The Rick Smith Show
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.comThe 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.Be sure to add the FSTV channel on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, on the FSTV iOS app, or find us in the regular channel lineup on DirecTV or Dish.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
Episodes
On today’s Rick Smith Show, labor reporter Michael Sainato discussed the profound impact of recent ICE raids on workers, highlighting the fear and economic instability these operations create for immigrant communities and their employers. Investigative journalist Greg Palast then explored the fallout from the Trump-Musk breakup, analyzing its political and social implications, and what it reveals about shifting alliances among Amer...
The Rick Smith Show features Phil Glover, AFGE Vice President, and Sam Newton, communications director of the Democratic Governors Association, discussing Donald Trump’s attacks on workers and the poor. Guests highlight threats to federal worker protections, union rights, and essential public services under Trump’s policies.
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Rick talks Trump overreach and bad trade policy
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Rick talks One Big Beautiful Nightmare bill with Bobby Kogan from the Center for American Progress and Trump DOL Apprenticeship funding with LIUNA's John LeConche.
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Rick Smith shares a working-class perspective on America’s unraveling social safety net. He recounts encounters with homeless individuals, highlighting how government cuts to Medicaid, housing, and food assistance leave vulnerable people behind. Smith blames decades of pro-wealthy policies, urging collective action to restore dignity and support for struggling Americans.
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So it looks like the next mayor of New York City is going to be a Democratic Socialist, and everyone who does politics for a living is freaking out about it. We discuss the campaign that brought us Zohran Mamdani and the policies and energy that he's promising to bring to NYC. Our guests are comedian and podcaster Pete Dominick and Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing.
He doesn't know what he doesn't know. That may be the best way to describe Trump "discovering" that Middle East conflicts are complicated, and you can't just waltz in and drop a few bombs and change the dynamics. But this is what happens when the president watches Fox News - Fox News becomes US foreign policy, and that should scare us all. Veteran and podcast host Rich Ojeda is our guest.
Some may have missed Trump's odd rant against national holidays, when he said that there are too many holidays and that all of us need to work more than we already do. But the fact he said this on Juneteenth isn't a coincidence. And while Trump's racism is pretty easy to see these days, it should not be missed that he also seems to think that working people have it too easy. Like we always say - the GOP hates working pe...
After campaigning as the "no more wars" candidate, Trump has just started another foreign war. That makes his promise worth the same as his promise to bring down prices, or the promise to end the Ukraine War in 24 hours. Literally nothing he promised has happened, and in most cases, he did the opposite of what he said he would do. Is this enough to break MAGA? Maybe. We spend some time discussing this and more with Reporter...
While our media is busy ranting about Iran, the GOP is busy doing what they do best - stealing. The new crypto bill moving through Congress is set to do exactly what every GOP bill does, make it easy for rich people to make money and even easier for working class folks to lose money. We discuss this and much more with special guest Morris Pearl of The Patriotic Millionaires.
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It seems that our wealth class will never run out of ways to steal from the rest of us. Their latest legislative nightmare is about crypto currency, and it is sure to do what every other GOP law does - remove money from working people and put it in the hands of the immorally rich. Meanwhile, the rest of us get cuts and a loss of the benefits our hard work pays for. We discuss this and more with Alex Lawson of Social Security Works,...
Unfortunately, cruelty is now commonplace in America, and we start today's show with an example of it in our healthcare system. Then we are joined by two special guests - Marcus Chambers of The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Daniel Rangel of Rethink Trade. Join us as we try to sort out the policy, make sense of the lies and deception, and find our way back to some sense of community.
Many in America are actively looking for ways out of the mess we have created for ourselves, and we should be looking to labor for the answers. Today we speak to two union leaders - John Schleuss of Newsguild and Josh Zivalich of the Teamsters - about where we are, and about how solidarity is the way back to the America we remember.
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After yet another act of hate by the right-wing hate machine, lawmakers are beginning to endorse the violence. At least two US Senators are blaming the death of Minnesota legislators on Democrats, even though the perpetrator is a lifelong Republican and avid Trump supporter. Unfortunately, the lack of any condemnation of the acts means that more violence is almost certainly on the way. Our guests are Sarah Burris of raw Story and R...
The Trump Administration may is trying to look tough by assaulting a US Senator, but their weakness is on full display now that Israel has defied the regime by attacking Iran and killing any chance of a nuclear deal that Trump thought would bring him a Nobel Prize. This clown car of an administration just can't seem to do anything right ... and working families are the ones paying the price. Our guests are Brent Booker of LiUNA...
Trump's immigration crackdown may be playing well with his base, but that base is shrinking and the rest of us are rising up to oppose his many abuses of our Constitution. With the "No Kings" protest coming soon, we discuss the state of American democracy with longtime friends Matias Vernengo of Bucknell University, and former GOp Congressman Bob Ney.
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Trump is leaning into the authoritarian use of our military, and he's banking on the assumption that middle America will see him as strong for doing so. And he may be right. Our guests today are Arthur Stamoulis of the Citizens Trade Campaign, and Mike Lux of American Family Voices.
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Trump just sent the Marines into Los Angeles because that's what authoritarians do. He's sending soldiers to face off against peaceful protesters because it isn't violence he fears - it's dissent that scares him. America is on the brink, folks, and how this ends is anyone's guess. Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing and Dave Midland of The Center for American Progress are our guests.
Less than 6 months into Trump's term, and we're kidnapping people off the streets and sending them to prisons in random countries, the economy is faltering, and now we're arresting judges, members of Congress, and union presidents. If you don't think fascism has fully arrived in America, then you're not paying attention. Sarah Burris of Raw Story is our guest.
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Elect a clown - expect a circus. That's about all we can say about the latest Trump/Musk feud. But while the mean girls are squabbling, the rest of us are stuck with a government that can't do anything at all to make our live better. Maybe we should have thought this one through before voting last November. Today we are joined by Henry Burke of The Revolving Door Project and Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufactu...
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