearances, and social monetisation, and why he prefers independence over joining the police.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:30 Why He Started

05:00 From Deliveries to Vigilance

06:13 Is London Getting Worse

07:24 Working With Police

10:15 Street Network Alerts

10:45 Why Not Join the Police

11:44 A Day in the Life

12:45 Funding the Mission

16:51 Sponsor Break

17:29 Gear Costs and Hiring Help

19:55 Safety and Fear Factor

21:05 Staying Safe on Patrol

21:42 Scariest Encounters

24:15 Known Offenders and Arrests

26:08 Ink Spray Tactics

28:09 Hotspots Across London

30:33 Organised Crime Networks

31:19 How to Stop It

31:58 Fame Changes the Job

33:59 How Viewers Can Help

34:59 Scaling via Social Media

36:36 Five-Year Vision

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Dex Hunter-Torricke has worked with some of the most influential people in Tech over the last 15 years. But now he's sounding the alarm. 

In this episode of Jobs of the Future, we sit down with a true Silicon Valley insider who has spent the last 15 years at the epicentre of the tech revolution.

From serving as the first executive speechwriter for Eric Schmidt at Google to leading communications for Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Elon Musk at SpaceX, our guest has had a front-row seat to the decisions shaping our modern world. Most recently, he served as a senior leader at Google DeepMind, the world’s premier AI lab, during the most pivotal moments in the race toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

03:36 - His Tech Industry Journey06:30 - Being at The Front Lines of AGI

07:05  -The Reality Check

09:09 - Why AI is So Different to Every Other Technology

11:05 - The AGI Countdown

12:14 - The Death of the "Good Life"

13:41 - The Geopolitics of Sovereignty

14:46 - Future-Proofing Your Career

18:39 - The Economy of Meaning

21:29 - The 60% Job Vulnerability

25:23 - The Brittle Power of Tech Giants

32:15 - Launching the Center for Tomorrow

52:30 - Redefining Success

57:00 - A Philosophy for Interdependence

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Credits:

Host / Exec Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE

Producer: Sunny Winter https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnywinter/

Junior Producer: Thuy Dong

Edited by: Ben Alexander Kippen

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Unlocking the Secrets of Squiggly Careers with Helen Tupper

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