The Peter McCormack Show

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The Peter McCormack Show is a podcast covering politics, economics, free speech, and Bitcoin.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    #120 - Lisa Townsend - Common-sense Policing: Drugs, Gangs and Hurty Words

    Lisa Townsend is the elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the Conservative Party in Surrey. In this interview, we discuss openly about the failure of prohibition, the politicisation of policing & growing crime. We discuss: – Crime, police priorities & why frontline officers are demoralised – Drugs, gangs & the rise of middle-class shoplifting – Whether prohibition has failed & what to do about it – Policing vs mental health vs social work: who’s doing what? – State bloat & NHS reform – The case for decentralisation, taxpayer control & back-to-basics policing 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 LISA TOWNSEND › X/Twitter - https://x.com/_lisa_townsend SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Intro   00:04:45 – Public Safety   00:10:20 – PCCs vs Politicised Policing   00:15:30 – What the PCC Role Does   00:18:49 – The Real Job of Oversight     00:28:10 – Who Should Enter Politics?   00:32:00 – Can We Still Afford the State?   00:36:30 – Crime, Cost & Council Collapse 00:46:30 – Who Really Sets Police Priorities?     00:56:00 – The Shoplifting Spiral   01:01:30 – Middle-Class Theft Surge   01:06:30 – The Cocaine Hypocrisy   01:10:45 – Policing's Hidden Frontlines   01:16:00 – Has Prohibition Failed?   01:21:00 – Drugs, Markets & Legalisation     01:32:45 – What Should the State Do?     01:42:00 – The Mental Health Breakdown     01:51:00 – NHS Reform & Political Cowardice   01:56:00 – Can the PCC Model Work?   02:00:00 – Should PCCs Be Better Known?   02:06:00 – What’s Wasting Police Time?   02:08:00 – Final Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    2h 10m

  2. 3 DAYS AGO

    #119 - Curtis Yarvin - The Tyranny of Democracy - The Illusion of Choice

    Curtis Yarvin — aka Mencius Moldbug — is the most controversial political thinker alive. In this interview, he lays out his honest analysis of how the modern West is ruled: not by democracy or elections, but by an entrenched oligarchy of institutions, academia, media and the permanent bureaucracy. We explore: – Why democracy is an illusion & always was – The Fabian takeover & the myth of progress – Harvard as the ruling class of America – The origins of managerialism & regime control – Virology, censorship & the corruption of science – Revolution, monarchy & the path to reform 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 CURTIS YARVIN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/curtis_yarvin SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:04:36 – What Is Democracy Really?   00:10:18 – The One-Party State Thesis   00:14:55 – How the Cathedral Works   00:20:05 – Why the Right Always Loses   00:26:40 – Democracy Is a Religion   00:34:12 – Voting as Ritual   00:39:20 – Replacing the Operating System   00:43:45 – Why Revolutions Don’t Work   00:47:22 – Monarchy vs Anarchy   00:52:16 – The Problem With the Constitution   00:56:50 – Censorship & Institutional Capture   01:02:37 – Why the System Can’t Be Fixed   01:08:04 – Trump, the Regime & the Illusion of Power   01:13:39 – Who Should Rule and How   01:21:11 – The Case for a CEO King   01:29:18 – What Bitcoin Reveals About Governance   01:36:07 – Technocracy, AI & State Collapse   01:43:29 – Why Progress Isn’t Real   01:51:53 – The Myth of Enlightenment   01:57:42 – Why Yarvin Still Has Hope   02:03:25 – Final Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    2h 8m

  3. 7 OCT

    #118 - Neema Parvini - Elites, Populism & The Illusion of Change

    Neema Parvini is the author of The Populist Delusion, a defining work in dissident political theory. We discuss: – Why democracy is a “soft dictatorship” – The real purpose of populist parties – Elite theory, the ruling class & regime mechanics – Tony Blair, the NGOs & managerial capture – Globalism, Israel & power double standards – How power always recentralises post-revolution 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 NEEMA PARVINI › X/Twitter - https://x.com/AcademicAgent_X SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Intro   00:01:49 – Populism Is a Trap   00:06:28 – CIA-Created Political Spectrum   00:10:33 – Mass Behaviour & Nudging   00:14:23 – Media Narrative Coordination   00:21:00 – The Myth of Bottom-Up Politics   00:28:20 – The Illusion of Choice   00:34:07 – Billionaires Fund Both Sides   00:37:20 – NGOs and Soft Power   00:42:00 – Gaza, Globalism & Contradiction   00:51:00 – False Revolutions & Resets   00:54:44 – Anti-Blasphemy Laws in Disguise   01:00:27 – Controlled Speech   01:04:21 – Tony Blair Runs Britain   01:08:00 – Real Power Is Visible   01:12:28 – Elite Theory   01:17:30 – Every System Becomes an Oligarchy   01:22:07 – The Myth of Libertarianism   01:38:01 – Were Medieval Peasants Happier?   01:49:15 – Revolutions Centralise Even More   01:56:10 – Mass Immigration as Class War   01:59:38 – Can Bitcoin Spark Revolution?   02:09:47 – Can Rupert Lowe Save Britain?   02:13:00 – Final Thoughts & Next Book   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    2h 14m

