Hard Knock Radio – January 20, 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 – January 19, 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.
The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story and Poor News Magazine
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of systemic racism and the prison industrial complex. Long Description: Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of … Continued
Recognition or Ulterior Motives? Somaliland and Israel’s Support PT.2 and Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption
On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, we continue with part two of the discussion with historian and professor Gerald Horne about the political status of Somaliland and the broader regional and global implications of recent developments in the Horn of Africa. The conversation is informed in part by Horne’s recent piece published in Responsible … Continued
Recognition or Ulterior Motives? Somaliland and Israel’s Support
On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, guest host Kalonji Jama Changa speaks with historian and professor Gerald Horne about the political status of Somaliland and the broader regional and global implications of recent developments in the Horn of Africa. The conversation is informed in part by Horne’s recent piece published in Responsible Statecraft, which … Continued
Gaza Under Siege in Conversation with Samer Araabi from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
In this episode, we’re joined by Samer Araabi of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). Samer Araabi is a member of AROC and serves as Research Director at Accountability Counsel, a human and environmental rights organization that supports communities harmed by corporate and state abuse. Together, we examine the latest news and headlines coming out of Palestine, including recent reports … Continued
On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland with author Alex Werth
Host Davey D talks with writer and geographer Alex Werth about his new book On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland and how sound, race, and power collide in the town’s history. Werth explains that although he was trained by anthropologists, his grounding in geography helps him track how Oakland as a place has been made and remade through … Continued
Hard Knock Radio | Art, Incarceration, and the Power of Self-Narration
Today on Hard Knock Radio, we explore incarceration, survival, and the role of art as a pathway home. Across the country, millions are trapped inside systems designed to punish and disappear. What often goes unseen are the stories, creativity, and humanity that endure”and the steep terrain of returning to a society that rarely makes room … Continued
Homeland Security or State Violence? ICE, Empire, and Unchecked Power in Minneapolis with the Murder of Renee Nicole Good
Guest host Kalonji Changa leads a powerful and urgent edition of Hard Knock Radio, examining the killing of Renee Nicole Good and the broader systems of state violence, media distortion, and unaccountable power that shape immigration enforcement in the United States. In the first half of the show, Kalonji speaks with Emmy Award–winning journalist Georgia … Continued
From West Africa to U.S. Prisons: U.S. Militarism, and Political Prisoners
This episode of Hard Knock Radio examines recent U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria within the broader context of shifting power dynamics across West Africa and the African continent as a whole. These military actions are unfolding amid a historic rupture between ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahel States, signaling a profound realignment of regional alliances and … Continued
Oscar Grant, 17 Years Later: Police Violence, Accountability, and the Unfinished Struggle
Today on Hard Knock Radio, guest host Thandisizwe Chimurenga leads a critical conversation marking 17 years since the police killing of Oscar Grant III on the Fruitvale BART platform. Oscar Grant’s murder became a catalyst for a generation of organizers, journalists, artists, and community members—igniting national conversations about police violence and accountability years before hashtags … Continued