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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, we take an in-depth look at the state of Black maternal health in the United States and the ongoing crisis that continues to disproportionately impact Black women and birthing people—regardless of income, education, or geography. Guest host Thandisizwe Chimurenga sits down with Raena Granberry, Director of Maternal and Reproductive Health at the … 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today on Hard Knock Radio, we present a special edition of Build and Fight Formula featuring Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, in a wide-ranging conversation on bold strategies for grassroots survival and resistance. As part of the ongoing Build and Fight Formula series, the discussion centers the growing urgency of self-defense amid rising authoritarianism. In … Continued
