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It was a dream-turned-nightmare, for former American football star, Wendell Brown when he began coaching his beloved sport to Chinese citizens. After being attacked by multiple men, in a Yuzhong District nightclub, the Detroit legend, is the one who finds himself in one of the harshest prisons in China, facing a nearly impossible battle against a legal system with a 99% conviction rate. Yet, hope arises in the most unexpected form: a group of strangers from around the world who, using the We ...
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For decades, Kurt Calabrese lived in the shadow of his father, Frank “The Breeze” Calabrese Sr., one of the Chicago Outfit’s most feared hitmen and loan sharks. Raised in a home ruled by violence, paranoia, and control, Kurt grew up knowing that loyalty wasn’t a choice, it was survival. In 2007, the Family Secrets Trial exposed 18 unsolved murders and a laundry list of heinous crimes that had terrorized Chicago for decades. Based on wiretap evidence from Kurt’s brother Junior, the case led t ...
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Often researchers and academics get ‘lost in citations’ –– we forget there’s a real person/voice behind the writing. In each episode, we focus on a publication that has caught the host’s eye. We’ll learn more about the writer and gain insights on researching and writing better academic papers. Rotating podcasts by Chris Haswell, Jonathan Shachter and contributing interviewers. [email protected]
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Investing on the Front Lines of the AI Arms Race | Nathan Benaich
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53:48In Episode 448 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nathan Benaich, founder and general partner of Air Street Capital and the creator of the annual State of AI Report, an open-access compendium that tracks advances across AI research, industry, policy, and geopolitics. Nathan Benaich and Demetri spend the first hour of their conversation e…
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A Practical History of Financial Markets | Russell Napier
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25:33Demetri Kofinas speaks with financial historian and investor Russell Napier about his "Practical History of Financial Markets" online course, which is provided in conjunction with Edinburgh Business School. Hidden Forces premium subscribers can sign up using their subscriber email + code "HF50" for a generous 50% DISCOUNT. Genius members can access…
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#190 - Taktak, M., & Bafrali, G. (2025). ChatGPT Usage Scale in Education: Validity and Reliability Study. International Journal of Technology in Education, 8(1), 193-207.
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49:19Chris interviews Professor Gorsev Bafrali from Gelişim Üniversitesi [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
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What Happens When Social Trust Collapses? | Peter Atwater
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3:26Episode 447 is the tenth installment in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Peter Atwater, a recognized expert on the impact of confidence and mood on individual and group decision-making. Peter's work has been instrumental not only in helping his clients, students, and readers understand how …
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Trump's Plan to Remake the Middle East | Kamran Bokhari
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1:03:43In Episode 446 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical analyst and forecaster Kamran Bokhari about Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan and the new security order taking shape in the Middle East. Kamran first appeared on Hidden Forces in the days following the October 7th attacks to discuss the wider war unfolding between the U.S., I…
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The "Boomer Blues" and a Return to Faith | Roger Mitchell
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1:48:05Episode 445 is the ninth installment in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Roger Mitchell, an entrepreneur and writer whose essay "The Answer Was Here All the Time," published in Grant Williams's 2025 compendium, explores faith, meaning, and the search for moral grounding in a contemporary We…
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#189 - Putney, H., Silver, S., Silvia, P. J., Christensen, A. P., & Cotter, K. N. (2024). Why does creativity foster well-being?
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1:10:08Jonathan welcomes back Dr. Paul Silvia (Citation 116, Citation 131, Citation 158) Professor of Psychology at UNC Greensboro. Read the paper here Dr. Silvia's Website Contacts: [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
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China's Quest to Engineer the Future | Dan Wang
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50:19In Episode 444 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Dan Wang, author of Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, about his pioneering new framework that compares the U.S. and China not along ideological lines or modes of governance, but by state capacity and the propensity to build. According to Dan Wang, China is an "engineering s…
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The End of Neoliberalism and the Coming Storm | Viktor Shvets
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54:34In Episode 443 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with former investment banker turned global strategist Viktor Shvets, whose books The Great Rupture and The Twilight Before the Storm provide an audaciously comprehensive and compelling framework for understanding the forces shaping our world. These include technology and finance, amplified by…
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#188 - Madarbakus-Ring, N. (2025). Metacognitive Listening Instruction in the Second Language Classroom: Integrating Theory, Method, and Practice. Taylor & Francis.
