
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 Mar 24, 2021
Joe Sanberg, Founder, Business for Medicare for All @JosephNSanberg @BusinessM4A
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Joe Sanberg: It seems odd that the people most professing their religiosity--the far right--are the most racist, are pro-birth but once born, the kid's on its own. There's a lot of religious hypocrisy on the right.

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Dr. Kelly Sennholz @MtnMD #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVirusUpdate
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Dr. Kelly Sennholz: We're getting things done because we're alert & watching & Congress knows that. We need to remain vigilant.

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Today's Podcast
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Phil Glover: (con't) They were quick to take them away when Trump signed his executive orders but not to reinstate them after Biden's executive order.

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Bob Lord: It's a tragedy that more people claiming the earned income tax credit are audited than millionaires are audited.

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Bob Ney: Trump should have passed an infrastructure bill his first week in office. It would have set a different tone for his presidency.

Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Today's Podcast
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021

Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Pedro da Costa, Senior Reporter at Market News @pdacosta
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Pedro da Costa: Some of the fear related to the Great Depression is that markets are at a point now where they've been rallying too far; the market is being frothy & the bubble could pop in a way that could be damaging.

Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Jeff Hauser: I would say for the appointees, I would grade Biden a B or B-, which is the highest I've given any modern President. There's room for improvement but he's done well.

Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Scott Dworkin, Brett Pransky, Dr. Allison Gill
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021

Friday Mar 19, 2021
Today's Podcast
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021

Friday Mar 19, 2021
Jim Williams, Jr.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Jim Williams, Jr.: I think we're seeing the end of an era. There was a 40-yr run of the Ronald Reagan approach to smaller gov't, & this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do great things, incl climate.

Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
David Pepper: Politicians are quick to take credit when jobs stay but the credit belongs to the @UAW for giving up other things in order to make sure the jobs stay.

Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Sarah Burris: It made an impact when Trump would say things like "Kung Flu" and "China Virus."

Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Steven Singer: Working people have been screwed over for so long in this country, they think it's them or us. It's us. It's always us.

Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Today's Podcast
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021

Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Olga Lautman @olgaNYC1211
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Olga Lautman: We're being fed these conspiracies without getting the true view of what it is. It's a big problem & we need to address the disinformation aspect of it b/c that isn't going away, either.

Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Shawn O'Dell: I think merging the schools is a bad decision that won't save any money anyway.

Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Mitchell Robinson: If we send students & staff back to school on crowded buses to classrooms that can't accommodate 6-foot distancing, I'm very worried about losing colleagues.