Hard Knock Radio

Annual Thingstaken Mix and Poor News Network

Our annual Thingsgiving mix featuring the voices of John Trudell, Leonard Peltier, and Wilma Mankiller. And later we hear from Poor News Network. 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.


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – November 23, 2023

Was the Generosity of Native Americans Towards the Pilgrims Repaid With Genocide? We begin on this Thanksgiving with a history of this uniquely American holiday and explore whether the generosity of the Native Americans toward the first white settlers was later repaid with genocide. Joining us is Stefan Aune, a Professor of American Studies at Williams … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Redemptive Thanksgiving of spiraling Blessings out into the World…

  Redemptive Thanksgiving of spiraling Blessings out into the World… Caroline, with some great music, reminds us that Thanksgiving not just a hallmark card smiley face on top of colonial destruction of Indigenous people and their kinship with Flora Fauna Fungi, but tis astrologically timed as first Thursday ( Jupiter’s Day) after Sun enters Sagittarius … Continued


Jan Morris (1926-2020) was a noted travel writer and historian, and a leading figure in the trans world. This program contains two interviews with Jan Morris, the first from August, 1999 which focuses on her career as a travel writer and historian, and the second from November 2001, recorded during the tour for her book, “Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere.” Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Produced and introduced by host Richard Wolinsky.
Also: Review of “1984” a new adaptation by Michael Gene Sullivan of the novel by George Orwell, at Aurora Theatre Company through December 10, 2023.


Guest: David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times.  Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, They Marched into … Continued


Law & Disorder

Wampanoag Thanksgiving; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Corrina Gould

Acknowledging today’s colonial Thanksgiving holiday, we spend the morning with a member of the tribe that is depicted in the Pilgrim and Indian mythology of Thanksgiving. Hartman Deetz is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe and has been a cultural steward of his people through language, material and performing arts. We’ll talk with him … Continued


In this special broadcast, we present audio from this year’s Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering, a public event held annually on Alcatraz Island on Thanksgiving Day. The event seeks to honor the traditions of the indigenous peoples on a day normally devoted to giving thanks for the survival of early Jamestown’s white settler community. This day … Continued