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Why America Needs a New China Strategy | Kurt Campbell & Rush Doshi
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53:58In Episode 442 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi. Kurt is the chairman and co-founder of The Asia Group and served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State in the Joe Biden administration and as the Indo-Pacific Coordinator from 2021 to 2024. Rush also served under the previous administration in his ca…
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Who Profits in a Post-American World? | Adam Posen
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57:15In Episode 441 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about the profound transformations underway in the global economy driven by America's transition away from being the world's primary insurance provider for international security to its exploiter-in-chief. In a r…
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#187 - Hofmeyr, A. S. (2025). Intercultural Perspectives: An EAP Course for Global Competence. Kinseido.
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51:02Chris interviews Ana Sofia Hofmeyer, Associate Professor at Kansai University [email protected], [email protected] Link to her book: https://www.kinsei-do.co.jp/books/4248/By [email protected]
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Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity | Paul Kingsnorth
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53:35In Episode 440 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Paul Kingsnorth, a novelist, essayist, and former environmental activist who first came on many people's radars during the Covid-19 pandemic with the publication of his viral three-part series "The Vaccine Moment." His current work explores the intersection of technology, culture, and the…
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How the Internet Went From Counterculture to Technofeudalism | Douglas Rushkoff
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56:51In Episode 439 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Douglas Rushkoff, a pioneering media theorist, best-selling author, and leading voice on how digital technologies shape societies, economies, and cultures. Rushkoff and Kofinas spend the first hour of their conversation tracing the arc of Douglas' career, from his upbringing in a communal…
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#186 - Algeo, M. (2025). New York's Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit. Island Press.
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43:10Chris interviews Matthew Algeo, an independent journalist. Take a look at his book here: https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorks-Secret-Subway-Underground/dp/1642833657/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NO0ASC4Z30MV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zV6fEVqsofYjJZ5MecawBsZeqLJoGzqoBT2qyP_0SvNDvk7TnXkRpKYGcO5o8F1wPKEa4BaTYbQm1GGx4modjFGbP8lUZYw2ceCZCeAkC3uuHbjp2rNqE1ar_0mZgp5xP9svJ7Tq9wkaQ…
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How Stablecoins Will Transform Banking | Charles Calomiris
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50:03In Episode 438 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Charles Calomiris, former Chief Economist at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, about his forthcoming paper "How Stablecoins Will Transform Banking," which is based on a presentation he delivered at the Hoover Institution's annual monetary policy conference this past May. Deme…
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Thematic Investing in an Age of Global Entropy | Marvin Barth
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50:43In Episode 437 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marvin Barth, founder of Thematic Markets and former Chief Economist for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury, who previously served at the Federal Reserve and the Bank for International Settlements and has led global macro and FX strategy on both the sell side and the buy side. Mar…
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The Great Rebalancing: Why Debt, Demographics, and Politics Will Crush Forward Returns | Sony Kapoor
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58:06In Episode 436 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with economist, policy adviser, and investor Sony Kapoor about why developed world demographics, debt, and political sclerosis will crush forward returns for investors who fail to rebalance their portfolios for the new investment paradigm. Kapoor and Kofinas spend the first hour of their conve…
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America Under Occupation: Truth, Power, & Imperial Decline | Jonathan Kirshner
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1:48:47Episode 435 is the eighth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with leading realist scholar Jonathan Kirshner about how eroding cultural norms, weakened political guardrails, deepening polarization, and the collapse of shared narratives and belief structures are leading to a break-down in…
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#185 - Sheftall, M. G. (2024). Hiroshima: The last witnesses (Vol. 1). Random House.
