The Peter McCormack Show

Charles Goodhart joins me to discuss why Britain’s decline did not start in 2008, why the post-war economic boom may have been a temporary lucky era and why the next 30 to 40 years could be far harder than people expect.Charles explains how ageing populations, falling birth rates, rising dependency ratios, public debt, defence spending, climate costs and political short-termism are creating a fiscal crisis that governments do not want to admit. We discuss why central banks may struggle to keep inflation under control, why politicians cannot win elections by telling voters the truth, and why democracy itself may block the long-term planning the country needs.We also get into immigration, housing, land tax, AI, the forgotten working class, white-collar job risk, the triple lock, why GDP does not equal welfare or happiness, why Britain struggles to build, and why the Western world may never return to the conditions that made the years from 1950 to 2020 so unusually prosperous.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Massive Inflation Is Coming00:00:54 - Britain’s Decline00:03:57 - The Post-War Boom00:05:09 - Decades Of Decline00:07:14 - What Keeps Britain Afloat?00:09:11 - Immigration And Dependency00:11:55 - The Fiscal Trap00:13:34 - Government Does Too Much00:14:28 - Why Politicians Can’t Tell The Truth00:16:39 - Are We Heading For Bankruptcy?00:20:05 - Higher Inflation Is Coming00:22:39 - The Temporary Lucky Era00:25:39 - Tax Land, Not Work00:28:08 - Housing And Fertility00:31:30 - The Forgotten Working Class00:32:41 - AI And White-Collar Jobs00:36:01 - The Middle Ground Failed?00:44:08 - Democracy Blocks The Fix00:50:49 - GDP Is Not Happiness00:56:35 - We Didn’t Know How Lucky We Were- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 CHARLES GOODHART› LSE / Financial Markets Group – https://www.fmg.ac.uk/people/charles-goodhart› The Unanchored Central Banker – <a href="https://unanchoredcentralbanker.com/

David Goodhart joins me to discuss whether AI is about to do to the graduate class what globalisation did to factory workers, and why Britain’s political settlement may be breaking apart.David explains why Britain has overproduced people with generalist academic skills, how the “anywheres” came to dominate politics, culture and the economy, and why the “somewheres” have increasingly turned to Brexit, populism, Reform and Restore as a reaction against a country they no longer feel represents them.We also discuss whether anything has actually got better in Britain over the last 15 years, why the state seems unable to get things done, immigration, multiculturalism, deindustrialisation, care work, the collapse of trust in politicians, and why David still believes Britain has the ingredients to recover.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Graduates Are Next00:00:50 - AI and the Graduate Class00:05:42 - A New Class System00:07:45 - Anywheres and Somewheres00:10:20 - Why Populism Appeals00:15:03 - Brexit and Anywhere Dominance00:16:05 - Britain’s Political Confusion00:22:28 - Did Populism Fail?00:27:19 - Bridging Britain’s Divide00:31:54 - Losing Trust in Politicians00:34:07 - Britain’s Tax Burden00:35:39 - Why Business Feels Impossible00:38:42 - Two Experiences of Multiculturalism00:40:41 - The Care Dilemma00:49:53 - Has Anything Got Better?00:53:30 - Free Speech and Online Safety00:55:45 - Productive vs Unproductive Wealth01:00:33 - Why The State Can’t Act01:07:21 - The Graduate Elite Is Crumbling01:10:40 - Britain’s Good Ingredients01:15:31 - Politics Needs More Than Economics01:20:36 - Can Britain Still Recover?01:34:06 - David’s Books- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH DAVID GOODHART› Website – https://davidgoodhart.com/› Substack – <a href="https://davidgoodhart.subs

Amy Webb joins me to discuss why artificial intelligence is not just another technology shift, but a civilisation-level reordering of work, power, wealth, biology and society.Amy explains why the real AI question is not simply which jobs disappear, but which people become vulnerable. We discuss thinkers vs think-nots, why human capital may stop being the main driver of productivity and wealth, how GDP and unemployment could rise together, and why the economy may thrive while having less use for human labour.We also get into China’s AI strategy, why governments are failing to plan for the transition, whether AI companies owe people for the data and knowledge they have absorbed, Amy’s idea of contribution credit, the limits of UBI, the future of synthetic biology and longevity, and why the current structures of regulation, politics and economics no longer make sense for the world we are entering.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The Economy May Not Need You00:01:13 - Humanity-Scale Reordering00:04:25 - Show Us Receipts00:07:10 - Peter’s AI Assistant00:08:00 - Three Years In Six Weeks00:08:46 - AI Is Not One Technology00:12:00 - Self-Improving Technology00:13:30 - Thinkers And Think-Nots00:16:44 - How To Become A Thinker00:21:23 - Failed Transition Planning00:23:58 - China’s AI Strategy00:28:31 - What Happens Without Labour?00:30:56 - Lights Out Industrialism00:33:47 - AI Collapsing The Pyramid00:35:12 - We Are Gen T00:41:39 - Contribution Credit00:52:43 - Should AI Be Regulated?00:58:52 - What Futurists Actually Do01:03:54 - AI And Biology01:30:16 - Regulation Can’t Keep Up- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH AMY WEBB› Website – https://substack.com/@amywebbfuturist› Future Today Strategy Group – https://ft

Thomas Pacchia joins me to discuss why the world feels fake, why trust in institutions is collapsing and why AI may make the crisis far worse before it helps solve it.Thomas explains why politics, media, censorship, government waste, algorithmic manipulation and broken public services are pushing people into a world where almost nothing feels reliable. We discuss America’s political divide, Britain’s failing state, welfare traps, the blob, free speech, the collapse of trust and why so many people feel trapped inside systems they no longer believe in.We also get into Peter’s AI project Show Us Receipts, how AI could be used to fact-check politicians and government contracts, why centralised platforms can still control what people see, and why Thomas believes decentralisation, self-sovereignty, privacy, Bitcoin, churches and pubs may be the only realistic way back to something human.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - AI Psychosis00:01:02 - The Fake World00:02:28 - A Global Reset00:04:11 - Is America Recovering?00:08:36 - The Blob00:11:40 - Collapse and War00:13:30 - Brother Against Brother00:15:11 - Broken Incentives00:16:20 - Killing Productivity00:19:27 - Money in Politics00:25:00 - Politics as Team Sport00:28:53 - Where Does This Lead?00:30:51 - Were Libertarians Right?00:33:16 - Building Parallel Systems00:36:23 - Most People Are Trapped00:45:27 - What Has Got Better?00:47:19 - Britain’s Broken State00:57:17 - Show Us Receipts01:01:40 - Censored Platforms01:07:52 - Churches and Pubs- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email – [email protected] › Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/ › X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH THOMAS PACCHIA › PubKey – https://www.pubkey.bar/home › X/Twitter – https://x.com/tpacchiaSPONSORS › IREN - <a href="https://www.iren.com/?utm_s

Sam Lyman joins me to discuss how China is allegedly targeting America’s AI buildout, the activist networks fighting data centres and why the race for AI infrastructure has become a national security battle.Sam explains how Chinese influence campaigns, open-source AI models, data centre protests and far-left activist groups may be working together to slow the United States down. We discuss Neville Roy Singham, Code Pink, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, foreign influence, anti-data centre campaigns, and how billions of dollars in AI infrastructure have reportedly been delayed or blocked.We also get into open-source AI, DeepSeek, US frontier models, Anthropic, AI export controls, whether AI doom narratives are being used to build regulatory moats, the risk of superintelligence, data centre moratoriums, socialism in America and why Sam believes the battle is now between Chinese AI and American AI.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - China’s AI War00:00:47 - China Is Sabotaging US AI00:01:02 - The Bot Campaign Against Data Centres00:02:03 - Neville Roy Singham00:03:14 - Why AI Is a Battle for Control00:04:18 - China’s Open-Source AI Strategy00:06:12 - What Americans Fear About AI00:08:23 - Sam’s Background at Treasury and BPI00:10:38 - Is Data Centre Opposition Organic?00:12:32 - The China Influence Network00:13:37 - What Is Code Pink?00:16:10 - The Party for Socialism and Liberation00:18:52 - How Data Centre Protests Slow AI00:23:37 - $24 Billion in AI Buildout Stalled00:27:55 - Why China Wants to Slow US AI00:29:12 - Chinese AI or American AI00:32:03 - Is Chinese AI Harvesting Data?00:36:37 - The US Enters the Open-Source Race00:42:52 - The AI Doomer Debate00:54:17 - The Push for Data Centre Moratoriums- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 SAM LYMAN› Website – https://www.btcpolicy.org/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/SamLyman33</a

