Hard Knock Radio – February 9, 2026
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.
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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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
Hard Knock Radio Special Programming: Build and Fight Formula 11: Dual Power
Today on Hard Knock Radio, we bring you a special edition of Rootwork on KPFK. Guest host Thandisizwe Chimurenga of Black Liberation Media sits down with Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson for a timely and urgent conversation on grassroots survival, resistance, and self-defense in an era of deepening authoritarianism. Part of the ongoing Build and … Continued
The State of Black Maternal Health in America
On this episode, we take a deep look at the current state of Black maternal health in America and the ongoing crisis impacting Black women and birthing people. We’re joined by Raena Granberry, Director of Maternal and Reproductive Health at the Black Women’s Health Project, and Racha Tahani Lawler, with the Black Infant Health Program … Continued
Hard Knock Radio host Davey D checks in with activist journalist Rosa Clemente for a wide ranging conversation that starts with the escalation of state power and lands on a pointed debate about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. Davey opens by naming the moment journalists being arrested, election related chaos, and … Continued
Davey D opens the segment by zooming out from the recent arrests of journalists and framing them as part of a broader crackdown on dissent. He brings in two guests who have been on the front lines of state repression for years: G1 from Rebel Diaz and Pastor Mike McBride of Live Free USA. Davey points to Ferguson … Continued
Cracking Down on Dissent – Part One
Davey D opens the segment by zooming out from the recent arrests of journalists and framing them as part of a broader crackdown on dissent. He brings in two guests who have been on the front lines of state repression for years: G1 from Rebel Diaz and Pastor Mike McBride of Live Free USA. Davey … Continued
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, we got to fight the powers that be!
Today on the show, guest host Kalonji Changa is joined by Martin Reynolds, Co-Executive Director of Revenue and External Affairs at the Maynard Institute, and Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Executive Director and Editor of One Peoples Project / IDAVOX, for a timely and urgent conversation on press freedom and government accountability. The discussion centers on recent … Continued
Environmental Racism, Data Centers, and Community Health Impacts
On this episode, we speak with LaTricea Adams, MAT, EdS (she/her/hers)—Founder, CEO, and President of Young, Gifted & Green—about the growing fight against data centers as a form of environmental racism, with a focus on frontline communities like Boxtown, Tennessee. As the tech and AI economy rapidly expands, large-scale data centers are increasingly being built … Continued
The Murder of Keith Porter Jr. by an ICE Officer
Today on Hard Knock Radio, we spoke with Dr. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, about the fatal shooting of Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old Black father of two who was killed on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty ICE officer in Los Angeles. Authorities and the Department of Homeland Security characterize … Continued
In Conversation with Walter Greason and George Galvis PT.2
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D continued the conversation about the escalating federal crackdown in Minnesota with two guests offering organizing and historical context: Walter Greason, an author, organizer, and professor of history based in St. Paul, and George Galvis, a Bay Area organizer with the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights Youth Justice known … Continued
The ICE Invasion of Minnesota
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D opened the show with an urgent conversation with independent journalist Georgia Fort, who has been reporting from the ground in Minnesota. Fort described what is unfolding in Minneapolis and St. Paul as a code red moment for the nation. She argued that the scale of the federal presence, … Continued