  4. 1 OCT

    #117 - Nick Leeson - I Lost £862 Million and Collapsed a Bank

    In 1995, 28-year-old trader Nick Leeson caused the collapse of Barings Bank after racking up £862 million in hidden losses. He fled Singapore, was arrested in Frankfurt, extradited and served over 4 years in a Singaporean prison. We cover: – How it started with a £10K loss – What went wrong, who knew & how it was hidden – Why the bank kept giving him money – Being on the run – Life in prison & how it changed him – Reflecting on success, failure & fatherhood 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 NICK LEESON › X/Twitter - https://x.com/TheNickLeeson SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Intro   00:06:00 – From Maths Failure to Banker   00:08:18 – Headhunted by Barings   00:10:15 – Entering the Trading Pit   00:14:33 – The First £10K Loss   00:21:23 – Fear of Failure   00:26:35 – He Was Half the Market   00:35:18 – Options Strategy to Survive   00:39:41 – From £20M Loss to Breakeven   00:47:29 – Barings Sends All Their Cash   00:51:04 – It Was a Confidence Trick   00:55:01 – The Moment He Fled   01:00:00 – Headlines Hit the Newsstands   01:02:24 – Getting Caught   01:05:39 – Arrested on the Tarmac   01:08:29 – Jail in Germany   01:11:00 – Prison, Introspection & Change   01:13:31 – Did Anyone Lose Money?   01:20:30 – Life After Prison   01:23:32 – Speaking, Rebuilding & Psychology   01:25:42 – Letting Go of the Past   01:27:47 – Being a Dad Now   01:35:23 – Closing Thoughts   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    1h 37m

  5. 1 OCT

    #116 - Jamie Jenkins - Why the UK Is Failing, The Data Doesn’t Lie

    Jamie Jenkins is a former statistician at the ONS and BBC, now known for exposing the government's spin through hard data. We cover: – Why CPI doesn’t reflect real inflation – What’s broken in the NHS & who’s to blame – Energy price lies & Net Zero distortions – The truth about migration, jobs & economic growth – Public sector bloat & collapsing productivity – Why crime stats don’t match what people feel – How politicians lie & the data exposes them 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 JAMIE JENKINS › X/Twitter - https://x.com/statsjamie SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction   00:03:52 – Jamie's Stats Background     00:07:51 – Right vs Wrong, Not Politics     00:12:02 – Private Sector Is Tanking      00:18:45 – Data Illiteracy in Journalism   00:21:00 – Wealth Taxes Are Political Bait    00:25:45 – Immigration Truths   00:28:00 – Energy Market Is Rigged      00:38:40 – Tribalism Over Water     00:43:30 – Inflation Metrics Manipulation       00:52:13 – £288bn Public Sector Pay     00:56:30 – Minimum Wage Reality     01:03:45 – Economic Sabotage by Labour   01:07:50 – Immigration & Employment Reality     01:12:25 – Unemployment   01:14:20 – We Are Stealing the Future   01:18:34 – Housing Crisis     01:25:00 – NHS Isn't World Class        01:37:36 – Crime Stats vs Reality     01:45:00 – Public Order Arrests Surge   01:47:51 – Labour's Police State     01:54:31 – More Politicians = More Waste   02:01:18 – Reform, PR & Welsh Elections    02:08:30 – FOI Act = Real Win     02:11:05 – Closing Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    2h 13m

  6. 25 SEPT

    #115 - Dr. David Unwin - Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, The Truth About Food Addiction & Why Our Health System is Broken

