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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.
This week, well examine the Supreme Courts decision allowing the sales of an abortion medication called Mifepristone to continue while a lawsuit wends its way through courts. Imani Gandy, attorney-turned-journalist with Rewire News Group will parse the ruling and explain whats next for reproductive rights. Then Matt Gertz of Media Matters will reflect on Fox … Continued
We jump into summer by talking with people who are making seasonal activities accessible to those with disabilities. Rachael A Zubal-Ruggieri has a passion for comic books and helped start the “Cripping the Comic Con” at Syracuse University. This bi-annual symposium featured topics relating to disability and pop culture. Then we hear about the California … Continued
Since Roe V. Wade was overturned last summer, it’s harder than ever to access abortion services. But it’s never been easy in the rural midwest and southern states, even when Roe was the law of the land. We sat down with staff at All Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington, Indiana to talk about how … Continued
On the latest program, we celebrate Daniel Ellsberg Week (April 24-30), co-sponsored by The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy & and RootsAction Education Fund, as we honor whistleblowers in support of a truly free press from Dan Ellsberg to Julian Assange. First, Mickey talks with journalist Kevin Gosztola, author of Guilty of Journalism. Kevin gives important updates on … Continued
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
On April 17, a federal court in San Francisco struck down the City of Berkeley’s first-of-its-kind law banning natural gas infrastructure from new buildings. The ruling can have implications beyond Berkeley, especially since more than seventy local and state jurisdictions around the country have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric new buildings, … Continued
Yanis Varoufakis, elected member Greek parliament, joins Prof. Wolff on this week’s show and offers his original, critical perspectives on (1) the banking crisis, (2) the decline of the US empire and US capitalism, (3) the mass uprisings of the French and Greek working classes in Europe, (4) the collapse of Europe’s efforts to shape … Continued
On Today’s Show: Zooey Zephyr, Montana’s First Trans Lawmaker, Speaks Out After Being Banned & Silenced by Republicans “Rising Tide of Fascism”: Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones Warns of GOP’s Growing Embrace of Authoritarianism “Courage Is Contagious”: Zooey Zephyr & Justin Jones on the GOP’s Silencing of State Lawmakers “Provocative & Dangerous”: Biden to Send Nuclear-Armed … Continued
Today on A Rude Awakening, bank acquisitions and clean air initiatives I’ll speak to California Reinvestment Coalition’s Kevin Stein on Washington Federal acquisition of Luther Burbank Savings and then switch gears and discuss a fossil fuel backed referendum with Kobi Naseck of VISION. *originally aired 03.17.23
