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It’s Monday July 17, 2017 Back to Reality, Back to the Future
Propane Jane is back for another dose of sanity in an otherwise poorly written reality sitcom that’s not ready for prime time and to talk about how to cope with the dysfunction of the Trump administration and their cast of characters. Angela Simaan, Communications...
read moreIt’s Saturday July 15, 2017 Talking Free Trade
Episode 21 Rick discusses what the Neo-Liberal agenda has done to workers and their communities as jobs are outsourced due to bad Free Trade Deals and the public commons are sold off to the most connected bidders leaving working families left behind and out of luck. ...
read moreIt’s Friday July 14, 2017 President Trump To Paris, Nice Body
Timothy Karr, Senior Director of Strategy Free Press and Free Press Action Fund joins Rick to discuss the historic day of action for Net Neutrality that saw more than 2 million comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defending a free and open internet...
read moreIt’s Thursday July 13, 2017 RED HANDED According to Time Magazine
Bill Barry, retired Director of Labor Studies at the Community College of Baltimore County joins Rick to discuss the importance of remembering the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the lessons of past organizing and workers actions are relevant for today’s worker’s...
read moreIt’s Wednesday July 12, 2017 There is Something in the “NothingBurger”
Andrea Chalupa, journalist, political commentator, and co-organizer of the March for Truth joins Rick to discuss the recent “smoking cannon” bombshell as Donald Trump Jr. releases an email chain that explicitly shows he as a Trump campaign operative was open to...
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In 2005, The Rick Smith Show stepped into a local radio world devoid of progressive talk. Rick took his straight shooting no nonsense Teamster outlook to the air and started mixing it up with conservatives from one of the reddest areas north of the Mason Dixon line. His show grew steadily, attracting listeners starved for a voice that spoke to working stiffs who felt the economic floor crumbling beneath them.
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