Hard Knock Radio – May 4, 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
Powerleegirl Hosts Miko Lee & Jalena Keane-Lee, a mother daughter team continue to celebrate Asian-American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander heritage month. They speak about the annual United States of Asian-America festival with artist/curator Yeu Q Nguyen. Miko also chats with Marissa Macayan from Kapwa Gardens. They also chat with each other about what AANHPI heritage … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Swimming in the Sacred
The Planet and the Plants can save us – if we learn to humbly cooperate… Waxing Buddha’s Full Moon, Pluto stationing, Mercury retro inviting us back to the garden… of entheo supportive guiding: Caroline re-hosts Rachel Harris, author of “Listening to Ayahuasca,” whose latest cultural contribution be “Swimming in the Sacred- Women from the Psychedelic … Continued
Philip K. Dick. The KPFA Memorial program dedicated to the life of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), produced by Richard Wolinsky, Richard A. Lupoff and Lawrence Davidson, originally aired in the spring of 1982, digitized and edited in 2023. Also: An excerpt from a 2014 interview with spy novelist Alan Furst, recorded while he was on tour for his novel, “Midnight in Europe.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
How China avoided shock therapy
Isabella Weber, author of How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on Chinese economic reform debates and how the country dodged post-Soviet-style collapse [reprise of a show from July 2021]
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 4, 2023
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and the author of Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials, Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit: History Since the End of History, and his latest, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.
Democracy Now 9am – May 4, 2023
On Today’s Show: “Automated Apartheid”: How Israel Uses Facial Recognition to Track Palestinians & Control Movement U.N. Warns Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Still Urgent as Taliban Expands Crackdown on Women’s Rights Biden Administration Urged to Accept Afghan Families Who Have Languished in Greece for Over 18 Months Greenpeace USA Wins Free Speech Battle Against Canadian Logging Giant’s $100M SLAPP Lawsuit
Oakland Teachers on Strike; Black FedEx Driver Chased and Shot by White Father/Son Duo; Plus, Angelversary of Alan Blueford
The Oakland Education Association – Oakland’s teachers union – is on strike as of Thursday, May 4th. We speak with two Oakland teachers from the picket lines about why they’re striking, what they need in their contract, and how the strike might impact families, along with a parent activist whose children are OUSD students. Then, … Continued
Federal Reserve Hikes Rates to Highest since 2007; CA Reparations Task Force Recommendations; Plus, “The Siege” Brings Palestinian History to the Stage
0:08 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 0:20 — Kamilah Moore, an attorney who Chairs the California Reparations Task Force. 0:33 — Nabil Al-Raee, is the director of “The Siege.” He was born and raised in the Palestinian refugee camp Al-Arroub. He joined … Continued