Hidden Forces

Engine of Inequality: The Fed & the Future of Wealth in America | Karen Petrou

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 183 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Karen Petrou, co-founder and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics and author o...

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber-Weapons Arms Race | Nicole Perlroth

08 Mar 2021

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In Episode 182 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nicole Perlroth, award-winning cybersecurity journalist for The New York Times and author...

Silicon Valley's Ultimate Exit: Arguments for and Against the Network State | Balaji Srinivasan

01 Mar 2021

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In Episode 181 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor, entrepreneur, and prominent futurist who's views on...

Podcast Update: Cybersecurity, Financial Warfare, the Mission Driven State, & More

22 Feb 2021

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In Episode 180 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas provides listeners with a sneak peak into the next 5 weeks of content, including episodes on the netw...

Generational Conflict, Decentralization, & Global Disorder | Radigan Carter

15 Feb 2021

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In Episode 179 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas shares the overtime to his 4-hour-long conversation with Radigan Carter, an investor who has spent th...

Meme 'Stonks': How Call Options & Reddit Broke Wall Street | Lily Francus

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 178 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Lily Francus, a 25-year-old PhD student in bioinformatics who spends her time modeling co...

Generational Wealth-Building During a Fourth Turning | Radigan Carter

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 177 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Radigan Carter, an investor who has spent the last two decades of his life working across...

Cryptocurrencies, Foreign Threats, & the Fight of a Generation

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 176 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas shares his thoughts on a series of interconnected topics including Tether, Bitcoin, domestic terroris...

Restoring Trust in an Age of Political Polarization | Kevin Vallier

18 Jan 2021

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In Episode 175 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kevin Vallier, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, wh...

Future of Financial Media & Digital Assets | Jason Yanowitz & Michael Ippolito

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 174 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Ippolito and Jason Yanowitz, the founders of Blockworks, a financial media brand ...

Social Media Purge: The Urgent Need to Regulate Big Tech | Matt Stoller

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 173 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author ...

America's Political Precipice & the Hyperreality of Markets: Grant Williams & Ben Hunt

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 172 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Grant Williams and Ben Hunt. Ben is the founder of the widely read Epsilon Theory, a news...

The Code of Capital: Markets, Big Tech, & Blockchain | Katharina Pistor

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 171 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Katharina Pistor, a leading scholar of corporate governance, money & finance, property ri...

The Future of Freedom, Governance, and the Networked State

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 170 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas shares an interview he recently did on the Bankless podcast, where he gives his views on the future o...

The Tyranny of Merit: What Has Become of the Common Good? | Michael Sandel

21 Dec 2020

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In Episode 169 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Sandel, professor of Government Theory at Harvard University Law School, host of ...

Understanding the STABLE Act and the Push to Regulate Crypto | Rohan Grey

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 168 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rohan Grey, an expert on the legal design and regulation of digital fiat currency and one...

What's Gone Wrong with the Democratic Party & How to Fix it | David Shor

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 167 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with political data scientist David Shor. David was recently described in New York Magazine as...

What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks & Romans | Thomas E. Ricks

30 Nov 2020

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In Episode 166 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Thomas Ricks about his book "First Principles: What Amer...

Emerging Markets & the Turkish Lira: Assessing the Risks & Opportunities | Paul McNamara

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 165 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Paul McNamara, an Investment Director at global asset manager GAM who serves as the compa...

The Long (and Short) of it: A Cynic's Take on Markets & Investing | Jim Chanos

19 Nov 2020

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In Episode 164 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with legendary short-seller Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates, about the art and scien...

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World | Fareed Zakaria

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 163 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with CNN host and bestselling author Fareed Zakaria, about his book "Ten Lessons for a Post-Pa...

Making Sense of Election 2020 and Its Aftermath | Matt Taibb

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 162 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, co-host of the "Useful Idiots" podc...

Limits and Consequences of Ponzi Economics on Politics, Markets, & Society

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 161 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas plays an interview he recently gave to Sebastien Couture and Friederike Ernst on Epicenter.TV. This i...

Rise of a New Kleptocracy: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World | Tom Burgis

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 160 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tom Burgis, an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times who is also the author...

The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare | Chris Brose

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 159 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Chris Brose, fmr. Staff Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, a fmr. speechwri...

Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World | Charles Kupchan

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 158 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Charles Kupchan, a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, who serve...

Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan's Defense & American Strategy in Asia | Ian Easton

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 157 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ian Easton, Senior Director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of "The Chinese Inva...

The Rise of Mohammed bin Salman and the Future of Saudi Arabia | Bradley Hope & Justin Scheck

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 156 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Wall Street Journal reporters Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck about their new book, "Blood...

'Accommodative' Monetary Policy & Risks to Central Bank Independence | Bill Nelson

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 155 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bill Nelson, Chief Economist & Executive Vice President at the Bank Policy Institute, who...

The Hype Machine: The Promise and the Peril of Social Media | Sinan Aral

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 154 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sinan Aral, MIT Professor and author of "The Hype Machine," about the promise and the per...

The Rise of Carry: the New Financial Order of Decaying Growth & Recurring Crisis

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 153 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with authors Kevin Coldiron, Jamie Lee, and Tim Lee, as they explain how the behavior of finan...

Some Thoughts to End the Summer...

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short segment, Demetri Kofinas shares some thoughts to end the summer and looks ahead at what listeners can expect to hear in the next few mon...

Erdoğan's Turkey & the Revival of the Ottoman Empire | Soner Çağaptay

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 152 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Soner Çağaptay, the Beyer Family fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at...

Uncharted Future: Learning to Navigate an Unpredictable World | Margaret Heffernan

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 151 of Hidden Forces, In Episode 151 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker Margaret H...

Is Gold in a New Bull Market? A Deep-Dive Into Humanity's 5,000-Year-Old Obsession | Rick Rule

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 150 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rick Rule, President & CEO of Sprott US Holdings and Senior Managing Director of Sprott I...

The Death of Engagement: America's New Cold War with China | Orville Schell

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 149 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Orville Schell, Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society about ...

The Rise of Decentralized Finance | Framework Ventures' Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 148 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer. Mike and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures...

What the Twitter Hack Tells Us About Why the Internet Is Broken & How to Fix It | Muneeb Ali

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 147 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Blockstack, a full-stack decentralized computing platform and a...

Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars | Irshad Manji

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 146 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Irshad Manji, a public intellectual, best-selling author, and Emmy award nominated docume...

The Rise of Ethereum, the Future of DeFi, & the Transformation of Crypto Media | Camila Russo

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 145 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Camila Russo, the host of the Defiant podcast and author of "The Infinite Machine," the f...

Grandstanding: the Use and Abuse of Moral Talk | Brandon Warmke & Justin Tosi

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 144 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with philosophers Brandon Warmke and Justin Tosi about the phenomenon of grandstanding, which ...

How to Fix America's Broken Health System (And Why It Hasn't Happened) | Vivian Lee

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 143 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vivian Lee, President of Health Platforms at Verily Life Sciences (an Alphabet company) a...

'Stonks,' the Rise of Retail Bros, & Powell's Money Printer | Tony Greer

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 142 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tony Greer, editor of the Morning Navigator and founder of TG Macro. This episode begins ...

Co-Founder of Neoliberal School on the Foreign Policy of Presidents from F.D.R. to Trump | Joseph Nye

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 141 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Nye, the co-founder of the international relations theory of neoliberalism who is ...

Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation & Political Warfare | Thomas Rid

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 140 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Thomas Rid, Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanc...

The Age of Monopoly: Power, Censorship, & The New Consensus | Matt Stoller

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 139 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author ...

Germany's Constitutional Court Ruling & the Myth of Central Bank Independence | Adam Tooze

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 138 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Adam Tooze, professor of history and Director of the European Institute at Columbia Unive...

How the Wealth Gap Drives Imbalances in Global Trade & Finance | Michael Pettis

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 137 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with professor of finance at Beijing's Peking University, Michael Pettis. Profesor Pettis' res...

The Great Monetary Inflation & the Future of Digital Money | Michael Casey

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 136 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey about "The Great Monetary Inflation" and the...

'The Food Supply Chain is Breaking': Food Security During a Global Pandemic | Lowell Randel

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 135 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Lowell Randel, Vice President of Government and Legal Affairs for the Global Cold Chain A...

Radical Uncertainty: Investing in a Volatile World | Eric Peters

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 134 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management and author of Weekend Notes about investin...

Monetary Revolution: Innovation in the Age of Financial Repression | Nic Carter

26 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures, a Cambridge MA-based venture fund focused on seed stage investments in public blockchain startups. ...

