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April 1, 2024 Throughout our history, working people have had to fight for just about everything. Things we take for granted today had to be fought for by those who came before us. And now that corporate wealth is growing in ridiculous ways, it’s time to share that wealth with the working people who create it. To this end, it’s time to talk about shorter work weeks, higher pay, better benefits – all of it. We did it in the past, and it’s time to do it again. Our guest today is Erik Loomis, Labor Historian and author of the book “The History of America in Ten Strikes.” Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 29, 2024 These days, with the Trump campaign flailing and Trump himself in need of massive amounts of cash to pay off his legal bills and judgements, the right-wing machine is in need of new and more creative ways to sheer its flock. The newest grift is a Trump bible that caters to Christian Nationalists and those who believe that religion should replace democracy in America. We discuss this grift and the very real danger behind it with Rachel Laser – CEO of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 28, 2024 Right-wing political elites are simply laughing at the justice system here in America … and they are paying no consequences for it. In just the last week, Trump had his bond in the NY fraud case reduced, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had federal fraud charges dropped, and CPAC goon Matt Schlapp settled his harassment case without ever facing a judge. Meanwhile, a new report just dropped that says the billionaire class in American increased its wealth by 88% just in the time since the pandemic. We discuss this report, and the concept of the rich being truly above the law, with Omar Ocampo of The Institute for Policy Studies. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 27, 2024 For as long as there have been corporations, those corporations have wanted full control of their industries so they can make the maximum profit with a minimum of responsibility to the public. And every time we give corporations this kind of power, they put profit over safety, and people end up getting hurt, or killed. Boeing is the latest example of this, and their willingness to cut corners that literally cause planes to fall from the sky, should surprise no one. We discuss Boeing’s responsibility, and if they will be held accountable, with Rick Claypool – Research Director at Public Citizen. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 25, 2024 During the Reagan administration, we started a massive selloff of American manufacturing, choosing to buy cheap goods from China rather than make things here to be used here. It was a massive windfall for the wealth class, but since this time, the working class has lost trillions in wealth, and it all went to the top 1%. Now the Biden administration is trying to bring American manufacturing back, and working people are beginning to notice. Our guest today is Roxanne Brown of the United Steelworkers, who joins us to discuss their recent endorsement of Joe Biden, and why he is the only good choice for American workers. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 25, 2024 Saying things that aren’t entirely true has long been an American tradition during election season, but this time around, there appear to be no guardrails of any kind between the truth and the boldest of lies. Depending on which network they’re on, Republicans are either openly laying out their plans to gut Social Security & Medicare in order to “save” them, or they’re angrily denying that such a plan exists and shouting at Democrats for quoting them too accurately. In a world in which we are forced to ignore what they say, we instead look at what they do, or what they say they will do if they win … and it ain’t good for working people. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 22, 2024 Corporations will do anything – and we mean anything – to keep profits away from workers and funnel them to the rich. Layoffs, stock buybacks, offshore tax havens – that’s where most of the money you earn goes, and the way to get it back is to join a union. We discuss this and more with Raymond Jensen of the United Auto Workers on today’s program. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 21, 2024 Many of us use Tik Tok. Some of us are fully addicted to it. But whether it’s an addiction or an occasional distraction, this much is true: every bit of data we create as we watch is being mined by foreign adversaries who will use whatever info they get to hurt us. And the real owner of Tik Tok is the Chinese Communist Party. We discuss the proposed Tik Tok ban – and if it’s going too far – with China policy expert Emily de La Bruyere of Horizon Advisory. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 20, 2024 Every time we privatize a public need to create a profit motive, people get hurt. Nowhere is this more evident than in our push to privatize Medicare. Our guest today is Jenn Coffey, a former State Representative and EMT who bought into the privatized Medicare Advantage program, and then had the audacity to get sick and need care. Since then, it’s been denial after denial, and red tape wrapped in red tape – it’s a cautionary tale, and one that is becoming more American every day. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 19, 2024 American workers are more productive now than they have been at any point in human history, yet this increase in productivity is not leading to better lives for American families. The massive increase in profits is being entirely gobbled up by the wealth class. Bernie Sanders has just proposed a bill to address part of this injustice by creating a standard 32-hour workweek. Tune in to hear why we support this, and what might come next. