Rick Smith

LIVE From the DNC – Democracy and the Working Class (Hour 1)

August 19, 2024

LIVE from the United Center in Chicago, Civic Media is spending the week covering the Democratic National Convention! Todd is joined in-person by Trygve Olson, a Senior Advisor at The Lincoln Project, to cover the week’s events.  Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward stops by the Civic Media booth to talk about their mission. They are […]

Accounting on the Radio

November 1, 2023

Guest: Rick Smith

Radio host Rick Smith joins the Devil’s to give an update on the UAW strike, and Crute tries to figure out which Trump kid is Beavis and which is Butthead.

The untrustworthy trio

October 16, 2023

Guest: Rick Smith

Rick Smith, host of The Rick Smith Show, joins the Devil’s to talk about the UAW strike, take a ride with the national Republican’s clown car.

Congress swings away with a big stick (Hour 1)

December 1, 2022

Guest: Rick Smith

Friday Eve-Thursday Devil’s Congress Kneecaps Labor, avert rail strike. Rick Smith, Rick Smith Show-host at 4:30. Charles Franklin, pollster extraordinaire at 5 CT.

Weekly Best of UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow (Week of 10/24)

October 29, 2022

This week on Up North News, Pat spoke with Rick Smith about unions. Joe Zepecki came on the show to talk about Republicans’ poor response to mass shootings, and the Wednesday crew of Kirk Bangstad and Kristin Lyerly invited Sen. Chris Larson to talk about what we can all do to help our state.

A Matter of Trust Funds—and Ron Johnson (hour 2)

October 25, 2022

Guest: Rick Smith

We already knew the grossly misnamed Manufacturing and Agriculture Credit was nothing more than a monster tax cut for the wealthiest Wisconsinites and the biggest companies, now we learn a trust fund set up by Sen. Ron Johnson went from paying six-figure tax bills to $0 because of it.

Truckin’ and Truthin’ (hour 1)

October 25, 2022

Guest: Rick Smith

Radio host Rick Smith doesn’t simply talk up union workers—he’s still a Teamsters trucker working overnights. But each evening he hosts a show on stations across the country aimed at spreading the word about what blue collar workers really need from their elected officials. He’s on a tour across the Midwest and we caught him […]

Rick Smith keeps his eyes on the prize (hour 2)

October 24, 2022

Guest: Rick Smith

The Inaugural OshVegas Edition-Devil’s Advocates Mandela Barnes packing the room in Neenah. Crute takes you there! Rick Smith, Rick Smith Show in the Oshkosh Air Support 98.3 FM/1100 AM WISS studios. Clarence Thomas gives Lindsey Graham a stay.

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