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The Epstein Files Are Worse Than You Think | Patrick Boyle

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Business, Government

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 458 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Patrick Boyle, a former hedge fund manager, finance professor, and the creator and host of one of the most successful business channels on YouTube, with over a million subscribers and nearly 150 million views spread across several hundred videos.

Patrick brings a unique combination of domain expertise and media savvy to his analysis of financial markets, economic scandals, and the complex web of power that connects Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Washington.

Demetri asked Patrick Boyle to appear on the podcast after discovering that his channel had been demonetized as a result of his exploration of the Jeffrey Epstein story—not the salacious details that have dominated headlines, but the deeper questions about the intersection of power, wealth, regulatory capture, and institutional failure that the story reveals.

They explore where Epstein's massive fortune actually came from, why simple explanations accounting for his wealth don't add up, what the heavily redacted release of FBI files tells us about how our two-tiered justice system operates in practice, and what Patrick's personal experience of having his YouTube channel demonetized for covering this story reveals about algorithmic censorship and the incentive structures shaping modern media.

The rest of the conversation is devoted to a broader discussion about the transformation of our information ecosystem, the power of platforms like YouTube to amplify or suppress content, what it would take to build a viable media company or platform that prioritizes quality and truth over engagement and controversy, the challenges facing young journalists trying to break into rapidly evolving industry, and why maintaining networks of trustworthy content creators and sources has become more important now than ever.

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Episode Recorded on 01/12/2025

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0:00.0

What's up, everybody? My name is Demetri Gaffinus, and you're listening to Hidden Forces,

0:05.9

a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens, the challenge consensus

0:12.3

narratives, and learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.

0:18.0

My guest in this episode of Hidden Forces is Patrick Boyle, a former hedge fund manager, finance

0:23.2

professor, and the creator and host of one of the most successful business channels

0:27.2

on YouTube, with over a million subscribers and nearly 150 million views spread across several

0:33.6

hundred videos.

0:35.6

Patrick brings a unique combination of domain expertise and media savvy

0:39.3

to his analysis of financial markets, economic scandals, and the complex web of power that

0:44.8

connects Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Washington. I asked him to appear on the podcast today

0:50.3

after discovering that his channel had been recently demonetized for a second time as a result

0:55.4

of his exploration of the Jeffrey Epstein story. Not the salacious details that have dominated

1:00.2

headlines, but the deeper questions about the intersection of power, wealth, regulatory capture,

1:06.4

and institutional failure that the story reveals. We explore where Epstein's massive fortune actually came from,

1:12.6

why simple explanations accounting for his wealth don't add up, what the heavily redacted release of FBI files

1:18.6

tells us about how our two-tiered justice system operates in practice, and what Patrick's personal experience

1:24.6

of having his YouTube channel demonetized for covering the story reveals about

1:28.7

algorithmic censorship and the incentive structures shaping modern media.

1:33.6

The rest of the conversation is devoted to a broader discussion about the transformation

1:37.8

of our information ecosystem, the power of platforms like YouTube, to amplify or suppress

1:43.2

content, what it would take to build a viable

1:45.4

media company or platform that prioritizes truth and quality over engagement and controversy,

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