Kevin DeGood, Director of Infrastructure Policy at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the Trump administrations infrastructure plan and explains why it’s bad policy.
Christine Campbell, president of the American Federation of Teachers- West Virginia (AFT-WV) joins Rick to talk about the General Strike of educators in West Virginia that shut down schools in the states 55 counties, why they have taken to the picket lines and state capital, and what it’s going to take to get them back.
Marla Kilfoyle, Executive Director of the Badass Teacher’s Association (BAT) and Melissa Tomlinson, Assistant Executive Director of the BATs joins Rick to talk about the upcoming day of action and the Janus v. AFSCME case that prompted the rallies.
Scott Paul of the Alliance for American Manufacturing
Jared Yates Sexton on The Unraveling of American Democracy
The Rick Smith Show | 10-27-21 (1st Hour)
The Rick Smith Show | 10-27-21 (2nd Hour)
Comedian Pete Dominick thinks Steve Bannon is a Vampire
Sari Beth Rosenberg on Fixing the Education Worker Shortage
HuffPost Labor Reporter Dave Jamieson
The Rick Smith Show | 10-26-2021 (2nd Hour)
The Rick Smith Show | 10-26-2021 (1st Hour)
Trevor Higgins of The Center for American Progress
9/11 Responder & Advocate John Feal Joins the Show
The Rick Smith Show | 10-25-21 (1st Hour)
The Rick Smith Show | 10-25-21 (2nd Hour)
The Rick Smith Show | 10-22-21 (1st Hour)
The Rick Smith Show | 10-22-21 (2nd Hour)
David Pepper on the Trickle-Down Destruction of Small Town America
The Impact of School Closures and Staff Shortages
Olga Lautman of The Kremlin File Podcast
Alex Press of Jacobin on the #Striketober Movement
The Rick Smith Show | 10-21-21 (1st Hour)
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