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Hidden Forces

Why does the price of gold futures matter to people buying toilet paper in Nebraska? How can we stop social media from eroding our democracy? Are we really in a new Cold War with China? On Hidden Forces, media entrepreneur and market analyst Demetri Kofinas uses a financial and cultural lens to help listeners make connections, challenge consensus narratives, and realize novel solutions to complex problems. Entrepreneurs, investors, scholars, artists, and others seeking to understand today’s complex societal problems trust Hidden Forces to give them an edge. Michael Casey and Sheila Warren write that Kofinas is “a master at drawing big-picture narratives” around complex problems, while Nathaniel Whitmore says Hidden Forces is “one of the most unique podcasts in the business space because it comes at business and markets topics with an interesting and broad, polyglot lens.” Podcast episodes feature a wide variety of luminaries, visionaries, and contrarians.

Episodes

How to Prepare for the Next Taiwan Crisis | Dmitri Alperovitch, Elbridge Colby, & Jamil N. Jaffer

05 Aug 2022

1h 22m

A Recession, More Inflation, or Both? | Eric Basmajian

01 Aug 2022

57m

Global Macro in an Age of Great Power Conflict | Demetri Kofinas

28 Jul 2022

53m

American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict | Elbridge Colby

25 Jul 2022

1h 2m

What’s Driving the Price of Oil? A Supply-Side Story | Rory Johnston

21 Jul 2022

Turkish-Greek Relations & Battle Over the Eastern Mediterranean | Ryan Gingeras

18 Jul 2022

1h 1m

Rise of Shadow Banking & Risks of a Financial Crisis | Lev Menand

14 Jul 2022

1h 2m

Energy Geopolitics & the Remaking of the Modern World | Helen Thompson

11 Jul 2022

1h 0m

Value Investing & How to Have “Soul in the Game" | Vitaliy Katsenelson

04 Jul 2022

The Power of Crisis & How to Fight a Geopolitical Recession | Ian Bremmer

27 Jun 2022

49m

How to Trade Market Sentiment & Why Inflation Is Coming Down | Jared Dillian

20 Jun 2022

54m

The Path Towards Self-Actualization & How to Overcome Your Fears | Demetri Kofinas

13 Jun 2022

1h 14m

The New Era of Great Power Competition | John Mearsheimer & Stephen Walt

06 Jun 2022

1h 7m

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