# Hidden Forces Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667.md RSS feed: https://hiddenforces.libsyn.com/rss Official site: https://www.hiddenforces.io Author: Demetri Kofinas Episodes: 509 ## Resource Get the edge with Hidden Forces where media entrepreneur and financial analyst Demetri Kofinas gives you access to the people and ideas that matter, so you can build financial security and always stay ahead of the curve. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hidden-forces-203667 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667.md ## Episodes - [AI Governance and the National Security State | Dean W. Ball](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/ai-governance-and-the-national-security-state-dean-w-ball) — 2026-06-27T13:13:44+00:00 - [Ending the Iran War: a New Balance of Power in the Middle East | Hamidreza Azizi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/ending-the-iran-war-a-new-balance-of-power-in-the-middle-east-hamidreza-azizi) — 2026-06-22T11:11:22+00:00 - [Why History Can't Prepare Us for What's Coming | Alap Shah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/why-history-can-t-prepare-us-for-what-s-coming-alap-shah) — 2026-06-01T16:48:18+00:00 - [How Demographics Will Break the Bond Market | Manoj Pradhan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/how-demographics-will-break-the-bond-market-manoj-pradhan) — 2026-05-25T07:00:00+00:00 - [AI and the Collapse of State Power | Miles Taylor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/ai-and-the-collapse-of-state-power-miles-taylor) — 2026-05-18T07:00:00+00:00 - [God, AI, and the Coming Violence | Will Manidis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/god-ai-and-the-coming-violence-will-manidis) — 2026-05-11T07:00:00+00:00 - [How China Is Winning the Iran War | Jon Alterman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/how-china-is-winning-the-iran-war-jon-alterman) — 2026-05-04T07:13:31+00:00 - [US Grand Strategy & the Revenge of Geopolitics | Edward Luce](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/us-grand-strategy-the-revenge-of-geopolitics-edward-luce) — 2026-04-20T07:00:00+00:00 - [Why America Cannot Afford to Lose Another War | Marvin Barth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/why-america-cannot-afford-to-lose-another-war-marvin-barth) — 2026-04-16T07:00:00+00:00 - [Who Wins and Who Loses in the AI Economy | John Burn-Murdoch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/who-wins-and-who-loses-in-the-ai-economy-john-burn-murdoch) — 2026-04-13T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Last Ship Out of Hormuz: Why the REAL Supply Shock Is About to Hit | Rory Johnston](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-last-ship-out-of-hormuz-why-the-real-supply-shock-is-about-to-hit-rory-johnston) — 2026-04-02T07:00:00+00:00 - [Here's Why Trump is in No Rush to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz | John Konrad](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/here-s-why-trump-is-in-no-rush-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz-john-konrad) — 2026-04-01T07:00:00+00:00 - [The God Machine: Demis Hassabis and the Quest for Superintelligence | Sebastian Mallaby](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-god-machine-demis-hassabis-and-the-quest-for-superintelligence-sebastian-mallaby) — 2026-03-30T07:00:00+00:00 - [Why There Are No Good Options Left in the US War Against Iran | Gregg Carlstrom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/why-there-are-no-good-options-left-in-the-us-war-against-iran-gregg-carlstrom) — 2026-03-24T17:21:23+00:00 - [The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control | Jacob Siegel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-information-state-politics-in-the-age-of-total-control-jacob-siegel) — 2026-03-23T07:00:00+00:00 - [America's Gamble: Regime Change, Retreat, or State Collapse in Iran | Hamidreza Azizi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/america-s-gamble-regime-change-retreat-or-state-collapse-in-iran-hamidreza-azizi) — 2026-03-18T07:00:00+00:00 - [What History's Greatest Currencies Tell Us About the Future of the Dollar | Barry Eichengreen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/what-history-s-greatest-currencies-tell-us-about-the-future-of-the-dollar-barry-eichengreen) — 2026-03-16T11:30:54+00:00 - [When Empires Stop Building: The Iran War and the End of American Soft Power | Bruno Maçães](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/when-empires-stop-building-the-iran-war-and-the-end-of-american-soft-power-bruno-ma-es) — 2026-03-09T12:40:00+00:00 - [The Iran War and the Limits of American Power | Joshua Landis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-iran-war-and-the-limits-of-american-power-joshua-landis) — 2026-03-05T01:30:51+00:00 - [The Coming Storm: Why 2026 Looks a Lot Like 1914 | Odd Arne Westad](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-coming-storm-why-2026-looks-a-lot-like-1914-odd-arne-westad) — 2026-03-02T08:00:00+00:00 - [The Case for a Historic Reallocation to Emerging Markets | Sony Kapoor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-case-for-a-historic-reallocation-to-emerging-markets-sony-kapoor) — 2026-02-23T08:00:00+00:00 - [How Big Tech Weaponized the Internet and How to Fix It | Tim Wu](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/how-big-tech-weaponized-the-internet-and-how-to-fix-it-tim-wu) — 2026-02-16T08:00:00+00:00 - [How to Build the Perfect Portfolio | Cullen Roche](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/how-to-build-the-perfect-portfolio-cullen-roche) — 2026-02-09T08:00:00+00:00 - [The Last Bubble? Finding Value in a World on Fire | Jeremy Grantham & Edward Chancellor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-last-bubble-finding-value-in-a-world-on-fire-jeremy-grantham-edward-chancellor) — 2026-02-02T08:00:00+00:00 - [Why Europe Must Prepare to Go It Alone | Carlo Masala](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/why-europe-must-prepare-to-go-it-alone-carlo-masala) — 2026-01-26T08:00:00+00:00 - [Iran's Counterrevolution & the Future of the Greater Middle East | Kamran Bokhari](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/iran-s-counterrevolution-the-future-of-the-greater-middle-east-kamran-bokhari) — 2026-01-19T08:00:00+00:00 - [The Epstein Files Are Worse Than You Think | Patrick Boyle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-epstein-files-are-worse-than-you-think-patrick-boyle) — 2026-01-15T09:00:00+00:00 - [The Mattering Instinct: Our Desperate Need to Find Meaning | Rebecca Goldstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/the-mattering-instinct-our-desperate-need-to-find-meaning-rebecca-goldstein) — 2026-01-12T08:00:00+00:00 - [Trump's New Strategy for Latin America: Venezuela, Cuba, & the 'Donroe Doctrine' | Brian Winter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/trump-s-new-strategy-for-latin-america-venezuela-cuba-the-donroe-doctrine-brian-winter) — 2026-01-08T08:00:00+00:00 - [Late-Cycle Investment Theory: Foundations for the Coming Decade | Nicolas Colin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-forces-203667/late-cycle-investment-theory-foundations-for-the-coming-decade-nicolas-colin) — 2026-01-05T13:30:19+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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