Hard Knock Radio

AI Data Centers and Carbon Emissions

On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, Davey D sits down with Jean Su, Director of the Energy Justice Program at the Center for Biological Diversity, for a critical conversation on the hidden environmental costs of artificial intelligence. As AI data centers rapidly expand across the country, they are driving up carbon emissions, consuming enormous … Continued


Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project

Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project – Lifers

In this episode we hear from lifers, who were eventually released.  These are people who were sentenced to life terms in prison – usually 15 years or more to life. More than 30% of people in California prisons are serving life terms–that’s more than 30,000 people. And they’re disproportionately black and brown men. 1 in … Continued


Join Emiliano Lemus and mycologist Patricia Ononiwu Kaishan for an exploration of how attunement with ecologies is central to belonging and healing. Patricia is the author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, as well as the curator of mycology at the New York State Museum and faculty with the Bard Prison Initiative. Hosted … Continued



In cities across Iran, millions of people have marched in support of their government and to protest violence that foreign intelligence agencies have been instigating in the latest Western push for regime change. Dr. Mohammad Marandi joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to discuss these developments. He’s a professor of comparative literature at the … Continued