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The Rick Smith Show Rick Smith
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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.
Want more #RickShow? Go to https://www.thericksmithshow.com
The Rick Smith Show streams live every weeknight from 9p-11p EST on YouTube & Twitch TV, and the show runs every night in prime time on Free Speech TV.
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Radio listeners – You can find us in most major markets, including New York City on WBAI 99.5 FM, Los Angeles on KPFK 90.7 FM, Chicago on WCPT AM 820, Columbus on 98.3/92.7 FM, Minneapolis on AM950, and many others. Check your local listings.
Call-in at 1-866-416-RICK (7425) to join the show.
Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com
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Saying vs. Doing
May 10, 2024
Earlier this week, Joe Biden went to Racine, Wisconsin, to the site of Trump’s failed Foxconn disaster, to announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft that will bring the jobs to the area that Trump promised but never delivered. It’s just another example of the difference between saying something and doing something. Today’s guest is Corey Hill, President of UAW Local 3250.
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All Work and No Play
May 9, 2024
On today’s show, we start with a discussion of child labor in America. In its never-ending search for cheap exploitable workers, corporate America has used its stable of GOP legislators to weaken child labor laws in many states and find ways to get around existing laws in order to force kids into dangerous industrial jobs. We discuss this and more with our guests: Greg Regan of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, and former GOP Congressman Bob Ney.
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American Carnage
May 8, 2024
We’ve done it. We’ve finally done it. For the first time in American history, the wealth class now pays a lower tax rate than the working class. Now we just have to wait for all the wealth we simply give the rich to “trickle down” to the rest of us. Unless it was all just a big lie … Our guests today are Julie Hedrick – President of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, and Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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The Lies We Want
May 7, 2024
Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota and wannabe Trump VP-pick just released a new book, and it appears to be full of carefully chosen lies. In fact, so much of what comes from the right these days is just carefully chosen lies. On today’s show, we discuss why this is the case, and what we can do about it. We also spend some time with Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer, and our resident expert on all things China – Emily de La Bruyere of Horizon Advisory.
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The Greed Train
May 6, 2024
Apple just announced a $110 billion stock buyback plan. That’s billion with a B. We discuss this, and also get into a new plan in Congress to protect warehouse workers, which will surely be attacked by corporate Republican and corporate Democrats alike, and then we talk about disinformation with Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos of The American Sunlight Project, and then break down the week with reporter Sarah Burris of raw Story.
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Grievance Theater
May 3, 2024
Simply put, America is getting tired of the Trump sideshow. As he whines about being held accountable for crimes he thinks only the rest of us should pay for, and as he grifts ceaselessly because he needs the cash – most of us are simply tuning out. And that’s dangerous, because if he wins, it’s going to be much worse that it was last time. This and more with journalist Shaun Richman of In These Times and Ken Grossinger, author of Art Works – New Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together.
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