Zia Yusuf returns to the show for a follow-up on where Britain is going and how Reform UK plans to fix it.

We cover:
– Why Britain is no longer investable
– The flight of wealth & what it means for services
– Immigration, sectarian politics & cultural decline
– Why reform needs real power
– Energy policy & net zero
– A first principles approach to taxation, debt & GDP
– What Reform's economic plan focuses on
– Whether Zia will run for Parliament

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:54 – Green Party & Cultural Decline
00:04:53 – The Collapse of Labour Strongholds
00:10:07 – Preparing for Government
00:11:30 – One Shot to Fix Britain
00:16:18 – Mass Immigration, No Integration
00:19:32 – Why the Rich Are Leaving
00:21:54 – Law, Safety & Taxpayer Rage
00:24:46 – AI, Inequality & Asset Owners
00:27:20 – The Energy Cost Disaster
00:29:17 – Why Wealth Creation Matters
00:31:46 – The Global Market for Wealth
00:34:08 – Normalising Decline in Britain
00:36:15 – The Prison Space Crisis
00:41:57 – Deficit Spending & Money Printing
00:47:00 – Net Zero, Fuel Bills & Growth
00:51:00 – GDP vs GDP Per Capita
00:53:12 – Building an Investable Country
00:59:42 – SEND Costs & No Local Control
01:06:00 – The Democratic Deficit in Councils
01:08:03 – State Reform & Voter Power
01:14:26 – Will Zia Run for Parliament?
01:16:26 – Closing Thoughts

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Ian Rogers ran digital at LVMH and worked with everyone from Apple to the Beastie Boys. In this conversation, we dive into culture, technology, politics, and the collapse of the old systems & what might replace them.

We explore:
– Why education is broken & what should replace it
– AI, quantum & disruptive technologies
– From state to network: Balaji's thesis and the network future
– Creativity, free speech & the failure of mainstream culture
– How to raise kids who thrive in chaos
– What punk rock teaches us about politics, identity & belonging

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:06:25 – The Algorithm Killed Music
00:16:40 – Why We Made Zines
00:21:03 – How Technology Shapes Culture
00:30:32 – Education Is Now Obsolete
00:35:17 – Teaching Kids to Think
00:41:00 – AI, Quantum & the Unknown
00:47:23 – From State to Network
00:51:55 – Navigating Post-Truth Politics
00:56:10 – Should We Still Go to Uni?
01:05:18 – Network Neighbours vs Real Ones
01:08:42 – Politics, Identity & Belonging
01:14:55 – Left, Right & Free Thinking
01:20:00 – From Curiosity to Courage
01:24:12 – Creativity in the Age of AI
01:29:37 – Fairness, Copyright & Compromise
01:34:50 – Creative UBI & the BBC
01:40:12 – Arbitrary Taxation Might Be OK
01:47:28 – Closing Thoughts: The Case for Hope

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William Clouston returns to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about Britain's decline, from collapsing public services and economic stagnation to mass immigration, energy failure and the breakdown of trust in our institutions.

We explore:
– Why the UK economy is no longer investable
– The energy crisis, net zero myths & failed privatisation
– NHS failure & workforce caps
– The collapse of public order
– The SDP's vision for direct provision & industrial revival
– Why Labour can't fix this

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:06:28 – Britain Is No Longer Investable
00:10:15 – Energy Crisis & Net Zero
00:16:03 – Diversity Quotas
00:20:37 – Government Waste, Grift & Agencies
00:32:45 – Councils Collapsing
00:37:50 – The Doom Loop in Housing
00:51:30 – Broken Incentives
01:03:00 – Policing & Public Safety
01:16:00 – Why the SDP Matters
01:20:00 – Fusion Politics: Red & Blue
01:24:00 – America Feels Hopeful
01:30:34 – The Future of the Right
01:38:42 – Reform, Realignment & Political Conviction
01:44:00 – Social vs Liberal
01:50:45 – What is Economic Nationalism
02:04:00 – The Inflection Point
02:08:20 – Final Thoughts

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In Part 2 of our conversation, Curtis Yarvin covers political decay, Austrian economics and the origins of money and Bitcoin.

We explore:
– Monarchy as the most honest system of rule
– The flaw in free-market libertarianism
– Mises vs Keynes vs Friedrich List
– What the Austrians got right & wrong
– Why personal net worth is the real inflation metric
– The theoretical origin of money
– Bitcoin vs gold question

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:05:38 – Farage, Reform & Populism's Trap
00:10:50 – Monarchy as a Political System
00:17:34 – Caesar vs Commodus
00:25:38 – Democracy's Many Failure Modes
00:30:11 – Corporate Governance as Political Metaphor
00:33:25 – Austrian Economics & Intellectual Capture
00:40:32 – System Software & Building Urbit
00:49:29 – Economics as Propaganda
00:54:12 – Why GDP Is a Lie
01:01:07 – Mises vs Keynes
01:05:00 – Mercantilism & Friedrich List
01:09:21 – Personal Net Worth = Inflation
01:14:18 – Bitcoin, Gold & Store of Value
01:24:05 – The Nash Equilibrium of Money
01:30:34 – Why Axes Can't Be Money
01:35:26 – Why Bitcoin Wins
01:38:16 – The Path to Remonetisation
01:46:43 – How Close He Got to Bitcoin
01:50:00 – Final Thoughts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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