Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Booking Overview

Long-form interview show focused on finance, economics, geopolitics, technology, and the forces shaping global markets and institutions, typically featuring established authors, academics, investors, policy experts, and analysts for extended discussions. Credible pitches include economists, fund managers, geopolitical specialists, technology and digital-rights thinkers, and authors with distinctive frameworks or timely expertise; booking is likely high difficulty because the show favors prominent, highly credentialed guests and in-depth subject-matter conversations.

Metrics

Episodes: 523

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 68.4k subscribers

Instagram: 1.7k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Demetri Kofinas - Media entrepreneur and financial analyst who examines the economic, political, technological, and institutional forces shaping markets and society.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established economists, investors, academics, authors, policy specialists, geopolitical analysts, and technology experts with recognized expertise, original analysis, and substantial professional or public credibility.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Academic or institutional leadership, Senior government or finance experience, Recognized media or podcast platforms, Original research or influential analytical frameworks

Recent Guest Discussions

Mark Galeotti - Russia's War In Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, NATO Security, Hybrid Warfare, Succession In Moscow, Russia-china Relations, Energy Markets, And The Global Economy.

John West - The Impermanence Of The Internet, Platform Agency, Digital Business Models, Artificial Intelligence, Online Truth And Knowledge, And The Collapse Of Shared Reality.

Cory Doctorow - The Economics Of Artificial Intelligence, Technology Business Models, Competition, Regulation, Platform Power, AI Investment Risk, Labor Displacement, And Open-source Technology.

Chad Bown - Trade Wars, Weaponized Interdependence, Industrial Policy, Semiconductor Controls, Rare Earths, International Trade Strategy, And Economic Conflict.

Patrick Boyle - The Spacex IPO, Financial-market Integrity, European Economic Challenges, China, Populism, Housing Affordability, And The Generational Wealth Divide.

Recent Topics

Geopolitics, Finance, Economics, Technology, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Hidden Forces

Will AI Really Kill Us All? | Harper Reed & John Borthwick

September 21, 2026

In Episode 498 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Harper Reed, entrepreneur and founder of an AI research lab focused on autonomous agents, and John Borthwick, founder and CEO of Betaworks about the real and perceived risks posed by the latest generation of AI agents, how to separate technical safety and existential risk concerns from the media narratives, financial incentives, and power dynamics surrounding them, the strategic competition between the United States and China over ...

The Great Financial Reset Has Begun | Marieke Flament & Nicolas Colin

September 14, 2026

In Episode 497 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marieke Flament and Nicolas Colin, co-authors of the Currency of Power newsletter, about why the global financial system may be on the cusp of a structural transformation comparable to the Nixon Shock and the collapse of Bretton Woods, the central role of dollar-backed stablecoins and programmable money in that shift, what China's construction of parallel financial rails means for the future of dollar dominance, and how machine-to-...

Are Rumors of an Imminent Russian Attack Warranted? | Yaroslav Trofimov

September 07, 2026

In Episode 496 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Yaroslav Trofimov, Ukrainian-born chief foreign affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and author of Our Enemies Will Vanish, about the Russia-Ukraine war, CIA director John Ratcliffe's recent visit to Moscow, and the growing risk that Russia will escalate beyond Ukraine's borders to test NATO's Article 5, how America's entanglement in the Middle East has depleted Western missile reserves and emboldened the Kremlin, turm...

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