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• #193 - David Goodhart - AI Is Coming For The Graduate Elite 14.07.2026 1ชม. 39นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH DAVID GOODHART› Website – https://davidgoodhart.com/› Substack – https://davidgoodhart.substack.com/› Policy Exchange – https://policyexchange.org.uk/SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Ledn - https://ledn.io/peter› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #192 - Amy Webb - The Future of Work, AI & Human Labor 10.07.2026 1ชม. 34นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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://ftsg.com/› Amy at FTSG – https://ftsg.com/member/amy-webb/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/amywebbSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Plaud - https://www.plaud.ai/mccormack› Ledn - https://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.
• #191 - Thomas Pacchia - AI Will Expose The Fake World 07.07.2026 1ชม. 11นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com › 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 - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledn - https://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.
• #190 - Sam Lyman - China’s Secret War on American AI 02.07.2026 1ชม. 1นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH SAM LYMAN› Website – https://www.btcpolicy.org/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/SamLyman33SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Plaud - https://www.plaud.ai/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #189 - Nate Soares - Why Superintelligent AI Could Kill Us All 29.06.2026 1ชม. 39นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH NATE SOARES› Website – https://intelligence.org/› Book – https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/So8resSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Plaud - https://www.plaud.ai/mccormack› 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/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.
• #188 - Rizwan Virk - Simulation Theory, Quantum Physics & The Impact Of AI 26.06.2026 1ชม. 36นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH RIZWAN VIRK› Website – https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/Rizstanford› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rizcambridge/SPONSORS› IREN - https://iren.com/› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack› Ridge - https://ridge.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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #187 - Danny Goler - DMT, Consciousness & Proof of the Simulation 24.06.2026 1ชม. 38นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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.codeofreality.org/start--aeeea› Non-profit website - https://codeofreality.org/› IG - https://www.instagram.com/dannygoler/› Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586952941889› X - https://x.com/GolerDannySPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Ledn - https://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/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.
• #186 - Rupert Russell - The Global Game of Money & Power 21.06.2026 1ชม. 59นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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 – https://www.anti-worldsreleasing.co.uk/pages/last-sacrificeSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Ledn - https://ledn.io/peter› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/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.
• #185 - Fernando Nikolić - AI, One-Person Companies & The New Economic Elite 19.06.2026 1ชม. 27นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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/mccormack› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #184 - Helen Pluckrose - Liberalism, Free Speech & the Authoritarian Turn 17.06.2026 1ชม. 26นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH HELEN PLUCKROSE› Website – https://hpluckrose.com/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/HPluckroseSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #183 - Chris Summerfield - AI, Memory & the Race to Superintelligence 09.06.2026 1ชม. 16นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -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.
• #182 - Julian Jessop - Big Government Broke the Growth Model 06.06.2026 1ชม. 6นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH JULIAN JESSOP› Twitter – https://x.com/julianHjessop› Website – https://julianhjessop.com/about/SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #181 - Tom Bilyeu - AI, Bitcoin & the Rigged Economy 03.06.2026 1ชม. 25นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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 - 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.
• #180 - Frank Wright - Reality Is Radicalising People 29.05.2026 2ชม. 35นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH FRANK WRIGHT› SubStack – https://www.frankwrighter.com/› Twitter – https://x.com/frankwrighterSPONSORS› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Ground News - https://ground.news/peterm- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #179 - Simon Dixon - The One World Government Is Already Here 27.05.2026 1ชม. 48นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH SIMON DIXON› Website – https://www.simondixon.com/› Twitter – https://x.com/SimonDixonTwittSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› Ground News - https://ground.news/peterm- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #178 - Malcolm Offord - We Forgot How to Create Wealth 25.05.2026 1ชม. 6นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH MALCOLM OFFORD› Twitter – https://x.com/Malcolm_OffordSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #177 - Rupert Lowe - The State Has Become The Enemy 21.05.2026 1ชม. 28นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH RUPERT LOWE› X/Twitter – https://x.com/RupertLowe10› Website – https://www.restorebritain.org.uk/join_usSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› Ground News - https://ground.news/peterm› Monetary Metals - https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #176 - Narinder Kaur - Inflation Is Brilliant For The Rich 19.05.2026 1ชม. 51นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH NARINDER KAUR› X/Twitter – https://x.com/narindertweetsSPONSORS› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
• #175 - Dr Melvin Vopson - If You Hack The Code Of Reality, You Become God 14.05.2026 1ชม. 23นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› 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.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.
• #174 - Roman Yampolskiy - We Are All Agents Inside a Simulation 12.05.2026 1ชม. 20นาที

  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 – me@petermccormack.com› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH ROMAN YAMPOLSKIY› Twitter – https://x.com/romanyam› Website – https://faculty.cse.louisville.edu/roman/SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com› LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.