Hard Knock Radio – January 10, 2023
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Oakland homeless residents prep for dual challenge of historic rain storm and eviction; Plus, Linda Ronstadt on the borderlands
On today’s show, we explore the pending January 9th eviction of Oakland’s Wood Street encampment – the largest of its kind in the city. At the same time, encampment residents are preparing for historic rainfall and potential flooding in the coming days and weeks. We’re joined by Wood Street resident John Janosko as well as … Continued
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Senior Analyst Timothy A. Wise is back with an update on the ban of GM corn in Mexico Distorting Markets in the Name of Free Trade Overestimating the costs of Mexico’s proposed phaseout of GM corn imports www.iatp.org/distorting-markets-name-free-trade Read more from Timothy A. Wise www.timothyawise.com
On today’s show, we’ll be in conversation with Oakland’s young rising star author Leila Mottley, who at just 20 years old published a bestselling novel called Nightcrawling, whose story is grounded in a trafficking and rape scandal by the Oakland Police department. Just a few years ago our guest was Oakland’s youth poet laureate, and … Continued