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Episodes
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) joins Rick to discuss her union’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the nation’s next president and to preview the upcoming Vice President’s debate.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Anisha Singh, Campaign Manager for Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the opening day of this US Supreme Court term, how an eight-member court is expected to operate, and what cases are on, and off the docket.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies and author joins Rick to discuss his latest book, “Born on Third Base” and talk about his work dedicated to closing inequality gap.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Matt Mittenthal, National Spokesperson for the Hillary Clinton campaign joins Rick to discuss the recent New York Times story on Republican opponent Donald Trump declaring a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns and explain what the campaign believes the limited information shows on how the GOP candidate would govern.
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale joins Rick to talk about the recent New York Times story regarding what is knows about the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumps leaked limited 1995 taxes returns and what aggressive tax avoidance schemes have done to state coffers and public services.
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero and the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to report on the latest news and up-to-date information on the continuing contract negotiations between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the union (APSCUF) representing higher education faculty.
Jonathan Pelto, manager of Education Bloggers Network, blogger, former Connecticut House Representative and current US Congressional candidate joins Rick to talk about the disastrous new SAT test and talk about the SAT whistleblowerwho exposed what is described as a “global fraud” “committed against millions of students and their families.”
Dr. Tim Slekar, Dean of Education at Edgewood College in Wisconsin and Host of BustED Pencils Radio joins Rick to talk about the political nature of the “teacher shortage” as there appears to be a mass exodus of teachers leaving the profession due to the ongoing attacks on public education and their profession.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Matt Mittenthal, National Spokesperson for the Hillary Clinton campaign joins Rick to discuss the recent New York Times story on Republican opponent Donald Trump declaring a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns and explain what the campaign believes the limited information shows on how the GOP candidate would govern.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale joins Rick to talk about the recent New York Times story regarding what is knows about the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumps leaked limited 1995 taxes returns and what aggressive tax avoidance schemes have done to state coffers and public services.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero and the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to report on the latest news and up-to-date information on the continuing contract negotiations between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the union (APSCUF) representing higher education faculty.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Jonathan Pelto, manager of Education Bloggers Network, blogger, former Connecticut House Representative and current US Congressional candidate joins Rick to talk about the disastrous new SAT test and talk about the SAT whistleblower who exposed what is described as a “global fraud” “committed against millions of students and their families.”
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Dr. Tim Slekar, Dean of Education at Edgewood College in Wisconsin and Host of BustED Pencils Radio joins Rick to talk about the political nature of the “teacher shortage” as there appears to be a mass exodus of teachers leaving the profession due to the ongoing attacks on public education and their profession.