Hard Knock Radio

Supreme Court Abortion Pill Decision and America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy

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In this episode of Hard Knock Radio, Davey D speaks with Layidua Salazar about the US Supreme Court’s ruling on the abortion pill. The Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone means the drug’s future is now firmly tied to the 2024 presidential election.  Anti-abortion groups said they were dealt … Continued


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – June 20, 2024

Secret Recordings of Trump’s Dirty Trickster Reveals Plans to Steal the Next Election We begin with further secret recordings by Lauren Windsor and her associate Ally Sammarco, this time capturing Roger Stone at Mar-a-Lago bragging about plans to steal the 2024 election for Trump. We discuss the apocalyptic mindset on the MAGA right, which extends … Continued


Helen Benedict, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, discusses her latest novel, “The Good Deed,” which focuses on refugees living on the island of Samos in Greece. Pride Month Special Interview: Mystery writer Joseph Hansen (1923-2004), author of the Dave Brandstetter mysteries, recorded in 1990 for the Probabilities radio program. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Guest: Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad  interests in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and  Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of  Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society.  She is the author of … Continued