By working people. For working people. Welcome to The Rick Smith Show. Working Americans are tired of listening to think tank approved corporate news and commentary. They want a direct, honest approach to the issues that matter, so this is what The Rick Smith Show provides. No puppets. No focus groups. No talking points.
Episodes
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Nelson Johnson Executive director Pastor of the Faith Community Church joins Rick to talk about Labor’s involvement in the Greensboro area and the victories workers have had in North Carolina.
Friday Aug 07, 2015
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
Brett Bursey, Executive Director of the South Carolina Progressive Network tells Rick about the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House and the amazing woman who was viewed by many as the matriarch of the civil rights movement in South Carolina.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
Richard Koritz, Solidarity Representative for APWU and a Board Member at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum joins Rick to talk about the Civil Rights Center and Museum and shares his family’s history of standing up for workers and equality.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
Claude Barnes, Researcher at the Jubilee Institute in Greensboro, North Carolina joins Rick to talk about his being elected to student body president as a write-in candidate and how that event turned into he and his classmates being tear gassed and some arrested.
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Friday Jul 31, 2015
John Neurohr, Communications Director for Keystone Progress joins Rick to talk Harrisburg nonsense from attacks against Planned Parenthood to representatives not passing a budget, and to preview the upcoming North By Northwest Progressive Summit
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Isaiah Poole,
On-line editor at the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to
transportation bill, the Ex-Im bank fiasco, and to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of what Ronald Reagan said would be "a short step to all the
rest of socialism" in America.
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Edward Mooney, Vice President of CWA Districts 2-13 joins Rick in advance of a potential strike by workers or lockout by manage to talk about the tense situation as workers stand up for good jobs and fair compensation to a multi-billion dollar profit company.
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Patrick Nightingale, Executive Director of Pittsburgh NORML joins Rick to update where the Medical Marijuana legislation is and what is holding up its passage.
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Friday Jul 31, 2015
Patrick Nightingale, Executive Director of Pittsburgh NORML joins Rick to update where the Medical Marijuana legislation is and what is holding up its passage.
Edward Mooney, Vice President of CWA Districts 2-13 joins Rick in advance of a potential strike by workers or lockout by manage to talk about the tense situation as workers stand up for good jobs and fair compensation to a multi-billion dollar profit company.
Isaiah Poole,
On-line editor at the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to
transportation bill, the Ex-Im bank fiasco, and to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of what Ronald Reagan said would be "a short step to all the
rest of socialism" in America.