{"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":"#168 - Hans Niemann: The Corrupt Chess Madia","slug":"168-hans-niemann-the-corrupt-chess-madia","published_at":"2026-04-23T17:42:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/168-hans-niemann-the-corrupt-chess-madia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-peter-mccormack-show/episodes/168-hans-niemann-the-chess-mafia","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/e/69ea59f2738b0d0aa507c984/media.mp3","summary":"Hans Niemann on beating Magnus Carlsen, the cheating accusations that nearly ended his career, and the \"chess mafia\" he says tried to destroy his life. At 19, Hans Niemann beat the world's greatest chess player. Magnus Carlsen withdrew without explanation. Within weeks, Niemann was facing global cheating accusations, blacklisting from his own federation, and a fight to save his career. Four years on, he's world No. 12 and still climbing. In this interview, Hans addresses everything: what Magnus actually saw at the board, the $100 prize he won at 12 that became \"the greatest crime\" of the saga, the 70-page report and what was really in it, the time Magnus was caught taking a move on his own livestream, and the top-10 player banned for cheating whose name was never published. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Hans On Magnus 00:01:20 - What Did Magnus See When You Beat Him? 00:04:40 - \"I'm Closer To The Older Players\" 00:07:20 - Being Called A Cheat At 19 00:11:30 - The Chess Mafia 00:15:25 - Could You Catch Magnus? 00:29:30 - The Cheating Accusations, The Cost 00:35:55 - Bitterness Is Poison 00:38:25 - WHO Believed The Allegations And Why 00:40:40 - Losing Faith In The Media 00:43:15 - Navigating Infamy At 19 00:45:50 - Naming Chess.com 00:48:35 - \"Magnus Was Gaslit\" 00:52:55 - What Did You Actually Admit To? 00:55:40 - Magnus Cheated On Camera 00:57:00 - Does Magnus Believe You Cheated? 00:59:20 - The God Complex 01:01:00 - The Dana White Of Chess 01:03:15 - Chess As Soft Power 01:07:00 - Chess In Every School 01:22:20 - Scores To Settle 01:23:15 - Washington Square Park - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONTACT PETE…","meta_description":"Hans Niemann on beating Magnus Carlsen, the cheating accusations that nearly ended his career, and the \"chess mafia\" he says tried to destroy his life. At…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5273,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/episodes/168-hans-niemann-the-corrupt-chess-madia/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-525419/168-hans-niemann-the-corrupt-chess-madia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}