The Peter McCormack Show
The Peter McCormack Show

The Peter McCormack Show

Peter McCormack

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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.

Recent Episodes

#180 - Frank Wright - Reality Is Radicalising People
MAY 29, 2026
#180 - Frank Wright - Reality Is Radicalising People
Frank Wright joins me after going viral for saying that reality, not extremism, is radicalising people.We discuss Britain’s decline, Restore, Reform, immigration, national identity, liberal democracy, working-class dignity, debt, inflation, the failure of our institutions, and why Frank believes this is the last chance to save the nation.I push Frank on what it actually means to restore Britain, how you build a big enough tent, why nationhood matters, and how we avoid this ending in conflict.Whatever your politics, Frank has clearly touched a nerve - and I wanted to understand why.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Reality Is Radicalising People00:01:01 - Frank’s Viral Week00:03:28 - Why People Refuse to See Reality00:06:44 - Feminism, Childcare and Family00:10:04 - Propaganda in the West00:16:30 - Factists, Fascists and Utopia00:21:09 - Liberal Rights and Reality00:29:59 - What Does Frank Wright Want?00:36:31 - What Radicalised Frank?00:44:53 - Reform, Restore and Machine Politics00:49:04 - Rupert Lowe and “I Don’t Care”00:52:23 - The Cost of Saying Nothing00:54:45 - Reform vs Restore01:00:27 - Is Populism Enough?01:14:49 - Surrogacy and the Commodification of Life01:18:38 - Who Really Runs Britain?01:24:03 - The Cost of Truth01:27:23 - Are We Finished?01:33:22 - Why Nationhood Matters01:38:16 - Working-Class Dignity01:47:00 - Restore in Makerfield01:57:22 - Will Frank Wright Become an MP?02:04:23 - Why Government Can’t Govern02:18:21 - Debt, Inflation and the Middle Class02:29:45 - Frank’s Final Warning- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH FRANK WRIGHT› SubStack – https://www.frankwrighter.com/› Twitter – https://x.com/frankwrighterSPONSORS› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Ground News - https://ground.news/peterm- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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155 MIN
#179 - Simon Dixon - The One World Government Is Already Here
MAY 27, 2026
#179 - Simon Dixon - The One World Government Is Already Here
Simon Dixon joins me to discuss AI, Bitcoin, algorithms, media capture, central banking, programmable money, geopolitics and how to escape the system. Simon argues that the world is moving towards a more centralised architecture of artificial intelligence, social credit scores, programmable money and financial control.Simon and I discuss why AI may be the most important opportunity of our lifetime, how small businesses can now build tools that once required entire teams, why politics may no longer be the route to change, and why the answer may be to build with AI, own assets that cannot easily be captured, and become sovereign.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Take the Golden Pill 00:01:22 - Are We Slaves to the Algorithm? 00:02:50 - Freedom of Speech, Not Freedom of Reach 00:07:27 - Is Media Just About Power? 00:10:00 - Why Scale Gets Captured 00:13:08 - Bitcoin, Self-Custody and Sovereignty 00:17:29 - What Is at Stake? 00:18:49 - Is AI Different from the Internet? 00:20:11 - Building With AI 00:25:18 - AI and the Software Apocalypse 00:26:33 - You’re Done, You’re Cooked 00:30:49 - These Companies Can Turn You Off 00:31:37 - Is China Winning Open-Source AI? 00:36:53 - Money Printing, BlackRock and the Fed 00:40:05 - World War III or Currency War? 00:48:01 - The Petrodollar Is Breaking 01:01:20 - Before It Was Ships, Now It’s AI 01:05:26 - Politics Is Gone 01:18:54 - London Is Cooked 01:29:43 - The Golden Pill 01:44:52 - Advice to Young People- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH SIMON DIXON› Website – https://www.simondixon.com/› Twitter – https://x.com/SimonDixonTwittSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Ground News - https://ground.news/peterm- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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108 MIN
#178 - Malcolm Offord - We Forgot How to Create Wealth
MAY 25, 2026
#178 - Malcolm Offord - We Forgot How to Create Wealth
