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Why History Can't Prepare Us for What's Coming | Alap Shah
In Episode 482 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with hedge fund manager Alap Shah, co-author of "The Global Intelligence Crisis," a three-part essay series examining the economic, political,…
How Demographics Will Break the Bond Market | Manoj Pradhan
In Episode 481 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with economist and Talking Heads Macroeconomics founder Manoj Pradhan about his and Charles Goodhart's new book, The Unanchored Central…
AI and the Collapse of State Power | Miles Taylor
In Episode 480 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Miles Taylor, former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration and later head of…
God, AI, and the Coming Violence | Will Manidis
In Episode 479 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Will Manidis, co-founder of healthcare AI company ScienceIO, 2019 Thiel Fellow, and early-stage investor, about the collapse of secular…
How China Is Winning the Iran War | Jon Alterman
In Episode 478 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jon Alterman, the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,…
US Grand Strategy & the Revenge of Geopolitics | Edward Luce
In Episode 477 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Edward Luce, columnist and US national editor at the Financial Times, about the history of American Grand Strategy and the revenge of…
Why America Cannot Afford to Lose Another War | Marvin Barth
In Episode 476 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marvin Barth, founder of Thematic Markets and former head of FX and EM macro research at Barclays, and Chief Economist for International…
Who Wins and Who Loses in the AI Economy | John Burn-Murdoch
In Episode 475 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with John Burn-Murdoch, columnist and chief data reporter for the Financial Times, about AI's impact on the economy and jobs, the widening…
The Last Ship Out of Hormuz: Why the REAL Supply Shock Is About to Hit | Rory Johnston
In Episode 474 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with commodity economist and energy market analyst Rory Johnston — founder of CommodityContext.com and host of the Oil Ground Up Podcast —…
Here's Why Trump is in No Rush to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz | John Konrad
In Episode 473 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Captain John Konrad — founder of gCaptain, the world's most-visited maritime and offshore news website, and one of the most influential…
The God Machine: Demis Hassabis and the Quest for Superintelligence | Sebastian Mallaby
In Episode 472 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sebastian Mallaby about Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of DeepMind and the man widely regarded as the most consequential figure in the…
Why There Are No Good Options Left in the US War Against Iran | Gregg Carlstrom
In Episode 471 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Gregg Carlstrom — Middle East correspondent for The Economist, based in Dubai and Riyadh, and a veteran reporter covering the region for…
The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control | Jacob Siegel
In Episode 470 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jacob Siegel — writer and editor at Tablet Magazine, U.S. Army veteran, and author of The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total…
America's Gamble: Regime Change, Retreat, or State Collapse in Iran | Hamidreza Azizi
In Episode 469 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hamidreza Azizi — Iranian scholar, visiting fellow at the German Institute for International Security Affairs, nonresident fellow at the…
What History's Greatest Currencies Tell Us About the Future of the Dollar | Barry Eichengreen
In Episode 468 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with renowned economic historian and author Barry Eichengreen about the history of international currencies and the prospects for the US…
When Empires Stop Building: The Iran War and the End of American Soft Power | Bruno Maçães
In Episode 467 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bruno Maçães — geopolitical strategist, former Minister of European Affairs for Portugal, and author of World Builders — about the Iran…
The Iran War and the Limits of American Power | Joshua Landis
In Episode 466 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joshua Landis, professor of Middle East Studies and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about…
The Coming Storm: Why 2026 Looks a Lot Like 1914 | Odd Arne Westad
In Episode 465 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Yale historian and Cold War scholar Odd Arne Westad, author of The Coming Storm, about why the pre-WWI era of multipolarity, imperial…
The Case for a Historic Reallocation to Emerging Markets | Sony Kapoor
In Episode 464 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with economist, investor, and sovereign wealth and pension fund advisor Sony Kapoor about the case for a great rebalancing of capital from…
How Big Tech Weaponized the Internet and How to Fix It | Tim Wu
In Episode 463 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with media and technology historian Tim Wu about how the rise of platform power has become the defining economic event of our time, why it's…
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