
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.
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 May 12, 2020
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Bob Ney: Flynn mislead the VP of the US. I'm shocked Pence would even say anything that he would welcome him. Rick: "Mislead" is a nice way of saying "lied."

Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
@Funder @TheDemCoalition #DworkinReport @mikemadowitz @CAPEconomy @CAPAction @jerseyjazzman @BobNey

Saturday May 09, 2020
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder, Democratic Coalition
Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
Scott Dworkin: If everyone gets a chance to vote, the Republicans will lose. The world is changing & they'll have to change with it.

Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
Michael Madowitz: The WH said today, after the worst jobs report since we've been making them, that they don't see a reason for a stimulus. We're 20 million jobs down; we haven't done a big public health ramp up.

Saturday May 09, 2020
Mark Weber, PhD, Education Blogger
Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
Mark Weber, PhD.: According to federal data, NJ has 49% fewer teacher candidates over the last decade. We're heading into a bad patch [with the pandemic]--there's no question about it.

Saturday May 09, 2020
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman
Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
Bob Ney: VP Pence wanted to move empty boxes for the photo op to pretend he was moving boxes of PPE. Like Forrest Gump says, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
@AFGENational #NursesWeek2020 #ProudToBeAFGE @Connor__Maxwell @CAPTalksRace @AMProg @CAP @seiuhcpa #NurseWeek #GetMePPE #NursePlatform @MtnMD @masksnoworg #MasksNOW #CoronaVirusUpdate

Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Connor Maxwell: People of color are contracting & dying from coronavirus more than other demographics. They're more likely to work on the front line, to be essential workers, & to have pre-existing conditions.

Friday May 08, 2020
Ben Speight, AFGE's Crisis Response Campaign
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Ben Speight: There are several things bringing VA workers together, incl a shortage of PPE. This past week, workers at VA, organized by AFGE & National Nurses Union won increased supplies of masks instead of 1xday.

Friday May 08, 2020
Mimi G Waldman, Nurse Educator
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Mimi G Waldman: When we talk about people getting the healthcare we need, it needs to include mental health care as well as physical health care.

Friday May 08, 2020
Dr. Kelly Sennholz, Co-Founder MasksNowOrg
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Dr. Kelly Sennholz: A lot of the danger Trump is inflicting on this nation is not things that can easily be flipped back on, it's things like institutional knowledge that have been years in the making.

Thursday May 07, 2020
The Rick Smith Show
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
@thejaymiecobb @Teamsters @RepubTeamsters @Teamsters @cheryldgb @BadassTeachersA @chrissievac @BadassTeachersA @BobNey

Thursday May 07, 2020

Thursday May 07, 2020
Christine Vaccaro
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Christine Vaccaro: Teaching doesn't really feel like the same job at all. At my school, we have some prerecorded lessons happening & some online learning.

Thursday May 07, 2020
Cheryl Gibbs Binkley
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Cheryl Gibbs Binkley: It doesn't make sense why our economy is in free fall but Wall Street isn't. Things are changing but not in the predictable way we'd have expected. Rick: The same with education, moving everything online.

Thursday May 07, 2020
Jerome Westpoint
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Jerome Westpoint: Republic Services is a great company but it's the management at the facility that makes it bad.

Thursday May 07, 2020
Jaymie Cobb
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Jaymie Cobb: The union can train staffers so we can hit the ground running. There will be a diverse (backgrounds & age, not just colors) body of people to hire from who have campaign training.

Thursday May 07, 2020
payton Corbett
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Payton Corbett: I have a friend who works at a small craft brewery. He & some coworkers got together to discuss the lack of safety precautions. The boss had a Zoom meeting & his attempt at empathy w/ workers was to say he couldn't go out jogging.

Wednesday May 06, 2020
The Rick Smith Show
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
@238Teamsters @Teamsters @teamstersDRIVE @DebbieBerkowitz @NELPnews @chrislilienthal @PSEA @DMRDynamics #Covid19

Wednesday May 06, 2020
Debbie Berkowitz
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Debbie Berkowitz: There won't be inspection after an OSHA complaint but at least they'll call the employer. Also call your local health dept. and your governor to tell them your workplace isn't safe.