    Dr. David Unwin is an award-winning NHS GP and a clinical expert in Type 2 Diabetes. He has pioneered a low-carb lifestyle approach that has reversed the condition for many of his patients and saved the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds on medication. We discuss: – The global pandemics of Type 2 Diabetes & fatty liver disease  – Why junk food is scientifically designed to be addictive  – How to reverse Type 2 Diabetes through diet alone  – Why weight gain is not a simple failure of willpower or discipline  – The truth about Ozempic and other 'fat jabs'  – Dr. Unwin's personal health transformation & past regrets as a doctor  – The system that profits from making you sick, then from medicating you  – How your food choices directly impact your future health 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 DR. DAVID UNWIN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/lowcarbGP SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:02:37 - Willpower vs. Junk Food Addiction 0:05:41 - How Diet Chooses Your Future 0:07:47 - Lifestyle Changes vs. Lifelong Medication 0:12:50 - The Patient Who Changed Everything 0:18:41 - Dr. Unwin's Personal Lifestyle Change 0:22:42 - Type 2 Diabetes 0:23:21 - The Global Pandemic of Diabetes 0:26:33 - The Silent Pandemic of Fatty Liver 0:29:11 - Diagnosing Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes 0:33:09 - The Body as a Dual-Fuel Engine 0:40:04 - Thoughts on Ozempic (Fat Jabs) 0:51:41 - How Modern Lifestyles Have Changed 0:54:05 - The World Health Organisation's Stance 0:56:49 - The System That Profits from Sickness 1:04:36 - Lifestyle Change vs. A Diet 1:07:04 - Understanding Your Metabolic Age 1:10:00 - Practical First Steps to Change 1:13:32 - The Spectrum of Food Addiction 1:15:00 - Engineering Addictive Foods 1:24:53 - Unconscious Eating Habits 1:29:23 - Burning Fat vs. Burning Sugar 1:32:13 - The Six-Month Challenge 1:33:21 - Low-Carb Resources  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    1h 39m

  7. 25 SEPT

    #114 - Vince Cable - Reform v Lib Dems - The UKs Political Future

    Sir Vince Cable served as Secretary of State for Business in the coalition government and later became leader of the Liberal Democrats. We discuss: – Why the UK economy is fundamentally broken – The failures of the Conservatives & Labour – Whether the Lib Dems have a future – Why growth has stalled & public trust collapsed – Coalition government, tuition fees & political regret – Liz Truss, Brexit & the case for honesty in politics – Localism, China, Trump & new global superpowers 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 VINCE CABLE › X/Twitter - https://x.com/vincecable SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Intro   00:02:43 – Are Labour and Tories Finished?   00:04:05 – Why the Public Feel Lost   00:07:19 – Political Failure & Overpromising     00:11:13 – What Business Teaches Politics     00:16:06 – Why the Economy Won’t Grow     00:19:59 – A Crisis of Leadership   00:21:11 – Why Both Parties Failed       00:25:01 – Lib Dems’ New Opportunity     00:29:32 – Voter Disillusionment Grows     00:32:42 – Did Coalition Government Work?     00:36:55 – Why Politics Is Hard     00:40:00 – What Makes Politics Worth It?     00:45:13 – The Bank of England Wasn’t the Enemy   00:48:19 – Civil Service & “The Blob”       00:54:53 – The Case for Decentralisation   00:56:57 – China Is More Decentralised Than UK     01:00:00 – America’s Local Power Advantage   01:01:46 – If Vince Cable Was PM...   01:03:31 – Tax Honesty & Scandinavian Model     01:07:04 – What He’s Doing Now     01:09:10 – Closing Thoughts   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    1h 10m

  8. 25 SEPT

    #113 - Dilly Hussain - Tommy Robinson, Islam, Gaza Genocide & Free Speech

    Dilly Hussain is a journalist, broadcaster & deputy editor of 5Pillars. We talk about: – Islam, integration & the reality of British Muslim life – Grooming gangs, community tensions & institutional failure – Palestine, Zionism & the legacy of British colonialism – Whether Sharia courts should exist in the UK – Free speech, mockery & whether blasphemy laws are returning – Tommy Robinson, Muslim stereotypes & media bias – Who the real enemy is: Muslims, or the state? 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 DILLY HUSSAIN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/dillyhussain88 SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:02:27 – Tommy Invite & Reaction 00:11:39 – Why Muslims Boycott Zionists 00:16:00 – October 7th & Proportionality 00:19:23 – Israeli Expansion & Chomsky 00:22:54 – Hudna & Long-Term Ceasefire 00:26:15 – Should Israel Exist? 00:30:00 – US Support for Israel 00:31:27 – Conservatives & Zionist Pressure 00:33:50 – Rise of Ethno-Nationalism 00:36:49 – Two-State Solution 00:40:15 – Can Secular States Work? 00:46:38 – Why Israel Is Different 00:48:11 – Antisemitism in Europe 00:50:00 – Multiculturalism in Bedford 00:56:01 – Religion and Criminal Framing 01:00:57 – Muslim Grooming Gangs 01:16:03 – Why Target White Girls? 01:21:17 – Lack of Context & Data 01:27:53 – Quran & Violent Verses 01:30:18 – War Blowback & Terror 01:44:00 – What Sharia Councils Do 01:56:01 – Mediation in Muslim Communities 01:58:11 – Faith Expression Double Standards 02:00:00 – Free Speech Vs. Hate 02:12:00 – Criminalising Speech Is Dangerous 02:22:58 – Riots, Tweets & Intent 02:35:06 – Who Broke Britain? 02:40:00 – Final Thoughts on Unity 02:42:00 – Closing Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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