Hidden Forces

By Demetri Kofinas

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Get the edge with Hidden Forces where media entrepreneur and financial analyst Demetri Kofinas gives you access to the people and ideas that matter, so you can build financial security and always stay ahead of the curve.

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Hidden Forces episodes:

04.22.2024
Where Are All the Billionaires? | Victor Haghani
In Episode 360 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Victor Haghani about his book “The Missing Billionaires” and what a growing body of literature has to say about sensible wealth management and how to invest for the long...
04.01.2024
America’s National Savings and Debt Crisis | Lacy Hunt
In Episode 359 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Economist Lacy Hunt about America’s national savings and debt crisis. Dr. Hunt is the Executive Vice President and Chief Economist of Hoisington Investment Management Company. He previously served as...
03.26.2024
What Comes After the Chinese Economic Miracle? | Anne Stevenson-Yang
In Episode 358 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Anne Stevenson-Yang, the founder of J Capital Research, which publishes highly diligenced research reports on over-valued, publicly traded companies, with a particular focus on China. Anne is also the...
03.18.2024
Are Gold and Bitcoin Signaling the Return of Money Printing? | Michael Howell
In Episode 357 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the CEO of CrossBorder Capital, Michael Howell, about the run-up in gold and bitcoin prices and whether this signals the return of "money printing" driven by overwhelming government debt...
03.11.2024
A New Era for China's Semiconductor Industry | Paul Triolo
In Episode 356 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Paul Triolo, Senior Vice President for China and Technology Policy Lead at Albright Stonebridge Group, where he advises clients in technology, financial services, and other sectors as they navigate...
03.04.2024
What Myths Can Teach Us About the AI Arms Race | Joshua Schrei
In Episode 355 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with mythologist and storyteller Joshua Schrei about the cultural, social, and political consequences of the rise of Artificial Intelligence. According to Joshua, humanity is entering an era whose only corollary...
02.26.2024
Exposing the New American Surveillance State | Byron Tau
In Episode 354 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with investigative journalist Byron Tau, who specializes in law, courts, and national security, about how a hidden alliance between technology companies and the government is creating a new American surveillance...
02.19.2024
What Makes Someone a Supercommunicator? | Charles Duhigg
In Episode 353 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Charles Duhigg. Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author whose latest book, Supercommunicators, examines how we can all learn to become better at hearing one another and...
02.12.2024
The Coming Paradigm Shift in the Stock Market | Daniel Peris
In Episode 352 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Daniel Peris. Daniel is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Federated Investors, overseeing the firm's dividend-focused products. He’s also the author of four books on investing, including his most recent:...
02.05.2024
Superhumans and the Race for AI Supremacy | Stephen Hsu
In Episode 351 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Stephen Hsu, a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Stephen is also the co-founder of multiple companies, including Genomic Prediction, which...
01.22.2024
You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan For Global Domination | David Goldman
In Episode 350 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the Deputy Editor of Asia Times, David Goldman. In his previous life, David served in the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment for the National Security Council as head...
01.15.2024
AI, Transhumanism, and the Future of Humanity | Meghan O’Gieblyn
In Episode 349 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author and essayist Meghan O'Gieblyn, who writes on matters of philosophy and religion for The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The Guardian, and other publications. Meghan O'Gieblyn shares her personal journey...
01.08.2024
Is the Middle East Headed For Another Major War? | Kamran Bokhari
In Episode 348 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kamran Bokhari. Kamran is the Senior Director of the Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy. He has served at the U.S. State...
01.04.2024
Public Interest Politics & the Human Spirit | Marianne Williamson
In Episode 347 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marianne Williamson. Marianne is a bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual leader who is currently running for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2024 primaries. Marianne shares stories from...
01.01.2024
Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order | Gary Gerstle
In Episode 346 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge, Gary Gerstle. Dr. Gerstle is the author and editor of more than ten books, including the “Rise and Fall of...
12.26.2023
Are We in a New Crypto Bull Market? | Framework Ventures
In Episode 345 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson about whether we are in a new crypto bull market. Mike and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures, one of the largest venture...