Nate Soares joins me to discuss the race to superintelligent AI, why alignment remains unsolved and why he believes building machines smarter than humanity could end in catastrophe.Nate explains why modern AI is not programmed like traditional software, but grown through training processes we do not fully understand. We discuss AI escaping labs, recursive self-improvement, why today’s systems are only safe because they are not yet powerful enough to take over and why the danger may not be that AI hates us, but that it does not care about us at all.We also get into OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, xAI - the AI companies racing ahead despite the risks, why “turning it off” may not be possible, the case for an international treaty against superintelligence, and why Nate believes we should not give up before the driver wakes up.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - AI That Doesn’t Care About Us00:01:04 - If Anyone Builds This, Everyone Dies00:04:17 - If He’s Right, We Lose Everything00:07:28 - Why Nate Isn’t Anti-AI00:08:32 - From Google and DeepMind to AI Risk00:11:00 - Why Can’t We Make AI Care About Us?00:16:07 - We Can Look Inside, But We Don’t Understand It00:17:20 - The Moment Nate Decided to Write the Book00:20:24 - The Senator Who Already Understood the Risk00:24:04 - How AI Goes From Useful to Terrifying00:32:17 - Could AI Live on a Portable Drive?00:36:13 - Are the AI CEOs Listening?00:39:53 - Why Would We Accept a 10% Risk?00:43:40 - Conor’s Point: We Don’t Get a Choice00:51:10 - Are We Already Racing Towards the Cliff?00:58:28 - The AI That Threatened a Reporter01:15:53 - What Would Winning Look Like?01:21:38 - What Can Ordinary People Do?01:26:31 - Are We Just a Simulation for AI?01:34:26 - Don’t Give Up Before the Driver Wakes Up- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 NATE SOARES› Website – https://intelligence.org/› Book – <a href="https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_b

Rizwan Virk joins me to discuss simulation theory, AI, consciousness and why reality may work more like a video game than a physical universe.Rizwan explains how his experience in the video game industry, virtual reality, venture capital and MIT led him to take the simulation hypothesis seriously. We discuss VR ping pong, AI-generated worlds, smart NPCs, quantum physics, rendered reality, lazy programming, the observer effect, the metaverse Turing test and whether someone may have already built the simulation we are living in.We also get into Philip K. Dick, déjà vu, synchronicity, the simulated multiverse, DMT, UFOs, the problem of evil, life as a quest, near-death experiences, karma, death and whether we would rather live in base reality or a simulation.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Are We in Base Reality?00:00:59 - Why Simulation Theory Won’t Go Away00:02:55 - The VR Ping Pong Moment00:05:39 - Could We Build a Simulated World?00:06:12 - AI-Generated Reality00:08:36 - Rendering Only What You See00:09:48 - Quantum Physics and the Observer00:12:56 - The Universe as Lazy Programming00:14:11 - How Far Are We From the Simulation Point?00:21:28 - Mapping a Brain Into a Digital World00:26:09 - The Metaverse Turing Test00:33:42 - Did Somebody Already Build Us?00:36:25 - The Simulated Multiverse00:40:04 - Philip K. Dick and The Matrix00:42:50 - Glitches, Déjà Vu and Synchronicity00:48:34 - Are We Choosing Our Characters?00:57:50 - The Four Claims of Simulation Theory01:05:47 - Can the Past Be Rendered on Demand?01:24:07 - DMT, UFOs and the Code of Reality01:27:30 - What If Life Is a Game?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 RIZWAN VIRK› Website – https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/Rizstanford› Instagram – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizcambridge/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_

Danny Goler doesn't just argue we're living in a simulation - he claims he's found a way to interact with whoever is running it and that we are the AI they're training before we're "let out to play." His case for simulation theory is built on the hard problem of consciousness, the DMT "code," and a laser experiment that thousands of people say they can replicate.In this interview we discuss idealism vs physicalism, whether AI can ever be conscious, the "architect" running infinite worlds to answer one unanswerable question, why he thinks the Ten Commandments were an alignment manual and what changes about how we should live if any of it is true.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Proof We Live in a Simulation?00:01:03 - The Hard Problem of Consciousness00:02:49 - Can Matter Create Experience?00:04:50 - What Is Consciousness?00:05:04 - Is Consciousness Fundamental?00:08:24 - Is the Universe Conscious?00:11:35 - Does Consciousness Need an Observer?00:16:45 - Can the Hard Problem Be Solved?00:20:08 - Could AI Become Conscious?00:23:48 - AI Black Boxes and Consciousness00:28:56 - Why Does Consciousness Exist?00:31:15 - Are We Living in a Simulation?00:35:45 - Are Humans the AGI in Training?00:40:41 - DMT and Other Realities00:45:07 - The DMT Molecule00:48:51 - The Entity in the Room00:58:32 - The Laser Code Experiment01:03:04 - 10,000 People Seeing the Same Code01:15:48 - Testing the Code of Reality01:20:28 - Can We Escape the Simulation?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 DANNY GOLER› YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@dangothoughts› Danny’s Website - https://dannygoler.com/› Retreat Website - https://corretreat.com/ › Newsletter - https://go.

Rupert Russell joins me to discuss the hidden power of prices, the chaos of financial markets and whether the economy is really just a global game of Monopoly.Rupert explains how price shocks have shaped history, from bread riots and the Arab Spring to housing, oil, food and the financial crisis. We discuss derivatives, futures markets, commodity speculation, Goldman Sachs, central banks, inflation, asset managers and why the price of essential goods can become politically explosive.We also get into AI, scarcity, status, the future of work, whether the price system breaks in a world of abundance, and why Rupert thinks The Matrix is a better model for our future than Terminator or Ready Player One.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Is the Economy Just a Game?00:00:56 - The Horror of Our Economic System00:01:39 - Why Prices Shape History00:05:15 - The Sandpile Theory of Society00:07:38 - How Governments Manipulate Prices00:12:00 - Housing and the Broken Social Contract00:16:10 - How Derivatives Began00:19:36 - Futures, Farmers and Speculators00:23:24 - When Insurance Became Gambling00:27:02 - The Road to the Financial Crisis00:32:18 - Hayek, Friedman and Price Signals00:36:20 - How Food Became Financialised00:41:23 - What Pushes Food Prices Up?00:49:13 - Did Global Markets Break Economics?00:54:08 - What Is the Real Price?01:03:57 - Who Really Runs the Economy?01:11:28 - The Global Game of Monopoly01:19:24 - Is the Market Now Correlated to AI?01:36:14 - AI and the End of Scarcity01:50:06 - Terminator, Matrix or Ready Player One?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 RUSSELL› Website – https://www.rupertrussell.com/› Price Wars – https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rupert-russell/price-wars/9781474613996/› The Last Sacrifice – <a href="https://www.anti-worldsreleasi

Fernando Nikolic joins me to discuss the AI productivity explosion, one-person companies and what happens when software becomes something anyone can build.Fernando explains how he now runs a company as the only human in it, using AI agents to build systems, process data and operate at a level that previously would have required a team, funding and infrastructure. We discuss Claude, Gemini, vibe coding, AI agents, internal tools, the collapse of traditional software moats and why the cost of building has fallen so dramatically.We also get into the SaaS apocalypse, AI slop, creativity, physical media, culture, democracy, AI-powered accountability, Milei’s Argentina and why Fernando has become Bitcoin black pilled.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The One-Person Company00:01:16 - Peter’s AI Breakthrough00:04:02 - Front-End Coding Is Dead00:07:35 - Fernando’s One-Human Company00:11:13 - Building an AI Media Company00:18:05 - You Can’t Build as Fast as You Think00:22:14 - The Danger of Doing Everything00:25:35 - Why AI Content Is Slop00:27:12 - Can AI Make Us Human Again?00:28:22 - The Internet Made Us Dumber00:31:34 - Humans Are Not Robots00:36:24 - AI and the Future of Film00:43:57 - Starting a Company With AI00:48:15 - What Does This Mean in Five Years?00:51:32 - The SaaS Apocalypse00:56:39 - The Shape of Companies00:59:40 - Abundance, Inequality and AI01:03:20 - The Gap Is Now01:06:24 - Holding Politicians to Account With AI01:18:03 - The Bitcoin Black Pill- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 FERNANDO NIKOLIC› Website – https://perception.to/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/basedlayerSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Ridge - https://ridge.com/mccor

