Will Storr Part 1 | The Status Game

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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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. ********** Follow us on socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmysjobs Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jimmysjobsofthefuture Twitter / X: https://www.twitter.com/JimmyM Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-mcloughlin-obe/ Want to come on the show? hello@jobsofthefuture.co Sponsor the show or Partner with us: sunny@jobsofthefuture.co Check out our clips channel here! ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@JimmysJobsClips Credits: Host / Exec Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE Producer: Sunny Winter https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnywinter/ Junior Producer: Thuy Dong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.0	the best-selling author and the writer of one of my all-time favorite books, The Status Game. Will talks
1:10.0	about how we are involved with status in almost every
1:13.9	aspect of our life. And I think it's something that we don't talk anywhere near enough when it
1:19.1	comes to the world of work. Whether it's people's job or their job title, the company they work
1:23.9	for, it's all wrapped up in status games. And within those companies themselves,
1:28.3	there will be further status games. And also, we talked quite a bit in this episode about
1:33.3	the various different status games that were in Downing Street, which is always interesting
1:37.3	when your salary is published. So it was a fascinating conversation with one of my favourite thinkers.
1:44.9	There's barely a big podcast out there that Will has not been invited on to speak.
1:49.3	So we've actually cut this episode up on audio into two halves because it was the longest ever recording that we've done.
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