Why Do People Need Bigfoot to Be Real? Bigfoot as Emotional Infrastructure
Guest: Kev LeStarge Is Bigfoot real? That's not the question. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson sits down with lifelong Sasquatch researcher and children's author Kev LeStarge to...
25 Feb 48min
Opacity by Design: The Epstein Files and the Illusion of Transparency
The Department of Justice released three million pages of Epstein-related documents. Twelve ZIP files. Non-searchable PDFs. No index. No database. No public search tool. Technically public. Practicall...
18 Feb 42min
Due Process Under Siege | ICE & Political Retaliation
"Due Process Under Siege" examines the growing threat to immigration rights and civil liberties in the United States. This episode looks at how deportation policy, ICE enforcement, and executive power...
10 Feb 37min
Gnome-ageddon: Small Government Myths and Giant Systemic Failures (w/ David Dayen)
"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 ov...
28 Jan 43min
The Frankenstein of Gentrification: How Cities Built a Monster They Can't Control
🎙 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 p...
21 Jan 55min
How Christianity Indoctrinates Children—and Why It's So Hard to Leave
Christianity isn't just a belief system — it's a training program. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, host Dave Pederson talks with author and former Christian James Aames about religious indoc...
13 Jan 41min
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 L...
6 Jan 41min
Ghosts in the Machine: AI, Art & the Music Industry
This week on The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson is joined by Andy Shernoff — founding member of The Dictators, songwriter, producer, and historian of the New York punk scene — for a wide-ranging con...
30 Dec 202547min