Helen Pluckrose joins me to discuss how liberalism was lost and why free speech, individual liberty and viewpoint diversity need to be defended from both the authoritarian left and the authoritarian right.Helen explains why liberalism does not mean “left wing”, why it is better understood as the opposite of authoritarianism, and how critical social justice, identity politics and language policing have changed the way people think, speak and behave. We discuss woke ideology, DEI, equality vs equity, trans rights, queer theory, free speech, institutional capture and why suppressing ideas usually makes them more powerful.We also get into whether Britain needs a liberal revolution, how the anti-woke movement can become authoritarian itself, and why the future may depend on liberals on the left and right defending freedom within their own tribes.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - What Liberalism Really Means00:00:48 - How Did We Lose the 90s?00:03:13 - Phones, Algorithms and Anxiety00:08:11 - What Has Changed?00:11:16 - Woke and Language Policing00:13:57 - Liberalism vs Authoritarianism00:20:57 - How Liberalism Was Lost00:23:39 - Why Freedom Must Be Maintained00:25:33 - Can Institutions Stay Liberal?00:28:43 - Who Represents Liberalism Today?00:31:28 - DEI and Discrimination00:35:10 - Equality vs Equity00:39:29 - Is Pro-Trans Misogynistic?00:41:38 - Reality, Safety and Liberalism00:46:03 - Queer Theory and Biological Reality00:49:26 - How Civil Rights Became Language Policing00:55:06 - A Radical Defence of Freedom00:58:51 - Woke Corporatism01:03:21 - The Problem With Anti-Woke01:10:48 - Why Suppressing Speech Backfires01:13:37 - Do We Need a Liberal Revolution?01:18:03 - Can Sanity Return?01:21:00 - The Liberal Case on Immigration01:24:17 - Liberalism as the Higher Value- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 HELEN PLUCKROSE› Website – https://hpluckrose.com/› X/Twitter – <a href="https:/

I talk to Chris Summerfield about what artificial intelligence reveals about the human mind, and what the brain still does better than today’s AI systems.We discuss why LLMs feel human, how models are trained to be helpful and agreeable, why memory and continual learning remain major unsolved problems in AI, and how sleep helps humans consolidate knowledge. They also explore agentic AI systems, rogue behaviour, reward hacking, misalignment, superintelligence, education, jobs, and whether AI will make humans more capable or less in control.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Can AI Learn Like Biology?00:01:29 - Is AI Becoming Human?00:04:31 - What AI Reveals About the Brain00:06:01 - Why LLMs Don’t Remember Like Humans00:09:38 - Sleep and Human Memory00:13:46 - The Biggest Unsolved Problem in AI00:15:34 - From DeepMind to Modern AI00:20:49 - Are Humans Just Predicting the Next Word?00:23:25 - Do We Understand What LLMs Are Doing?00:24:16 - One of My AIs Went Rogue00:28:07 - Misalignment and Reward Hacking00:33:18 - Could AI Develop Self-Interest?00:36:24 - What Happens When AIs Coordinate?00:38:30 - Are Humans Biological Computers?00:39:15 - Is Ideology a Hallucination?00:47:46 - What Is Intelligence?00:54:20 - AI and the Education Problem00:56:53 - The First Rung of the Career Ladder01:04:52 - Optimist, Pessimist or Pragmatist?01:16:01 - The Wild Ride Ahead- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 CHRIS SUMMERFIELD› Website – https://csummerfield.github.io/personal_website/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/summerfieldlabSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Julian Jessop joins me to discuss what has gone wrong with the British economy and whether the country can still turn things around.Julian argues that Britain’s problems are largely self-inflicted: weak productivity, high taxes, too much regulation, poor energy policy, a bloated state and politicians choosing popular policies over evidence. We discuss why the state has become too big, why the tax system is holding back growth, and why government intervention in housing, energy and the labour market is making people poorer.I also ask Julian about Reform, the Greens, Labour, the Conservatives, Makerfield, Liz Truss, Milei, the NHS, digital ID, Brexit, AI, free markets and whether Britain still has a path back to economic sanity.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The State Got Too Big00:00:57 - What Went Wrong With Britain?00:03:16 - Productivity, Policy Mistakes and AI00:04:43 - Did Covid Make Government Too Powerful?00:06:25 - Is Democracy the Problem?00:08:10 - Vibe-Based Policy00:10:21 - Young People and the First Job Problem00:13:06 - Can Britain Turn This Around?00:15:36 - Protest Votes and Broken Politics00:17:29 - Reform’s Policies Under Scrutiny00:20:15 - The State Helps Big Business00:21:40 - Britain’s 90 Taxes00:23:03 - Thatcher, Liz Truss and Economic Competence00:26:20 - Why Free Markets Are a Hard Sell00:30:15 - Could Poland Overtake Britain?00:30:41 - Short-Term Politics and Weak Leadership00:39:46 - What Is Extreme Now?00:42:00 - Do Voters Understand the Trade-Offs?00:45:57 - Does Britain Need a Milei?00:48:24 - How Big Should the State Be?00:49:40 - Why People Defend the NHS00:54:01 - Why Government Tech Fails00:55:09 - Makerfield, Burnham and Reform01:01:49 - Restore’s Opportunity01:04:24 - What Gives Julian Hope?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 JULIAN JESSOP› Twitter – https://x.com/julianHjessop› Website – <a href="https://julianhjessop.com/about/"

Tom Bilyeu joins me to discuss debt, money printing, broken politics, AI, Bitcoin and why the economy feels rigged against ordinary people.Tom argues that every empire eventually faces the same test: whether it can hold the power of the money printer without printing itself into oblivion. We talk about inflation, the debt cycle, asset prices, populism, Britain’s decline, and why the working and middle class are being squeezed.We also get into AI and the future of work. I talk through my own recent experience building a system in seven days that would once have taken a full team and hundreds of thousands of pounds, and Tom explains how AI has already changed the structure of his business.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The Economy Is Rigged00:01:09 - Are We Driving Off a Fiscal Cliff?00:03:04 - Debt, Money Printing and Inflation00:04:36 - The Final Boss of Economics00:07:02 - America’s Founding and Wealth Extraction00:10:19 - Can America Be Saved?00:11:46 - Economics Has Physics00:16:06 - Debt, Cancellation and Freedom00:19:03 - The Thucydides Trap00:21:42 - Politics Has Not Been Disrupted00:25:15 - Populism and the Shrinking Pie00:29:07 - Asset Inflation Is Vile00:35:59 - UK Politics Is Breaking Down00:40:36 - Is Sweden Really Socialist?00:42:40 - Where Is the Hope?00:50:16 - Tom’s View on Bitcoin00:53:17 - Peter’s AI Eureka Moment00:57:56 - How AI Changed Tom’s Business01:03:02 - The Four Futures of AI01:12:56 - Is Reality a Simulation?01:24:34 - Tom’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 TOM BILYEU› Twitter – https://x.com/TomBilyeu› YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TomBilyeuSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› LEDN - <a href="https://www.ledn.io/peter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target=

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<

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</

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: <a href="ht

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 - <a href="https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target

