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Episodes
Monday Jul 17, 2017
Monday Jul 17, 2017
Angela Simaan, Communications Director at the Main Street Alliance and Main Street Alliance Action Fund joins Rick to discuss Net Neutrality, what a regulatory departure from a free and open internet would mean for small businesses and consumers, and to explain why big moneyed special interests are pushing to end the Obama era regulation.
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Timothy Karr, Senior Director of Strategy Free Press and Free Press Action Fund joins Rick to discuss the historic day of action for Net Neutrality that saw more than 2 million comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defending a free and open internet and to explain why leaving the Net Neutrality rules in place is vital for small business, the economy, and democracy
Adam Parkhomenko, Former aide to @HillaryClinton and Ready for Hillary founder joins Rick to discuss the recent revelations surrounding the Trump campaign’s ties to the Russian government and hackers and to answer the simple question, “Would anyone take a meeting with a Russian spy to get dirt on a political opponent?”
Isaiah J. Poole, Communications Director with People’s Action and the People’s Action Institute joins Rick to examine the latest Republican health care plan to find its way out of the backroom of the GOP led senate and to discuss what this third attempt will mean for Americans.
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Timothy Karr, Senior Director of Strategy Free Press and Free Press Action Fund joins Rick to discuss the historic day of action for Net Neutrality that saw more than 2 million comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defending a free and open internet and to explain why leaving the Net Neutrality rules in place is vital for small business, the economy, and democracy
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Adam Parkhomenko, Former aide to @HillaryClinton and Ready for Hillary founder joins Rick to discuss the recent revelations surrounding the Trump campaign’s ties to the Russian government and hackers and to answer the simple question, “Would anyone take a meeting with a Russian spy to get dirt on a political opponent?”
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Isaiah J. Poole, Communications Director with People’s Action and the People’s Action Institute joins Rick to examine the latest Republican health care plan to find its way out of the backroom of the GOP led senate and to discuss what this third attempt will mean for Americans.
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Bill Barry, retired Director of Labor Studies at the Community College of Baltimore County joins Rick to discuss the importance of remembering the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the lessons of past organizing and workers actions are relevant for today’s worker’s struggles, and to promote the celebration of the anniversary of the start of the strike in Baltimore.
Ronald Baker, BCTGM International Union Strategic Campaign Coordinator joins Rick to discuss the recent PBS Front Page documentary that focuses on the ongoing struggle of his organization’s members at Mondelez/Nabisco, the corporate greed that has a strangle hold on America’s workplaces, and pain felt by workers and communities in the wake of these corporations abandoning them for cheap exploitable labor elsewhere.
Sam Berger, Senior Policy Adviser at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the latest attempt by Republicans to #RepealandReplace #ObamaCare. With this third swing will the GOP finally sit down or do their bad ideas never run out of third strikes.
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Bill Barry, retired Director of Labor Studies at the Community College of Baltimore County joins Rick to discuss the importance of remembering the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the lessons of past organizing and workers actions are relevant for today’s worker’s struggles, and to promote the celebration of the anniversary of the start of the strike in Baltimore.
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Ronald Baker, BCTGM International Union Strategic Campaign Coordinator joins Rick to discuss the recent PBS Front Page documentary that focuses on the ongoing struggle of his organization’s members at Mondelez/Nabisco, the corporate greed that has a strangle hold on America’s workplaces, and pain felt by workers and communities in the wake of these corporations abandoning them for cheap exploitable labor elsewhere.
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Sam Berger, Senior Policy Adviser at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the latest attempt by Republicans to #RepealandReplace #ObamaCare. With this third swing will the GOP finally sit down or do their bad ideas never run out of third strikes.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Andrea Chalupa, journalist, political commentator, and co-organizer of the March for Truth joins Rick to discuss the recent “smoking cannon” bombshell as Donald Trump Jr. releases an email chain that explicitly shows he as a Trump campaign operative was open to colluding with the Russian government.
Gary Morton, President of AFGE Local 3631 represents Region 3 EPA employees joins Rick to discuss the recent round of attacks on the EPA and how these attacks will affect his members and his jobs as an Environmental Protection Specialist serving in the Underground Storage Tank Program in EPA Region 3 in Philadelphia PA.
Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to discuss the recent Zombie Corbett era Medicaid attack by the GOP led Pennsylvania House of Representative, what it is, what it could mean, and how the GOP is bent on harming the harmed while comforting the comfortable.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Andrea Chalupa, journalist, political commentator, and co-organizer of the March for Truth joins Rick to discuss the recent “smoking cannon” bombshell as Donald Trump Jr. releases an email chain that explicitly shows he as a Trump campaign operative was open to colluding with the Russian government.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Gary Morton, President of AFGE Local 3631 represents Region 3 EPA employees joins Rick to discuss the recent round of attacks on the EPA and how these attacks will affect his members and his jobs as an Environmental Protection Specialist serving in the Underground Storage Tank Program in EPA Region 3 in Philadelphia PA.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017
Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to discuss the recent Zombie Corbett era Medicaid attack by the GOP led Pennsylvania House of Representative, what it is, what it could mean, and how the GOP is bent on harming the harmed while comforting the comfortable.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
David Yankovich, former candidate for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district and Randy Bryce, current candidate for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district join Rick to talk about why Wisconsin is ground zero in taking the nation in the right direction.
Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO Trade & Globalization Policy Specialist joins Rick to discuss a recent Trade Panel decision ruling that Guatemala is not violating CAFTA Labor standards even though labor activists and leaders are being killed for the union activities.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
David Yankovich, former candidate for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district and Randy Bryce, current candidate for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district join Rick to talk about why Wisconsin is ground zero in taking the nation in the right direction.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO Trade & Globalization Policy Specialist joins Rick to discuss a recent Trade Panel decision ruling that Guatemala is not violating CAFTA Labor standards even though labor activists and leaders are being killed for the union activities.
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Propane Jane joins Rick to discuss the recent stories of dysfunction in the Trump administration, Donald Trump Jr. seeking “dirt” on Hillary Clinton from a Russian source, the end of compassionate conservatism, and how all of this is tearing at the American experience.
Sarah Kendzior, writer and political commentator joins Rick to share her thoughts on the recent G20 summit, Ivanka sitting in for Poppa Trump, Donald Jr’s possibly treasonous admission, and the rest of the nightmare that has been the Trump era.
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Propane Jane joins Rick to discuss the recent stories of dysfunction in the Trump administration, Donald Trump Jr. seeking “dirt” on Hillary Clinton from a Russian source, the end of compassionate conservatism, and how all of this is tearing at the American experience.
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Sarah Kendzior, writer and political commentator joins Rick to share her thoughts on the recent G20 summit, Ivanka sitting in for Poppa Trump, Donald Jr’s possibly treasonous admission, and the rest of the nightmare that has been the Trump era.
Thursday Jul 06, 2017
Thursday Jul 06, 2017
Rick sits down with former CWA President Larry Cohen to talk about his time as CWA president, the attacks on workers and the growing Our Revelation movement.