Hidden Forces

In Episode 88, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tony Award-winning playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler about her latest book, The Apology, which is a channeled atonement by her father for the years of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse that he brought upon her. Demetri and Eve also share their life experiences and have a deep discussion about gender roles and the responsibility of men in our changing social and cultural landscape.

In Episode 87, Demetri Kofinas speaks with philosopher David Weinberger about the science of prediction, its evolution, and its implications for a future where machines may provide better predictions than those generated by traditional models, but which may not be able to provide explanations for their forecasts. If machines become the equivalent of the Delphic Oracle, what will be the value of doing science?

In Episode 86, Demetri Kofinas speaks with TeslaCharts, one of the leading members of the online community known as TSLAQ, a collection of largely anonymous Twitter users united together by their commitment to exposing an increasingly dangerous fraud that they believe is being perpetrated against investors and the general public.

In this Special Episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kevin Smith and Otavio Costa of Crescat Capital about their case for an imminent bear market, a stagflationary economy, and the prospects for gold, stocks, and more.

In Episode 85, Demetri Kofinas speaks with China expert Anne Stevenson-Yang about the imminent dangers facing global financial markets in the event of a break in the renminbi-dollar peg.

In Episode 84, Demetri Kofinas speaks with celebrated author Johann Hari about his book “Lost Connections” and the silent epidemic of depression and anxiety that is pervading our society and burdening the lives of so many people.

In Episode 83, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the former head of the Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, about the future of capitalism and the global economy amid rising rates of populism and disintegration in the global order. This is an in-depth conversation on issue ranging from central banking and interest rate policies to alternative theories of money, geopolitics, populism, and the systemic risks facing the global economy, including a discussion about leveraged loans, junk bonds, and emerging markets.

In Episode 82, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Dr. Nicholas Christakis about the evolutionary origins of ethics, morality, and a good society. This is an episode full of fascinating stories that weave together insights from the fields of evolutionary psychology, moral philosophy, and genetics in a quest to understand our human origins, social norms, and moral values. @HiddenForcesPod

In Episode 81, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Safi Bahcall, a physicist, biotech entrepreneur, and the author of “Loonshots,” a book about how to nurture the types of crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries. Safi tells the stories of Vannevar Bush and the OSRD, Edwin Land’s Polavision, and the history of how Juan Trippe built Pan Am from a single seater transport plane flying supply runs from Key West to Havana, into the world’s premier international airline.

In this special episode, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ed McCabe about the latest woes plaguing Tesla after the SEC recently alleged in a federal filing that its CEO Elon Musk, violated a settlement with the agency when he tweeted in February about the electric carmaker's 2019 production targets. Midway through the episode, the two are joined by Lawrence Fossi, known by his pen name as Montana Skeptic and continue their conversation into the overtime segment.

In Episode 80, Demetri Kofinas speaks with CTRL-labs CEO Thomas Reardon, about his company’s ground-breaking innovations in neural interface design, computational neuroscience, and machine learning. This technology enables you to type without moving, play video games by only thinking, and move objects while remaining visually motionless.

In Episode 79, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Shoshana Zuboff, about the rise of “Surveillance Capitalism,” a pernicious new economic logic, which robs us of our experiences, dispossess us of our sanctuaries and makes our lives increasingly unlivable.

In Episode 78, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, about his ambitious project to update Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent, for the 21st century. The majority of this conversation deals with the subject of that book, which is a sort of operational manual for those looking to understand how journalists and the media shape social reality. Topics include the Iraq War, the 2008 Financial Crisis, and the 2016 Election.

In Episode 77, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Cal Newport about Digital Minimalism and the act of “choosing life” in a hyper-connected, surveillance economy governed by algorithms that have been scientifically engineered for addiction, supervision, and control. Learn more at HiddenForces.io

In this special episode, Demetri Kofinas and Lee Pacchia discuss their experience working in media during the 2008 financial crisis, as well as what it was like to come of political age during the 9/11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Additional topics include the wealth gap, cryptocurrencies, and foreign policy.