The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
The Peter McCormack Show - politics, macro, Bitcoin and AI, long-form interviews. Twice-weekly conversations about money, power, and the shifts reshaping the next decade.Peter McCormack interviews politicians, economists, investors, journalists, founders and Bitcoiners. Past guests include Liz Truss, Lyn Alden, Curtis Yarvin, Matt Goodwin, Mike Green, Balaji Srinivasan, Rupert Lowe, Firas Modad, Scott Horton, Jeff Booth, Connor Leahy, Andrea Miotti, Neema Parvini, Dr Tim Gregory and Simon Dixon.Recurring threads: the debt and inflation endgame, UK political collapse and what comes after, Reform and the populist wave, the Middle East and the American war machine, AI safety and the race for superintelligence, energy and net zero, Bitcoin adoption and policy, and the slow-motion decline of Western institutions.Long-form - most episodes run 60 to 120 minutes. New episodes 2 to 3 times per week. Video on YouTube and Spotify.Host: Peter McCormack, a retired rapper from Bedford, UK, trying to understand this crazy world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 12, 2026 • 1h 20min
#174 - Roman Yampolskiy - We Are All Agents Inside a Simulation
Roman Yampolskiy, AI safety researcher and computer scientist who studies risks from superintelligence and simulation theory. He argues reality might be artificial. Short, punchy conversations cover simulation evidence, quantum and cosmic-rendering ideas, whether we can escape or be tested, and why building uncontrollable AGI could threaten civilisation.
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May 8, 2026 • 2h 2min
#173 - Liberman - We’re Training AI to Get Rid Of Us
David Liberman, entrepreneur and activist building tokenized, open AI infrastructure. Daniil Liberman, entrepreneur who sold a company to Snapchat and now builds censorship-resistant AI networks. They discuss the race to decentralize AI before centralized providers lock power. Short, urgent takes on monopolies, invisible control, recursive AI growth, tokenized compute, and a one-to-two year window to act.
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May 6, 2026 • 1h 40min
#172 - Graham Linehan - A Civilisation Built On Lies Cannot Survive
Graham Linehan, Irish comedy writer behind Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd, speaks about losing his career, marriage and friendships after challenging gender-self ID. He traces how a new movement spread through social media and institutions. He discusses impacts on women's spaces, sport and prisons, the role of phones and algorithms, and the personal cost of speaking out.
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Apr 30, 2026 • 1h 17min
#171 - Michael Saylor - Why You Feel Poorer (And Why AI Will Make It Worse)
Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy and leading Bitcoin advocate. He warns of ~7% currency debasement and explains why AI will demonetize much human labor. He urges staking your claim within roughly 10 years, buying scarce assets, and seeing Bitcoin as durable digital capital. Short, urgent, and wide-ranging on money, automation, and how to prepare.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 1h 54min
#170 - Andrew Wilson - Why Modern Life Feels Like It’s Working Against You
Andrew Wilson, commentator on culture, religion and politics, offers a broad cultural diagnosis of modern malaise. He explores the loss of shared values and community. He discusses religion’s role in shaping ethics, why success can feel empty, collapsing institutions, birth-rate shifts, dating changes, and strategies to rebuild social cohesion.
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Apr 26, 2026 • 1h 40min
#169 - Preston Bryne - Britain Isn't A Free Country Anymore
Preston Byrne, an American lawyer who defends US sites against foreign censorship, explains why he sees Britain sliding away from free speech. He talks about fighting UK enforcement of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom’s claimed powers over American platforms, drafting a British-style Free Speech Bill, and why he refuses to set foot in the UK while this plays out.
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Apr 23, 2026 • 1h 28min
#168 - Hans Niemann: The Corrupt Chess Madia
Hans Niemann, a 22-year-old grandmaster and entrepreneur who founded Endgame AI, speaks about his infamous win over Magnus Carlsen and the fallout that followed. He discusses accusations that upended his career, calls out what he dubs the “Chess Mafia,” and reflects on media, resilience, and the pure joy of learning chess in Washington Square Park.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 1h 15min
#167 - Andrew Lilico - Britain Is Poorer Than The Poorest US State
Andrew Lilico, economist and Executive Director of Europe Economics who chairs the IEA Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, warns Britain faces a looming fiscal crisis and reveals how policy choices left younger generations worse off. He outlines three crisis scenarios, argues for deep baseline spending cuts and political honesty, and compares Britain’s decline to other nations while proposing a path to regain coherence.
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Apr 16, 2026 • 1h 12min
#166 - Freddie New - How Governments Destroy Money and Empires (The Lessons From Rome)
Freddie New, a classics scholar who maps Rome's monetary collapse onto modern fiat systems. He traces how slow currency debasement erodes empires, parallels Roman denarius decline with the pound, and explores Diocletian and Constantine’s monetary fixes. He also links welfare, military overstretch, and modern elites’ gains from inflation, and considers Bitcoin and AI as possible responses.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 2h 12min
#165 - Emmet Connor - The Ideology Slowly Destroying the West
Emmet Connor, author of Red Pandemic, is a commentator on contemporary Marxist and globalist influence. He discusses how Marxist ideas may spread through culture, institutions and education. Short, sharp conversations cover recruitment without awareness, institutional tactics, immigration as a political tool, and where political resistance might succeed.
