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The Peter McCormack Show

The Peter McCormack Show

By: Peter McCormack
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The Peter McCormack Show - politics, macro, Bitcoin and AI, long-form interviews. Twice-weekly conversations about money, power, and the shifts reshaping the next decade.


Peter McCormack interviews politicians, economists, investors, journalists, founders and Bitcoiners. Past guests include Liz Truss, Lyn Alden, Curtis Yarvin, Matt Goodwin, Mike Green, Balaji Srinivasan, Rupert Lowe, Firas Modad, Scott Horton, Jeff Booth, Connor Leahy, Andrea Miotti, Neema Parvini, Dr Tim Gregory and Simon Dixon.


Recurring threads: the debt and inflation endgame, UK political collapse and what comes after, Reform and the populist wave, the Middle East and the American war machine, AI safety and the race for superintelligence, energy and net zero, Bitcoin adoption and policy, and the slow-motion decline of Western institutions.


Long-form - most episodes run 60 to 120 minutes. New episodes 2 to 3 times per week. Video on YouTube and Spotify.


Host: Peter McCormack, a retired rapper from Bedford, UK, trying to understand this crazy world.

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Episodes
  • #229 - Harrison Pitt - Is Britain Still a Nation?

    #229 - Harrison Pitt - Is Britain Still a Nation?
    Nov 12 2026
    Harrison Pitt is a writer specialising in philosophy and intellectual history, a senior policy fellow at Restore Britain, a contributing editor at The European Conservative and a fellow at the New Culture Forum. Born in 1998, he is writing a book that sets out a systematic philosophy of national belonging.Harrison and I argue about the question underneath almost every other political fight in Britain right now: what actually makes someone part of a nation and does it matter? We go through citizenship, values, what Harrison calls demographic security, why he thinks the post-1945 consensus overcorrected and whether a mass democracy can work without a shared people.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Why Is Britain Failing?00:03:12 - Have Conservatives Lost Their Confidence?00:08:27 - Can You Even Define British Values?00:12:06 - Citizenship By Descent00:18:14 - Why Should We Care?00:27:07 - Are We Heading For Defeat?00:31:05 - In A Mass Democracy, Does It Matter?00:35:30 - Insulated Until Now00:39:13 - The Conversation With His Daughter00:46:13 - Can It Stay Peaceful?00:53:52 - Luxury Beliefs00:56:43 - The Facts Of Life Are Conservative01:02:07 - Brothers On Opposite Sides01:11:41 - The Middle Class Is Being Squeezed01:14:03 - The Italians At London Brick01:17:54 - We Want Stuff Now, You Pay Later01:23:34 - From Atheist To Conservative01:28:39 - Could You Be Wrong?01:34:29 - A Discerning Welfare State01:43:14 - Could Restore Win Bedford?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH HARRISON PITT› X/Twitter – https://x.com/Harry_pitt› Substack – https://substack.com/@harrisonpitt› The European Conservative – https://europeanconservative.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/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • #228 - Rupert Lowe - Is Britain Going Bankrupt?

    #228 - Rupert Lowe - Is Britain Going Bankrupt?
    Nov 9 2026
    Rupert Lowe is the MP for Great Yarmouth and the leader of Restore Britain, the party he launched after leaving Reform UK. He returns with a blunt diagnosis: Britain is bankrupt, the state is no longer serving the people who pay for it and none of the main parties will admit how bad the numbers have become.Rupert and I discuss whether the state has become a force bigger than any elected government, why he believes the electorate still does not understand the scale of the debt, the £100,000 of legacy borrowing per household being handed to the next generation and what Restore would actually do - on tax, energy, the triple lock and welfare.They also get into the media's treatment of Restore, accusations of a secret deal, his fallout with Reform and the olive branch that went nowhere, whether Andy Burnham will make rejoining the EU his last throw of the dice and why Rupert thinks the euro cannot survive.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - What Is Government Actually For?00:04:48 - The People Who Never Accepted Brexit00:06:20 - Is The State Bigger Than The Government?00:08:54 - Summoned By The Inquiry00:13:25 - Burnham In The Caribbean00:15:03 - The Entire State, And The Media00:18:23 - A Conservative Uprising Across Europe00:20:35 - We Are Bankrupt00:22:44 - The Three Documents00:25:33 - What Restore Would Do On Immigration00:27:09 - What About Those Already Working Here?00:29:44 - The Second Biggest Party By Members00:32:18 - Is The Media Giving Restore A Fair Crack?00:35:54 - Is There A Secret Deal?00:40:58 - £100,000 Of Debt Per Household00:43:02 - If You Were Prime Minister00:46:52 - What About Reform?00:48:45 - The Olive Branch00:53:59 - Are They Trying To Rejoin The EU?00:56:13 - The Euro Cannot Survive- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/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› Ground News – https://ground.news/peterm› Gold Pensions – https://goldpensions.com/peter› Venice AI – https://venice.ai/lp/mccormack/Nov9 – Code PETER15- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • #227 - Gideon Rachman - How World War 3 Could Start by Accident

