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
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and Naked Keynes blogger joins Rick to discuss the latest jobs numbers and talk about the need for policies to grow the manufacturing sector in the country.
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Isaiah Poole, Director of Online Communications for the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to talk about Mississippi House Bill 1523, North Carolina’s HB 2 and the push by the radical right to push a Christian version of Sharia Law.
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Friday Apr 01, 2016
John Moeller, Board Member of the Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates and PAC joins Rick to discuss the recent comments by GOP Presidential front-runner Donald Trump that women should be punished for having an abortion and examine recent bills attacking a women’s right to choose from around the nation.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Josh Shapiro, Democratic Candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General, talks his recent endorsement from President Obama and VP Biden and his campaign for state office.
Lou Berry, UPMC worker and union activist on the Fight for $15 and a union joins Rick to discuss the recent announcement by UPMC to raise their starting minimum wage to $15 by 2021 and how the workers are responding to the news.
Katie McGinty, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her support from the White House and Pennsylvania Labor in her campaign to unseat Pat Toomey.
Vernon Gammon, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 391, discusses MillerCoors’ decision to close award-winning plant in Eden, NC, and today’s potential invoking of the WARN Act, which would give 520 workers 60-days notice.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Josh Shapiro, Democratic Candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General, talks his recent endorsement from President Obama and VP Biden and his campaign for state office.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Katie McGinty, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her support from the White House and Pennsylvania Labor in her campaign to unseat Pat Toomey.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Vernon Gammon, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 391, discusses MillerCoors’ decision to close award-winning plant in Eden, NC, and today’s potential invoking of the WARN Act, which would give 520 workers 60-days notice.