{"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":"#170 - Andrew Wilson - Why Modern Life Feels Like It’s Working Against You","slug":"170-andrew-wilson-why-modern-life-feels-like-it-s-working-against-you","published_at":"2026-04-28T16:40:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/170-andrew-wilson-why-modern-life-feels-like-it-s-working-against-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-peter-mccormack-show/episodes/170-andrew-wilson-why-modern-life-feels-like-its-working-aga","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/e/69f0d48f5531bfee7848b434/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Wilson to discuss what so many people are starting to ask but struggle to answer: Why does modern life feel like it isn’t working anymore? We discuss rising political division, economic pressure and a growing sense of dissatisfaction - and what might actually be driving it. Andrew explains that many of today’s problems aren’t just political or economic, but cultural - and that culture itself is shaped by something even more fundamental: shared values, belief systems, and community. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Something Feels Broken 00:01:19 – “Soul of America” 00:03:57 – What’s Really Going On 00:05:00 – The Loss of Shared Values 00:07:19 – Why Society Needs Morality 00:09:33 – The Role of Religion 00:24:25 – The Missing Piece: Community 00:29:28 – Why Success Feels Empty 00:41:00 – Why Systems Always Fail 00:51:30 – The Birth Rate Crisis 01:02:03 – The Ideological War 01:13:50 – How Culture Changed 01:36:38 – Why Dating Is Broken 01:48:39 – What Happens Next - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 ANDREW WILSON › Twitter – https://x.com/paleochristcon › YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcElhVVk9ynDL4zkP-eGsfA SPONSORS › LEDN - https://www.ledn.io/peter › Monetary Metals - https://www.Monetary-Metals.com/McCormack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE › Apple Podcasts: htt…","meta_description":"In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Wilson to discuss what so many people are starting to ask but struggle to answer: Why does modern life feel like i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6850,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/episodes/170-andrew-wilson-why-modern-life-feels-like-it-s-working-against-you/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-525419/170-andrew-wilson-why-modern-life-feels-like-it-s-working-against-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}