    #227 - Gideon Rachman - How World War 3 Could Start by Accident
    Nov 4 2026
    Why does the world feel more dangerous at a time of extraordinary technological progress? Gideon Rachman joins me to discuss his book, War Is Interested in You, and the return of leaders driven by territory, personal glory and their place in history. We explore Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine, the pressures on NATO, Trump’s decisions over Iran and how miscalculation could turn regional conflicts into something much bigger.Gideon explains why the risk of a wider war has risen, while arguing that World War III is neither inevitable nor highly likely. We also discuss nuclear deterrence, the cost of conflict for ordinary people, Britain’s weak growth, rising taxes and debt and what AI could mean for jobs and the next generation.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Why Aren't We Living In The Best Of Times?00:02:53 - All Prime Ministers Eventually Go Mad00:04:44 - Why It Gets Dangerous To Step Down00:06:09 - The Table, The Generals And The Grovelling00:09:43 - How Bad Policy Actually Happens00:12:03 - We're Being Told To Prep00:14:21 - Closer To World War Three Than Ever00:18:34 - Why Would We Even Get Involved?00:20:45 - Is Any Of This In Russia's Interest?00:24:53 - Is There A Path To Peace?00:29:24 - War By Accident00:32:26 - What Would Actually Make It A World War?00:34:33 - Every War Starts With A Miscalculation00:38:55 - Would You Really Fire Back?00:41:21 - The Letters Of Last Resort00:43:48 - The Night They Thought Russia Would Go Nuclear00:50:20 - What Is The Logic Of The Iran War?00:56:20 - They're Briefing Congress On The Next Strike01:02:09 - There Is Just No Money01:10:25 - We Are Handing Our Children The Bill- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH GIDEON RACHMAN› War Is Interested In You – https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/475001/war-is-interested-in-you-by-rachman-gideon/9781529969825› Financial Times – https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman› The Rachman Review – https://www.ft.com/rachman-reviewSPONSORS› IREN – https://www.iren.com/› Venice AI – https://venice.ai/lp/mccormack/nov4 – Code PT15› Ledn – https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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a podcast by a host with direction. good questions asked. great people interviewed. what's not to like? the hate I saw in one comment was baffling. genuine good host, cares about improving his podcast. 👍 👍 2 thumbs up.

always listen to his updates

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Fantastic guests, intellectual conversations, and technical analysis. Peter is certainly a BTC maximalist so if you're looking for information on alt coins, you'll have to go somewhere else, but this podcast covers BTC 360 degrees in an efficient, entertaining way.

Best Pod on Bitcoin

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The most fun part about becoming a regular listener to the show is the simultaneous learning experience I get to share with with Peter and Danny. Bitcoin is the amalgation of multiple disciplines in expert niche subject matter; the podcast features personalities from a splintered technocratic network of bourgeoisie idealists re-imagining today along quirky interpretations of a bitcoin standard. This is the podcast administration of orange pill theory.

Best Overall Bitcoin Podcast

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Intellectual but not overly self indulgent. Real people, real stories, and ofcourse Bitcoin is the way!

Great show with interesting host and guests

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cry cry cry that is all this guy has been doing lately, nothing productive discussed...

omg!!! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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