Hard Knock Radio – July 17, 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.
On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D welcomed South Carolina journalist and political commentator Preach Jacobs for an in-depth conversation examining the political legacy of longtime U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and what his career reveals about the evolution of the Republican Party, the changing political landscape in the South, and the future of grassroots organizing. Rather than … Continued
On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D welcomed South Carolina journalist and political commentator Preach Jacobs for an in-depth conversation examining the political legacy of longtime U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and what his career reveals about the evolution of the Republican Party, the changing political landscape in the South, and the future of grassroots organizing. Rather than … Continued
On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D welcomed Christina Harb, an educator and organizer with the CalSTRS Divest campaign, and veteran teacher and activist Andrea Pritchett for an in-depth conversation about a growing statewide movement urging the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to divest from investments that campaign organizers say are tied to Israel’s war in Gaza. The discussion … Continued
Youth Speaks at 30: Brave New Voices Carries the Legacy of Poetry, Hip Hop and Social Change As Youth Speaks celebrates its 30th anniversary, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D sat down with Youth Speaks Creative Youth Development leader Darius R. Parker and Youth Poet Laureate and Brave New Voices participant Sehinne Yohannes for a … Continued
Saltwater Soundwalk and Poor News Magazine
Today on Hard Knock Radio we present Saltwater Soundwalk, an Indigenous audio tour of Seattle featuring a watery audio experience, with streams of stories that ebb and flow that intermixes English and Coast Salish languages. Indigenous Coast Salish peoples continue to steward this land and preserve its language, despite settler colonialism, industrialization and gentrification. Part story, … Continued
Sports have always reflected society, but during this Hard Knock Radio conversation, host Davey D and acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin argued that today’s global soccer stage has become a battleground where nationalism, immigration, race, corporate influence, and international politics collide. Drawing from the latest FIFA tournament, Zirin explained that the world’s biggest sporting event cannot be … Continued
Hard Knock Radio host Davey D marked the 50th anniversary of Go-Go music with an in-depth conversation that celebrated one of America’s most influential, yet often overlooked, musical traditions. Joined by Go-Go historian and publisher Kevin “Cato” Hammond of Take Me Out to the Go-Go and music historian JayQuan, the discussion traced the genre’s origins, its deep … Continued
Hard Knock Radio host Davey D marked the 50th anniversary of Go-Go music with an in-depth conversation that celebrated one of America’s most influential, yet often overlooked, musical traditions. Joined by Go-Go historian and publisher Kevin “Cato” Hammond of Take Me Out to the Go-Go and music historian JayQuan, the discussion traced the genre’s origins, its deep … Continued
Ceasefire in Vallejo
From Vallejo to Newark: Hard Knock Radio Explores How Community Leaders Are Building a Culture of Peace On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D welcomed three respected voices committed to ending community violence: Miami Da Most, Vallejo community leader and founder of Honey Buns for the Homeless Ones, Rudy Corpuz, founder and … Continued
Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad on Hard Knock Radio: Baldwin, Lorde, and the Discipline of Liberation (Encore)
On a recent broadcast of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D welcomed Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, scholar, Buddhist practitioner, and founder of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies, for a wide ranging conversation about her new book, The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. What unfolded over the better part of an … Continued