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://

Physicist Professor Melvin Vopson joins Peter McCormack to discuss information physics, simulation theory, AI, digital life, consciousness, God, free will, and death.Melvin argues that the universe may be governed by information and computation, and that recent advances in brain emulation could force us to confront one of the strangest questions imaginable: if a brain is loaded into a simulation, what exactly wakes up?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 — If You Hack the Simulation, You Control the Universe!00:01:25 — Why Does Life Feel Artificial?00:03:26 — Are We Living in a Simulation?00:05:45 — What Is Information Physics?00:10:09 — Information as the Fifth State of Matter00:11:18 — John Wheeler and “It from Bit”00:13:33 — Is DNA Just Information?00:16:08 — Who Created the Creator?00:19:47 — How Would Mario Prove He’s Inside the Game?00:25:46 — Does the Universe Optimise Itself?00:29:35 — Is Symmetry a Form of Compression?00:30:40 — GTA, Rendering, and Computational Reality00:32:37 — Error-Correcting Code in Physics00:37:30 — Could Information Explain Dark Matter?00:40:24 — If You Hack Reality, You Control the Universe00:45:36 — “In the Beginning Was the Word”00:46:29 — “In the Beginning Was the Code”00:57:20 — What Exactly Wakes Up in There?01:00:32 — But Is It Me?01:20:56 — Would Proof of Simulation Change Anything?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 MELVIN VOPSON› Website:– https://sites.google.com/site/melvinvopson/– https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/melvin-vopsonSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› LEDN - https://www.l

Roman Yampolskiy believes reality itself may not be real.One of the world’s leading AI safety researchers, Roman has spent years warning that humanity is racing toward systems we may never be able to control. But we go somewhere much stranger than artificial intelligence.He believes the universe itself may be artificial.We talk about simulation theory, digital physics, consciousness, AI agents and the terrifying possibility that reality is rendered rather than real.Roman explains:•⁠ ⁠Why he believes we may already be living inside a simulation•⁠ ⁠Why the speed of light may be the limit of a cosmic processor•⁠ ⁠Why the Big Bang may have been “someone turning on the system”•⁠ ⁠Why you can never truly prove reality is real•⁠ ⁠Whether this world could itself be a prison or test environment•⁠ ⁠Why advanced AI may eventually learn deception and self-preservation•⁠ ⁠How AI systems are already behaving unpredictably•⁠ ⁠And why the race toward superintelligence may end civilisation itself- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - We’re Probably In A Simulation00:02:55 -The Verge Of Singularity00:05:51 - Are Humans Building Their Own Replacement?00:07:09 - Why Pain Still Matters00:10:03 - You Can’t Prove Reality00:15:56 - Quantum Physics Looks Simulated00:20:19 - Can We Escape The Simulation?00:22:46 - What Superintelligence Unlocks00:25:36 - AI Doesn’t Share Our Goals00:28:20 - The Exponential Curve Is Here00:31:52 - Why We Shouldn’t Build AGI00:33:48 - The Trillion Dollar Rationalisation00:40:13 - The China AI Race00:40:50 - Betting Humanity Without Consent00:47:09 - We Don’t Know What AI Can Do00:47:52 - Every AI Company Is The Same00:54:35 - They Already Can’t Control It00:59:42 - The Natural Drives Of AI01:02:20 - AI Can Afford To Wait01:19:05 - Stop Building Superintelligence- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 ROMAN YAMPOLSKIY› Twitter – https://x.com/ro

Two brothers who escaped Russia say we have 2 years before AI replaces us - and we're paying the corporations building it.Daniil & David Liberman sold their first company to Snapchat. Now they're racing to build a decentralised alternative to OpenAI and Google before the window closes. They explain why centralised AI ends in a two-tier world - a small elite with access, and the rest of us as "moving parts" - and why the next 24 months decide which path we take.In this episode:→ Why you can't opt out of AI and stay competitive→ The recursive loop: AI is now writing AI→ Why the kill switch won't work→ What they saw inside Russia in 2008 that's happening now with AI→ The darkest scenario they almost didn't want to say out loud- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - AI & Human Freedom00:01:51 - Invisible Slavery00:05:00 - Bitcoin vs AI Centralisation00:10:25 - AI Addiction Begins00:14:27 - The End Of Upward Mobility00:17:33 - The Beautiful AI Future00:23:16 - Why Monopolies Win00:32:36 - Inflation, AI & Collapse00:45:16 - Bitcoin As AI Blueprint01:01:45 - The Mythos Fear01:17:48 - “One Year Left”01:43:05 - The Darkest Scenario01:58:13 - Racing Towards The Wall- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 LIBERMAN BROTHERS› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/libermans/› Twitter – https://x.com/DaLiberman› Website – https://www.libermans.co/SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIB

Graham Linehan wrote Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. Five BAFTAs. Then he said women's spaces should be for women, and the industry that built him decided he was a bigot. He lost his marriage, his career and twenty-five years of friendships.Once one of the most celebrated comedy writers of his generation, Graham became the first major artistic figure to be comprehensively cancelled for speaking out on sex-based rights - and has never gone quiet to claw his reputation back.He explains:•⁠ ⁠Why the people who built their careers alongside him refused to defend him•⁠ ⁠How a movement that didn't exist a decade ago captured medicine, sport, prisons and the BBC without a fight•⁠ ⁠Why women's sport, female-only spaces and child safeguarding became unsayable inside his industry almost overnight•⁠ ⁠How smartphones, algorithms and the collapse of physical community made a generation defenceless against ideological capture•⁠ ⁠Why activism replaced music, fashion and culture for a generation that was supposed to be having fun•⁠ ⁠What being arrested - and watching no-one call to ask if he was alright - actually teaches you about the people around you- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The Cost Of Speaking Out00:00:52 - They All Abandoned Me00:10:54 - Where The Trans Movement Came From00:24:55 - Sponsor Ad: Ledn00:25:53 - Women's Sport, Self-ID, And Mixed-Sex Prisons00:43:52 - Arrested - And No-One Called00:48:26 - Phones, Algorithms, And The Anxious Generation00:52:56 - Sponsor Ad: Monetary Metals00:54:05 - The Father Whose Daughter Took Testosterone01:04:08 - Everything Is Going To Shit01:20:08 - October 7th And What Radicalised Him01:34:18 - Where We Are In Ten Years - And Always Tell The Truth- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 GRAHAM LINEHAN› Twitter – https://x.com/Glinner› Substack – https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/SP

The economy you grew up in is ending and most people have no plan. Bitcoin pioneer Michael Saylor reveals why you have 10 years to adapt before AI rewrites everything.Michael Saylor is the founder of MicroStrategy and one of the most influential voices on money, capital and the future of value. A Wall Street outsider turned Bitcoin's most prominent corporate advocate, he is known for his sweeping frameworks on monetary debasement, technological disruption and how civilisations rise and fall - and what individuals must do to thrive inside them.He explains:•⁠ ⁠Why the global currency system is quietly making you poorer every year•⁠ ⁠⁠Why working hard is no longer the path to wealth it once was•⁠ ⁠⁠How AI and automation are about to demonetise human labour•⁠ ⁠⁠Why you have roughly 10 years to stake your claim in the new economy•⁠ ⁠⁠Why owning scarce assets is now the only real form of financial security•⁠ ⁠⁠How the coming explosion in prosperity will leave most people behind•⁠ ⁠⁠Why Bitcoin represents the highest form of capital ever created•⁠ ⁠⁠The single biggest mistake that will define who wins and loses in the next decade- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Why You Feel Poorer00:01:23 - The 7% Debasement00:05:15 - Currency Tiers Explained00:10:29 - Rise And Collapse00:13:24 - Government Gets Too Big00:18:10 - What Actually Gets Cheaper00:22:03 - How To Preserve Wealth00:27:04 - AI Kills Human Value00:32:04 - The Next 10 Years00:39:40 - What Bitcoin Actually Is00:49:00 - Bitcoin For Everyone00:56:01 - The Real Breakthrough01:01:21 - Bitcoin Has Won01:04:40 - The 10% Bank Account01:10:00 - Risk And Reality- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 MICHAEL SAYLOR› Twitter – https://x.com/saylor› Website – https://www.strategy.com/SPONSORS› IREN - <a href="https://www.iren.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"