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 18, 2024 While the right-wing media machine has always fed its audience a ridiculous amount of lies and conspiracy theories, they seem to have created more “believers” for these lies ever since Trump came down that escalator in 2015. Now we can’t leave the house without running into half a dozen tinfoil hat-wearing flat-earthers who believe vaccines have microchips in them. We discuss the appeal of conspiracy theories and how they are used to manipulate us into voting against our interests, or not at all. Our guest is Svante Myrick - President of People for the American Way. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 15, 2024 It never ceases to amaze us just how cruel working-class Americans can be to one another, and we discuss this, and what we believe is causing it, at length in today’s episode. We also highlight the dysfunction in today’s GOP, in which Donald Trump has taken over the RNC and turned it into his personal slush fund, and how this ongoing march toward authoritarianism is causing GOP House members to leave their seats and quit the party at a staggering pace. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 14, 2024 Both Biden & Trump have now crossed the delegate thresholds to win the nominations of their parties, setting up what will be the longest and likely the ugliest general election campaign in American history. The two candidates couldn’t be farther apart on policy issues, and we will discuss some of those differences with our friend and guest Mike Williams, Senior Fellow at The Center for American Progress. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 13, 2024 Now that there are only two candidates left in the presidential race, it’s time to talk about their differences. Not this poll or that poll, or who has more trouble speaking in public – but what each man will do should he become (or remain) the leader of the free world. We discuss these differences, and trump’s recent threats to cut Social Security and Medicare, with Alex Lawson of Social Security Works. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 12, 2024 People are still talking about Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s dark and unsettling response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, and we have a few things to say about it as well. Also, we take some time to break down trump’s massive and growing debts, and what most believe he will do to get out of paying them. As hostile foreign powers line up to purchase an American presidential candidate, we discuss the potential dangers with former Republican Congressman Bob Ney. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 11, 2024 In one of the most critical and high-pressure moments of the Biden presidency, Joe delivered a fiery speech, taking on his rivals and the corporate media’s constant attacks on the ability of a man of his age to run the country. And while the post-speech reviews will take on their expected partisan slants, the idea that “Joe is too old” is quickly becoming a silly position that only the bought and paid for talking heads will dare to keep pushing. We break down the speech with Sarah Burris of RawStory. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 7, 2024 Put simply, when we engage with the world through free trade, some of our partners just don’t play fair. Some countries artificially manipulate everything from wages to safety to child labor, or they simply dump junk products into the market at low prices to chase competition away. In emerging markets, like clean energy, electric vehicles, and more, this manipulation is making competition anything but fair, and China in particular seems to be willing to do just about anything to make it even less fair. We discuss this and more with guests Scott Paul of The Alliance for American Manufacturing and Dave Madland of The Center for American Progress. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 7, 2024 We start our show with a discussion of the latest right-wing puppet to quit Congress, and the potential of a third-party spoiler entering the 2024 race. Then we pivot to a discussion of American Airlines and the AA employees and flight attendants who are demanding fair wages, hours, and conditions that are over a decade overdue. Our guest is Julie Hedrick, National President of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 6, 2024 The Heritage Foundation, perhaps the most powerful and harmful of the right-wing think tanks, has released its latest “Index of Economic Freedom” – a report that magically calls us free or oppressed based entirely on whether or not there’s a Republican in the White House. Join us for a discussion on phony scholarship and how the right spends tons of money to fake legitimacy for some of the most nonsensical arguments imaginable. Our guest is Matias Vernengo, Professor of Economics at Bucknell University. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 5, 2024 Legacy media is running story after story about a new CBS poll that has Trump leading Biden nationally, telling us why we should all panic about it. We take a different approach, pointing a finger at media itself and the unwillingness of Democrats and left-leaning interests to engage at all in the ongoing information war that is so clearly happening every day in America. We have surrendered the airwaves to the billionaire class, and they are filling the space with the kind of propaganda that would make even Putin blush. And Americans are eating it up. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 4, 2024 We start the show talking about the “Truckers for Trump” and their threats to “shut down New York City.” As expected, the movement was just a PR stunt, and has amounted to no real action of any kind … but loads of right-wing TV coverage. Then we host a discussion about the infamous topic of “Right to Work” which has once again been defeated – this time in New Hampshire. Our guest today is Liz McElroy, VP for Government Affairs at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
