{"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":"#177 - Rupert Lowe - The State Has Become The Enemy","slug":"177-rupert-lowe-the-state-has-become-the-enemy","published_at":"2026-05-21T17:20:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/177-rupert-lowe-the-state-has-become-the-enemy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-peter-mccormack-show/episodes/177-rupert-lowe-the-state-has-become-the-enemy","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/e/6a0f3ee2294da705c35aa0a7/media.mp3","summary":"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 Enemy 00:01:02 - Has Voting Stopped Working? 00:05:49 - How Dysfunctional Is the State? 00:06:58 - The Complaint System Inside Parliament 00:12:46 - “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 Europe 00:22:59 - What Does Getting Your Country Back Mean? 00:25:39 - Britain’s 22,000-Page Tax Code 00:28:09 - Fabianism and the Growth of the State 00:32:34 - Can One MP Fight the Machine? 00:35:49 - How Restore Mobilised the Apathetic 00:38:48 - Makerfield, Burnham and the By-Election 00:45:39 - Why the Private Sector Is Dying 00:52:17 - How Do You Fix Inflation? 00:59:32 - Is Reform Managed Opposition? 01:08:14 - Restore’s Immigration Policy 01:14:35 - The Triple Lock and the Baby Boomers 01:16:17 - Why Young People Are Going Green 01:25:27 - 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://…","meta_description":"Rupert Lowe joins Peter McCormack to discuss Restore Britain, Reform UK, immigration, Parliament, the judiciary, the civil service, tax, welfare, young pe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5324,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/episodes/177-rupert-lowe-the-state-has-become-the-enemy/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-525419/177-rupert-lowe-the-state-has-become-the-enemy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}