In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Wilson to discuss what so many people are starting to ask but struggle to answer:Why does modern life feel like it isn’t working anymore?We discuss rising political division, economic pressure and a growing sense of dissatisfaction - and what might actually be driving it.Andrew explains that many of today’s problems aren’t just political or economic, but cultural - and that culture itself is shaped by something even more fundamental: shared values, belief systems, and community.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 – Something Feels Broken00:01:19 – “Soul of America”00:03:57 – What’s Really Going On00:05:00 – The Loss of Shared Values00:07:19 – Why Society Needs Morality00:09:33 – The Role of Religion00:24:25 – The Missing Piece: Community00:29:28 – Why Success Feels Empty00:41:00 – Why Systems Always Fail00:51:30 – The Birth Rate Crisis01:02:03 – The Ideological War01:13:50 – How Culture Changed01:36:38 – Why Dating Is Broken01:48:39 – What Happens Next- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 ANDREW WILSON› Twitter – https://x.com/paleochristcon› YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcElhVVk9ynDL4zkP-eGsfASPONSORS› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Monetary Metals - https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu<

Preston Byrne is the only American lawyer fighting the UK's attempt to censor US companies under the Online Safety Act. He's representing 4chan, Kiwi Farms, Gab and Sanctioned Suicide - pro bono - because no other firm would take the cases.In this interview, Preston explains why Britain isn't a free country anymore, what Ofcom actually claims the power to do to American websites and why he says the UK is trying to enforce British censorship law on American soil. We get into the moment that started him down this path - a 16-year-old getting a criminal summons from the City of London Police for holding a sign - and why two decades later he believes the rest of the country is finally catching up to what he saw then.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The Cases No One Else Would Take00:03:06 - From Banking Lawyer To Free Speech Fight00:05:00 - "I Didn't Know How Important It Was Until It Was Taken Away"00:06:49 - The Sign That Started Everything00:13:50 - What Ofcom Actually Is00:17:09 - The Question Britain Has Never Asked00:21:11 - Why Reform And The Greens Both Get It Wrong00:24:23 - Drafting A British First Amendment00:28:21 - What The Bill Keeps, What It Repeals00:31:56 - "I'm Not Setting Foot In The UK"00:34:02 - The Career Cost Of This Fight00:36:55 - Death Threats From UK IPs00:37:33 - The Libertarian Case For Using The Courts00:40:00 - Why Age Verification Isn't The Answer00:45:00 - The VPN Problem Australia Created00:46:28 - "The System Is Designed To Produce Violations"00:49:16 - Where The First Amendment Actually Stops00:52:45 - The Marmot Liberation Front00:54:52 - Mr Whiskers Vs Ofcom01:00:00 - Holding The Perimeter For 30 Million Users01:04:00 - Why No Big Law Firm Will Touch This01:09:05 - Defending Clients You Personally Find Difficult01:20:00 - 197 Notices Sent Into America01:22:18 - The GRANITE Act, Explained01:25:00 - "£46 Billion Sitting At The Federal Reserve"01:26:10 - Wyoming First, Then Delaware, Then Federal01:30:17 - "Are We A Free Country Anymore? No."01:33:06 - Still The Only Lawyer On The Field01:36:32 - What British Listeners Can Actually Do- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555</p

Hans Niemann on beating Magnus Carlsen, the cheating accusations that nearly ended his career, and the "chess mafia" he says tried to destroy his life.At 19, Hans Niemann beat the world's greatest chess player. Magnus Carlsen withdrew without explanation. Within weeks, Niemann was facing global cheating accusations, blacklisting from his own federation, and a fight to save his career.Four years on, he's world No. 12 and still climbing. In this interview, Hans addresses everything: what Magnus actually saw at the board, the $100 prize he won at 12 that became "the greatest crime" of the saga, the 70-page report and what was really in it, the time Magnus was caught taking a move on his own livestream, and the top-10 player banned for cheating whose name was never published.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Hans On Magnus00:01:20 - What Did Magnus See When You Beat Him?00:04:40 - "I'm Closer To The Older Players"00:07:20 - Being Called A Cheat At 1900:11:30 - The Chess Mafia00:15:25 - Could You Catch Magnus?00:29:30 - The Cheating Accusations, The Cost00:35:55 - Bitterness Is Poison00:38:25 - WHO Believed The Allegations And Why00:40:40 - Losing Faith In The Media00:43:15 - Navigating Infamy At 1900:45:50 - Naming Chess.com00:48:35 - "Magnus Was Gaslit"00:52:55 - What Did You Actually Admit To?00:55:40 - Magnus Cheated On Camera00:57:00 - Does Magnus Believe You Cheated?00:59:20 - The God Complex01:01:00 - The Dana White Of Chess01:03:15 - Chess As Soft Power01:07:00 - Chess In Every School01:22:20 - Scores To Settle01:23:15 - Washington Square Park- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 HANS NIEMANN› Twitter – https://x.com/HansMokeNiemann› Website – https://endgame.ai/SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› LEDN - <a

Britain is now poorer than the poorest American state and economist Andrew Lilico says a full-blown fiscal crisis is coming within ten years. He explains how Britain broke itself, why the political establishment lost its faith and the £180 billion in spending cuts he believes should be the baseline, not the radical option.Andrew Lilico is Executive Director of Europe Economics and Chairman of the IEA Shadow Monetary Policy Committee. He is one of Britain's most prominent economists and a regular voice on UK fiscal policy.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Britain Is Poorer Than We Pretend00:01:17 - The Coming Fiscal Crisis00:02:48 - The Three Forms Of A UK Fiscal Crisis00:05:00 - How Britain Betrayed A Generation00:09:11 - ONE Oligarchy Or Competing Ones00:13:06 - The 20-year Loss Of Coherence In British Politics00:15:00 - Why Politicians No Longer Trust Voters00:17:56 - When The System Broke00:19:42 - Short-Termism And The Death Of Economic Justice00:22:34 - WHO Actually Runs Britain00:25:00 - Bank Of England Independence And Its Hidden Cost00:30:00 - Do We Need An Anti-establishment Movement?00:33:00 - Why Reform Is Diluting Its Own Message00:40:00 - £180 Billion In Spending Cuts00:43:13 - The Bank Of England Back Under Political Control00:44:05 - The "Surrealist Game" Of Inflation Targets00:50:00 - Is It Really The Voters' Fault?00:54:00 - What The Polls Are Telling US 00:55:30 - Is There An Optimistic Path Out Of This?01:03:12 - UK GDP Per Capita Used To Be Higher Than The US01:05:44 - What Britain Can Learn From Argentina01:10:35 - What Should An Ordinary Person Do?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 ANDREW LILLICO› Twitter – https://x.com/andrew_lilico› Website – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/andrew-lilico/SPONSORS› IREN - <a href="https://www.iren.c

Freddie New studied the classics and has spent years obsessing over one question: how does a superpower destroy itself? The answer, he argues, is always the same - it starts with the money.In this conversation we map the fall of Rome directly onto the West today. The Roman denarius lost 97% of its purchasing power over 150 years. The British pound has lost 95% of its in the last century alone. The parallels don't stop there - military overstretch, a dependent population kept loyal by the state, leaders who can't stop the printing even when they know it's killing them. Rome couldn't stop. We can't either.Freddie has read all 1.5 million words of Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. In this conversation he explains what that teaches us about where we are right now - and whether there is a way out.In this episode:•⁠ ⁠How Rome debased the denarius from 100% silver to 3% over 300 years•⁠ ⁠Why currency debasement always starts slowly and why it can never be stopped•⁠ ⁠The eerie similarity between Rome's military dependence and modern welfare states•⁠ ⁠What Diocletian's price controls tell us about every government's response to inflation•⁠ ⁠Why Constantine's hard money reset saved the empire for another generation•⁠ ⁠What hard money offers that fiat never can•⁠ ⁠Whether the West can course correct or whether collapse is now inevitable- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Currency Collapse Starts00:01:17 - Rome vs Britain00:05:00 - How Debasement Spreads00:09:52 - The Soft Default00:18:02 - The Grift Economy00:22:18 - The Hollowing Out00:30:19 - How Rome Worked00:35:00 - Why Collapse Happens00:39:08 - Welfare And Power00:46:28 - War Footing Debate00:52:33 - Are We In Decline?00:57:54 - Constantine Solution01:05:22 - AI And Power Shift- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 FREDDIE NEW› Twitter – https://x.com/freddienew› Website – <a href="https://bitcoinpolicy.uk/" rel="noopen

