Hard Knock Radio

Mental Health Week conversation Part One

Hard Knock Radio host Davey D marked Mental Health Awareness Month by centering a rarely held but urgently needed conversation: what real healing looks like for Black men. Joining him were artist and wellness leader Karega Bailey, Oakland rapper and community organizer Mistah FAB, and Dads Evoking Change founder Kareem Chadley, all of whom have … Continued


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America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails–Trump’s Treasonous Sellout of Ukraine–Sasha Linden Cohen on How the “Socialist” Handled the “Fascist”

America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails We begin on a day of justice with Trump’s lawsuits against James Comey and Letitia James thrown out and Defense Secretary Hegseth waging absurd threats at Senator Mark Kelly with an investigation into his “seditious” video and go from the good to … Continued


A renaissance of independent journalism promises to hold the powerful accountable. Political pressures are mounting to break up media monopolies and provide access to more voices. Independent and investigative media outlets are proliferating, often as nonprofits funded from the bottom up. We hear from two veteran journalists who lead two of the most courageous and … Continued


If the problem is religious polarization and inequality, isn’t the solution secular governance? Secularism, after all, promises the equality of citizens regardless of religious affiliation. In a 2016 interview, Saba Mahmood argued that modern secular governance, contrary to its grand claims, has in fact exacerbated religious inequalities. It has also, she said, constrained our political … Continued