
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


The End of the Beginning for Crypto | Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures

How to Position & Prepare Yourself for the End Game | Grant Williams

Global Food Shortages & the Need for Energy Security | Doomberg

How to Survive in the New Economic & Financial Order | Russell Napier

The Information War & Things Worth Fighting For | Demetri Kofinas

Preparing the U.S. & Europe for Russian Cyber Attacks | Chris Painter

Risks of Nuclear War & the Escalation Ladder | Jon Wolfsthal

The Battle for Ukraine & Prospects for World War III | Peter Zeihan

Quantifying Structural Risk in 'Zombified' Markets | Hari Krishnan & Ash Bennington

A History of Venture Capital & How to Make the Future | Sebastian Mallaby

Economic Warfare & the Weaponization of the Dollar | Julia Friedlander

Russia-Ukraine War & Risks of NATO-Russia Escalation | Dmitri Alperovitch

The PayPal Mafia & the Founders Who Shaped Silicon Valley | Jimmy Soni

Monetary Tightening & the End of the Risk-on Trade | Mohamed El-Erian

David Chalmers | The Metaverse, Virtual Worlds, and the Problems of Philosophy

Robinhood, Reddit, & the Revolt of the Retail Investor | Spencer Jakab

Why Did the Future Arrive First in Russia? | Peter Pomerantsev

The Kazakhstan Protests & Russia's Standoff With the West | Joanna Lillis

Is America Undergoing a Narrative Reset or a Realignment? | Saagar Enjeti & Marshall Kosloff
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