Hard Knock Radio – August 25, 2025
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
Nina Burleigh/James Fallows/Bill McKibben
Trump Rewrites His Epstein/Maxwell History as He Has Done With “Russiagate” and “Stop the Steal” But This Time Are the American People That Stupid? We begin with Trump’s orchestrated campaign to rewrite his history with Epstein and Maxwell as he had done with Russia helping him win in 2016 and how he claims actually won … Continued
Author, broadcaster and scholar Thom Hartmann warns of the existential threat of a virulent new oligarchy: the third frontal assault by the ultra-wealthy in American history to use their concentrated economic power to seize maximum political power – and overthrow democracy once and for all.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the fight over banning a pesticide proven to negatively impact the brains of developing babies, a new firefighting foam made from soybeans that can replace hazardous PFAS-laden products, and the collapse of the UN worldwide plastic treaty, thanks in large part to the United States. … Continued
Womens Magazine – August 25, 2025
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen, as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also bring to mind war. She reflects on the history of film companies like Kodak in the making of the atom bomb, chemical … Continued
Film Making and War Making
Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also bring to mind war. She reflects on the history of film companies like Kodak in the making of the atom bomb, chemical … Continued
Up in Arms
Ralph welcomes Ben Cohen (anti-war activist and ice cream entrepreneur) to discuss his new campaign, “Up in Arms,” which advocates for a common-sense Pentagon budget. Then, Ralph speaks to Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi about her recent piece: “When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told.” Ralph Nader talks about … Continued
Guest: Dr Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee is a Post-doctoral Fellow in Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Mage: 2013), and his latest Myth and History in Ancient Persia: The Achaemenids in the Iranian Tradition
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – August 25, 2025
On Today’s Show: Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC UNICEF Report from Gaza City: U.N. Declares Famine as Children Starve Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom Meet George Retes, Disabled Army Vet to Sue Trump Admin over Unlawful ICE Detention Democracy … Continued