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 Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and Naked Keynesianism Blogger joins Rick to delve into the seedy underworld of tax avoidance as a result of the European Union (EU) slapping Apple with a $14-billion-dollar tax bill.
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Mark Price, Labor Economist with the Keystone Research Center joins Rick ahead of the release of the annual report on the State of Working Pennsylvania and discuss how the report can help legislators to better allocate resources and priorities.
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer joins Rick to explain the AFL-CIO has endorsed Hillary Clinton to be the next President and what policies she believes need to be advocated for to help working families make ends meet.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale joins Rick to discuss Pennsylvania Charter School laws being featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as being the worst in the nation and to discuss allegations of charter schools waste, fraud, and abuse of tax dollars.
Nikki Budzinski, Director of Labor Outreach for the Hillary Clinton campaign joins Rick to discuss the Democratic candidate’s positions on the minimum wage, labor law reform, and trade policy and how her policies are better for working people.
Karla Walter, Director of the American Worker Project at Center for American Progress Action Fund joins Rick to explain President Obama’s recent Executive Order to reward good employers and punish bad employers and how the Executive Order will accomplish that task.
Tom Kochan, Professor and Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research joins Rick ahead of the Labor Day holiday to congratulate workers across the nation for forcing politicians to talk about real economic issues and to give direction to where the conversation needs to continue.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale joins Rick to discuss Pennsylvania Charter School laws being featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as being the worst in the nation and to discuss allegations of charter schools waste, fraud, and abuse of tax dollars.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Nikki Budzinski, Director of Labor Outreach for the Hillary Clinton campaign joins Rick to discuss the Democratic candidate’s positions on the minimum wage, labor law reform, and trade policy and how her policies are better for working people.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Karla Walter, Director of the American Worker Project at Center for American Progress Action Fund joins Rick to explain President Obama’s recent Executive Order to reward good employers and punish bad employers and how the Executive Order will accomplish that task.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tom Kochan, Professor and Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research joins Rick ahead of the Labor Day holiday to congratulate workers across the nation for forcing politicians to talk about real economic issues and to give direction to where the conversation needs to continue.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Cherrie Bucknor, Research Assistant at the Center for Economic and Policy Research joins Rick to discuss her recent study on the benefits of unionization for workers in the African-American community and how unions can be the vehicle by which the nation can close the inequality gap.
Jess McIntosh, Hillary Clinton’s director of communications outreach joins Rick to talk Presidential election as the Immigration issue moves center stage with GOP candidate Donald Trump’s scattering of ideas and the Alt-Right campaign pivot kicks into high gear.
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick with updates from the front lines as the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education continue their negotiations in the hopes of averting a strike at the 14 PASSHE institutions.
Mark Hall, director of the documentary film "Killing Ed." Joins Rick to exposes the shocking truth behind of one of the largest networks of taxpayer-funded charter schools in the nation and how Pennsylvania is at the center.
Dr. Eunice Han, economics Prof at the University of Utah, joins Rick to discuss his new study, "The Myth of Unions Overprotection of Bad Teachers" and to explain why this frame has become so popular in the mainstream media.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Cherrie Bucknor, Research Assistant at the Center for Economic and Policy Research joins Rick to discuss her recent study on the benefits of unionization for workers in the African-American community and how unions can be the vehicle by which the nation can close the inequality gap.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Jess McIntosh, Hillary Clinton’s director of communications outreach joins Rick to talk Presidential election as the Immigration issue moves center stage with GOP candidate Donald Trump’s scattering of ideas and the Alt-Right campaign pivot kicks into high gear.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Kevin Mahoney, Editor Zero at the Raging Chicken Press joins Rick with updates from the front lines as the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education continue their negotiations in the hopes of averting a strike at the 14 PASSHE institutions.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Dr. Eunice Han, economics Prof at the University of Utah, joins Rick to discuss his new study, "The Myth of Unions Overprotection of Bad Teachers" and to explain why this frame has become so popular in the mainstream media.
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Isaiah Poole, editor of OurFuture.org, a project of People's Action joins Rick to discuss the passing of the torch as the Bernie Sanders #OurRevolution launched across the nation and what the next steps and important issues are for the movement.
Ken Mash, President of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) joins Rick to report on the strike authorization vote results undertaken by his union as part of the ongoing contract deadlock.
Caitriona Fitzgerald, State Policy Coordinator at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) joins Rick to expose the enormous risks associated with Internet Voting, explain why experts think online voting is a bad idea, and suggest how we protect our democracy.
Kathleen Lucas, Executive Director of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty joins Rick yet again with another death penalty case being overturned because of an system riddled with opportunities for error.
Marc Mondor, AIA, Managing Principal, and Cofounder of evolveEAjoins Rick to talk about saving the world through smart investment and renewable technology and why now is the time to make these valuable investments.
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Isaiah Poole, editor of OurFuture.org, a project of People's Action joins Rick to discuss the passing of the torch as the Bernie Sanders #OurRevolution launched across the nation and what the next steps and important issues are for the movement.
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Caitriona Fitzgerald, State Policy Coordinator at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) joins Rick to expose the enormous risks associated with Internet Voting, explain why experts think online voting is a bad idea, and suggest how we protect our democracy.
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Kathleen Lucas, Executive Director of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty joins Rick yet again with another death penalty case being overturned because of an system riddled with opportunities for error.
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Thursday Aug 25, 2016
Marc Mondor, AIA, Managing Principal, and Cofounder of evolveEAjoins Rick to talk about saving the world through smart investment and renewable technology and why now is the time to make these valuable investments