Beat the Big Guys

On the landmark finale for Beat the Big Guys , Sandy chats with Ken McCarthy (Tivoli, NY) about his latest book How the Web Won which he says "reveals many previously untold details behind the dramatic emergence of the World Wide Web and how it came along just in time to thwart the last step of Bill Gates' plan for permanent domination of all the world's personal computers." Creator and Host: Sand...

Sandy has an animated chat with civil engineer Stephen Estopinal (Gonzales, LA) about the Advocate newspaper's insistence on repeating myths that were debunked a decade ago. Specifically, they discuss the unnecessary "levee board reform" which wastes expert time and talent because no one can tell the Army Corps of Engineers what to do. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry B...

Sandy sits down with a guest panel from the Slingshot, consisting of Stuart Lob and Rudy Vorkapic (New Orleans, LA), to discuss the beginning of Trump's second term as President, and the troubling consequences his recent displays of power might have going forward.  Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can...

In this episode, Sandy chats with Amy Nelson (Seattle, WA) about her public battle with Amazon after having her life nearly destroyed by Amazon's unfounded heavy-handed legal action against her husband. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/faMiWxtcFq8

Sandy chats with Kim Kelly (Philadelphia, PA) about her 2022 book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor and about how leaders taking on a cause must focus on the issues at hand; not on themselves or the people who are standing in their way. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen...

Sandy welcomes back Sherry Loeffler (Charlotte, NC) to discuss her triumph over a heavy-handed Homeowners Association who agreed to a $75,000 settlement. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/jEHac4YuKwA

Professor Leonard Cassuto (New York City) talks about his new book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter . In higher education, research has gained the upper hand at the expense of educating students, and the professor explains how this can change. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here: ht...

This month, Sandy interviews journalist Jordan Chariton (New York) about the explosive revelations in his book We The Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis and the Poisoning of 1000,000 Americans . Among many issues, they discuss the frequent unwillingness of the media to cover important stories and what you can do about it. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Ple...

This month, Sandy chats with Dawn Westmoreland (Asheville, NC) about her journey to blow the whistle on the Veterans Affairs office for illegal hiring and promotion practices. -- Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/Ag6VqLJlwfc

Sandy chats with Steve May (Ellicott City, MD) about his whistleblower lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and how he handled the threats of countersuit from Purdue. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/HFmbm4l4-_0

Sandy chats with author Jason Berry (New Orleans, LA) about his book Last of the Red Hot Poppas and how humor can be a great way to expose the Big Guys' bad behavior.  Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast. 

Sandy chats with Rich Holman (Medellin, Columbia) about his quest to beat Big Pharma and Big Government to alert people about the dangers of sugar and processed foods. Mr. Holman is author of Killing You Softly: How Sugar is Killing Us (Red Thread Publishing, 2023). Creator and host: Sandy Rosenthal Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, subscribe and ra...

This week, Sandy is joined by Harry Shearer (Santa Monica, CA). Best known for his work on both the Simpsons and This is Spinal Tap, he speaks with Sandy about how to make your message appeal to as big an audience as possible to Beat the Big Guys! Beat the Big Guys Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/ZUSfCK3fbSU

Sandy talks to Brinkley Hutchings (Fairhope, AL) about her activist past and her decision to build a school focused on cultivating the next generation of environmental stewards. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here:...

Sandy interviews Rob Lalka (New Orleans, LA) author of The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits into Power. They discuss how it's possible and beneficial to challenge people in power. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version...

Sandy departs from her usual format to discuss the value of awards and how they reinforce current supporter enthusiasm and also generate more supporters. Creator and host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive producer: Landry Bohn Video version here: https://youtu.be/Udf8JXYQi9s Please rate, like and subscribe on all your favorite platforms! 

Sandy speaks with Yana Yakushina (Ghent, Belgium) about her focus on establishing a legal framework for recognizing light pollution as an environmental concern. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Links to Yana Yakushina: https://www.linkedin.co...

Sandy talks to Celia Gonzalez (San Francisco, CA) of Other Avenues Grocery Cooperative, about her experience in local and global grassroots campaigns opposing genetic engineering and corporate consolidation. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  V...

Tessa Hill (Sebastopol, CA) talks to Sandy about her new book At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans . Tessa and her co-author Eric Simons aim to show how scientists' research and indigenous knowledge can be valuable tools in our fight against climate change.. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts...

Sandy talks to Anita Dhake (Denver, CO) about how she started retirement at the age of 33, how some people disapprove, and how she handles it. Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subscribe and rate this podcast.  Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/g-udaWqoFvk

Sandy chats with Jen Johnson (Bay Area, CA) about the two housing communities she founded where a group of people live and care in one house which provides relief for the housing crisis among many other positive results. Beat the Big Guys Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subs...

Producer Landry Bohn sits down with activist Stanford Rosenthal, who worked closely with Sandy on Levees. Org , a grassroots campaign to correct the narrative surrounding the 2005 levee failure in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Nearly twenty years later, Mr. Rosenthal has continued to draw on what he learned from this experience in an ongoing fight to Beat the Big Guys. Beat the Big Guys Cre...

Sandy talks to Niko Dunkel (San Francisco, CA) about his quest to bring access to solar power to renters who have landlords who may be resistant (for whatever reason) to climate-friendly and energy-efficient choices. Beat the Big Guys Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of the Top 100 Activist Podcasts by MillionPodcasts.com Be sure to like, subscrib...

In our 100th episode of Beat the Big Guys, Dr. Temple Grandin (Fort Collins, CO), Professor of Animal Sciences and autism rights activist talks to Sandy about her achievements in making slaughterhouses more humane and how being very specific and targeted in your goals is critical to success. Beat the Big Guys Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Recognized as one of th...

Sandy sits down with Carolyn Pistone (San Francisco Bay Area) to discuss her company's strategy of helping polluters move forward on the environment/social/governance continuum. -- Beat the Big Guys Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version of show: https://youtu.be/UVDxJpxaxdQ