Hard Knock Radio – June 22, 2023
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.
Featured Episode
Background Briefing – June 22, 2023
We begin with the Republican tactic of manufacturing scandals to attack Democrats while ignoring the serial scandals of their front-runner and Fuhrer such as keeping alive Durham’s “Russiagate” nothingburger for 5 years and Hunter Biden’s imaginary crime spree for 5 years while one of the House GOP’s head witch hunters Congressman Comer promised an FBI … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Telling the Story of our Kinship with the Earth
Caroline welcomes Andreas Kornevall, author, storyteller and ecological activist. Directs the Earth Restoration Service Charity, the charity aims to enhance ecological integrity by planting new woodlands around the world. Through which, over a thousand schools across the British Isles have signed up and whose students have planted over two hundred woodlands. In response to the … Continued
In honor of Pride Month, we hear two interviews with author Alan Hollinghurst. The first was recorded for Bookwaves while he was on tour for the paperback edition of his Booker Prize winning novel, The Line of Beauty. The second interview, recorded on November 5, 2011, was conducted while he was on tour for his novel The Stranger’s Child.
Family abolition, the cult of homeownership
Slaying sacred cows: M.E. O’Brien, author of Family Abolition, on doing that and “communizing care” • Jane Chung, author of this article, on what’s wrong with our cult of homeownership
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 22, 2023
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Democracy Now 9am – June 22, 2023
On Today’s Show: Modi’s State Visit: Biden Embraces Indian Leader Despite Rights Crackdown Biden Calls Xi Jinping a “Dictator”: China-U.S. Relations and a Growing Multipolar World How AI Is Enabling Racism & Sexism: Algorithmic Justice League’s Joy Buolamwini on Meeting with Biden
Boots Riley is On Strike As He Releases New Show, “I’m A Virgo”
Today, we’re in conversation with award-winning filmmaker, rapper and all around Oakland legend, Boots Riley, about his new TV show called “I’m a Virgo,” a show being released on Amazon Prime whose plot builds around a 13-foot tall Black man living in Oakland – and it gets weirder, more engaging, and fun, from there. Boots … Continued
California State Budget Rundown; Plus, the Oakland A’s Move and the Business of Sports Teams
0:08 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics. 0:33 — Neil deMause, is a journalist based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a writer and editor at Fieldofschemes.com, the companion website to his book Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit.
Democracy Now 6am – June 22, 2023
On Today’s Show: Modi’s State Visit: Biden Embraces Indian Leader Despite Rights Crackdown Biden Calls Xi Jinping a “Dictator”: China-U.S. Relations and a Growing Multipolar World How AI Is Enabling Racism & Sexism: Algorithmic Justice League’s Joy Buolamwini on Meeting with Biden