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Episodes
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Julie Moffett Rine, an honors English teacher for more than two decades at Minerva High School in Minerva, OH joins Rick to share the experiences that ultimately led to her writing the recently published blog post titled, The Elephant and Donkey in the Room” and to discuss her thoughts of what the post November 8th world will look like.
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Bill Mellon, Retired letter carrier and NALC Branch 725 southeast PA merged member joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention to talk about the many changes he has seen over his 39 years and share his thoughts on the upcoming elections.
Clay Smith, Political Liaison for NALC 157 joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention in State College, PA to discuss what this year’s election means for his union and the country.
Walt Jackson, NALC Branch 1495 Steward in State College, PA joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention to share his thoughts on his first convention experience, and to discuss what he, and his generation, think about politics, unions, and this election.
Eric Jackson, Treasurer of Branch 725 Southeast PA merged joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention to talk about what is important to NALC members and to share his thoughts on the convention.
California Congressman Adam Schiff joins Rick to talk about the latest bombshell dropped by FBI Director James Comey and how this decision will affect the outcome of the presidential race, and what voters need to know about the FBI Director’s decision.
Brotha Jitu Brown, leadership member of Journey for Justice and Dyett Hunger Striker joins Rick to talk about his recently published letter in the New York Times standing up in favor of the NAACP resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools.
Julian Vasquez Heilig, NAACP leader in California and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and the Director of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership at California State Sacramento joins Rick to discuss his role in moving the NAACP toward calling for the recent resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools.
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Bill Mellon, Retired letter carrier and NALC Branch 725 southeast PA merged member joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention to talk about the many changes he has seen over his 39 years and share his thoughts on the upcoming elections.
Starts at 20:36
Clay Smith, Political Liaison for NALC 157 joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention in State College, PA to discuss what this year’s election means for his union and the country.
Starts at 36:38
Walt Jackson, NALC Branch 1495 Steward in State College, PA joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention to share his thoughts on his first convention experience, and to discuss what he, and his generation, think about politics, unions, and this election.
Starts at 56:23
Eric Jackson, Treasurer of Branch 725 Southeast PA merged joins Rick from the Pennsylvania State Association of Letter Carriers Convention to talk about what is important to NALC members and to share his thoughts on the convention.
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
California Congressman Adam Schiff joins Rick to talk about the latest bombshell dropped by FBI Director James Comey and how this decision will affect the outcome of the presidential race, and what voters need to know about the FBI Director’s decision.
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Brotha Jitu Brown, leadership member of Journey for Justice and Dyett Hunger Striker joins Rick to talk about his recently published letter in the New York Times standing up in favor of the NAACP resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools.
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Julian Vasquez Heilig, NAACP leader in California and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and the Director of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership at California State Sacramento joins Rick to discuss his role in moving the NAACP toward calling for the recent resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Irwin Aronson, labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular returns to talk about what’s going on in the Pennsylvania General Assembly while the news media is focused on the presidential horse race. What is the latest on the PA GOP’s effort to destroy public sector pensions, “fix” the Unemployment Compensation Insurance program they harmed, and the plan to “reform” charter schools.
Greg Kaufmann, Editor of TalkPoverty.org and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss his latest article titled, “The Antipoverty President of My Dreams” and talk about his hopes for the next president.
Dr. Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center joins us to talk about his organization’s analysis of the latest pension reform bill that appears to shows no savings for State but accomplishes the goal of massive benefit cuts for the workers.
Brian Tashman, Senior Research Analyst, People For the American Way joins Rick to talk about his most recent Huffington Post article titled, “With Trump, The Religious Right Returns To Its White Nationalist Roots” and discuss how the rise of Trump has some worried about a rise in violence.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Irwin Aronson, labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular returns to talk about what’s going on in the Pennsylvania General Assembly while the news media is focused on the presidential horse race. What is the latest on the PA GOP’s effort to destroy public sector pensions, “fix” the Unemployment Compensation Insurance program they harmed, and the plan to “reform” charter schools.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Greg Kaufmann, Editor of TalkPoverty.org and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss his latest article titled, “The Antipoverty President of My Dreams” and talk about his hopes for the next president.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Dr. Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center joins us to talk about his organization’s analysis of the latest pension reform bill that appears to shows no savings for State but accomplishes the goal of massive benefit cuts for the workers.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Brian Tashman, Senior Research Analyst, People For the American Way joins Rick to talk about his most recent Huffington Post article titled, “With Trump, The Religious Right Returns To Its White Nationalist Roots” and discuss how the rise of Trump has some worried about a rise in violence.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Ken Mash, President of APSCUF joins Rick to talk about the strike that shutdown the 14 state owned universities and colleges and discuss how it truly was an unnecessary strike forced by PASSHE and Chancellor Brogan.
Susan Lerner, the Executive Director of Common Cause New York joins Rick to discuss the proposed $85 billion merger with AT&T and Time Warner and what consumers, taxpayers, and citizens can expect from another mega-merger and what can be done to push back against its passage.
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to talk about the recent victory by his APSCUF union and explain how he witness the direct action organizing on his campus engage and empower his fellow faculty members and how this is the model for changing the nation.
Nicholas Tampio, professor of political science at Fordham University in New York joins Rick to discuss his recently published essay on national education standards in the peer-reviewed “Journal of Politics,” where he argues that national standards like Common Core are unnecessary and hurt teacher autonomy.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Susan Lerner, the Executive Director of Common Cause New York joins Rick to discuss the proposed $85 billion merger with AT&T and Time Warner and what consumers, taxpayers, and citizens can expect from another mega-merger and what can be done to push back against its passage.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick to talk about the recent victory by his APSCUF union and explain how he witness the direct action organizing on his campus engage and empower his fellow faculty members and how this is the model for changing the nation.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Nicholas Tampio, professor of political science at Fordham University in New York joins Rick to discuss his recently published essay on national education standards in the peer-reviewed “Journal of Politics,” where he argues that national standards like Common Core are unnecessary and hurt teacher autonomy.
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Beth Katz, Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science at Millersville University joins Rick to discuss Day 3 of the APSCUF strike across the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education colleges and universities and to give an update on the atmosphere at her university.
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and blogger joins Rick to examine the latest job numbers and to discuss where the jobs are coming from, and where they are not. Hint: The manufacturing boom is not so much a boom.
Isaiah Poole, communications director at People's Action joins Rick to talk about Wednesday night’s debate, the latest election news, and to discuss what this election means for working class voters.
Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton joins Rick to discuss claims by GOP candidate Donald Trump during Wednesday night’s debate that America’s military leaders are stupid, Hillary is stupid, but he is not and to talk about the two candidate’s foreign policy positions.
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and blogger joins Rick to examine the latest job numbers and to discuss where the jobs are coming from, and where they are not. Hint: The manufacturing boom is not so much a boom.
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Isaiah Poole, communications director at People's Action joins Rick to talk about Wednesday night’s debate, the latest election news, and to discuss what this election means for working class voters.