On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, writers of the new TV Series ‘Industry’, which focuses on life in the City of London financial sector through the eyes of vulnerable graduates. They discuss their own experience in the financial sector and what made them leave, what attracts so many graduates to the sector despite holding other dreams for their careers, how the show highlights the vulnerable new recruits’ perspective which is missed in other series and films, how the financial sector takes its toll on the mental and physical health of some graduates, the ‘bonuses’ culture and how it breeds workers who live to chase a paycheck, and much more! Finally, we speak to Dr. Mark Freestone, author of ‘Making a Psychopath’. He discusses what makes somebody a psychopath, why they’re failed by society, the negative and damaging stigmas around psychopaths, the estimated number of them in the general population, why incarceration and punishment may not be the right approach in the dealing with psychopaths, and much more!