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59:06Chris interview Mordecai Sheftall from Shizuoka University. [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
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God Mode: The Technological Battle for Global Domination | Bruno Maçães
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1:00:52In Episode 434 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bruno Maçães, a geopolitical strategist and the former Minister of European Affairs for Portugal, whose latest book titled "World Builders" explores the intersection of technology and geopolitics. In the first hour, Bruno puts forward a radical new theory of geopolitics and technology tha…
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Failed State: Inside Britain's Governance Crisis | Sam Freedman
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55:05In Episode 433 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sam Freedman, a former senior policy advisor in the UK's Department for Education, political analyst, and the author of "Failed State," a timely exploration of the deep-rooted dysfunction within British governance and how to fix it. In their conversation, Sam Freedman examines the origins…
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Investing in a World of Permanent Stimulus | Vincent Deluard
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58:19In Episode 432 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vincent Deluard, Director of Global Macro Strategy at StoneX Group, where he advises large institutional investors on asset allocation, economic forecasting, and quantitative modeling informed by historical patterns and structural economic analysis. Vincent Deluard and Demetri spend the f…
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The Final Phase of the Debt Supercycle | Edward Chancellor
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1:26:05Episode 431 is the seventh episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Edward Chancellor, a financial historian, award-winning journalist, and the author of "Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation." Eddie, Grant, and Demetri discuss how excessively interventionist monet…
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#184 - English, B. (2025). Building a Shared Reality: Cultural Cohesion or Cultural Entropy. Presented at the 11th Lakeland International Conference, June 4th, 2025.
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51:52Chris speaks with Brian English from Tama University. [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
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Stablecoins are Fueling a New Era of Dollar Dominance | Vance Spencer & Michael Anderson
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46:11In Episode 430 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson. Mike and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures, one of the largest venture capital firms in crypto and one of the earliest and biggest investors in Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Kofinas, Spencer, and Anderson spend the first hour surveying the cu…
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Why Japan's Elections Could Blow Up Global Bond Markets | Weston Nakamura
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54:29In Episode 429 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Weston Nakamura, a Tokyo-based financial analyst and the creator of "Across the Spread," a market analysis and information service that identifies key market developments from the Asia-Pacific trading session, exploring their impact on equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities across g…
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Capital Flight, Trade Policy, and the Fate of the Dollar | Joseph Wang
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49:28In Episode 428 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Wang, Chief Investment Officer at Monetary Macro and the founder of Fed Guy, an educational media platform that provides financial market analysis to investors and policymakers informed by a deep understanding of monetary mechanics and public policy. Joseph and Demetri spend the fi…
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#183 - Gayed, J. M. (March, 2025). AiAWE (Version 1.0) [Web application]. https://app.awade.gec.waseda.ac.jp
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1:03:19Chris Cooper interviews John Gayed, Associate Professor from Waseda University [email protected] Other paper discussed in the interview: Wang, Q., & Gayed, J. M. (2024). Effectiveness of large language models in automated evaluation of argumentative essays: finetuning vs. zero-shot prompting. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1–29. https…
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Investing in the Chaos: Macro Signals in a Bot-Filled World | Le Shrub
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50:13In Episode 427 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Le Shrub, the author of the Shrubstack Substack who in his previous life was part of a famous team known for putting on "The Big Short" during the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. This recording is the result of a phone call Demetri made to Le Shrub to catch up on markets and life after retur…
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Trump Doctrine: A New Era of Gunboat Diplomacy | Stephen Walt
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48:54In Episode 426 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, about American grand strategy, the Trump Doctrine of Coercive Primacy, and the implications of Washington's new Gunboat Diplomacy in the Middle East. Stephen is a prominent membe…
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#182 - Wroblewski, G. (2024). No Wonder AI is “Anti-White”: Keyword Analysis from Media Coverage Using the NOW Corpus.
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44:01Chris interviews Greggory Wroblewski, Associate Professor from Kyushu University. [email protected], [email protected] You can find Gregg's bibliography here: https://hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/html/100018031_ja.htmlBy [email protected]
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Tehran to Taipei: the Risks of Strategic Overreach | Dmitri Alperovitch
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50:41In Episode 425 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical and intelligence analyst Dmitri Alperovitch about the new security dynamics and economic opportunities that arise from America's and Israel's attacks on Iran, the risks of strategic overreach, and whether U.S. actions do more to compel or deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. I…
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Israel-Iran War: Economic and Strategic Consequences | Kamran Bokhari
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1:03:02In Episode 424 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kamran Bokhari, Senior Director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy, who has served in the U.S. State Department and as a Senior Consultant with the World Bank. Bokhari first appeared on the podcast shortly after the October 7th attacks to discuss the violence ignited by Hama…
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The Party Comes First: Power & Politics in Xi's China | Joseph Torigian
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53:01In Episode 423 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Torigian, an expert on the politics of authoritarian regimes and the Chinese Communist Party, with a particular focus on elite power struggles, civil-military relations, and grand strategy. Torigian is also the author of a widely discussed new book titled "The Party's Interests Com…
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#181 - Lakeland Conference "Haswell on the Street"
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39:06June means it's time for the Lakeland Conference pod! Chris interviews: - Joshua Ludeman (Lakeland University) - Max Praver (Meijo University) - Ian Roth (Meijo University) - Drian Glyde (Virginia Wesleyan University) - Richard Lee (Kyushu Institute of Technology) - Aaron Hahn (Kyushu University) - Todd Beuckens (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University…
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Trump vs. Musk: One Big Beautiful Blowup | Lawrence Fossi
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1:43:01Episode 422 is the sixth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Lawrence Fossi, about the recent fallout between President Donald Trump and his biggest political booster, Elon Musk. This is a critical and sober exploration of the political and budgetary challenges facing the country. I…
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The Case for a New U.S. Industrial Policy | Ian Fletcher
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1:10:57In Episode 421 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ian Fletcher, one of America's foremost experts on industrial policy, about the problems with free trade and how to revitalize the U.S. economy. Ian and Demetri spend the first hour of the episode laying the foundation for the argument Fletcher and his co-author, Marc Fasteau, present in …
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#180 - Parr, P. (2024). Malcolm Before X. University of Massachusetts Press.
