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Episodes
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Michael Linden, Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute joins Rick to discuss the realities of the Republican tax plan and what changes mean for working class families trying to make ends meet.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Propane Jane is back joining Rick to discuss the recent stream of sexual harassment charges and what it takes for someone to take a stand with a pedophile over someone of another political party.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Timothy Karr, Senior Director of Strategy at Free Press and Free Press Action Fund joins Rick to explain FCC policy changes that will hurt low wage workers and the FCC’s push to end Net Neutrality.
Monday Nov 20, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Braddock Pennsylvania Mayor John Fetterman joins Rick to explain why he is running for Lt. Governor and what his campaign means for working people across the commonwealth.
Dave Levinthal, Senior political reporter at the Center for Public Integrity joins Rick to discuss money in politicals, how things have gotten so far out of hand, and if it is possible to reign in the outrageous dollar amounts.
Raw Story reporter Sarah Burris joins Rick to discuss top stories of the day as Alabama dominates the political news with an accused pedophile and pathological liar.
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Braddock Pennsylvania Mayor John Fetterman joins Rick to explain why he is running for Lt. Governor and what his campaign means for working people across the commonwealth.
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Dave Levinthal, Senior political reporter at the Center for Public Integrity joins Rick to discuss money in politicals, how things have gotten so far out of hand, and if it is possible to reign in the outrageous dollar amounts.
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Raw Story reporter Sarah Burris joins Rick to discuss top stories of the day as Alabama dominates the political news with an accused pedophile and pathological liar.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Marquetter Law Professor Paul Secunda joins Rick to discuess the recent firing of a woman for giving the president's motorace the one fingered salute and how her firing is not illegal, but it should be.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
On today's program we talk with Wendall Potter about his new solution driven journalism venture Tarbell, Sarah Kendzior on AG Jeff Sessions testimony, and Law Professor Paul Secunda on the firing of a woman who gave the president a one finger salute.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Hear writer Sarah Kendzior share her thoughts on Attorney General Jeff Sessions 5 hour testimony and discuss perjury claims. pedophile senate candidate Roy Moore, and Trump's Asia trip.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Propane Jane is back discussing #RoyMoore being banned from a local mall because he was chasing the teenage girls.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Justin Hendrix, Organizer of the March for Truth joins Rick to talk about their Change.org petition demanding Facebook inform users how they were and how they are being exposed to Russian Propaganda.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Check out today's show with Rich Fiesta, Executive Director of the Allaince for Retired Americans about Trump's nomination for Health and Human Service Secretary. Propane Jane talks Roy Moore and his being banned from an Alabama mall for hunted teenage girls. Justin Hendrix joins Rick to talk about his Change,org pettition demanding Facebook notice users when exposed to Russian propaganda.
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Friday Nov 10, 2017
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Today on the program Rick talks with Alexandra Thornton Senior Director of Tax Policy at the Center for american Progress about the GOP tax plan and shares her thoughts on how the GOP is harming working class voters. Luke N. Vargas, Chief Foreign Correspondent for Talk Media News reports from South Korea about President Trump's visit.
Matthew Chapman, National political writer @Shareblue joins Rick to talk about Roy Moore and the Tuesday blood bath that saw the GOP knocked on their heals and Michael Pollack, Executive Director of MarchOnHarrisburg joins Rick to discuss their upcoming march to end corruption and Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.
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Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
On today’s program Rick talks with Helaine Olen, Author Pound Foolish, Robbin Légère Henderson, co-author of Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman and Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and policy center
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Tom Kochan, co-director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research and author of Shaping the Future of Work: A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract joins Rick to discuss the need for a New New Deal for American workers
Andrea Chalupa, Co-Founder, March for Truth joins Rick to discuss the recent electoral victories in Virginia and New Jersey and to talk about the latest news in the Russia investigation.
Steve Mullen, Director of AFSCME District 89 joins Rick to talk about why 300 nurses at the Cedar Haven Nursing Home have taken to the picket line as their employer has attempted to impose their last offer.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
We are back and ready to take on our new live time slot of 9pm-11pm ET
Rick is joined by TJ Helmstetter, Communications Director Americans for Tax Fairness to discuss the Republican tax plan, the winners, the losers, and what it means for working class families across the nation.
Propane Jane is back and talking guns, domestic terrorism, and the dysfunction of the Trump administration.
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Monday Nov 06, 2017
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Propane Jane is back and talking guns, domestic terrorism, and the dysfunction of the Trump administration.
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2017