
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

Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
17 min
Jay Costa: I believe what the Republicans did was not lawful, based on the rules in place. We offered many compromises to get to the point where Sen. Brewster could be seated but Repubs refused.

Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
17 min
Dr. Keith Pochick: In LA County, they're having to ration oxygen. There was a story in Egypt about a hospital running out of oxygen, & every person in their ICU died within a few hours.

Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
19 min
Khary Penebaker: I am glad Jacob is alive; I hope he's able to regain mobility in his legs, but even if he doesn't, I hope he sues them for every penny they've got. There's no way this should sit well with anyone.

Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
24 min
Jon Shelton: If Biden's going to be more than a one-term President, he needs to have some kind of a jobs guarantee or he's not going to go anywhere. People need jobs, especially after this pandemic.

Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021
1hr 59 min
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman

Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021
17 min
Will Bunch: I think a lot depends on Biden. I'm seeing good things about how the Biden team seems to understand how important this [vaccine distribution] is. Can he make it work in a way that Trump couldn't?

Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021
22 min
David Pepper: When officials talk about infrastructure, I don't think small towns realize it includes them, too. Things like internet, green energy jobs, etc.

Jan 5, 2021

Jan 1, 2021

Dec 31, 2020

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Dec 22, 2020

Dec 20, 2020

Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
1hr 59 min

Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
17 min
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: This is why I really think we have to look at Trump & the whole thing around him through the lens of authoritarianism. Once there are enough years of propaganda, it takes a true disaster to get people to wake up & realize what he's said isn't true.

Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
18 min
Ben Phillips: The 1% knows they have to make up "facts" to tell us. If they just told us the truth, we'd never elect them.

Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
25 min