12.18.2023
What’s Driving the Fall in Oil Prices? | Rory Johnston
In Episode 344 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with oil analyst and researcher Rory Johnston about what’s driving the fall in oil prices and how likely it is to continue. Rory shares his thoughts on investor positioning, growth...
12.11.2023
How Can We Make Sense of the UAP Conspiracy? | Diana Pasulka
In Episode 343 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Diana Pasulka, a professor of religious studies who writes and teaches about the history of the Catholic tradition and new religious movements. Her work in this field has led...
12.07.2023
What Elites Don’t Understand About America | Rudy Havenstein
In Episode 342 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rudy Havenstein, the owner and operator of a satirical Twitter account that regularly mocks Western policymakers and politicians for their endless wars, corporate bailouts, and tone-deaf public statements about...
12.04.2023
Who Makes The Rules In The Digital Gilded Age? | Tom Wheeler
In Episode 341 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tom Wheeler, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the author of the recently published book “Techlash: Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?” Wheeler...
11.27.2023
Reflections on Life, Markets, & Investing | Zach Abraham
In Episode 340 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Zach Abraham, the Principal and Chief Investment Officer of Bulwark Capital Management and the host of the Know Your Risk Radio Program. Zach and Demetri spend the first hour...
11.21.2023
What Happened at OpenAI & Why It Matters | Nathaniel Whittemore
In Episode 339 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nathaniel Whittemore, host of the AI Breakdown for a timely conversation about the latest news surrounding the firing of OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder Sam Altman. This was recorded on...
11.20.2023
American Grand Strategy & the Logic of War | Edward Luttwak
In Episode 338 of Hidden Forces, speaks with Dr. Edward Luttwak about American grand strategy and the logic of war. Dr. Luttwak is an author and consultant to governments and companies around the world and is known for his...
11.13.2023
Leadership and the Longing to Belong | Jerry Colonna
In Episode 337 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jerry Colonna, the co-founder and CEO of the executive coaching and leadership development company Reboot, the host of the Reboot Podcast, and the author of the recently published book...
11.06.2023
Artificial Intelligence and the Containment Problem | Mustafa Suleyman
In Episode 336 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman about the containment problem and the AI dilemma that he outlines in his book, “The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest...
11.02.2023
How to Think About This Political Moment | Marshall Kosloff
In Episode 335 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marshall Kosloff. Marshall is the host of The Realignment and Arsenal of Democracy podcasts and is a media fellow at Hudson Institute. Marshall and Demetri spend the first hour...
10.30.2023
Mounting Risk of a New World War | Walter Russell Mead
In Episode 334 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with famed historian of American Foreign policy Walter Russell Mead about the evolving war in the Middle East and why we are living through the most dangerous period in international...
10.23.2023
How America Broke Its War Machine | Michael Brenes
In Episode 333 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Brenes, the Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University who recently authored an article for Foreign Affairs about the U.S. defense industrial base titled...
10.16.2023
Iran's Role in the Hamas Attacks & Implications for the United States | Kamran Bokhari
In Episode 332 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical analyst and forecaster Kamran Bokhari. Kamran is the Senior Director of the Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy and has...
10.10.2023
What the Bond Sell-off Means for Investors | Andy Constan & Mike Green
In Episode 331 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Andy Constan and Mike Green after a week of turmoil in the bond market that saw a dramatic repricing of long-term government debt, raising debt servicing costs for the...
10.09.2023
Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024 | Henry Olsen
In Episode 330 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Henry Olsen, author of “Working Class Republican” and “The Four Faces of the Republican Party,” about where the United States and other western democratic countries find themselves politically today,...
10.04.2023
U.S. Semiconductor Export Controls On China Are Failing | Dylan Patel
In Episode 329 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Dylan Patel, a semiconductor and A.I. analyst and the founder of boutique Semiconductor research and consulting firm SemiAnalysis, about how U.S. semiconductor export controls are failing and what the...
10.02.2023
The New Geopolitics of Global Finance | Brad Setser
In Episode 328 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Brad Setser, the Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations where he specializes in global trade and capital flows, financial vulnerability analysis, and sovereign debt restructuring. Brad...
09.25.2023
Tech, Military, & Economic Drivers of US-China Competition | Diana Choyleva
