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Episodes
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University joins Rick to discuss the horrible outcomes of privatization around the world as the US Department of Justice recently announced it was no longer going to use private prisons. Is this the beginning of the end of the theft of the commons?
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Friday Aug 19, 2016
David Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America's Future joins Rick to expose the real Trump trade agenda and why American workers are being duped into believing Trump is the Golden Goose who can bring prosperity back to the working class.
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Craig Harrington, Director of the Economic Policy Program at Media Matters joins Rick to discuss the Trump camp’s “fire drill” as Paul Manafort hits the door and Breitbart extremist Steve Bannon is handed the reign of Trump circus and answer whether it’s already too late.
Friday Aug 19, 2016
Friday Aug 19, 2016
David Yankovich, Former Military Intelligence Specialist and current Huffington Post contributor joins Rick to look back at David’s predictions on the show and example just how far off the rails the Trump train has gone.
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University joins Rick to discuss the horrible outcomes of privatization around the world as the US Department of Justice recently announced it was no longer going to use private prisons. Is this the beginning of the end of the theft of the commons?
David Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America's Future joins Rick to expose the real Trump trade agenda and why American workers are being duped into believing Trump is the Golden Goose who can bring prosperity back to the working class.
Craig Harrington, Director of the Economic Policy Program at Media Matters joins Rick to discuss the Trump camp’s “fire drill” as Paul Manafort hits the door and Breitbart extremist Steve Bannon is handed the reign of Trump circus and answer whether it’s already too late.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Irwin Aronson, labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular is back to explain the recent unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision turning back the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s attempt to unilaterally cancel parts of the Philadelphia Federation of Teacher’s contract and to discuss why attacking teachers in poverty communities is not the answer.
Braddock Pennsylvania Mayor John Fetterman joins Rick to discuss the recent insanity coming from Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and ask why Pennsylvania’s Republican incumbent Pat Toomey has failed to distance himself from the Trump hate circus.
Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to talk about the painful effects of the ideological war on workers and their unions and what lower wages, less health care, and worsening conditions means for workers and their families across the economy.
Dr. Kenneth M. Mash, President of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) joins Rick to discuss the possibility of a strike this fall across the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) after more than a year without a contract and what’s driving the lengthy delay.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Irwin Aronson, labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular is back to explain the recent unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision turning back the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s attempt to unilaterally cancel parts of the Philadelphia Federation of Teacher’s contract and to discuss why attacking teachers in poverty communities is not the answer.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Braddock Pennsylvania Mayor John Fetterman joins Rick to discuss the recent insanity coming from Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and ask why Pennsylvania’s Republican incumbent Pat Toomey has failed to distance himself from the Trump hate circus.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to talk about the painful effects of the ideological war on workers and their unions and what lower wages, less health care, and worsening conditions means for workers and their families across the economy.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday Aug 17, 2016
Dr. Kenneth M. Mash, President of the Association of Pennsylvania StateCollege and University Faculties (APSCUF) joins Rick to discuss the possibilityof a strike this fall across the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education(PASSHE) after more than a year without a contract and what’s driving thelengthy delay.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Today's show replays interviews from the first Fight for $15 National Convention in Richmond, VA.
Hour 1
Mary Kay Henry President of SEIU
Cialena Stewart Home Health Care worker in Philly
Rodney Buckson Home Health Care worker from Philly
Randi Creighton Home Health Care worker from Philly
Hour 2
Keven Adams North California Oakland Property Service Security officer
Janet Holmes home care worker of 29years from Durham NC
Mykalya Lennox St Louis MO Fast Food worker
Iayana Williams Boston Fast Food worker
Paul Branchedor Boston Fast Food workers
Hour 3
Moira Kaleida, Pittsburgh School Director who donated a kidney to a 7-year-old student
Susan DuFresne, Education activist who traveled the country in the Opt Out Bus giving out free books to children.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Susan DuFresne, Education activist and Washington Badass Teacher member joins Rick to talk about traveling the country in the Opt Out Bus giving out free books to children in poverty communities and what powerful hopes springs from simply giving a child a book of their own.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Moira Kaleida, member of the Pittsburgh School's Board of Directors joins Rick to share her incredible story of sacrificing of donating one of her kidneys to a 7 year old in desperate need and what it has meant to her and her family.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU joins Rick at the first Fight for $15 convention to talk about the long term goals of the movement and why this could be the beginning of an organizing explosion in the United States.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Ken Hall, International Brotherhood of Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer joins Rick to discuss good news out of West Virginia as labor wins an injunction suspending the state’s Right-to-Work law.
Mark Price, Labor Economist with the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to talk minimum wage in advance of the first Fight for $15 Convention in Richmond Virginia and bust right wing anti-minimum wage myths.
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and Naked Keynes blogger joins Rick to examine GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Zombie Economics plan.
Isaiah Poole, Editor of OurFuture.org, a project of People's Action joins Rick to discuss “This Week in Donald” and all of the fun and insanity surrounding his campaign.
Craig Harrington, Economic Policy Program Director at Media Matters for America joins Rick to compare Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s economic plans.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Ken Hall, International Brotherhood of Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer joins Rick to discuss good news out of West Virginia as labor wins an injunction suspending the state’s Right-to-Work law.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Mark Price, Labor Economist with the Keystone Research Center joins Rick to talk minimum wage in advance of the first Fight for $15 Convention in Richmond Virginia and bust right wing anti-minimum wage myths.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Matías Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University and Naked Keynes blogger joins Rick to examine GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Zombie Economics plan.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Isaiah Poole, Editor of OurFuture.org, a project of People's Action joins Rick to discuss “This Week in Donald” and all of the fun and insanity surrounding his campaign.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Craig Harrington, Economic Policy Program Director at Media Matters for America joins Rick to compare Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s economic plans.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Leo Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers (USW) joins Rick to talk about GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s economic speech and why his union has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
Irwin Aronson. Labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular joins Rick to discuss Pennsylvania becoming the 32nd state in the nation to sign an agreement to work with the federal government to work together to combat worker misclassification abuses.
Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where her work focuses on a wide range of women’s issues, including work-family balance, pay equity, and women’s leadership joins Rick to discuss the recent grant issued to Pennsylvania to conduct a feasibility study on paid family policies in the commonwealth.
John Neurohr, Communication Director for the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center joins Rick to discuss GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments on the “second amendment people” taking care of Hillary Clinton and examine his economic reset speech.