Featured Episode
Fund Drive Special – John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
In this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D presents the ground-breaking documentary John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk. In John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk, narrated by Wesley Snipes, Bourne explores the biopic form that has framed much of his work and demonstrates why it is important to tell … Continued
Background Briefing – February 22, 2024
RFK Junior’s Role as a Spoiler Since His Campaign’s Biggest Donor is Also Trump’s Biggest Donor We begin with Biden calling Putin “a crazy SOB” and assess whether that is the wrong target for such blunt language which Biden should be using against Trump. Joining us to discuss campaign strategy and the role of RFK … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Women in Greek Mythography
Waxing Full Moon Awooooh- welcoming Max Dashu, honoring her deep delving deft – resonant, latest book Women in Greek Mythography: Pythias, Melissae and Titanides excavating liberating counter narratives to orthodoxy…. “This richly illustrated ethno-historical sourcebook uncovers what they didn’t teach us about women in Greek myth, including pre-patriarchal cosmogonies of the titanides (female titans); women’s … Continued
Special KPFA Fund Drive Programming
Today’s episode is preempted by special KPFA Winter Fund Drive programming.
Fundraising special: the Desi diaspora, the newest finance capital
Jeet Heer on Indian Americans in politics and society (article here) • Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno, authors of The Fall and Rise of American Finance, on the new finance capital
On today’s show, we broadcast a talk by outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, who speaks about the conclusions he documents in his book Ten Myths About Israel. He examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel, focusing on “ten myths” repeated endlessly in the media, … Continued
Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches – Fund Drive Special
On today’s show, we’re joined by the author of a new uplifting collection of speeches by African American women called Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-first Century. Our guest and the book’s curator is civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. Gathering an array of recognized … Continued