Freedom Frequency is a curated audio series featuring conversations, lectures, and interviews with leading intellectuals, artists, academics, journalists, and grassroots organizers addressing racial justice, political education, economic equity, state violence, public health, and movement building.
Rooted in independent media and the legacy of community-centered journalism, the series amplifies voices often excluded from mainstream platforms and preserves critical dialogue for future generations.
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with critical media literacy scholar and author Nolan Higdon about his new book, MAG Academy, a sharp examination of the long running assault on higher education. Higdon argued that the current attacks on universities did not begin with Donald Trump. Instead, he traced the crisis back decades to … Continued
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with community activist and journalist Jesse Strauss and longtime civil rights attorney Walter Riley to discuss their new book, Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley. The conversation explored Riley’s decades of movement work, the importance of preserving radical history, and the lessons today’s organizers can draw … Continued
As part of a Black History Month celebration at San Francisco State University, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D sat in conversation with longtime organizer and formerly incarcerated activist Dorsey Nunn. What unfolded was not a ceremonial talk, but a grounded and at times raw discussion about violence, prison life, reentry, and the deeper systems that shape who … Continued
In this historic address, Martin Luther King Jr. speaks forcefully about the moral costs of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, framing the war as a profound ethical crisis for the nation. The speech, America’s Chief Moral Dilemma was delivered on May 17, 1967, on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley. … Continued
Davey D reconnects with Dr James Taylor to unpack the State of the Union and what it signals about where the country is headed. Taylor opens by saying the speech was heavy on grievance and spectacle and light on real policy, describing Trump as someone who thrives on division and public performance rather than governing. … Continued
We speak with comic legends Dick Gregory and Paul Mooney about their legacies, the state of comedy, the Oscars and Black History we speak w/ comic legends Dick Gregory and Paul Mooney about their legacies, the state of comedy, the Oscars and Black History.
