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 Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Matt Scharfstein, Executive Director of The Loyal Opposition joins Rick to discuss the Nonsense Nunes Memo and what the massive distraction was really all about for we the people.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Propane Jane is back to share her thoughts on the Dodge Super Bowl commercial and the outrage it has brought on from people seeing the hypocrisy of Dr. King’s words being used to sell trucks from the same speech he condemned advertisers.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Emily Peck, Sr. Reporter on Gender, Economics, and Inequality at Huffington Post joins Rick to discuss the how and whats of the recent reports of Senator Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump pushing a paid parental leave program.
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Nina Esposito-Visgitis joins Rick to discuss the possibility of a teachers strike in the Pittsburgh school district. There has not been a work stoppage in Pitttsburgh schools in more than 40 years. Why now? What are the issues? What can be done? Tune in.
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Penssylvania Attorney General Josh Shario joins Rick to talk about the latest attack on workers coming from the US Supreme Court and what Pennsylvania ia doing to stand up.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder of the Democratic Coalition and Democratic strategist joins Rick to discuss the latest news surrounding #ReleaseTheMemo as the White House reportedly is reconsidering moving forward.
Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, Network for Public Education Board member, and co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy joins Rick to discuss fight back against the centralization of public school children’s personal information.
Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss her recent articles on policies to deal with sexual harassment.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder of the Democratic Coalition and Democratic strategist joins Rick to discuss the latest news surrounding #ReleaseTheMemo as the White House reportedly is reconsidering moving forward.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, Network for Public Education Board member, and co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy joins Rick to discuss fight back against the centralization of public school children’s personal information.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss her recent articles on policies to deal with sexual harassment.
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Adam Parkhomenko, Political Advisor joins Rick to discuss the State of the Union address and to answer the burning question of the day. Did he stay awake during the entire speech, or did he fall asleep like Rick?
Sarah Burris, reporter at RawStory.com joins Rick to talk about the top stories of the day at RawStory.com, share her thoughts about the State of the Union address and to answer the burning question of the day. Did he stay awake during the entire speech, or did he fall asleep like Rick?
Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to discuss the upcoming Budget Address by PA Governor Tom Wolf and why the November election is so important.
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Adam Parkhomenko, Political Advisor joins Rick to discuss the State of the Union address and to answer the burning question of the day. Did he stay awake during the entire speech, or did he fall asleep like Rick?
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Sarah Burris, reporter at RawStory.com joins Rick to talk about the top stories of the day at RawStory.com, share her thoughts about the State of the Union address and to answer the burning question of the day. Did he stay awake during the entire speech, or did he fall asleep like Rick?
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to discuss the upcoming Budget Address by PA Governor Tom Wolf and why the November election is so important.