The Bigfoot Manifesto

In Episode 20 of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson sits down with former police chief, law enforcement consultant, educator, and DOJ reform expert Dr. Edward Dwain Denmark for a deep conversation about policing in America: how its myths are built, how power is protected, and why accountability so often breaks down. This episode digs into […]

Episode 19: The Sasquatch Paradox 2.0 — Why AI Replaces Workers, Not CEOs If AI is supposedly smart enough to replace drivers, writers, coders, designers, warehouse workers, and maybe even teachers, then why does it never seem to come for hedge fund managers, private equity executives, or the C-suite? In Episode 19 of The Bigfoot […]

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 explore something deeper: why people need Bigfoot to be real. Kev grew up in Wisconsin chasing the mystery of Sasquatch, eventually going on expeditions […]

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. Practically unusable. In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave is joined by investigative journalist Andrea Chalupa (Gaslit Nation) and civic technologist Patrick Duggan to unpack what transparency actually […]

“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, especially under Donald Trump, are testing the limits of constitutional law. This is not about partisan politics. It is about transparency, accountability, and whether due […]

“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 Bigfoot Manifesto, host Dave Pederson is joined by David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect and one of […]

🎙 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 to unpack how gentrification is built—by policy, finance, zoning laws, tax incentives, and real estate speculation—and why cities keep […]

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 indoctrination, fear-based belief, and why leaving faith is so psychologically difficult. James explains how Christianity spreads through childhood conditioning rather than adult choice, why […]

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, the creator of Customer Service Hell, a website documenting the most infuriating, absurd, and soul-crushing customer service experiences of […]

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 conversation about music, technology, and who actually gets paid anymore. Andy has lived through every major shift in the music industry: from […]