{"podcast":{"title":"The Peter McCormack Show","slug":"the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","podcast_index_feed_id":525419,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f","website_url":"https://www.petermccormack.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/show-cover.jpg","author":"Peter McCormack","episode_count":1075,"summary":"The Peter McCormack Show - politics, macro, Bitcoin and AI, long-form interviews. Twice-weekly conversations about money, power, and the shifts reshaping the next decade. Peter McCormack interviews politicians, economists, investors, journalists, founders and Bitcoiners. Past guests include Liz Truss, Lyn Alden, Curtis Yarvin, Matt Goodwin, Mike Green, Balaji Srinivasan, Rupert Lowe, Firas Modad, Scott Horton, Jeff Booth, Connor Leahy, Andrea Miotti, Neema Parvini, Dr Tim Gregory and Simon Dixon. Recurring threads: the debt and inflation endgame, UK political collapse and what comes after, Reform and the populist wave, the Middle East and the American war machine, AI safety and the race for superintelligence, energy and net zero, Bitcoin adoption and policy, and the slow-motion decline of Western institutions. Long-form - most episodes run 60 to 120 minutes. New episodes 2 to 3 times per week. Video on YouTube and Spotify. Host: Peter McCormack, a retired rapper from Bedford, UK, trying to understand this crazy world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T06:19:00.527164+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419"},"episode":{"title":"#157 - Neema Parvini - Who Runs the World: The Mechanics of Elite Power","slug":"157-neema-parvini-who-runs-the-world-the-mechanics-of-elite-power","published_at":"2026-03-17T17:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/157-neema-parvini-who-runs-the-world-the-mechanics-of-elite-power","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","url":"https://whatbitcoindid.libsyn.com/157-neema-parvini-who-runs-the-world-the-mechanics-of-elite-power","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/e/1a84de0d-5b8e-4fa3-93a5-b9a64bd532fd/media.mp3","summary":"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 – me@petermccormack.com › 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/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -…","meta_description":"The political system appears broken but is functioning exactly as it was designed to - ensuring the ruling class never loses power. Author and academic Ne…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5667,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/episodes/157-neema-parvini-who-runs-the-world-the-mechanics-of-elite-power/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/157-neema-parvini-who-runs-the-world-the-mechanics-of-elite-power.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}