PoliSocial Pulse

PoliSocial Pulse

PoliSocial Pulse, hosted by Dr. Chelsea Smith, DSW, LMSW, LCDC, a Texas social worker, dives into the intersection of politics and social work. With bold conversations and educational insights, Dr. Smith challenges mainstream narratives and amplifies overlooked voices, fostering clarity and unity through honest dialogue. Tune in weekly for fresh perspectives that spark critical thinking. Subscribe now! Peace through honesty, pulse of the people.

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April 19, 2025 78 mins

Dr. Chelsea Smith and Steve dive into the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), tracing its roots from Jane Addams’ Hull House to its 1955 formation. Explore how NASW’s Code of Ethics, now focused on racial justice, shapes licensure, education, and advocacy. Is it a force for justice or a gatekeeper? Hear raw Pulse of the People stories on immigration policy and workplace ideology clashes. Question NASW’s transparency and ...

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PoliSocial Pulse Episode #6: Real Talk with a Conservative Social Worker - From my Texas barn office, I, Dr. Chelsea Smith, DSW, LMSW, LCDC, host my first guest episode with Steve, a Chicago-area social worker, on a chill Saturday afternoon. In a raw, unfiltered convo, we tackle the long-overdue, often taboo intersection of conservative values and social work’s gritty realities. With humor, heart, and straight-up honesty, we shatte...

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March 27, 2025 30 mins

🎙️ PoliSocial Pulse—Peace through honesty, Pulse of the People—unpacks 60 years of NASW sidelining conservatives and fraying social work. Dr. Chelsea R. Smith brings facts, receipts, and a unifying call: who’s caring for us?


🌍 YOUR Voice Counts! Join us on Zoom—share your truth to heal social work. Submit via MS Forms: name, email, topics, contact prefs, credentials (optional). Sign a release—no client/coworker names; keep it upli...

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Dr. Chelsea Smith digs into NASW’s 60-year chokehold on conservative voices in social work, exposing a field fractured by fear and hypocrisy. From students silenced in classrooms to NASW CEO Anthony Estreet’s felony-laden tenure—verified on Maryland’s license site—NASW’s vague ethics enable exclusion while preaching diversity. This week, Democrats turned on Schumer for backing Trump’s funding bill, proving even DEI champs can’t han...

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March 11, 2025 37 mins

Dr. Chelsea Smith launches a fearless 3-part series exposing NASW’s 60+ year squeeze on conservatives in social work. Episode 1, ‘The Vanishing Conservative,’ unveils why they’re fading—shrunk by a liberal, socialist, globalist machine clashing with NASW’s diversity promise. From a century without GOP in Congress to a profession turned hostile, Smith’s 2024 research and decades of evidence reveal a systemic monopoly locking conserv...

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Join Dr. Chelsea Smith—conservative social worker, big-picture thinker, and Texas firecracker—on Polisocial Pulse: Blaze of Beliefs: Social Work’s Untold Fight. We’re tearing into the wild heart of social work, busting the myth it’s all one-sided. From the smoky slums of 1890s Chicago—where gritty pioneers like Jane Addams fought for their neighbors—to today’s drift toward handouts over grit, Chelsea digs into why social work’s los...

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Referenced Literature by Mitchell Rosenwald:

Rosenwald, M. (2006). Exploring the Political Diversity of Social Workers. Social Work

         Research, 30(2), 121-126. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42659620

Rosenwald, M. (2006). A Part Versus Apart: The Relationship Between Social Workers’ Political Ideology and Their Professional Affiliation. Journal of Social Work Values and Et...

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