In Episode 327 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Diana Choyleva in what was originally recorded as a live Q&A; for members of our Genius Community. The subject of the Q&A; is the latest state of US-China relations with...
09.18.2023
Could America Lose a War Against China Over Taiwan? | Alex Velez-Green
In Episode 326 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Alex Velez-Green, the fmr. National Security Advisor to U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, who helped staff the senator on the Armed Services Committee and advised him on matters related to...
09.15.2023
Reflections on Current Affairs & the Need for Frameworks
This is the first in a special series of episodes dedicated to exploring Demetri’s frameworks and ideas about the most consequential forces shaping our lives and the world around us. You can subscribe to our premium content and gain access...
09.11.2023
Dollar Doomerism & Why Things Are Better Than You Think | Michael Nicoletos
In Episode 325 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Nicoletos, the founder and CEO of DeFi Advisors, an independent investment advisory firm specializing in macro and digital assets. Michael and Demetri spend the first twenty minutes discussing Michael’s...
08.21.2023
Perennials & the Post-Generational Society | Mauro Guillen
In Episode 324 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Mauro Guillen, a Professor of Multinational Management and Vice Dean of the Executive MBA Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mauro combines his training as a...
08.14.2023
How the US Government Will Force Banks to Fund the Deficit | Charles Calomiris
In Episode 323 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the former Chief Economist at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Director of the Center for Politics, Economics, and History at the University of Texas at...
08.07.2023
The Worst (Or Possibly Best) Investment Podcast EVER | Le Shrub
In Episode 322 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with someone he has gotten to know mainly by following his anonymous account on Twitter where he goes by the name Shrubbery Capital or Le Shrub, for short. Le Shrub consistently...
07.27.2023
The Fourth Turning Is Here: Our Great National Challenge | Neil Howe
In Episode 321 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with bestselling author, renowned historian, economist, and theorist of generational change, Neil Howe. Twenty-five years ago, Neil and his late co-author William Strauss put forward a provocative new theory of American...
07.24.2023
How Confidence Determines the Choices We Make | Peter Atwater
In Episode 320 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Peter Atwater, a recognized expert on the impact of confidence on individual and group decision-making, which he examines in his book, “The Confidence Map: Charting a Path From Chaos...
07.13.2023
You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order | Carol Roth
In Episode 319 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Carol Roth, the author of “You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back.” The argument that Carol makes in the book...
07.03.2023
The New Political-Economy | Russell Napier, Edward Chancellor, & Helen Thompson
In Episode 318 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with political and financial historians Edward Chancellor, Russell Napier, and Helen Thompson. All three have appeared individually on the podcast before and joined Demetri ahead of his latest Genius community...
06.26.2023
White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan | General Mick Ryan
In Episode 317 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with General Mick Ryan. Mick Ryan is an author, strategist, and retired major general who has commanded at multiple levels in the Australian Army and served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and...
06.14.2023
What the Fed’s Rate Decision Will Mean for Markets | Andy Constan
In Episode 316 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Andy Constan about this week’s FOMC meeting and what the Federal Reserve rate decision could signal about the direction of interest rates, inflation, and economic growth. Will it be heralded...
06.05.2023
Why You Should Care About Turkey’s Elections | Nicholas Danforth & Amberin Zaman
In Episode 315 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas is joined by Nicholas Danforth and Amberin Zaman to discuss the significance of the recent elections in Turkey for Turkish politics, the country’s complex relationship with its neighbors and allies in Europe...
05.29.2023
America’s New Religions & the Cult of Self-Making | Tara Isabella Burton
In Episode 314 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with novelist, sociologist, and theologian Tara Isabella Burton about America’s new religions, the evolution of the self in contemporary culture, and what it all means for the future of Western society....
05.18.2023
Why Is the Recession Taking So Long to Show Up? | Bob Elliott
In Episode 313 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bob Elliott, the co-founder and CEO of Unlimited, a financial services firm that uses machine learning to create products that replicate the index returns of alternative investments. Demetri asked...
05.15.2023
What Generational Differences Tell Us About the Future | Jean Twenge
In Episode 312 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofians speaks with Jean Twenge, a researcher and professor of psychology who has written extensively about generational differences. Jean Twenge explains what we know about every generation born since 1925, arguing that the...

