
The Hype Machine: The Promise and the Peril of Social Media | Sinan Aral
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 peril of social media. Is social media a force for me...
14 Sep 20201h 2min

The Rise of Carry: the New Financial Order of Decaying Growth & Recurring Crisis
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 financial markets today is not, as is commonly believed...
7 Sep 202056min

Some Thoughts to End the Summer...
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 months. You can access the Hidden Forces episode over...
31 Aug 202013min

Erdoğan's Turkey & the Revival of the Ottoman Empire | Soner Çağaptay
In Episode 152 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Soner Çağaptay, the Beyer Family fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute. Soner has written extensi...
24 Aug 202053min

Uncharted Future: Learning to Navigate an Unpredictable World | Margaret Heffernan
In Episode 151 of Hidden Forces, In Episode 151 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker Margaret Heffernan, whose best-selling book Willful Blindnes...
17 Aug 20201h 3min

Is Gold in a New Bull Market? A Deep-Dive Into Humanity's 5,000-Year-Old Obsession | Rick Rule
In Episode 150 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rick Rule, President & CEO of Sprott US Holdings and Senior Managing Director of Sprott Inc. a global, alternative asset manager focused on...
10 Aug 202051min

The Death of Engagement: America's New Cold War with China | Orville Schell
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 implications of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
3 Aug 20201h 3min

The Rise of Decentralized Finance | Framework Ventures' Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer
In Episode 148 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer. Mike and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures, a thesis-driven venture capital firm whose team ...
27 Jul 202057min





















