In this episode, host Dave Pederson sits down with journalist Mick Reed to explore how mobile journalism is reshaping how we tell stories, uncover truth, and hold power to account — even in an era of shrinking newsrooms and information overload.

From the field to the feed, Mick shares how smartphones have become the modern reporter's notebook, giving voice to communities often left out of the mainstream conversation. Together, they unpack the challenges facing journalists today — misinformation, media fatigue, and the struggle to keep storytelling human in a digital world.

Whether you're a filmmaker, reporter, or just someone who believes the truth still matters, this conversation dives deep into the power (and responsibility) of the press — even when the newsroom fits in your pocket.

📱 Learn more about Mick Reed and his work at mimojo.co

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Can you joke without getting cancelled?

Comedian Luis Jiminez (Upright Citizens Brigade) joins host Dave Pederson for a brutally funny and surprisingly honest conversation about free speech, comedy, and where accountability meets overreaction.

From comedians to culture critics, everyone has an opinion on what "cancel culture" really means. But is it about censorship—or consequence? This week, The Bigfoot Manifesto dives into the fine line between punching up and punching out—and what happens when the mob comes for your jokes.

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They told you to "work hard and you'll succeed." But what if that story was never true?

In this episode of 🎙 The Bigfoot Manifesto, host Dave Pederson sits down with journalist and author Sarah Jaffe (Work Won't Love You Back, From the Ashes) to expose one of America's biggest fairy tales — the Myth of Meritocracy.

From corporate bootstraps rhetoric to the illusion of "equal opportunity," we break down how the system rewards privilege while preaching hard work. Spoiler: Bigfoot figured this out ages ago.

👢 Bootstraps are a scam.
🦶 Bigfoot knows better.

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📚 About Sarah Jaffe:
Sarah Jaffe is a journalist and author whose work explores labor, inequality, and the emotional toll of capitalism. Her writing appears in The Nation, The Atlantic, and The Guardian.

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• Work Won't Love You Back → https://amzn.to/3UuPndW
• From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire → https://amzn.to/3Vspn3m

About The Bigfoot Manifesto:
A satirical progressive politics podcast where cryptids meet capitalism and Bigfoot organizes the forest union. We unmask the myths that power modern politics and laugh at the billionaire fairy tales along the way.

💡 Because believing in Bigfoot makes more sense than believing billionaires will save us.

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In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson sits down with author, journalist, and Gaslit Nation co-host Andrea Chalupa to unpack how Putin's propaganda, right-wing disinformation, and American media echo chambers have reshaped global politics — and why authoritarian myths spread faster than truth.

From Russian bot farms posing as "Christian moms in Ohio" to billionaires rewriting reality, Dave and Andrea break down how propaganda weaponizes ignorance — and why democracy still has a fighting chance (even if it's outnumbered by trolls).

🗣️ Topics include:

• How disinformation fuels fascism

• Why Americans fall for recycled Russian myths

• Zelensky, Ukraine, and the war of narratives

• Trump, oligarch money, and media manipulation

• Why democratic stories need to get weirder (and bolder)

👣 About the Show:
The Bigfoot Manifesto is a satirical politics-meets-cryptid podcast exposing capitalist myths, conspiracy culture, and the monsters running the system. Because believing in Bigfoot makes more sense than believing billionaires will save us.

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• Gaslit Nation → https://www.gaslitnationpod.com

• Book: Orwell and the Refugees (forthcoming)

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Bigfoot sightings and QAnon posts share a strange DNA — both thrive where trust in institutions collapses. In this episode, host Dave Pederson (Oscar-nominated producer of Super Size Me and Americonned) dives into the murky overlap between myth, propaganda, and politics with journalist and author Mike Rothschild (The Storm Is Upon Us, Jewish Space Lasers).

Together they unpack why people turn to conspiracy theories, how disinformation became a political weapon, and what happens when fairy tales take over democracy. From JFK to QAnon to the myth of the "deep state," this episode explores why our need for meaning often outweighs our need for truth.

📚 Books by Mike Rothschild:
• The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything → https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612199293
• Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories → https://www.amazon.com/dp/1685890682

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