After Seamas Carey interviewed Eden Project founder Tim Smit for his podcast investigating modern Cornish identity, he set the tape aside for six months as he continued gathering interviews. When he returned to it, he realised something: “This is quite hot.”
That still didn’t prepare Carey for what happened when he released episode three of The Reason Why. Smit’s comments – he called the Cornish “tossers” who might be able to speak up for themselves if they “were a bit more fucking articulate” – made national headlines and saw him accused of “‘acceptable’ racism” by local councillors.
