Hard Knock Radio

America’s Black Capital and Black August

America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. Alongside author Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, in this episode we examine the … Continued


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – August 8, 2024

Trump’s Press Conference Tirade of Child-like Petulance That Biden Had Been Taken Away Like His Favorite Toy, and Now He’s Stuck Having to Run Against a Black Woman We begin with Trump’s press conference today at Mar-a-Lago at which he rambled on about his grievances, starting off with a tirade of child-like petulance that Joe … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Inaugurating a Guiding Narrative

  Inaugurating a Guiding Narrative- Caroline welcomes long time astro*ally, Heather Roan Robbins, that we further open the portals for the guiding Mythological to suffuse the political… Magnetizing, animating and spiraling forth the Participatory Astro Mytho Story we are electing… We shall honor moral complexities (with nuance and critique). Native American Flanagan, who opposed the … Continued


Guest: Assaf Kfoury is a mathematician, computer scientist, and political activist.  An Arab American of Lebanese-Palestinian background who grew up in Beirut and Cairo.  Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at Boston University.  He recently wrote Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe published by the International Union of Scientists. He is editor … Continued


Law & Disorder

Hunger strikers protest inhumane conditions at the Mesa Verde ICE detention facility; plus Black August educational w/ Kalonji Jama Changa

On todays show – the state terror round up and then updates on a detainee hunger strike at the Mesa Verde ICE Detention facility near Bakersfield with Oliver Ma is a legal fellow at the ACLU of Southern California working on immigrant rights. He is supporting the hunger strikers as part of the legal subcommittee. … Continued