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 Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Chrissy Stroop: It's a shame that there's almost no prospect of the Equality Act passing in the Senate & that Democrats aren't playing hardball, getting rid of the filibuster, to pass it.
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Chris Stroop on End of the World Move of an Embassy
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Christopher Stroop, Founder of #EmptyThePews and #YouDontKnowEvangelicals joins Rick to talk about the Grand Opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the reactions of different groups seeking the end times.
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Christopher Stroop, Writer, Ph.D. in Russian history and #YouDontKnowEvangelicals founder joins Rick to explain the many and varied ties between Russia, the GOP, and Christian evangelical extremists and what those connections mean for our government and the nation.
Thursday May 25, 2017
Christopher Stroop talks Rooting Our Religious Extremism
Thursday May 25, 2017
Thursday May 25, 2017
Christopher Stroop, Writer, Ex-Evangelical, and founder of the #YouDontKnowEvangelicals hashtag joins Rick to examine President Trump’s “Drive’em Out” Islamic extremist speech and to discuss how driving out religious extremism should start at home.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Christopher Stroop talks Shares His Thoughts on #SCOTUS Rule
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Christopher Stroop, Writer and Ex-Evangelical joins Rick to share his insights into the recent Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer and explain whether or not this decision destroys the line of separation between Church and State or simply opens the door by creating a dotted line for future interpretation.
Wednesday Aug 30, 2017
Chris Stroop on Religious Extremism that binds the US and Russia
Wednesday Aug 30, 2017
Wednesday Aug 30, 2017
Chris Stroop on Religious Extremism that binds the US and Russia
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Christopher Stroop on Homeschooling Nightmare & CA Tragedy
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Christopher Stroop, writer and creator of the #EmptyThePews movement joins Rick to share his thoughts on the latest story of crazy fundamentalist parents abusing their children and what needs to be done to stop the insanity.
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Christopher Stroop talks Religious Extremism in America
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Christopher Stroop, Creator of #EmptythePews and #YouDontKnowEvangelicals and Political writer joins Rick to discuss John Bolton’s rise to National Security Advisor, the extreme religious right’s reaction, and to talk about the background of the homeschooled terrorist from Austin.
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Christopher Stroop, Writer, Scholar, Ex-Evangelical, and Stanford Ph.D. in Russian history joins Rick to discuss recent news coming out about Russia’s involvement in hacking the 2016 US elections and what authoritarian ties bind Russia, Trump, and the Religious Right in America.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Chrissy Stroop
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Chrissy Stroop: People like the woman in the video [going to church during pandemic shut down] believe that they're special. Christian nationalism is the single most defining feature of a Trump voter; Christians are more equal than others.
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Christopher Stroop
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Christopher Stroop The donors and parents who are paying tuitions are asking schools that used to be a little more open to become more strict.
@C_Stroop
Creator of the #EmptyThePews hash tag and outspoken advocate for awareness of the evangelical communities practices.
Saturday Nov 03, 2018
Christopher Stroop
Saturday Nov 03, 2018
Saturday Nov 03, 2018
Chris Stroop: We've had these terrible tragedies in recent days.
@C_Stroop #Exvangelical #EmptyThePews
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Christopher Stroop
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Chris Stroop: Obviously most Christians and Muslims are not extremists, but when religion goes wrong, that can happen.
@C_Stroop #EmptyThePews #ExposeChristianSchools
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Chrissy Stroop
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Chrissy Stroop: We're seeing an uptick in hate crimes. We are likely to vote out Trump in 2020, if it's a truly fair election.
@C_Stroop @crossroads_pod @JeffSharlet #TheFamily
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Chrissy Stroop
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Chrissy Stroop: Our reputation has fallen severely in the world.
@C_Stroop @crossroads_pod #SCOTUS
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Christopher Stroop
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Chris Stroop @C_Stroop We need to expose white evangelicals & explain why they're threats. They'll undermine democracy and the rule of law. It's past time to take them seriously. #churchtoo #empythepews #EvangelicalContributions
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Christopher Stroop
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Chris Stroop: Authoritarians, let's call them fascists, never stop.
@C_Stroop #Exvangelical #EmptyThePews #ExposeChristianSchools.
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
Chris Stroop on Evangelicals support for Trump
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
Christopher Stroop, ex-evangelical and founder of the #EmptythePews joins Rick to discuss Stormy Daniels lawsuit, the Trump lawyer’s hush money, and to answer the question of why the evangelical community has supported Donald Trump.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Christopher Stroop
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Christopher Stroop, writer and creator of #EmptyThePews and #ChristianAltFacts joins Rick to discuss the evangelical christian family values party response to Trump's Zero tolerance immigration policy of separating children from their families.
@C_Stroop