
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

Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Sara Nelson, President, AFA-CWA @FlyingWithSara @afa_cwa
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Sara Nelson: To all you union members out there, contribute to the Rick Smith Show. It's a great voice for union issues; this is Labor center here.

Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Bob Ney: They can have the commission, but if this goes on a year & turns into a dog-and-pony-show, just get to it & release it to the American public. I would pursue the internal mechanisms of what happened w/in Capitol. That needs to be cleaned up or we'll never know.

Saturday Feb 13, 2021
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Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Saturday Feb 13, 2021

Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Scott Dworkin, co-founder Democratic Coalition @funder @TheDemCoalition
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Scott Dworkin: My hope is Trump is criminally charged for every time he committed a crime.

Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Brett Pransky, The Professor @BrettPransky
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Brett Pransky: This is a door you don't want open even a little bit, not loose on the hinges at all. If we don't hold anyone accountable, it'll happen again.

Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Saturday Feb 13, 2021
Bob Ney: The Republican party needs to decide what they want to do. Eric Trump said either be with my dad or be against the Repub. party.

Friday Feb 12, 2021
David Yankovich, digital strategist @DavidYankovich
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
David Yankovich: I'm really proud of the Biden administration. It's relaxing to watch him work. Rick: His approval rating of 62% shows it all.

Friday Feb 12, 2021
Morris Pearl, Chair, Patriotic Millionaires @morris_pearl @PatrioticMills
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Morris Pearl: It's okay to be mad at the billionaires getting wealthier but don't be mad at the working people trying to pay off student loan debts.

Friday Feb 12, 2021
Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story @SarahBurris @RawStory
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Sarah Burris: Twitter has been so much nicer since Trump was banned. Rick: It's what social media always aspired to be.

Friday Feb 12, 2021

Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Today's Podcast
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
@Ess_Dog

Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Shaun Richman Program Director, SUNY Empire Center for Labor Studies @Ess_Dog
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Shaun Richman: (con't) who will tell the story of the people who will try to organize in the wake of the PRO Act & how much the scales are still tipped in favor of business. Maybe we need to organize in public more often.

Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Robin Stelly, PHAN Organizer @pahealthaccess
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Robin Stelly: Gov. Wolf will be opening up PA's insurance exchange website http://pennie.com
from Feb 15 to March, or call the PA help line at 1-877-570-3642.

Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Mike Klonsky, Edu-blogger @mikeklonsky @BadassTeachersA
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Mike Klonsky: It'll take a huge effort to get all school staff, not just teachers, vaccinated. It will take help from the federal gov't to bring resources to the schools & the cities to get the schools & staff ready to reopen.

Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Bob Ney: If I remember correctly, the comment was that Pence had studied this thoroughly. You don't have to be a lawyer to know that Pence presides, he doesn't alter.

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Today's Podcast
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Richard Ojeda: If a coup goes unpunished, it was a training exercise. This could get worse.

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Scott Paul: We're not going to be able to let down our guard, even as vaccination distribution is ramped up.

Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Max Burns, Democratic Strategist & Daily Beast Columnist @themaxburns @thedailybeast
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Max Burns: Both sides have incentives to wrap up the impeachment. In my mind, the visual of this impeachment has already been created when Dems showed the video of the riots, & Repubs lowered their eyes. They couldn't look at it.

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Today's Podcast
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021