The Rick Smith Show 1-15-2026

On this episode of The Rick Smith Show, Rick is joined by David Janovsky, Acting Director of the Constitution Project at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), to unpack the FBI’s controversial handling of the investigation into the killing of Renee Good and explore real avenues for holding ICE and federal law enforcement accountable within a system seemingly designed to shield them. Later, Rick talks with Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, about the impending closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, how a union-busting ownership ran a 240-year-old paper into the ground, and why they’re now trying to blame workers for their own failures.

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