March 1, 2024 Greedflation is a problem everywhere, but most families feel it the most when they’re trying to feed themselves and their loved ones. In this episode, we start with a discussion about the fast-food chain Wendy’s and its new “surge pricing” program, and then we discuss the proposed Kroger/Albertson’s merger, and why it could be a disaster for consumers. Our guest is Morgan Harper of The Economic Liberties Project. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 29, 2024 Today we’re talking about Starbucks, more specifically about Starbucks Workers United and how they managed to get the suits to come to the table and agree to work out a framework for their very first contract. This is potentially a massive shift in worker power in America, and we have a few things to say about it. We will also discuss China’s plans to circumvent American trade policies in order to flood economy with communist made electric vehicles in an effort to take over the EV market worldwide. Our guest is Scott Paul of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 28, 2024 In this episode, we discuss a bonkers new ruling out of Alabama that bans fertility procedures like IVF, essentially keeping women who want children from accessing the scientific means to get pregnant. And to make things worse, it is very likely that other red states are likely to follow in Alabama’s footsteps, creeping closer and closer to a form of Christian Sharia Law right here in America. We discuss this and other topics related to the GOP’s push for authoritarian male rule with former Alabama Senator Doug Jones. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 27, 2024 As right-wing funded AstroTurf groups are popping up all over the country, we take a look back at America’s long history of using media and fake political front groups to destroy any and all forms of working-class organizing, whether in the workplace or the in the halls of Congress. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 26, 2024 It just doesn’t get much weirder than the annual CPAC conference, where the right wing of the country gathers to exchange conspiracy theories and plot out the end of democracy in America. We break down some of the nuttier moments from the conference and react to this and other stories from around the country. Our guest is Journalist Sarah Burris of RawStory. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 23, 2024 As working people across America are beginning to gain power and respect in the workplace, the response from the wealth class and the politicians they own has been to turn to children as cheap and disposable labor. As a number of GOP dominated states roll back child labor protections, we take a look at the problem and get to the bottom of why the right is so intent on abusing our kids. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 22, 2024 We’re Americans, and that means we just love cheap stuff. But our addiction to cheap consumer trash didn’t happen by accident. For generations, American corporations have combed the globe for cheap, exploitable labor they can use to cut cost, cut prices, and of course, cut good-paying American jobs. On today’s show, we discuss this addiction, and how we can break it, with Scott Paul, President of The Alliance for American Manufacturing. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 20, 2024 As the AI tidal wave continues, we are beginning to see how intrusive it is, or soon will be. Many workplaces now have AI monitoring system watching workers on the job and controlling their actions. And this is just the beginning. To discuss this new threat, we are joined by Lisa Gilbert, Executive Vice President at Public Citizen. To learn more about their work, go to www.citizen.org http://www.citizen.org/ Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
February 19, 2024 For years, the right has been pushing a narrative that would have us believe that Joe Biden and his son are hardened criminals who are out to get us – all of us. However, last week the right’s primary source for this nonsense found himself in handcuffs, charged with lying to the FBI. That’s right – it was all a big lie. More on this and also a discussion on the economy with Economics Professor Matias Vernengo of Bucknell University. Don’t miss our daily TV show on Free Speech TV: www.freespeech.org http://www.freespeech.org/ Find us on: · DirecTV (Channel 348) · Dish (Channel 9415) · Sling · Roku · Apple TV · Amazon Fire TV · Get the FSTV iOS app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/free-speech-tv/id1327029481 Did you miss last night’s show? Miss part of the #RickShow on your local radio station? Want to listen at work, or around the house? Download the podcast on our website at: https://www.thericksmithshow.com https://www.thericksmithshow.com/. Want Merch? Check out our store here: https://www.democraticstuff.com/rick-smith-show.html Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-rick-smith-show419/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
