The PayPal Mafia & the Founders Who Shaped Silicon Valley | Jimmy Soni
In Episode 233 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with award-winning author and recurring Hidden Forces guest Jimmy Soni about his newst book on the PayPal Mafia and the founders who shaped Sili...
21 Feb 202248min
Monetary Tightening & the End of the Risk-on Trade | Mohamed El-Erian
In Episode 232 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Mohamed El-Erian, President of Queens' College Cambridge and chief economic adviser at Allianz, the corporate parent of PIMCO where Mohamed...
14 Feb 202251min
The Metaverse, Virtual Worlds, and the Problems of Philosophy | David Chalmers
In Episode 231 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with renowned philosopher and author of "Reality+" David Chalmers about the metaverse, the nature of reality, and the problems of philosophy in ...
7 Feb 202253min
Robinhood, Reddit, & the Revolt of the Retail Investor | Spencer Jakab
In Episode 230 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Spencer Jakab, an award-winning financial journalist who edits the Wall Street Journal's "Heard on the Street" column and who is out with a...
31 Jan 20221h 8min
Why Did the Future Arrive First in Russia? | Peter Pomerantsev
In Episode 229 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Peter Pomerantsev, a Soviet-born British journalist, former TV producer, and author about the break-down in belief systems and shared mytho...
24 Jan 202256min
The Kazakhstan Protests & Russia's Standoff With the West | Joanna Lillis
In Episode 228 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kazakhstan-based journalist Joanna Lillis, author of "Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan," about the recent protests and u...
17 Jan 202239min
Is America Undergoing a Narrative Reset or Realignment? | Saagar Enjeti & Marshall Kosloff
In Episode 227 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff, the co-hosts of "The Realignment," an absolutely phenomenal podcast that consistently produces some of ...
10 Jan 20221h 3min
Why Putin Plans to Invade Ukraine & What the West Can Do About It | Dmitri Alperovitch
In Episode 226 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Dmitri Alperovitch, the former CTO and co-founder of CrowdStrike, the world's largest cybersecurity company, which has been involved in inv...
3 Jan 202243min
