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==Popular recognition== ''[[The Peter Principle (TV series)|The Peter Principle]]'' is a British television sitcom broadcast by the [[BBC]] between 1995 and 2000, featuring [[Jim Broadbent]] as an incompetent bank manager named Peter, in an apparent demonstration of the principle. ''The Incompetence Opera''<ref>{{cite AV media| title=The Incompetence Opera|type=video (16')|publisher=Improbable Research|via=YouTube | date=29 December 2017 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGusIvpVxc}}</ref> is a 16-minute mini-opera that premiered at the satirical [[Ig Nobel Prize]] ceremony in 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://improbable.com/ig/archive/the-27th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-lectures/|title=The 27th First Annual Ig® Nobel Prize Ceremony & Lectures |date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120422/https://www.improbable.com/ig/2017/ |archive-date=19 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> described as "a musical encounter with the Peter principle and the [[Dunning–Kruger effect]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.improbable.com/2017/08/30/preview-the-incompetence-opera/ |title=Preview: "The Incompetence Opera" |publisher=Improbable Research |date=30 August 2017 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120354/https://www.improbable.com/2017/08/30/preview-the-incompetence-opera/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Freakonomics Radio|Freakonomics Radio]]'' is an American Public Radio program & podcast. In 2022, an episode was produced entitled “Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?” This episode explains the Peter Principle and its practicality. The episode aired in syndication on National Public Radio in the United States of America.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-are-there-so-many-bad-bosses/ |title=Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? |work=Freakonomics Radio |first=Stephen J. |last=Dubner |date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>
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