
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

Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Today's Podcast
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020

Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Bob Ney: Trump has tried to run the White House like he runs his businesses. He acts like he was forced by Obama to hire everyone in his (Trump's) administration.

Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Scott Dworkin, co-founder Democratic Coalition @funder @TheDemCoalition
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Scott Dworkin: It's Obama vrs Trump, and Obama hits the campaign trail next week by doing a fundraiser for Biden. I think Obama is the person poised to be the biggest voice of reason.

Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
William Hamilton: We need to start looking at this country as a labor force that's being taken advantage of by Corporate America. We have to start taking care of the people who go to work every day, regardless of political affiliation.

Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Emily de La Bruyère
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Emily de La Bruyère: China is lying, cheating, and stealing. That's not okay. We can do whatever we want but as long as China steals our research & development & doesn't operate according to the rules, it won't work.

Friday Jun 19, 2020
Today's Podcast
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020

Friday Jun 19, 2020
Hassan Ahmad, Immigration Attorney/Advocate @HMAesq #DACA
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Hassan Ahmad: The Trump admin screwed up. They tried to undo DACA. The Supreme Court said the Trump admin didn't go about undoing DACA in the right way. We have procedures & rules & laws to follow. The exec. branch can't rule by fiat. Who has egg on their face now?

Friday Jun 19, 2020
PA State Senator Art Haywood @SenatorHaywood
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Art Haywood: I'm working closely w/ District Attorneys Association to make SB-611 a bill they can support. Contact your Harrisburg reps and ask them to support this bill.

Friday Jun 19, 2020
Sarah Burris, Reporter, Raw Story @SarahBurris @RawStory
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Sarah Burris: There is a concern that Trump may try to block Alexander Vindman's promotion. He's up for Colonel this year. Trump may still be sucking on sour grapes & would want to punish Lt. Col. Vindman...again.

Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Today's Podcast
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020

Thursday Jun 18, 2020
James B. Steele, Author, America: What Went Wrong? The Crisis Deepens @JBSPhilly
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
James B. Steele: One of the sneakiest things that happened were the pensions. 401(k)s are now the retirement plan for working Americans who have a retirement plan. It started out as being a supplement to pension plans; now it's replaced retirement plans.

Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Cici Battle, Director of Young People For @THECiciBattle @YP4 @peoplefor
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Cici Battle: What we're doing at Young People For is passion framing--we connect what young people are passionate about with a correlating political seat.

Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Jesse Turner: I'm old enough to remember having civics classes, incl learning about our state, US History, and world history.

Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Bob Ney, Political Analyst/Former OH Congressman @BobNey
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Bob Ney: I used to threaten my kids that John Bolton would babysit them if they didn't behave.

Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Today's Podcast
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020

Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Kelly Sennholz @MtnMD #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVirusUpdate
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Dr. Kelly Sennholz: Giving steroids to people in respiratory distress is already best practice. A story coming out of China warned against giving steroids to people w/ COVID & for about 3 days we didn't, until we researched it. Then a "miracle drug" came out. Suspicious.

Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Jackson, Sanity activist @DadoftheDecade
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Ben Jackson: Bringing a huge number of your supporters together in one place, risking infection, is an unusual campaign strategy. Then again, we're not working with a brain trust here.

Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Arthur Ago: The worst thing about the situation of the police shooting a man who'd fallen asleep in a drive-thru line was that nothing that night indicated the need for deadly force.

Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Chris Voss, Host of The Chris Voss Show @CHRISVOSS @CHRISVOSSSHOW
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Chris Voss: The GOP is still trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act. Rick: At the worst time possible.

Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Today's Podcast
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Propane Jane
