Episode Topic: Labor & Unions

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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 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 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 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 10

Art Against Extinction

WITH GUEST Ethan Minsker What responsibility do artists have in an era of climate crisis

Sustainable Creativity, DIY Economies, and Fighting Corporate Control with Ethan Minsker What responsibility do artists have in an era of climate crisis, corporate consolidation, and cultural disposability? In Episode Ten of The Bigfoot Manifesto, host Dave…