#193 - David Goodhart - AI Is Coming For The Graduate Elite

#193 - David Goodhart - AI Is Coming For The Graduate Elite

Published: July 14, 2026

Duration: 1:39:45

David Goodhart joins me to discuss whether AI is about to do to the graduate class what globalisation did to factory workers, and why Britain’s political settlement may be breaking apart.


David explains why Britain has overproduced people with generalist academic skills, how the “anywheres” came to dominate politics, culture and the economy, and why the “somewheres” have increasingly turned to Brexit, populism, Reform and Restore as a reaction against a country they no longer feel represents them.


We also discuss whether anything has actually got better in Britain over the last 15 years, why...