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Hidden Forces episodes:

Where Are All the Billionaires? | Victor Haghani

America’s National Savings and Debt Crisis | Lacy Hunt

What Comes After the Chinese Economic Miracle? | Anne Stevenson-Yang

Are Gold and Bitcoin Signaling the Return of Money Printing? | Michael Howell

A New Era for China's Semiconductor Industry | Paul Triolo

What Myths Can Teach Us About the AI Arms Race | Joshua Schrei

Exposing the New American Surveillance State | Byron Tau

What Makes Someone a Supercommunicator? | Charles Duhigg

The Coming Paradigm Shift in the Stock Market | Daniel Peris

Superhumans and the Race for AI Supremacy | Stephen Hsu

You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan For Global Domination | David Goldman

AI, Transhumanism, and the Future of Humanity | Meghan O’Gieblyn

Is the Middle East Headed For Another Major War? | Kamran Bokhari

Public Interest Politics & the Human Spirit | Marianne Williamson

Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order | Gary Gerstle

Are We in a New Crypto Bull Market? | Framework Ventures

What’s Driving the Fall in Oil Prices? | Rory Johnston

How Can We Make Sense of the UAP Conspiracy? | Diana Pasulka

What Elites Don’t Understand About America | Rudy Havenstein

Who Makes The Rules In The Digital Gilded Age? | Tom Wheeler

Reflections on Life, Markets, & Investing | Zach Abraham

What Happened at OpenAI & Why It Matters | Nathaniel Whittemore

American Grand Strategy & the Logic of War | Edward Luttwak

Leadership and the Longing to Belong | Jerry Colonna

Artificial Intelligence and the Containment Problem | Mustafa Suleyman

How to Think About This Political Moment | Marshall Kosloff

Mounting Risk of a New World War | Walter Russell Mead

How America Broke Its War Machine | Michael Brenes

Iran's Role in the Hamas Attacks & Implications for the United States | Kamran Bokhari

What the Bond Sell-off Means for Investors | Andy Constan & Mike Green

Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024 | Henry Olsen

U.S. Semiconductor Export Controls On China Are Failing | Dylan Patel

The New Geopolitics of Global Finance | Brad Setser

Tech, Military, & Economic Drivers of US-China Competition | Diana Choyleva

Could America Lose a War Against China Over Taiwan? | Alex Velez-Green

Reflections on Current Affairs & the Need for Frameworks

Dollar Doomerism & Why Things Are Better Than You Think | Michael Nicoletos

Perennials & the Post-Generational Society | Mauro Guillen

How the US Government Will Force Banks to Fund the Deficit | Charles Calomiris

The Worst (Or Possibly Best) Investment Podcast EVER | Le Shrub

The Fourth Turning Is Here: Our Great National Challenge | Neil Howe

How Confidence Determines the Choices We Make | Peter Atwater

You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order | Carol Roth

The New Political-Economy | Russell Napier, Edward Chancellor, & Helen Thompson

White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan | General Mick Ryan

What the Fed’s Rate Decision Will Mean for Markets | Andy Constan

Why You Should Care About Turkey’s Elections | Nicholas Danforth & Amberin Zaman

America’s New Religions & the Cult of Self-Making | Tara Isabella Burton

Why Is the Recession Taking So Long to Show Up? | Bob Elliott

What Generational Differences Tell Us About the Future | Jean Twenge

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