The Power of Authenticity, Narrative, & Breaking the Ad Model | Grant Williams & Ben Hunt

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Special Episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas releases the overtime segment to Episode 123 with Grant Williams and Ben Hunt. The three dis...

Surveying the Damage: The State of China's Economy in the Wake of COVID-19 | Leland Miller

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 133 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Leland Miller, CEO of China Beige Book, which runs the largest private Chinese data colle...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Supply Chains with ISM CEO | Tom Derry

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 132 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management and publisher of the market-moving ...

The Second Leg Down: Strategies for Profiting After a Market Sell-Off | Hari Krishnan

05 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 131 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hari Krishnan, a portfolio manager at Doherty Advisors responsible for the VXR (VIX repli...

Gillian Tett | Wartime Economy: The Greatest Financial & Political Crisis Since World War II

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 130 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Gillian Tett, chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large of the Financial Times abo...

Why a Spike in the Price of Gold Futures Matters for People Buying Toilet Paper in Nebraska | Josh Crumb

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 129 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Josh Crumb, founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, which is launching a new commodity futur...

George Selgin | Government-Mandated Shutdown: Monetary & Fiscal Policy in Crisis

28 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 128 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with George Selgin, director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato...

Ben Hubbard | Saudi Arabia's Oil Price War & the Rise of Mohammed Bin Salman

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 127 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ben Hubbard, the Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times about Saudi Arabia and the ri...

Coronavirus: An Analysis Using Complex Dynamic Systems Theory | Yaneer Bar-Yam

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Special Episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Yaneer Bar-Yam, President of the New England Complex Systems Institute. Professo...

Theories of War & How the 'Rest' Learned to Fight the West | David Kilcullen

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 126 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with David Kilcullen, a theorist and practitioner of guerrilla and unconventional warfare, and...

Mike Green | Passive Investing's Role in the Coronavirus Market Melt-Down & Prospects for a Melt-Up

15 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Special Episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Chief Strategist & Portfolio Manager at Logica Capital Advisers, Mike Green, who...

Laura Huang | Find Your Edge: Learning How to Turn Adversity into Advantage

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 125 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Harvard's Laura Huang about her research into intuition and behavior as it relates to inv...

Peter Zeihan | Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 124 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist who combines an expert understanding of demograph...

Financial Nihilism: Price Discovery in a World Where Nothing Matters | Ben Hunt & Grant Williams

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 123 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with two guests who have each made one prior appearance on Hidden Forces: Grant Williams and B...

Demetri Kofinas Shares Stories from his Life and Career in Markets and the Media on TC's Chartcast

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Demetri Kofinas makes a guest appearance on TC's Chartcast, a boutique podcast for short sellers hosted by Tesla Charts and Georgia Orwell. Demetri sh...

Christopher Cole | The Hundred Year Portfolio: How to Grow & Protect Generational Wealth

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 122 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Christopher Cole, the founder of Artemis Capital Management about how to grow and protect...

Homo Sovieticus and the Wily Man: Truth, Ambition, & Compromise in Putin's Russia | Joshua Yaffa

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 121, of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joshua Yaffa, a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker about what life is like in Putin...

How to End the New Class War and Save Democracy From the Managerial Elite | Michael Lind

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 120 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Lind, a highly accomplished intellectual, writer, and academic about his latest b...

Sean Carroll | Why Almost No One Understands Quantum Mechanics and Other Problems in Physics & Philosophy

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 119 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sean Carroll, a best-selling author and research professor of theoretical physics at the ...

Jim Grant | What's the Price of Mispricing Risk? Interest Rates, Repo Markets, and an Activist Fed

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 118 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jim Grant, founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the fina...

David Epstein | Range: Why Generalists Triumph in Today's Specialized World

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 117 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author David Epstein about what the world's most successful people have in common. He dis...

Eugenia Zukerman | Like Falling Through a Cloud: a Conversation About Life, Music, and the Ethereality of Memory

29 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 116 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Eugenia Zukerman, an internationally renowned flutist, writer, and former television corr...

Cutting Edge Therapy: Cancer Cured After Eleven Years of Battling CLL | Brian Koffman

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 115 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Brian Koffman, a doctor turned CLL patient, whose patient education and advocacy efforts ...

