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Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Demetri Kofinas interviews some of the most brilliant minds in science, technology, finance, politics and culture as he uncovers the underlying forces driving the most powerful changes we ex...

Episodes

20 of 530 episodes

The Most Dangerous Investment Cycle In History | Paul Kedrosky

In Episode 505 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with venture capitalist, former Wall Street equity research analyst, and independent...

01:03:17Oct 26, 2026

Why Younger Generations Are Convinced They Are Falling Behind | Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak

Episode 504 of Hidden Forces is the thirteenth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and co-host Grant Wi...

01:18:10Oct 22, 2026

Are We Verging on Another Escalation in the Middle East? | Ali Vaez

In Episode 503 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ali Vaez, deputy program director for the Middle East and North Africa at the C...

47:21Oct 19, 2026

Is It Time to Start Buying Bonds? | Jim Bianco

In Episode 502 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jim Bianco, founder of Bianco Research and Bianco Advisors, about why he has tu...

55:08Oct 12, 2026

How Melting Ice Is Redrawing the Global Order | Rana Foroohar

In Episode 501 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rana Foroohar about her book, Sea Change, and her argument that, as polar ice m...

59:56Oct 5, 2026

Why the China Threat Is Overblown | Logan Wright

In Episode 500 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Logan Wright, director of China macro and financial sector research at the Rhod...

55:40Sep 28, 2026

How to Invest for A Hundred Years | Inigo Fraser Jenkins

In Episode 499 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Inigo Fraser Jenkins, a strategist at AllianceBernstein and author of the resea...

52:56Sep 24, 2026

Will AI Really Kill Us All? | Harper Reed & John Borthwick

In Episode 498 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Harper Reed, entrepreneur and founder of an AI research lab focused on autonomo...

01:35:22Sep 21, 2026

The Great Financial Reset Has Begun | Marieke Flament & Nicolas Colin

In Episode 497 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marieke Flament and Nicolas Colin, co-authors of the Currency of Power newslett...

54:03Sep 14, 2026

Are Rumors of an Imminent Russian Attack Warranted? | Yaroslav Trofimov

In Episode 496 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Yaroslav Trofimov, Ukrainian-born chief foreign affairs correspondent for The W...

49:44Sep 7, 2026

Bessent's Wager and Why the World is Calling America's Bluff | Henry Farrell

In Episode 495 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with political scientist Henry Farrell, co-author of Underground Empire, about how t...

51:39Aug 31, 2026

The West's Forgotten War and the New Russia | Mark Galeotti

In Episode 494 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Mark Galeotti — host of In Moscow's Shadows and one of the most informed and pr...

55:51Aug 17, 2026

The Internet Will Die and So Will You | John West

In Episode 493 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with computational journalist and author John West about the surprising impermanence...

01:02:07Aug 10, 2026

The AI Enshittification Bubble | Cory Doctorow

In Episode 492 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with science fiction author, journalist, and digital rights activist Cory Doctorow—w...

53:12Aug 3, 2026

How to Win a Trade War | Chad Bown

In Episode 491 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with trade economist Chad Bown—a former chief economist at the U.S. State Department...

47:30Jul 27, 2026

SpaceX, Europe's China Problem, and the Populist Backlash | Patrick Boyle

In Episode 490 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Patrick Boyle—founder of the quantitative hedge fund Palomar Capital Management...

53:17Jul 20, 2026

How America Built A Durable Dollar Empire | Mary Bridges

In Episode 489 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with historian Mary Bridges, a senior fellow at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator an...

47:49Jul 16, 2026

The Strong Do What They Can and Suffer What They Must | Jonathan Kirshner

In Episode 488 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with political scientist Jonathan Kirshner about the origins of the Peloponnesian Wa...

01:13:43Jul 13, 2026

Iran's New Grand Strategy | Vali Nasr

In Episode 487 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vali Nasr — professor of international affairs and Middle East studies at Johns...

50:21Jul 9, 2026

Schrödinger's Strait and the New Energy Order | Daniel Yergin

In Episode 486 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and leading authority on energy and geopolitics D...

45:30Jul 6, 2026