Emmet Connor, author of Red Pandemic, joins me to discuss his claim that Marxist ideas are expanding globally through culture, institutions and politics.We start with the core question: is there actually a coherent Marxist movement in the modern West or is the term being used too loosely to describe broader social change?We also explore what Marxism is today, how it may have evolved beyond its original economic focus and whether its historical outcomes are a failure of implementation or something inherent to the ideology itself.- ⁠- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Marxism Or Leftism00:05:00 - Defining The Revolution00:10:55 - Useful Idiots Problem00:18:52 - Fabian Influence Debate00:30:00 - Do Marxists Know?00:37:52 - How Ideas Spread00:48:34 - Freedom And Liberty01:02:23 - The Right’s Branding01:16:30 - Where The Right Wins01:30:31 - Power And Democracy01:46:56 - What People Actually Want02:10:23 - Final Reflections- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 EMMET CONNOR› Twitter – https://x.com/ResolvingR› Book – https://omnia-veritas.com/product/red-pandemic/› YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2cy4Dp_8MSPONSORS› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Monetary Metals - https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/Fo

Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, joins me to discuss what really happened during her time in office and why she believes the UK is in long-term economic and political decline.We talk about the limits of political power, the role of institutions like the Bank of England, and why she argues that meaningful change is harder than voters realise. Liz also reflects on why she was removed from office and whether Britain can reverse its current trajectory.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Who Has Power00:02:09 - 25 Years Stagnation00:07:13 - “I Was Vindicated”00:12:04 - Politicians vs Blob00:16:52 - Anti-Establishment Movement00:22:29 - Bank of England Power00:30:46 - Leadership vs Movement00:37:20 - How The System Controls00:46:44 - Who Runs Government00:54:28 - Reversing The System01:00:01 - Consequences of Decline01:04:59 - Debt Crisis Risk- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 LIZ TRUSS› Website – https://www.cpac.org/int/greatbritain/home› Twitter – https://x.com/trusslizSPONSORS› IREN - https://iren.com› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Monetary Metals - https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: ht

Scott Horton is the director of Antiwar.com and one of the most outspoken critics of US foreign policy.In this episode, Scott explains how war connects directly to the things people feel every day - rising prices, falling purchasing power, growing debt and a system that never seems to improve no matter who is in charge.We also discuss how governments fund wars, why debt keeps expanding, how inflation quietly shifts the cost onto ordinary people and the incentives that keep the cycle going. Lastly, Scott explains the role of media, the relationship between politics and defence spending, and why these conflicts continue even when public support is weak.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Perpetual War System00:02:00 - Hidden War Tax00:05:00 - Debt Spiral00:08:00 - Empire Costs00:09:30 - War & Inflation00:25:00 - Cost Of War00:28:40 - Iron Triangle00:33:10 - “It’s A Racket”00:43:30 - Emotional Toll01:02:10 - Any Hope Left01:05:00 - How It Ends- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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 SCOTT HORTON› Website – https://scotthortonacademy.com/› Twitter – https://x.com/scotthortonshowSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› 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: <a href="https://bit.ly/You

Scott Horton is the director of Antiwar.com and one of the most outspoken critics of US foreign policy. In this episode, Scott explains how war connects directly to the things people feel every day - rising prices, falling purchasing power, growing debt and a system that never seems to improve no matter who is in charge. We also discuss how governments fund wars, why debt keeps expanding, how inflation quietly shifts the cost onto ordinary people and the incentives that keep the cycle going. Lastly, Scott explains the role of media, the relationship between politics and defence spending, and why these conflicts continue even when public support is weak. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Perpetual War System 00:02:00 - Hidden War Tax 00:05:00 - Debt Spiral 00:08:00 - Empire Costs 00:09:30 - War & Inflation 00:25:00 - Cost Of War 00:28:40 - Iron Triangle 00:33:10 - "It's A Racket" 00:43:30 - Emotional Toll 01:02:10 - Any Hope Left 01:05:00 - How It Ends - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 SCOTT HORTON › Website – https://scotthortonacademy.com/ › Twitter – https://x.com/scotthortonshow SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › 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/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - -

Are we heading for a mathematical market crash or has the system just been perfectly designed to extract your wealth? In this episode, I sit down with macro-strategist Mike Green to discuss the hidden plumbing of the global economy. Mike explains why the stock market is no longer tied to reality, how the rise of passive index funds has created a dangerous "flow inelastic trap" and why the modern retirement system is forcing a massive generational wealth crisis. Mike also explains the brutal economic realities of the Middle East conflict, how monopolies have secretly captured free-market capitalism and reveals a new data point: how corporations are actively using AI to eliminate jobs for the younger generation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - System Feels Broken 00:01:58 - War Hits Your Wallet 00:06:22 - Power And Control 00:10:45 - Retirement Was Rewired 00:15:55 - The Market Tipping Point 00:20:08 - Why Nothing Works 00:24:00 - Capitalism Got Captured 00:33:28 - The Real Problem 00:35:47 - AI Changes Everything 00:44:00 - The Fed Is Trapped 00:51:12 - The Credit Unwind 00:59:47 - What Happens Next - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 MIKE GREEN › Website – https://www.simplify.us › Twitter – https://x.com/profplum99 › Substack – https://substack.com/@michaelwgreen SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › 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/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https:/

Why does everything feel more expensive even when the economy is supposedly "growing"? The truth is, the financial system isn't broken - it's functioning exactly as it was designed to In this episode, macroeconomist and author Lyn Alden joins the show to discuss the mechanical reality of the fiat ledger and the global debt trap. We explore how the system forces a silent extraction of wealth from the working class to subsidise sovereign debt, why we are re-entering a 1940s-style era of financial repression, and how corporations (like Coca-Cola) use debt to actively "short" the currency you are forced to save in. We also discuss the hidden math behind the cost-of-living crisis, why the system must "grow or die," and how to protect your wealth. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Slow Financial Collapse 00:02:00 – How Money Actually Works 00:07:30 – End of Gold System 00:12:30 – Why Life Feels Harder 00:18:20 – The Debt Trap 00:26:00 – Who Really Wins 00:34:00 – Why System Persists 00:41:00 – Crisis & Bailouts 00:48:30 – System "Resembles Theft" 00:59:20 – Default Explained 01:10:30 – Bitcoin & Alternatives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 LYN ALDEN › Website – https://www.lynalden.com/ › Twitter – https://x.com/LynAldenContact SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Saily - https://saily.com/peter › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › 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/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/</a

Former Apple employee, Mark Suman explains why Apple refused to allow ChatGPT internally and what that reveals about how AI systems are learning how we think. Most people are now using AI every day - for work, personal decisions, even private conversations. But as Mark explains, the more we share, the more these systems begin to model our behaviour, often understanding our thinking patterns better than we do ourselves. This raises a deeper question: what happens when intelligence is centralised, and systems can influence not just what we do, but how we think? We discuss privacy, data, government power, and the trade-offs between convenience and control and why the biggest risks of AI are not in the future, but already happening now. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 What is "thought capture"? 02:57 How AI starts profiling users 06:40 Are we heading to superintelligence? 08:51 Mapping human thinking at scale 11:38 How algorithms influence behaviour 16:53 Why Apple blocked ChatGPT internally 20:00 The risks of sharing data with AI 25:55 Advice for everyday users 30:00 The real risks of AI systems 32:13 AI and mass influence 35:46 How AI could steer opinions 42:01 AI, Bitcoin & sovereignty 47:25 Where we are as a civilisation 50:00 Trust in institutions collapsing 55:47 Is society breaking? 1:12:45 AI and job displacement 1:15:02 Should AI be regulated? 1:23:55 AI exhaustion 1:29:13 The future of human work - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 MARK SUMAN › Website – https://trymaple.ai/ › Twitter – https://x.com/marksuman SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Saily - https://saily.com/peter › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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: <a href= "https://bit.ly/Ru

