Hard Knock Radio – January 30, 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
Volume 10 Reflects on Hip-Hop Legacy, New Projects, and the Good Life Era
In a recent episode of *Hard Knock Radio*, host Davey D sat down with legendary West Coast hip-hop artist Volume 10 for an in-depth conversation about his career, his groundbreaking contributions to the genre, and his upcoming projects. The interview offered a rare glimpse into the mind of an artist who has consistently pushed the … Continued
Gregory Treverton / Jeff Wise
Republican Senators Who Know Better Appear to Roll Over For Trump, Poised to Confirm the Disastrous Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard
Rather Than Fix the FAA, Our Reality TV President Blames DEI For the Potomac Plane Crash
Black History & Culture Day:
Saturday, February 1, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
Celebrate Black History & Culture with KPFA! On Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, KPFA will present a day-long series of shows celebrating the Black experience. 6:00 am – 9:00 am: THE GOSPEL EXPERIENCE The Gospel Experience, Hosted by Miz April, features spirituals and vintage and contemporary gospel music selected to … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Chapel Perilous
As Uranus – Trickster Genius stations to go outward Caroline Welcomes the spirit of Robert Anton Wilson, through his biographer, Gabriel Kennedy, aka Prop Anon, author of “Chapel Perilous – the Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson”… Because we need this narrative guiding voice for now….. Gabriel Kennedy is a multimedia artist .His … Continued
Lance Gardner, Executive Artistic Director at Marin Theatre, discusses the state of the theatre today, his own career, and upcoming shows. Also: Newly discovered 2003 archive interview by Richard A, Lupoff with crime novelist Mickey Spillane (1918-2006). Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals
Eoin Higgins, author of Owned, on tech moguls and the journalists, like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, who work for them • Ronnie Grinberg, author of Write Like a Man, on the mostly male, mostly Jewish New York intellectuals
Memories of the havoc created and the massive response engendered by the recently deceased “orange juice queen” Anita Bryant can inspire a new generation to meet vicious attacks with creative resistance (produced by Brian DeShazor with This Way Out reports preserved in the AmericanArchive of Public Broadcasting). And in NewsWrap: Ghana’s in-coming President John Mahama … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – January 30, 2025
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
KPFA presents LIVE coverage of Senate Confirmation Hearings, hosted by Mitch Jeserich KPFA covers the hearing of Tulsi Gabbard for Office of the Director of National Intelligence.