EPISODE 27

Bigfoot vs. The Union-Busting Machine

WITH GUEST Derrick Palmer

The real monster isn’t hiding in the warehouse. It’s in the scanner, the algorithm, the productivity metric, the union-busting meeting, the legal delay, and the idea that workers should be grateful just to survive. In Episode…

EPISODE 25

Bigfoot vs. the Healthcare Desert: Why America Can’t Heal Its Kids

WITH GUEST Victoria Casavecchia

In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave talks with Victoria Casavecchia, founder of Empowered Victories Wellness, a Registered Nurse and Board-Certified Nurse Coach with nearly 30 years of experience in pediatric nursing. Victoria joins the…

EPISODE 24

Bigfoot vs. the Monopoly Machine: Amazon, Dollar Stores, and the Fight for Local Power

WITH GUEST Stacy Mitchell

What if the real monster eating Main Street isn’t hiding in the woods — it’s hiding in the checkout button, the delivery truck, the dollar store, the grocery aisle, and the corporate boardroom? In this episode…

EPISODE 23

War as a Subsidy for Capitalism: Iran, Venezuela, and the Business of Empire

WITH GUEST historian

Is war a glitch in the American system — or is it how the system works? In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson talks with historian, foreign policy analyst, and American Prestige co-host Daniel…

EPISODE 22

AI Singularity & Human Extinction: Dr. Peter Solomon on the Machine God

WITH GUEST Dr. Peter Solomon

Is AI still just a tool — or have we started worshipping the machine? In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson talks with Dr. Peter Solomon, author of 100 Years to Extinction and 12…

EPISODE 21

Everything Connected: The Architecture of the American Con

In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson is joined by fellow producer Jeff Mann and director Sean Claffey to revisit Americonned and ask a hard question: what has changed since the film first came…

EPISODE 15

Gnome-ageddon: Small Government Myths and Giant Systemic Failures (w/ David Dayen)

WITH GUEST David Dayen David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and an award-winning journalist who has spent decades investigating corporate power, financial corruption, and public policy failures

“Small government” sounds comforting — a tidy garden where everyone minds their own business and freedom magically flourishes. But while we’re admiring the gnomes, something much bigger is climbing over the fence. This week on The…

EPISODE 14

The Frankenstein of Gentrification: How Cities Built a Monster They Can’t Control

WITH GUEST Samuel Stein Samuel Stein is a housing policy expert, urban planner, and author of Capital City, a definitive breakdown of how real estate finance shapes cities and democracy

🎙 The Bigfoot Manifesto Gentrification isn’t “organic change.” It isn’t inevitable. And it definitely isn’t caused by coffee shops. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, we’re joined by housing policy expert and author Samuel Stein…

EPISODE 12

Wait Times, Bad Chatbots, Outsourced Reps—It’s All Deliberate

Bigfoot vs. Customer Service Hell – Why Everything is Broken Customer service used to be a feature. Now it’s a weapon. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, host Dave Pederson is joined by Jared Lerner,…

EPISODE 7

The Loch Ness Monster of Climate Change: Why We Ignore the Giant in the Room

WITH GUEST climate activist and Zero Hour co-founder Jamie Margolin about how fossil-fuel gi

Guest: Jamie Margolin — Climate Activist, Author, Co-Founder of Zero Hour What if the real monster haunting our planet isn’t lurking deep in a lake — but sitting in a corporate boardroom? In this episode, Dave…

Episode Topic: Capitalism & Inequality

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EPISODE 27

Bigfoot vs. The Union-Busting Machine

WITH GUEST Derrick Palmer

EPISODE 25

Bigfoot vs. the Healthcare Desert: Why America Can’t Heal Its Kids

WITH GUEST Victoria Casavecchia

EPISODE 24

Bigfoot vs. the Monopoly Machine: Amazon, Dollar Stores, and the Fight for Local Power

WITH GUEST Stacy Mitchell

EPISODE 23

War as a Subsidy for Capitalism: Iran, Venezuela, and the Business of Empire

WITH GUEST historian

EPISODE 22

AI Singularity & Human Extinction: Dr. Peter Solomon on the Machine God

WITH GUEST Dr. Peter Solomon

EPISODE 21

Everything Connected: The Architecture of the American Con

EPISODE 15

Gnome-ageddon: Small Government Myths and Giant Systemic Failures (w/ David Dayen)

WITH GUEST David Dayen David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and an award-winning journalist who has spent decades investigating corporate power, financial corruption, and public policy failures

EPISODE 14

The Frankenstein of Gentrification: How Cities Built a Monster They Can’t Control

WITH GUEST Samuel Stein Samuel Stein is a housing policy expert, urban planner, and author of Capital City, a definitive breakdown of how real estate finance shapes cities and democracy

EPISODE 12

Wait Times, Bad Chatbots, Outsourced Reps—It’s All Deliberate

EPISODE 7

The Loch Ness Monster of Climate Change: Why We Ignore the Giant in the Room

WITH GUEST climate activist and Zero Hour co-founder Jamie Margolin about how fossil-fuel gi

Episode Topic: Capitalism & Inequality

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WITH GUEST David Dayen David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and an award-winning journalist who has spent decades investigating corporate power, financial corruption, and public policy failures

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WITH GUEST Samuel Stein Samuel Stein is a housing policy expert, urban planner, and author of Capital City, a definitive breakdown of how real estate finance shapes cities and democracy

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