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
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Luke Vargas, Chief Foreign Correspondent for Talk Media News joins Rick to discuss the top foreign policy stories of the day.
@TheCourier @talkmedianews
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
US Rep Brendan Boyle joins Rick to discuss the newly formed Medicare for All caucus in congress and to talk about Democrats need to fight tougher on issues of importance to working people.
@RepBrendanBoyle #MedicareforAll
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Connor Maxwell, research associate for Race and Ethnicity Policy at American Progress joins Rick to discuss the varied and many roadblocks erected between minority voters and their right to exercise the franchise and what needs to be done to increase access for minority voters.
@Connor__Maxwell @Progress2050 @amprog
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Keith Pochick, editor @DemWritePress and @PatNotPart joins Rick to discuss his most recent work asking the question, Is it Too Late to Save the American Dream? and sharing his personal stories of generations of parents and grandparents sacrifice so that he could now live the American Dream.
@keith_pochick @DemWritePress @PatNotPart
https://demwritepress.com/2018/07/21/is-it-too-late-to-save-the-american-dream/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Propane Jane, @docrocktex26 psychiatrist and popular twitter commentator joins Rick to answer the question, Can we NOW seek an intervention? After Donald Trump’s All Caps twitter tantrum and can Twitter finally cut him off?
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Michael O'Connor, Owner of La Barberia in Philadelphia and Jenkintown, PA and member of the group Business for a Fair Minimum Wage joins Rick to explain why he supports raising the minimum wages that will not have seen an increase in 9 years as of July 24 and discuss what this prolonged stagnation has done to workers and business owners like him.
@MinimumWageBiz #RaisetheWage #MinimumWage
Website: https://labarberiapa.com/
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Michael O'Connor, Owner of La Barberia in Philadelphia and Jenkintown, PA and member of the group Business for a Fair Minimum Wage joins Rick to explain why he supports raising the minimum wages that will not have seen an increase in 9 years of July 24 and discuss what this prolonged stagnation has done to workers and business owners like him.
@MinimumWageBiz #RaisetheWage #MinimumWage
Website: https://labarberiapa.com/
Propane Jane, psychiatrist and popular twitter commentator joins Rick to answer the question, Can we NOW seek an intervention? After Donald Trump’s All Caps twitter tantrum and can Twitter finally cut him off?
@docrocktex26
Keith Pochick, editor @DemWritePress and @PatNotPart joins Rick to discuss his most recent work asking the question, Is it Too Late to Save the American Dream? and sharing his personal stories of generations of parents and grandparents sacrifice so that he could now live the American Dream.
@keith_pochick @DemWritePress @PatNotPart
https://demwritepress.com/2018/07/21/is-it-too-late-to-save-the-american-dream/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Rebekah Cordova, Rural Education Researcher at the University of Florida joins Rick to discuss what education professionals need to be doing in the new world post Janus vs. AFSCME and what the costs of doing nothing will be for the future of the profession and public education as whole.
@palomitaspalm @BadassTeachersA
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Gary Morton, President AFGE Local 3631 joins Rick to preview their RedForFeds day of action to highlight the abuses at the EPA by the Trump administration and explain why now is the time to show “Which Side You’re On.”
@AFGENational @SavetheUSEPA @AFGELocal3631 #RedForFeds
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder The Democratic Coalition and Host of The #DworkinReport joins Rick to look back on the week of excuses, deflections, changing stories, lies, and obfuscation as Trump swirls over the Putin Summit and, Yes, there are tapes of Trump and abandoned personal attorney Michael Cohen.
@funder @TheDemCoalition #DworkinReport
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Adam Parkhomenko, political strategist joins Rick to talk about the ongoing protests in the front of the White House that has seen a Mariachi band, opera singers, and even bagpipers show their disapproval of Donald Trump and to discuss why these protests are happening now.
@AdamParkhomenko
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
Adam Parkhomenko, political strategist joins Rick to talk about the ongoing protests in the front of the White House that has seen a Mariachi band, opera singers, and even bagpipers show their disapproval of Donald Trump and to discuss why these protests are happening now.
@AdamParkhomenko
Scott Dworkin, Co-Founder The Democratic Coalition and Host of The #DworkinReport joins Rick to look back on the week of excuses, deflections, changing stories, lies, and obfuscation as Trump swirls over the Putin Summit and, Yes, there are tapes of Trump and abandoned personal attorney Michael Cohen.
@funder @TheDemCoalition #DworkinReport
Gary Morton, President AFGE Local 3631 joins Rick to preview their RedForFeds day of action to highlight the abuses at the EPA by the Trump administration and explain why now is the time to show “Which Side You’re On.”
@AFGENational @SavetheUSEPA @AFGELocal3631 #RedForFeds
Rebekah Cordova, Rural Education Researcher at the University of Florida joins Rick to discuss what education professionals need to be doing in the new world post Janus vs. AFSCME and what the costs of doing nothing will be for the future of the profession and public education as whole.
@palomitaspalm @BadassTeachersA
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Brandon Dillon, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party joins Rick to talk about the Michigan Gubernatorial debate and the issues that are important to Michigan voters ranging from education to health, jobs and infrastructure and more.
@BrandonDillon75 @MichiganDems
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Sarah Burris, Reporter at Raw Story joins Rick to share the top stories of the day at Raw Story from the bizarre to the stupid, from Trump to the GOP and back.
@SarahBurris @RawStory
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Mark Price, Labor Economist with the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to discuss the Trump administration’s claim that the War on Poverty is “largely over” and that we have “succeeded” and to share facts from the new report put out by the Economic Policy Institute explaining that not only is the War on Poverty NOT over but there is even more work to be done.
@price_laborecon @KRC_PA @EconomicPolicy
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Mark Price, Labor Economist with the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to discuss the Trump administration’s claim that the War on Poverty is “largely over” and that we have “succeeded” and to share facts from the new report put out by the Economic Policy Institute explaining that not only is the War on Poverty NOT over but there is even more work to be done.
@price_laborecon @KRC_PA @EconomicPolicy
Bob Ney @talkmedianews @bobney
Sarah Burris, Reporter at Raw Story joins Rick to share the top stories of the day at Raw Story from the bizarre to the stupid, from Trump to the GOP and back.
@SarahBurris @RawStory
Brandon Dillon, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party joins Rick to talk about the Michigan Gubernatorial debate and the issues that are important to Michigan voters ranging from education to health, jobs and infrastructure and more.
@BrandonDillon75 @MichiganDems
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
John Feltz, TWU Rail Division Director and Amy Griffin, TWU Local 1460 President joins Rick to discuss the needless cuts to Amtrak, the furloughed Amtrak workers, and explain what should be happening with the Amtrak system.
@transportworker @AmtrakCouncil #coldcuts
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
John Fetterman, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and current Mayor of Braddock joins Rick form the campaign trail to discuss why this election cycle is so important, the issues people are telling him they care about, and how reelecting Tom Wolf as Governor of Pennsylvania is going to help move the Commonwealth forward.
@JohnFetterman