On today’s show, we spend the hour looking back at the five years of abolitionist and community organizing since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020. First, we speak with Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County Attorney. Hennepin County’s most known city is Minneapolis. Then, we’re joined by Melina Abdullah, a professor … Continued
Protesters decry Microsoft’s complicity in genocide by supplying the IDF with AI technology. Microsoft employees disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration by pronouncing “Microsoft AI kills kids.” Former Microsoft employees Hossam Nasr and Vaniya Agrawal along with “June”, a current employee using a pseudonym, join hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to discuss the No … Continued
J.K. Fowler, Executive Director of the Bay Area Book Festival in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, discussing this year’s festival, Saturday May 31st and Sunday June 1st throughout the City of Berkeley.
KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Yellow Face” by Henry David Hwang, at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage through June 14, 2025.
KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at San Francisco Playhouse through June 21, 2025.
On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with acclaimed historian and UCLA professor Robin D.G. Kelley for a timely conversation on resistance, imagination, and revolutionary possibility. Kelley breaks down how systemic crises—from war to racial capitalism—are not just problems to be solved, but opportunities to radically rethink society. The two dive into the … Continued
Discussed in this episode: The Trump FDA has just given regular, non-emergency approval to the Novavax COVID vaccine — which has been in use under an emergency authorization for years. Against the advice of its own scientific advisors, the agency decided to restrict the use of the vaccine to people over the age of 65, … Continued
In one of his last public interviews, Gus Newport shares his rarely heard, deeply personal connection to Malcolm X—known to him as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. From their first phone call during a police brutality crisis in Rochester, NY, to working side-by-side on the formation of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, Gus offers powerful insight into … Continued
In this Hard Knock Radio episode, host Davey D is joined by Dr. Jared Ball, author and professor, for a deep conversation marking the 100th birthday of Malcolm X. Dr. Ball, who co-edited A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X, shares his insights on the ongoing battle to preserve and accurately represent Malcolm’s legacy. … Continued
Jacques d’Amboise (1934-May 2, 2021) spent thirty years as the principal dancer of the New York City Ballet under the direction of the choreographer George Balanchine, and founded the National Dance Institute. He discusses his life and career in this April, 2011 interview with Richard Wolinsky. First posted May 9, 2021.