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51:20Chris interviews Patrick Parr from Lakeland University lostincitations.com, [email protected] [email protected]
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In The Future China Will Be Dominant & the US Irrelevant | Kyle Chan
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46:49In Episode 420 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kyle Chan—an expert on the Chinese economy and China's industrial policy—about why he believes China is poised to dominate high-end technology and manufacturing, and why factories worldwide will reorganize their supply chains with China at the center, as the world's preeminent technologic…
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The Path Through Financial Repression | Charles Calomiris
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1:25:35Episode 419 is the fifth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with fmr. Chief Economist for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Dr. Charles Calomiris about America's economic emergency and what our response to it should be once conditions push the country into a full-blown poli…
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#179 - Hopkyns, S. & Dovchin, S. (2024). Translanguaging and emotionality of English as a second language (ESL) teachers. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 62(3)
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49:15Chris interviews Sarah Hopkyns from St. Andrews University. [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
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Empire of AI: Inside OpenAI's Race to Conquer the Future | Karen Hao
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1:07:23In Episode 418 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas sits down with award-winning journalist Karen Hao to discuss Empire of AI — her inside account of how OpenAI evolved from an idealistic, safety-first nonprofit into one of the world's most valuable private companies in its race to conquer the future. This conversation takes you inside that transforma…
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Narrative Collapse & the Search for New Theories | Pippa Malmgren
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1:47:05Episode 417 is the fourth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with some of the smartest and most plugged-in people they know to help them navigate the once-in-a-century economic, political, and geopolitical reordering that is currently underway. In this episode Kofinas and Williams speak…
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In the final chapter of Killing Kurt, Kurt Calabrese travels to a remote house in North Carolina to confirm his father’s death. What begins as a simple errand turns into an emotional reckoning. Inside a dim room behind a red curtain, Kurt comes face to face with the body of Frank Calabrese Sr.—the man who dominated, abused, and haunted his life. Fo…
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Dangerous Dependency: Apple & the Rise of China | Patrick McGee
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54:11In Episode 416 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Financial Times correspondent Patrick McGee about the integral role Apple played in helping to build China's advanced manufacturing ecosystem—and the geopolitical interdependencies and national security risks now baked into that relationship. McGee's book "Apple in China" tells two storie…
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Wealth Preservation During a Fourth Turning | Russell Napier
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1:28:37Episode 415 is the third episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with some of the smartest and most plugged-in people they know to help them navigate the once-in-a-century economic, political, and geopolitical reordering that is currently underway. In this episode Kofinas and Williams speak …
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As Kurt Calabrese tries to settle into life after prison, ominous threats begin to arrive—dead rats on his porch, anonymous letters, and a staged bomb at his home—signs someone in the Outfit suspects he’s cooperating with the Feds. While he denies involvement, suspicion falls on his father and the father's girlfriend, Diane, whose presence near Kur…
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How To Monetize Government Policy | Mark Spindel
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1:00:43In Episode 414 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Mark Spindel about monetizing government policies and how an improved understanding of their effect on markets can enhance the value and performance of your portfolio. Demetri and Mark spend the episode's first hour evaluating Trump's first 100 days in office, assessing his policy objecti…
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