The Rick Smith Show

With yet another school shooting in the news, we spend some time discussing the number one killer of American young people - guns. We also discuss the campaigns, the debate, and what we expect to happen in the last few weeks between now and Election Day. Joining us today are guests Greg Sargent of The New Republic, and Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing. Don’t miss our daily TV...

September 10, 2024 Even with corporate media in his pocket, sane-washing all the crazy and dangerous things he says, the Trump mythos seems to be unraveling. With each speech going farther off the rails than the one that cam before it, people are beginning to understand just how unqualified and dangerous Trump is, even if we are coming to this realization far slower than we should. We discuss this...

September 9, 2024 The DOJ recently unsealed an indictment that shows that, once again, the Russians are meddling in our election, this time using right-wing mouthpieces to do their bidding. We discuss this and more with Sarah Burris of Raw Story and former GOP Congressman Bob Ney. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Di...

September 6, 2024 As the Harris/Walz campaign travels the country talking to voters, the Trump campaign seems to be content to do their reality TV thing, hurling attacks instead of talking policy. We discuss this and more with Cait Smith of The Center for American Progress and former GOP Congressman Bob Ney. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      Dir...

September 5, 2024 Well, he's done it again - he's gone and said a whole bunch of stuff that makes no sense at all, and our legacy media is treating it like business as usual. We discuss the latest craziness with union leader Darrin Kelly and journalist Jessica Goodheart. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish...

September 4, 2024 While the GOP is trying hard to make a play for working-class votes, we feel the need to explain how Republicans are in the pocket of the wealth class, and have been for well over half a century now. Also, we recap our time at the Democratic National Convention by airing conversations we had with Rear Admiral Michael Smith of the US Navy, who warns us about the dangers of making...

September 3, 2024 Today on the podcast we discuss the importance of Labor Day with AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond and Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Apple TV ·      Amazon Fire TV ·      Get the FST...

From all of us here at The Rick Smith Show, we hope you have a great day honoring the achievements and sacrifices of America's working people. We look forward to resuming our regular programming after the holiday. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Apple TV ·    ...

August 30, 2024 Trump claims he won California in 2020, an explosion at an airport in Atlanta kills 2 workers, and our media is failing us. We discuss this and more with former OSHA Secretary Jordan Barab and Will Bunch, National Opinion Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (...

August 29, 2024 Everyone expected the DNC to provide a post-convention bump in the polls for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, but the wave of support they are enjoying is far larger than expected. We discuss this and more with Serena Lin of Mother Jones, and Will Rice of American for Tax Fairness. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 34...

August 28, 2024 In a NYT op-ed from earlier this week, an argument was made that Trump could win the 2024 election “on character.” And again, as we do almost every week, we find ourselves stunned by our cowardly corporate media and their willingness to defer to the worst kinds of behavior, even calling it good. And as legacy media shows its belly to the wealth class, hard-working Americans are bei...

August 27, 2024 Join our ongoing coverage of the 2024 Democratic Convention every day this week as we talk with elected leaders, media personalities, friends in labor, and many more advocates for America's working families. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Appl...

August 23, 2024 Join our ongoing coverage of the 2024 Democratic Convention every day this week as we talk with elected leaders, media personalities, friends in labor, and many more advocates for America's working families. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Appl...

August 23, 2024 Join our ongoing coverage of the 2024 Democratic Convention every day this week as we talk with elected leaders, media personalities, friends in labor, and many more advocates for America's working families. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Appl...

August 22, 2024 Join our ongoing coverage of the 2024 Democratic Convention every day this week as we talk with elected leaders, media personalities, friends in labor, and many more advocates for America's working families. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Appl...

August 21, 2024 Join our ongoing coverage of the 2024 Democratic Convention every day this week as we talk with elected leaders, media personalities, friends in labor, and many more advocates for America's working families. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find us on: ·      DirecTV (Channel 348) ·      Dish (Channel 9415) ·      Sling ·      Roku ·      Appl...

August 19, 2024 Republicans keep saying that Project 2025 is not their plan, even though it was written by some of Trump’s closest aides and allies. But we know better. As VP Candidate Tim Walz says “when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” We discuss Project 2025 and more with Claude Cummings, President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Labor Historian and Write...

August 16, 2024 While Donald Trump tries to distance himself from Project 2025, behind the scenes, his team is getting ready to put the plan in motion the moment Trump wins. But first, he has to win, or he has to find a way to steal a win even if he doesn’t have the votes. We discuss this and more with our guests – Jody Calemine of the AFL-CIO and Michael Sainato of The Guardian. Don’t miss our da...

August 15, 2024 It’s election season, and working people are deciding who they’re going to vote for, but that didn’t stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from bashing working families and laughing about it as they droned on for hours in an interview Tuesday night on the platform Musk owns. We discuss their shared disdain for thew working class with Colin Seeburger of The center for American Progress, a...

August 13, 2024 Project 2025 is a disaster waiting to happen. It will decimate freedoms for many of our most vulnerable citizens, and it will force us into what can only be called a form of Christian Sharia Law. Put simply, Project 2025 will dismantle America, and we simply can’t allow that to happen. We discuss this and the news of the day with Sarah Burris of raw Story and former GOP Congressman...

August 12, 2024 The Trump team has an education plan – it’s called Project 2025, and should Trump win, it’s going to decimate public education in America. We discuss this and more with two education experts: Mary Catherine Ricker of the Albert Shanker Institute, and Federick C. Ingram of The American Federation of Teachers. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV:  www.freespeech.org Find u...

August 9, 2024 As people flock to the Harris/Walz events, the GOP is just getting weirder and weirder, with Donald Trump making odd claims on his social media that Biden is somehow going to re-enter the race, and that Kamala Harris leading the ticket is now some kind of coup. Meanwhile, Dems are on message, talking about issues that working families actually care about. We discuss this and more wi...

August 8, 2024 We have a VP pick, and the attacks have begun. But conservatives have a problem – unlike their candidates, who get weirder by the day, Tim Walz is a normal guy. He’s a teacher, a vet, a hunter, and a football coach. If Walz is the radical lefty that the GOP says he is, then so is pretty much everyone else. We discuss the new Democratic ticket with Matt McNeil of AM 950 in Minneapoli...

August 7, 2024 For decades now, American conservatives have been plagued by magical thinking. From trickle-down economics to “Mexico is going to pay for the wall” Americans have been fed a steady diet of promises that simply never come true. Yet magical thinking still dominates conservative arguments and pushes Americans farther and farther away from their communities. We discuss this and more wit...

August 6, 2024 On August 3, 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,000 air traffic controllers. He also banned them from federal government jobs for life. Their crime? Well, they had the audacity to go on strike over unsafe working conditions that put workers and passengers in danger. It signaled an all-out assault on the working class, and that assault has continued for decades, making the rich immorally r...