Episode Topic: Capitalism & Inequality

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EPISODE 32

The Union-Busting Industrial Complex: Pinkertons With PowerPoint

WITH GUEST PowerPoint

When workers start organizing, corporations rarely improvise. They call in the professionals. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson talks with Professor John Logan, Professor and Program Director of Labor and Employment Studies at…

EPISODE 31

Bigfoot vs. the Child Care Desert: Why Raising a Family Became a Luxury

WITH GUEST nationally recognized family-policy expert Elliot Haspel about why America's chil

Parents pay more than they can afford. Child-care educators earn less than they can live on. Providers still struggle to remain open. How can all three be true? Dave Pederson talks with nationally recognized family-policy expert…

EPISODE 30

Fund the Cryptid: Universal Basic Income and the Right to Say No

WITH GUEST Scott Santens

Universal basic income is usually presented as an anti-poverty program. Scott Santens argues that it is also a foundation for freedom—the ability to refuse an abusive job, leave a dangerous situation, care for family, or pursue…

EPISODE 29

Markets Built for Humans: Nick Hanauer on Why Trickle-Down Broke America

WITH GUEST Eric Beinhocker

Nick Hanauer joins The Bigfoot Manifesto for a conversation about Markets Built for Humans, his new co-authored work with Eric Beinhocker, and why America needs to abandon trickle-down economics once and for all. For fifty years,…

EPISODE 28

Bigfoot vs. the Server Farm: Who Pays for the AI Boom?

WITH GUEST Danny Caine of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance about the data center boom p

Everybody says AI lives in “the cloud.” But the cloud is not weightless. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave talks with Danny Caine of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance about the data center boom…

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…