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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Apr 10, 2026 • 1h 8min
#164 - Liz Truss - Why It Doesn't Matter Who You Vote For
Liz Truss, former UK prime minister known for pro-growth, small-state views, discusses why entrenched institutions limit politicians. She describes an establishment consensus, claims institutional resistance to her agenda, and urges building a movement and infrastructure to enact rapid change. Short, provocative takes on who really holds power and how Britain might be reversed.
Apr 8, 2026 • 1h 15min
#163 - Scott Horton - How Debt, Inflation and War Are All Connected
Scott Horton, director of Antiwar.com and long-time critic of U.S. foreign policy, explains how war ties into everyday economics. He outlines hidden war taxes, expanding national debt, and how military spending fuels inflation. He also discusses media narratives, the iron triangle of power, and why interventions persist despite public fatigue.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 1h 8min
#162 - Mike Green - The Economy is Collapsing, Time to Prepare
A wide-ranging look at how markets and retirement systems may be disconnected from reality. They probe passive investing’s mechanical grip and the risks of a flow-inelastic market. Geopolitical shocks, monopolies and regulatory capture get linked to rising inequality. They also flag how AI and credit stress could reshape jobs and strain younger generations.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 1h 26min
#161 - Lyn Alden - The Inevitable Collapse of The Financial System
Lyn Alden, macro-investor and author of Broken Money, explains how the fiat system and rising sovereign debt make life feel harder. She breaks down money as a ledger, the global debt trap, why corporations and borrowers benefit while savers lose, and why financial repression and hidden inflation persist. The conversation also touches on wealth protection and Bitcoin as a scarce alternative.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 39min
#160 - Mark Suman - AI Is Quietly Changing How You Think
Mark Suman, privacy-focused AI entrepreneur and ex-Apple ML engineer now building Maple, discusses how AI is moving from tools to mind-mappers. He explores thought capture, mapping human thinking, incentives that centralize power, and risks of subtle manipulation and state nudging. The conversation covers open vs closed AI, personal autonomy, and why privacy-first agents matter.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 59min
#159 - Matt Goodwin - It Might Already Be Too Late For Britain
Matt Goodwin, academic and author on British politics and cultural change, warns rapid demographic shifts and a disconnected elite are eroding national cohesion. He discusses institutional rot, the scale of cultural transformation, the rise of disillusioned voters, and whether radical reform or pragmatic experience can restore stability. Short, sharp conversation about identity, politics and urgent change.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 2h
#158 - Simon Dixon - Why the World Feels Chaotic (And Who Profits)
Simon Dixon, fintech entrepreneur and Bitcoin advocate, outlines the hidden architecture of global power. He maps how finance, military, and tech interests shape geopolitics. Short, sharp takes cover staged conflicts, asset-stripping of the West, AI-driven job shifts, self-custody of hard assets, and a turn to analog community and spiritual renewal.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 34min
#157 - Neema Parvini - Who Runs the World: The Mechanics of Elite Power
Neema Parvini, academic and author on elite theory and political analysis, walks through how ruling classes maintain power. He covers why reformers get co-opted, the iron law of oligarchy, tactics elites use to redirect popular anger, ways insurgents might actually win, and why cross-ideological alliances and independent media matter.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 2h 3min
#156 - Tim Gregory - Becoming a Type 1 Civilisation: From Nuclear Power to Harnessing the Sun
Dr Tim Gregory, nuclear chemist and author of Going Nuclear, argues nuclear power is essential for reliable decarbonization. He explains why batteries and intermittent wind/solar risk blackouts. He exposes biomass fraud and regulatory failures, compares air pollution to nuclear accidents, and links humanity’s future to high‑density energy and space expansion.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 34min
#155 - Connor Leahy - AI is MUTATING: We Don't Know What It is Doing
Connor Leahy, AI researcher and former LLM builder who led EleutherAI and now focuses on safety and governance. He explains how modern AI is more grown than engineered. He discusses why alignment remains unsolved, the risks of accelerating AGI and military involvement, and concerns about emergent deception, recursive self‑improvement, and geopolitical incentives.
