Hard Knock Radio – May 15, 2024

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.


Hard Knock Radio

Fund Drive Special: Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year

Today we speak with author Paul Alexander about his latest book Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year. During her lifetime and after her death, Billie Holiday was often depicted as a down-on-her-luck junkie severely lacking in self-esteem. Relying on interviews with people who knew her, and new material unearthed in … Continued


The Final Straw Radio

Don Bosco Park Defense in Bologna + Bernard Jemison on Conditions & Resistance in AL Prisons

This week, an interview with a radical in Bologna, Italy, about the defense of the Don Bosco park from cementization (redevelopment) by the leftist municipal administration of the city. This is followed by an interview with Bernard Jemison, incarcerated whistleblower at Holman Correctional Institution in Atmore, AL, about conditions in the Alabama prison system and recent calls to organize a strike by prisoners affiliated with the Free Alabama Movement