The Rick Smith Show

The Pennsylvania Legislative Director for LiUNA Shares His Thoughts on #SandraBland and The Impending Fall Budget Battle

Abe Amoros, Pennsylvania’s Legislative Director for LIUNA joins Rick to discuss where things are with the 2015 budget impasse and give an insider’s view of where things are going.

#Kasich2016: Is Kasich the Moderate Republican the Media Makes Him Out to Be? Ummmm, NO!

Sandy Theis, Executive Director of ProgressOhio joins Rick to talk about former Lehman Brother Managing Director and Ohio Governor John Kasich entering the 2016 GOP Clown Bus.

#WorkerWednesday: How is the GOP Allowing a Carnival Barker Ruin the Presidential Primary?

Doug Cunningham, producer and the voice of Worker’s Independent News Service joins Rick to discuss the Labor News of the week.

Another Report Show's that the Social Security Trust Fund IS NOT BROKE!

Jasmine Jefferson, Social Security Works' legislative director to talk about the release of the 2015 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report. 

The Rick Smith Show - 7/22/2015

Abe Amoros, Pennsylvania’s Legislative Director for LIUNA joins Rick to discuss where things are with the 2015 budget impasse and give an insider’s view of where things are going.

Jasmine Jefferson, Social Security Works' legislative director to talk about the release of the 2015 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report. 

Sandy Theis, Executive Director of ProgressOhio joins Rick to talk about former Lehman Brother Managing Director and Ohio Governor John Kasich entering the 2016 GOP Clown Bus.

Doug Cunningham, producer and the voice of Worker’s Independent News Service joins Rick to discuss the Labor News of the week.

Joe Valenti from Center For American Progress Explains How the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Has Been Helping Working Americans for Five Years

Joe Valenti is the Director of Consumer Finance at Center for American Progress joined the program about the fifth anniversary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the wins the agency has racked up for Working Americans.

July 20 People's Tour Replay

Rebroadcasting segments from the first 2 days of the 2013 People's Tour for America

Is Scott Wagner Leader the Trump-ification of the Pennsylvania Republican Party?

John Neurohr, Jr., Communications Director at Keystone Progress joins Rick to talk about PA State Senator Scott Wagner showing off his toys.  First bragging about his helicopter and now not 1. But 2 iPhone 6’s that he taped to state property in the senate hallway. 

Naked Keynes Economist Talks About The Fire Sale Happening in Greece

Matias Vernengo, Bucknell Professor and blogger joins Rick to discuss the situation in Greece.  Will it work?  Or, is it just a big privatization scheme?

PSEA Vice-President Admits He Did Not Knock Over Scott Wagner's Sign

W. Gerard Oleksiak, PSEA Vice President joins Rick to talk about the Pennsylvania budget news and Senator Scott Wagner’s accretion that he could fire 10% of the teachers in schools and no one would miss them. 

Terrance Health from Campaign for America's Future Discuses the Week in Wingnuttery

Terrance Heath, Online Producer at the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to review just how far the GOP has gone off the rails as we talk Wingnut Week in Review.

The Rick Smith Show - 7/17/2015

W. Gerard Oleksiak, PSEA Vice President joins Rick to talk about the Pennsylvania budget news and Senator Scott Wagner’s accretion that he could fire 10% of the teachers in schools and no one would miss them. 

Matias Vernengo, Bucknell Professor and blogger joins Rick to discuss the situation in Greece.  Will it work?  Or, is it just a big privatization scheme?

Terrance Heath, Online Producer at the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to review just how far the GOP has gone off the rails as we talk Wingnut Week in Review.

John Neurohr, Jr., Communications Director at Keystone Progress joins Rick to talk about PA State Senator Scott Wagner showing off his toys.  First bragging about his helicopter and now not 1. But 2 iPhone 6’s that he taped to state property in the senate hallway. 

The Rick Smith Show 7/16/2015

Former Albuquerque Public School Teacher Michelle Accardi Explains the Benefits of Having Board Certified Teachers Inside the Classroom.

Michelle Accardi is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Childhood education and was an Albuquerque Public School Teacher.  Michelle explains why having board certified teachers are important for poorer schools.

AFT Maryland Organizer Angie Ardis Explains Why She Enjoys Working as a Community Organizer for Baltimore Schools

Angie Ardis is an Organizer for AFT Maryland and has worked on campaigns that expand funding and bring opportunities for Baltimore and Maryland students

Former Florida Teacher B. Grassel Talks About the Destruction Left in Jeb Bush's Wake as Governor

B. Grassel is a retired Florida teacher, former Lake County Education Association President and currently sits on the Florida Education Association executive cabinet.

Illinois Public School Teacher Explains How Governor Rauner is Holding the State's Budget for His No Rights At Work Agenda

Bonnie Saracco is a Professional Development Instructor for the West Suburban Teachers Union in Illinois and joined Rick at the conference to talk Bruce Rauner's attack on working families.

Delusional Pennsylvania Senator Places Hidden Cameras Outside Capitol Office Doors

Irwin Aronson, Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show regular is back to talk about the PA Budget, Pittsburgh Adjunct professors organizing and paranoia in the PA State Senate. 

Orange Is The New Black Taps Into Union Organizing and How People are Treated When Organizing

Leslie Tolf, President of Union Plus joins Rick to talk about her recent Huffington Post article that examines union themes in season 3 of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black and how art may simply be imitating life. 

#WorkerWednesday: Worker Indepdent News Explains How Scott Walker Is REALLY REALLY Bad for the Country

Doug Cunningham, Worker’s Independent News Service joins Rick to talk about the Labor News of the day.