Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

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Booking Overview

Hidden Forces is an economic/technology security show where Demetri Kofinas brings in major thinkers—hedge fund managers, economists, and former government/tech leaders—to connect AI and long-run political economy to real-world financial implications. It’s a strong booking platform for guests who can translate complex research or strategy into actionable insights for investors and policymakers.

Metrics

Episodes: 508

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 66.2k subscribers

Instagram: 1.7k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Demetri Kofinas - Described as a media entrepreneur and financial analyst who hosts Hidden Forces and speaks with guests to provide access to the people and ideas that matter for building financial security and stay...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior finance and market operators (e.g., hedge fund managers) and/or recognized policy/economics researchers; high-level former government national security figures; senior tech strategy or technology-security leaders; authors of major research or books tied to macro/AI/power dynamics.
Required Achievements:  
Authored or co-authored books/research tied to AI, macroeconomics, central banking, or state power, Leadership roles in hedge funds, think tanks, or technology/security strategy, Former senior government appointments in national security/technology domains

Recent Guest Discussions

Alap Shah - Ai’s Economic, Political, And Social Consequences; Automation/white-collar Displacement; Consumer Economy Impacts; Agentic Systems Disintermediation; Policy Interventions

Manoj Pradhan - Demographics And Real Interest Rates; Central Bank Independence; Fiscal/financial Dominance; Housing-market Implications; Financial Repression; AI And Inequality

Miles Taylor - Ai’s Existential And Civilizational Stakes; Erosion Of Centralized State Power; Private Power Concentration; Domestic Unrest And Infrastructure Threats; Synthetic Media And Consensus Breakdown

Recent Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Macroeconomics, National Security, Economics, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Hidden Forces
:

Ending the Iran War: a New Balance of Power in the Middle East | Hamidreza Azizi

June 22, 2026

In Episode 483 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Hamidreza Azizi — expert on Iranian foreign policy and international security, and author of The Axis of Resistance: Iran, Israel, and the Struggle for the Middle East — about the evolution of the US-Israeli war against Iran since the early weeks of Operation Epic Fury, the contours of the emerging peace process, and the broader transformation of the Middle Eastern order in its wake. The first hour picks up from Azizi's previous ap...

Why History Can't Prepare Us for What's Coming | Alap Shah

June 01, 2026

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, and social consequences of the dawn of artificial intelligence. Alap argues that AI is a categorically different technology from those that came before it, with profound implications for employment, the consumer economy, and democratic politics. The conversation explores why Alap believes the whi...

How Demographics Will Break the Bond Market | Manoj Pradhan

May 25, 2026

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 Banker, which argues that structural forces—aging demographics chief among them—are driving real interest rates persistently higher, deteriorating fiscal positions across the developed world, and ultimately forcing central banks to choose between monetary stability and accommodating the political demand...

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