
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 Jan 12, 2021
Renato Mariotti, Former federal prosecutor @renato_mariotti
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Renato Mariotti: Amazon or Twitter can say they don't want anything to do with these ppl, & that doesn't infringe on the ppl's rights. The people don't have a right to use particular private property.

Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Jacqueline Simon, Public Policy Director, AFGE @AFGENational
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Jacqueline Simon: The EEO rule is an attack on federal wrkrs; our union reps now cannot get time off to represent wrkrs in EEO matters. Shop stewards are trained to represent wrkrs & now EEO says we can't choose a steward to represent us [in discrimination claims]

Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
David Pepper, former Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party @DavidPepper @OHDems
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
David Pepper: You are in public service: Do the right thing. If that lesson hasn't been learned in this era, it'll never be learned. Think of birtherism.

Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021

Saturday Jan 09, 2021
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Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021

Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Scott Dworkin, co-founder Democratic Coalition @funder @TheDemCoalition
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Scott Dworkin: No one will have to worry about what a President tweets for at least four years.

Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Emily de La Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory @edelabruyere @AdvisoryHorizon
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Emily de La Bruyère: China is sitting around laughing. Beijing is laughing that we're tearing ourselves apart & they don't have to.

Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Eliza Orlins, Candidate, Manhattan DA @elizaorlins
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021

Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Bob Ney: I'm very uneasy, as many people are out there.

Friday Jan 08, 2021
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Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021

Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Kevin Gannon: The bar has been set so low now. Look at the asymmetry: People of color are held to much higher standards in protests (Black Lives Matter).

Friday Jan 08, 2021
Ben Jackson, Gun Sanity activist @DadoftheDecade #NoRA #Richmond2ARally
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Ben Jackson: Under Ohio's new Stand Your Ground law, that couple in Indianapolis probably would have gotten away with killing someone.

Friday Jan 08, 2021
Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story @SarahBurris @RawStory
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021

Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
William Attig: Think about yesterday morning when we found out we took back the Senate & Mitch McConnell was out--people were truly happy for the first time in a long time.

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Greg Palast, Author, How Trump Stole 2020 @Greg_Palast
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Greg Palast: I want to know who organized this, who let them in, and who allowed it to continue.

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Nick Knudsen, Executive Director @NickKnudsenUS @DemCastUSA
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Nick Knudsen: As far as national messaging goes, we need to keep the conversation rooted as much as possible in economic viability for all Americans.

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Sarah Kendzior, Writer, Co-host of Gas Lit Nation @sarahkendzior @gaslitnation
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Sarah Kendzior: Democrats have put out good ideas that we need to survive, like a Green New Deal, a higher minimum wage. I hope Biden can get control of the coronavirus.

Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Bob Ney: A relative just sent me something saying that Antifa was behind this. Could an Antifa person been in the crowd? Yes, but this Antifa wasn't behind this. This was from the President of the United States.

Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Today's Podcast
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021