The Rise of Passive Investing & the Fall of the Free Market | Mike Green

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with investor Mike Green. Mike Green most recently served as the discretionary portfol...

John Mearsheimer | The Failure of American Hegemony: Why Nationalism Trumps Liberalism Every Time

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 113 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with John Mearsheimer, professor of political science and international relations at the Unive...

Steve Keen | Monetary Misperceptions, Climate Economics, and the Limits to Growth

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 112 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Steve Keen one of the few economists to correctly anticipate the Global Financial Crisis ...

Nuclear Crisis: How America Lost Post-Soviet Russia | Stephen Cohen

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Politics at Princeton University and of Russ...

Kyle Bass | The Present Danger: America, China, and the Second Cold War

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 110 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Chief Investment Officer of Hayman Capital Management and founding member of the "Committ...

Rana Foroohar | How Big Tech and Finance Betrayed Us and What We Can Do About It

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 109 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Financial Times Global Business Columnist, Rana Faroohar about her latest book dealing wi...

Aesthetic Intelligence: How to Boost it and Use it in Business and Beyond | Pauline Brown

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 108 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Pauline Brown, the former Chairman of North America for LVMH, the world's leading luxury ...

Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation | Andrew Marantz

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 107 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz, about his new book "Antisocial: Online Extremists...

US Withdrawal and the End of the Rules-Based Global Order | Joshua Landis

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 106 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joshua Landis, a Middle East scholar and Syria expert about the disorderly withdrawal of ...

US Pullout and Turkish Assault on Kurdish Region of Rojava in Northern Syria | Jake Hanrahan

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 105 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jake Hanrahan about the crisis unfolding in the border region between Syria and Turkey fo...

Mike Maloney on the Hidden Secrets of Money, Libertarianism, and Austrian Economics

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 104 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Maloney, perennial entrepreneur and host of the documentary series Hidden Secrets...

Rule Makers and Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World | Michele Gelfand

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 103 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, who argues that the world's cultures can be classi...

Financial Fault Lines, Central Banks, and the Law of Unintended Consequences | William White

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 102 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with economist and former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, William White, about the stat...

The Age of Cryptocurrency and the Remaking of the Modern World | Michael Casey

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 101 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Casey, an acclaimed author, journalist, researcher, and entrepreneur who currentl...

Hedera Hashgraph Goes Public as Governing Council Deploys Nodes | Leemon Baird & Mance Harmon

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 100 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hedera Hashgraph founders Leemon Baird and Mance Harmon about Open Access, now that the n...

Sources of Financial Instability: Challenges for Monetary and Fiscal Policy | Claudio Borio

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 99 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Claudio Borio about outstanding sources of financial instability and some of the challenge...

9/11 Terror Attacks and the Saudi Connection | Senator Bob Kerrey

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I've taken the next few weeks off for a much needed summer vacation. I'll be releasing a couple of overtime segments while I'm gone that are normally ...

Hong Kong Revolution: Geopolitical & Financial Implications for China and the World | David Webb

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 98 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with famed Hong Kong investor David Webb, an outspoken critic of China's authoritarian grip ove...

What is Bitcoin? | A History and Ontology of the Cryptocurrency with Nic Carter

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 97 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nic Carter, co-founder of both the VC fund Castle Island Ventures, as well as the research...

Matt Taibbi | Democratic Contenders, Election 2020, and the Goldman 1MDB Scandal

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Hidden Forces, I make available the overtime to my episode with journalist Matt Taibbi that aired on February 18th, 2019.  ...

Raoul Pal | The Fourth Turning: Generational Theory and the Future of Global Money

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 96 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with investor and co-founder of Real Vision, Raoul Pal about the future of global money in a mu...

Ben Hunt | The Narrative Machine: Investing in a World of Tall Tales, Big Games, and Giant Cons

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 95 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with investor and author of Epsilon Theory, Ben Hunt, about the power of narrative and how it i...

Jerry Colonna | Heeding the Call to Adulthood: Lessons on Life and Leadership

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 94 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author of REBOOT, Jerry Colonna about leadership and the art of growing up.  This is a de...

🔊 Hidden Forces Service Announcement: An Opportunity to Listen and Support the Show

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is a service announcement for regular listeners of Hidden Forces. I have released a nearly 2-hour long recording of my conversation with Leemon B...

Stephen Walt | America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 93 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Harvard University's Professor of International Affairs Stephen Walt, about the arch of Am...