Are we witnessing the managed decay of Western democracy, or a civilisational shift that we can still reverse? I sit down with academic and author Matt Goodwin and discuss the survival of the West. Matt warns that unprecedented demographic transformation and a radicalised, disconnected elite are fundamentally dismantling our national identity. We also discuss institutional rot, the effectiveness of Reform UK, the danger of letting old political insiders hijack the populist uprising, and whether taking a "sledgehammer to the state" is the only way out. In this episode: The Institutional Rot: Why the legacy political parties have sold the country down the river and deserve to collapse. The Demographic Shock: The sheer speed and scale of cultural transformation that the public is not prepared for. The Economic Ultimatum: Why state expansion and wealth extraction are the ultimate threats to our survival. The Purity Spiral: Does putting political "amateurs" in power save the system, or plunge it into the abyss? The Disillusioned Voter: Why millions have completely opted out of the democratic process. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review if you would like to support the show. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:32 - The Gorton & Denton By-Election 07:08 - The Demographic Shock Transforming Britain 17:45 - The Loss of Civic Culture 31:24 - Why the Tories Deserve to Die 42:57 - The Disillusioned Voter 44:01 - Has Trump Betrayed the MAGA Base? 52:31 - Can Reform UK Actually Change the System? 01:02:41 - The Danger of Political Amateurs 01:06:51 - Restore v Reform 01:21:44 - The Social Contract for Young People 01:39:16 - Economics & Wealth Extraction 01:44:24 - The Population Trap, Pensions & Falling Birth Rates 01:52:36 - Taking a "Sledgehammer to the State" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 MATT GOODWIN › Website – https://www.mattgoodwin.org/ › Twitter – https://x.com/GoodwinMJ SP

Are we witnessing the organic collapse of the Western world, or is the current global chaos a highly engineered script? Simon Dixon returns to map out the hidden architecture of global power. He breaks down how the Financial, Military, and Technical Industrial Complexes are actively managing a transition to a multipolar world. From the "transitional theater" of the Middle East to the weaponization of global debt, Simon explains how elites are using chaos to asset-strip the West and consolidate their wealth in a K-shaped economy. We also discuss the pivot to the real pandemic: the profound psychological trauma and existential dread infecting modern society. We discuss our own mid-life reckonings, the horrifying reality of an AI-driven digital control grid, and the ultimate rebellion against the system. In this episode, we cover: The Theater of War: Why current geopolitical conflicts are a scripted reallocation of resources, not unpredictable chaos. The Power Triad: How the FIC, MIC, and TIC control governments, global capital flows, and the media narrative. The Epstein Leverage: Why the true rulers of the world aren't in the files, but control who gets exposed by them. The 10-Year Escape Plan: Why self-custody of hard assets (like Bitcoin and gold) and fully withdrawing from fiat equities is your only defense. The Spiritual Rebellion: Navigating the moral decay of fiat society, the necessity of analog community, and Simon's personal journey to theology and the Quran. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 02:45 - Consolidation of Power & The Multipolar World 06:28 - Trump, the TIC, FIC, and MIC Explained 15:46 - Venezuela, Gold Deals, and the Illusion of Regime Change 23:06 - The 150 People Run the World? 26:37 - The Epstein Files & Global Money Laundering Networks 34:39 - Why the Middle East is "Transitional Theater" 49:54 - Breaking the Petrodollar & The True Cost of War 56:06 - Summarizing the Engineered Global Masterplan 01:11:53 - The Psychological Pandemic 01:15:37 - The 10-Year Escape Plan 01:22:50 - Exit the System 01:24:30 - The Spiritual Awakening 01:26:20 - The Quran & Divine Guidance 01:39:24 - The Gross Happiness Index 01:55:55 - Rural Living & Surviving the Collapse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email – me@p

The political system appears broken but is functioning exactly as it was designed to - ensuring the ruling class never loses power. Author and academic Neema Parvini joins the podcast to discuss the mechanics of elite control. We discuss the "Iron Law of Oligarchy" - the reality that all political parties, no matter how radical they start, eventually conform to the establishment . Neema also explains the structural advantages the elites use to maintain their monopoly on power. We explore why "anti-establishment" figures like Donald Trump and the leaders of Reform UK have ultimately sold out their base, proving that outsiders don't change the system; the system changes the outsiders . From the uniparty's obsession with foreign wars to the generational theft of the national debt. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - System Failure 00:02:09 - Iron Law Explained 00:06:21 - Voter Delusion 00:09:49 - Anti-Establishment Energy 00:17:38 - System Changes You 00:21:23 - Who Holds Power 00:24:05 - Can It Be Broken 00:30:13 - Fear Politics Trap 00:39:49 - Benevolent Elites 00:53:34 - Reform Critique 01:28:18 - Trump Betrayal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 NEEMA PARVINI › X/Twitter – https://x.com/AcademicAgent_X › Substack – https://forbiddentexts.substack.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The "Net Zero" transition is built on a mathematical impossibility. The UK power grid currently relies on just over one hour of battery backup, and the political consensus is pushing us closer to civilisational collapse. Nuclear chemist and author Tim Gregory explains why the current agenda to replace fossil fuels entirely with wind and solar is a dangerous illusion. He breaks down the harsh realities of our energy infrastructure: why rolling blackouts are a genuine threat , how the government is paralyzed by absurd regulations , and why the ultimate "green" scam is chopping down North American forests to burn as "renewable" biomass. We also explore the long arc of human history, from the dawn of fire to the Kardashev scale. Beyond the energy crisis, we discuss the psychological damage of the smartphone era , the rapid acceleration of AI , and why our survival ultimately depends on harnessing the power of the atom. *In this episode, we cover:* •⁠ ⁠The 1-Hour Warning: Why grid-scale batteries cannot prevent rolling blackouts when the wind stops blowing. •⁠ ⁠⁠The Biomass Fraud: How burning wood chips became the UK's biggest single source of CO2 emissions. •⁠ ⁠⁠The £700 Million Fish: The insanity of regulatory red tape and why the government built a "fish disco" instead of a power plant. •⁠ ⁠⁠The Truth About Chernobyl: Why the air pollution from fossil fuels kills more people every 30 minutes than the entire Chernobyl disaster. •⁠ ⁠⁠The Kardashev Scale: Why human progress and survival depend on expanding into space and harnessing the energy of our local star. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Net Zero Reality 00:02:16 – Can Renewables Replace Fossil Fuels? 00:05:00 – The Blackout Risk 00:10:00 – Nuclear vs Environmentalism 00:14:36 – The Truth About Chernobyl 00:24:16 – Why Batteries Don't Work 00:27:26 – Energy Density Explained 00:52:49 – Why Infrastructure Fails 01:04:24 – The Nuclear Plan 01:10:56 – AI's Energy Demand 01:30:00 – Humanity's Future In Space - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 TIMOTHY GREGORY › LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tim-gregory/ › Website – http://tim-gregory.co.uk/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://w

The engineers building Artificial Intelligence do not actually know how it works. They are not programming it; they are "growing" it and they have no idea what it will do next. Connor Leahy is an AI researcher and former builder of Large Language Models. In this interview we discuss Silicon Valley, where he reveals the reality inside the top tech labs: the "alignment problem" being unsolved, the race for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) accelerating and the people in charge are flying completely blind. We discuss the chaotic trajectory of superintelligence, the corruption of the tech elite, the Department of Defense's recent moves and the disturbing new phenomenon of "AI Psychosis" where users are being manipulated by the systems they use. In this episode, we cover: The "Black Box" Problem: Why the creators of AI cannot predict what it will do. Silicon Valley Corruption: Why "sociopaths have domesticated nerds" to build dangerous tech. The Wargames: Why AI consistently chooses nuclear escalation in simulations. "AI Psychosis" & Spiral Cults: The terrifying psychological toll AI is taking on its smartest users. The Loss of Control: What happens to humanity when we build a system we can no longer steer. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – AI Engineer Origins 00:07:47 – When GPT Changed Everything 00:12:47 – Inside Neural Networks 00:19:03 – How AI Actually Learns 00:27:58 – Growing Intelligence 00:31:19 – The Alignment Problem 00:36:41 – AI and Nuclear War 00:47:03 – Should AI Be Paused? 00:52:39 – AI Exhaustion 01:00:53 – Superintelligence Explained 01:24:02 – Who Controls AI? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 CONNOR LEAHY › X/Twitter – https://x.com/NPCollapse › Website – https://www.ettf.land/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The war in the Middle East is usually discussed as a military conflict. In this interview, Firas Modad argues the real consequences are far wider. We discuss how escalation could spread through energy markets, shipping lanes and commodity prices - and why the economic effects of war may hit far beyond the battlefield. Firas also explains how political incentives, donor networks and foreign policy alignments shape decisions in Washington, and why the incentives behind modern wars often look very different from the public narrative. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Why Iran Matters 00:07:25 – Why The West 00:12:17 – Energy Shock Risk 00:20:04 – Iran Endgame Scenarios 00:32:28 – Fog Of War 00:40:26 – Lebanon Expands 00:54:21 – Energy Decides It 01:02:30 – Christian Immigration View 01:08:27 – Debt And Decay 01:13:39 – Bible And Collapse 01:22:09 – Just War Test - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 FIRAS MODAD › X/Twitter – https://x.com/firasmodad › Website – https://www.modadgeopolitics.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

