THE BIGFOOT MANIFESTO

EPISODES FROM THE EDGE OF THE FOREST

Conversations on politics, power, labor, media, capitalism, conspiracy culture, and the monsters hiding in plain sight.

ALL EPISODES

LABOR &
UNIONS

MEDIA & PROPAGANDA

CAPITALISM & INEQUALITY

HOUSING & SURVIVAL

WAR & IMPERIALISM

TECH & SURVEILLANCE

IMMIGRATION & BORDERS

CRYPTIDS & CONSPIRACY

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?
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EPISODE 23

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

WITH GUEST Daniel Bessner

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 Bessner about U.S. empire, war, sanctions, oil, the national security state, and the political economy hiding underneath the language of “freedom,” “stability,” and “democracy.”
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EPISODE 22

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

WITH GUEST Dr. Peter Solomon

In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson talks with Dr. Peter Solomon, author of 100 Years to Extinction and 12 Years to AI Singularity, about artificial intelligence, human extinction, Henry Adams, technology as a secular religion, and whether humanity can survive the technologies it has created.
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EPISODE 9

Bigfoot vs. the Market Myths: Money, Fear, and the Stories We Tell About the Economy

WITH GUEST Barry Ritholtz

Financial markets aren’t rational. Humans aren’t rational. So why do we keep pretending capitalism is? In this episode, Dave sits down with Barry Ritholtz to unpack the myths, narratives, and straight-up fairy tales that shape the modern economy — the stories Wall Street sells, the fears politicians weaponize, and why we’re still chasing magical thinking long after the data tells us otherwise.
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