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
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Margarete Strand, Executive Vice President of Public Citizen, reviews Democracy Awakening and the teach-ins, march and demonstrations that took place this weekend in Washington DC.
Edward Mooney, Vice President of CWA Districts 2 and 13, talks the Verizon negotiations and CWA’s strike.
Bob McDevitt, Bernie Supporter and President of Unite Here Local 54, joins the show to talk Bernie’s support for raising the minimum wage.
Benton Strong is the Managing Director of Communications at the Center for American Progress on NY and PA primary. He joins Rick to talk the NY primary and preview next week’s PA showdown.
Secretary Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Iowa, talks his support for Secretary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Margarete Strand, Executive Vice President of Public Citizen, reviews Democracy Awakening and the teach-ins, march and demonstrations that took place this weekend in Washington DC.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Bob McDevitt, Bernie Supporter and President of Unite Here Local 54, joins the show to talk Bernie’s support for raising the minimum wage.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Benton Strong is the Managing Director of Communications at the Center for American Progress on NY and PA primary. He joins Rick to talk the NY primary and preview next week’s PA showdown.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Secretary Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Iowa, talks his support for Secretary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Friday Apr 15, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Take a listen to the full show as we revisit the Best Of The People's Civil Rights Tour 2015!
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Janet Garrett, Oberlin public school teacher and Candidate for US Congress, talks education, running for congress and being a badass teacher.
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Larry Proffitt, Badass Teacher and Board member of the Tennessee Education Association, talks Education in Tennessee
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Dave Johnson, Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, talks the Panama Paper fallout.
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Covering another day at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia,and the speeches of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Today’s show features interviews with:
Jake Long, Democratic Candidate for PA 102nd State Representative, chats about his campaign to end political games.
Kent Courtney, Labor Trubador and AFSCME member, talks with Rick and sings some of the great union ballads.
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, sits down with Rick at the PA AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia to talk the state of education.
Will Fischer, Executive Director of the Union Veterans Council and friend of the Rick Smith Show, calls Veteran Class issues and Working Class issues the same.
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
This Friday we recap our exciting week at the AFL-CIO Convention, wrapping up some of our coverage of the event. We also talk about the Panama Papers with Matías Vernengo and Dave Johnson.
Richard Bloomingdale, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, reviews an exciting week at the PA AFL-CIO Convention.
Mayor Michael Nutter, former mayor of Philadelphia, talks his support for Hillary Clinton and what it takes to be President of the United States.
Matías Vernengo, Economics Professor at Bucknell University and blogger at NakedKeynesian, discusses the Panama Papers.
Dave Johnson, Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, talks the Panama Paper fallout.
Michael Barnes, Vice President of IATSE and President of IATSE Local 8, talks being a recipient of the COPE honors at the PA AFL-CIO Convention.
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Matias Vernengo, Economics Professor at Bucknell University and blogger at NakedKeynesian, discusses the Panama Papers.
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Mayor Michael Nutter, Former Mayor of Philadelphia, talks his support for Hillary Clinton and what it takes to be President of the United States.
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Richard Bloomingdale, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO,reviews an exciting week at the PA AFL-CIO Convention.
Friday Apr 08, 2016
Friday Apr 08, 2016
Michael Barnes, Vice President of IATSE and President of IATSE Local 8, talks being a recipient of the COPE honors at the PA AFL-CIO Convention