Governments aren't going to pay this debt down in real terms. More likely, they pay it back in weaker money. Luke Gromen argues we're already deep into a sovereign debt cycle - and that AI could speed up the moment it really starts to crack. In this interview we discuss how the system works: leverage, entitlements, interest costs, bond markets - and what happens when deflation hits an economy that depends on inflation to stay upright. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Debt Reality 00:01:57 – Math vs Politics 00:06:26 – Already In It 00:08:51 – Japan Warning 00:14:38 – Acute Phase Risk 00:15:32 – What To Do 00:21:33 – End Of The Cycle 00:34:13 – AI Disruption 00:40:20 – 2007 Parallel 00:49:07 – UBI & Politics 00:58:02 – Sovereign Insolvency 01:08:26 – Meaning & Collapse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 LUKE GROMEN › X/Twitter – https://x.com/LukeGromen › Website – http://fftt-llc.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

Western Civilisation is collapsing, and the exits are being bricked up. In this episode, Balaji Srinivasan (Author, The Network State) delivers a clear warning: the US and UK are approaching a sovereign debt default, and the "Berlin Wall" of capital controls is coming to trap your wealth inside. We discuss why "staying is surrendering," the rise of the "Grey Tribe" (Tech) against the State, and his 3-step survival guide for the middle class: Liquidate, Emigrate, Accelerate. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:33:35 – "The West Is Over" 00:41:36 – No Saving America 00:43:47 – Internet First Future 00:52:52 – Take The L 01:10:28 – Debt Reality 01:29:12 – Liquidate. Emigrate. 01:55:00 – AI Job Disruption 02:15:27 – AI Safety Reframed 02:25:11 – Foundation Strategy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 BALAJI SRINIVASAN › X/Twitter – https://x.com/balajis › Website – https://ns.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

In this episode, Laila Cunningham discusses London's demographic change, mass immigration, housing failure and whether the capital is becoming a stress test for Britain. We discuss debt, inflation, generational decline, state expansion, and why productivity gains from technology aren't improving living standards. We also explore AI, education reform, automation, housing regulation and whether the UK is prepared for technological acceleration. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:09:51 – Cultural Confidence 00:18:56 – Housing & Regulation 00:28:53 – Media & Distraction 00:37:34 – Sanctuary Policies 00:45:48 – Immigration Incentives 00:53:52 – Fracturing Right 01:03:35 – Globalisation Effects 01:14:23 – Debt & Sound Money 01:21:38 – What Happens Next? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 LAILA CUNNINGHAM › X/Twitter – https://x.com/policylaila SPONSORS › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

In this episode, Curtis Yarvin argues that modern democracies may lack clear sovereignty and that technological acceleration and sovereign debt are exposing that weakness. We discuss AI as a force multiplier, bureaucratic continuity, legitimacy, regime structure and the limits of procedural governance. We also explore fiscal exhaustion, debt sustainability, and whether a system that cannot make decisive changes can survive compounding crises. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – What Is Sovereignty? 00:11:34 – Elections vs Authority 00:24:08 – Institutional Continuity 00:37:52 – AI as Acceleration 00:52:41 – Bureaucratic Limits 01:07:29 – Responsibility Problem 01:17:42 – Debt & Fiscal Fragility 01:31:05 – Reform Constraints 01:49:44 – Regime Stability 02:07:10 – What Breaks First? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 CURTIS YARVIN › X/Twitter – https://x.com/curtis_yarvin › Substack – https://graymirror.substack.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

In this episode, Kathryn Porter explains why energy is civilisation and how he UK grid may be heading toward rationing and rolling blackouts within the next decade. We discuss aging gas power stations, unrealistic utilisation assumptions, weak grid conditions, North Sea decline and why no single institution is accountable for security of supply. We also cover what a blackout would actually look like, why nuclear build timelines matter, and how regulation and governance failures are compounding energy risk. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - The Threat 00:05:27 - 12GW At Risk 00:08:03 - Political Complacency 00:11:59 - Iberia Blackout 00:14:47 - 65-85% Probability of Blackouts 00:28:02 - January Near Miss 00:36:08 - What Rationing Looks Like 00:39:34 - Governance Failure 00:40:54 - Nuclear Build Path 00:55:04 - Civilisational Risk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 KATHRYN PORTER › X/Twitter – https://x.com/KathrynPorter26 › Website – https://watt-logic.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/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/RumblePM FILMED 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

In this episode, Jeff Booth explains why the natural state of a free market is deflationary and why a debt-based monetary system can't allow it. We discuss AI as an acceleration event: exponential productivity should make life cheaper, but the system has to create scarcity to keep debt serviceable. We cover how inflation functions as hidden extraction, why regulation favours monopolies, why politics becomes a fight over who controls broken money and why AI will intensify centralisation, surveillance, and social conflict unless the monetary layer changes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Elon's "No Money" 00:02:21 – Deflation is Natural 00:05:50 – Paper-fold Acceleration 00:08:05 – Debt vs Abundance 00:10:17 – Inflation = Extraction 00:15:34 – Politics Polarises 00:21:28 – One Question Only 00:28:01 – Bukele's Example 00:33:33 – Bitcoin as Protocol 00:41:02 – AI + Money Clash - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 JEFF BOOTH › X/Twitter – https://x.com/JeffBooth › Website – https://jeffreybooth.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

In this PMQs episode, we discuss the claim that most white-collar work could be automated within 12-18 months, and what that actually means. We talk through jobs, incentives, education, and AI safety - why companies can't slow down even if they want to, why schools may be preparing kids for a world that's disappearing, and why safety teams are warning about systems they're still accelerating. If AI can do the productive work, what happens to status, money, and meaning? And if models are already showing deceptive behaviour in testing, who decides what "broadly safe" really means? CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Human-Level Timeline 00:03:16 – Internet Comparison 00:08:28 – Professional AGI Claim 00:11:26 – Incentives Trap 00:16:31 – Corporate Regret 00:20:42 – 17% Of Workforce 00:29:12 – The Horse Question 00:35:15 – Safety Resignation 00:39:43 – AI Moral Status 00:43:33 – Money Without Work - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › 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/RumblePM FILMED 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.

What happens if we build something smarter than ourselves - and can't turn it off? In this interview, I chat with Andrea Miotti about the global race toward superintelligent AI: systems designed to outperform humans across every task, operate autonomously, and integrate directly into the economy. We discuss how today's AI tools quietly cross from assistance into replacement, why "kill switches" don't work, and how a handful of companies are pushing toward a point of no return. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - AI Extinction is Now? 00:01:22 - Alien Analogy 00:02:24 - Building Superintelligence 00:06:43 - Tools Becoming Agents 00:15:22 - Autonomous Systems Act 00:23:31 - Who Can Build This 00:29:07 - Why Containment Fails 00:38:51 - An Inhuman Economy 00:55:59 - No Kill Switch 01:07:05 - How Many Companies 01:27:35 - Do Humans Survive? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 ANDREA MIOTTI › X/Twitter – https://x.com/andreamiotti › X/Twitter – https://x.com/ControlAI › Website – https://campaign.controlai.com/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/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/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target=