Beat the Big Guys

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 Video version here: https://youtu.be/Mj-igrFl_Eg Please rate, like and subscribe on all your favorite platforms!

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 Links to Yana Yakushina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-yakushina/ https://twitter.com/MrsYanka Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/jF7hzHnFOts

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. Sandy Rosenthal, creator and host Landry Bohn, producer Please like, subscribe and rate. Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/YgqU6KMMT3w

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.. Sandy Rosenthal, creator and host Landry Bohn, producer Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/UVuYQ8jWDI0 Be sure to like, rate and subscribe!

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. Beat the Big Guys Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, rate and subscribe! Video version of this episode: 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 Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/3bgCJUcUP5M

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 Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/8IDcxV0y9NM

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 Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn

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 Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/62u_6EDYoAg Be sure to like, rate, and subscribe on all your favorite platforms!

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

Sandy chats with social entrepreneur and author Kevin F. Adler (San Francisco, CA) about his journey toward understanding and ending homelessness. Be sure to like, rate and subscribe! Video version here: https://youtu.be/hzkI6ctTCII Find Kevin's book here: https://www.amazon.com/When-We-Walk-Forgotten-Homelessness/dp/1623178843

Sandy sits down with Ashoka Finley (San Francisco), a representative of the excellent Hypha Network, to discuss the important role which interconnection plays in a successful social movement. Beat the Big Guys Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Be sure to like, rate, and subscribe on all your favorite platforms!

Sandy visits with Cherry and Sherry Wilmore aka Everybody's Favorite Twins (Houma, LA) to discuss the importance of branding in their campaign––called CHeriSH Times Two–– to foster self-sufficiency through life transitions. -- Beat the Big Guys Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version here: https://youtu.be/056ciusRGww Be sure to like, rate, and subscribe on all your favorite platforms!

Sandy chats with Kristen Tieche (San Francisco, CA) about her quest to educate the American population about the importance of bats to our ecosystem and how videos of unseeable events can help with busting pre-conceived wrong ideas. -- Beat the Big Guys Host and Creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/-vS2vdaEwVs Be sure to like, rate, and subscribe on all your favorite platforms!

Sandy discusses the value of partnerships with Todd Reynolds and Rami Diaz (New Orleans, LA) both with Groundworks New Orleans. -- Beat the Big Guys Host and creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version is here: https://youtu.be/msb7PDDmX84 Be sure to Like, Subscribe and Rate on your favorite platforms!

Sandy chats with Dee Laninga (Bucksport, ME) about her work with Farm Action Fund, a farmer-led organization fighting corporate monopolies in agriculture with the goal of nutritious and affordable food. Beat the Big Guys Host and creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/fLMh4t8tJJM Be sure to Like, Subscribe and Rate on your favorite platforms!

Sandy talks with filmmaker Michel Shane (Los Angeles, CA) about his quest to make a 21-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway safer. Beat the Big Guys Host and creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/vGln_Hrdfmk Be sure to like, rate and subscribe

Sandy chats with Loretta Boesing (St. Louis, MO) about her quest to abolish forced mail order pharmaceutical delivery due to dangers of medicines overheating. --- Beat the Big Guys Host and creator: Sandy Rosenthal Executive producer: Landry Bohn Video version can be seen here: https://youtu.be/ZlVpmVfXujI Be sure to like, rate and subscribe

In celebration of the $35M settlement awarded to the residents of Gordon Plaza, Beat the Big Guys is proud to present our interview with Wilma Subra (New Orleans, L.A.) as our 90th episode. Subra worked closely with the residents of Gordon Plaza and provided invaluable technical data that aided their efforts. -- Beat the Big Guys Creator and Host: Sandy Rosenthal Executive Producer: Landry Bohn Video version coming soon! Connect with Sandy on Instagram @beatthebigguys