The Party Comes First: Power & Politics in Xi's China | Joseph Torigian
In Episode 423 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Torigian, an expert on the politics of authoritarian regimes and the Chinese Communist Party, with a particular focus on elite powe...
23 Jun 202553min
Trump vs. Musk: One Big Beautiful Blowup | Lawrence Fossi
Episode 422 is the sixth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Lawrence Fossi, about the recent fallout between President Donald Trump ...
16 Jun 20251h 43min
The Case for a New U.S. Industrial Policy | Ian Fletcher
In Episode 421 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ian Fletcher, one of America's foremost experts on industrial policy, about the problems with free trade and how to revitalize the U.S. ec...
9 Jun 20251h 10min
In The Future China Will Be Dominant & the US Irrelevant | Kyle Chan
In Episode 420 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kyle Chan—an expert on the Chinese economy and China's industrial policy—about why he believes China is poised to dominate high-end techno...
2 Jun 202546min
The Path Through Financial Repression | Charles Calomiris
Episode 419 is the fifth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with fmr. Chief Economist for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, ...
27 Mai 20251h 25min
Empire of AI: Inside OpenAI's Race to Conquer the Future | Karen Hao
In Episode 418 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas sits down with award-winning journalist Karen Hao to discuss Empire of AI — her inside account of how OpenAI evolved from an idealistic, safety-first ...
19 Mai 20251h 7min
Narrative Collapse & the Search for New Theories | Pippa Malmgren
Episode 417 is the fourth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with some of the smartest and most plugged-in people they know to help them ...
15 Mai 20251h 47min
Dangerous Dependency: Apple & the Rise of China | Patrick McGee
In Episode 416 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Financial Times correspondent Patrick McGee about the integral role Apple played in helping to build China's advanced manufacturing ecosys...
12 Mai 202554min