Lord Malcolm Offord joins me to discuss why Britain and Scotland have stopped creating wealth.They discuss state spending, political fragmentation, Scotland’s elections, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, QE, the Bank of England, first jobs, minimum wage, small businesses, quangos, the managerial class, Reform, the Greens, America, and whether Britain needs a welfare economy or a wealth economy.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Britain Forgot How to Create Wealth00:01:01 - Two Revolutions at Once00:01:36 - Is Democracy Fragmenting?00:05:36 - Is the State Too Dysfunctional to Deliver?00:07:30 - Spending More and Getting Less00:08:42 - Scotland’s Political Warning00:10:06 - “I Won’t Vote for Decline”00:11:22 - Britain Has Stopped Creating Wealth00:13:21 - How to Think vs What to Think00:16:50 - Why First Jobs Matter00:23:12 - Business Prevention Officers00:27:14 - Trickle-Up Economics00:30:34 - QE Protected the Rich00:37:31 - The Managerial Class00:40:48 - Parliament vs the Public00:44:42 - Why Voters Are Fed Up00:50:28 - Can Reform Fix the System?00:55:05 - Welfare Economy vs Wealth Economy00:58:37 - Can the State Get Any Bigger?01:04:34 - Britain Is Being Left Behind- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH MALCOLM OFFORD› Twitter – https://x.com/Malcolm_OffordSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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66 MIN
#177 - Rupert Lowe - The State Has Become The Enemy
MAY 21, 2026
#177 - Rupert Lowe - The State Has Become The Enemy
Rupert Lowe joins Peter McCormack to discuss Restore Britain, Reform UK, immigration, Parliament, the judiciary, the civil service, tax, welfare, young people, the Green Party, the private sector, Bitcoin, inflation and whether Britain can still be saved.Rupert argues that the state has become too powerful, Britain may no longer have the rule of law, the private sector is dying, and Restore’s mission is to return power to the people.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The State Has Become the Enemy00:01:02 - Has Voting Stopped Working?00:05:49 - How Dysfunctional Is the State?00:06:58 - The Complaint System Inside Parliament00:12:46 - “The People Who Lead Britain Are Bad”00:13:12 - Has Britain Lost the Rule of Law?00:19:13 - Immigration and the Future of Europe00:22:59 - What Does Getting Your Country Back Mean?00:25:39 - Britain’s 22,000-Page Tax Code00:28:09 - Fabianism and the Growth of the State00:32:34 - Can One MP Fight the Machine?00:35:49 - How Restore Mobilised the Apathetic00:38:48 - Makerfield, Burnham and the By-Election00:45:39 - Why the Private Sector Is Dying00:52:17 - How Do You Fix Inflation?00:59:32 - Is Reform Managed Opposition?01:08:14 - Restore’s Immigration Policy01:14:35 - The Triple Lock and the Baby Boomers01:16:17 - Why Young People Are Going Green01:25:27 - What Happens If Restore Fails?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH RUPERT LOWE› X/Twitter – https://x.com/RupertLowe10› Website – https://www.restorebritain.org.uk/join_usSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› Ground News - https://ground.news/peterm› Monetary Metals - https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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88 MIN
#176 - Narinder Kaur - Inflation Is Brilliant For The Rich
MAY 19, 2026
#176 - Narinder Kaur - Inflation Is Brilliant For The Rich
Narinder Kaur joins Peter McCormack to discuss racism, immigration, British politics, feminism, motherhood, young men, the cost of living, minimum wage, small businesses, Reform, Tommy Robinson, the Green Party and whether Britain is being divided by politicians, media and algorithms.They disagree on plenty, but the conversation ends somewhere unexpected: perhaps left and right are not the real enemy - perhaps ordinary people are being played by the system.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Are We Fighting the Wrong Enemy?00:00:53 - Tea, Cake & Online Arguments00:02:36 - Did Brexit Break Britain’s Conversations?00:04:37 - Is Politics the Problem?00:05:35 - The Algorithm Rewards Rage00:07:30 - Are Podcasts Complicit?00:08:15 - Narinder’s Experience of Racism00:11:40 - Young Men & the Manosphere00:12:20 - Dating, Money & Modern Expectations00:16:16 - Motherhood, Family and Staying at Home00:18:23 - “You Sound Right Wing”00:20:00 - Why Aren’t Western Women Having Babies?00:27:37 - Why Can’t Young People Afford Life?00:29:52 - The Cantillon Effect Explained00:30:37 - Inflation Is Brilliant for the Rich00:33:33 - Is Taxing the Rich the Answer?00:43:22 - A Rich Person’s Secret00:52:04 - Minimum Wage vs Small Business01:04:52 - “Maybe I Am Conservative”01:07:14 - Immigration: The Big One01:16:10 - What Is British Culture?01:21:51 - Would Britain Collapse Without Immigrants?01:22:57 - Rupert Lowe, Restore & Race01:25:59 - Where Should the Immigration Line Be?01:28:49 - Are Women Really Safe?01:32:24 - Is the Government Keeping Us Divided?01:35:15 - Can There Be a Public Revolution?01:43:40 - Can We Find Common Ground?01:51:17 - We Can Disagree and Still Talk- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH NARINDER KAUR› X/Twitter – https://x.com/narindertweetsSPONSORS› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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111 MIN