Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio

4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS

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

Fund Drive Special: The Escalating Federal Crackdown tied to Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota

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Hard Knock Radio host Davey D spoke with Rebecca Smith of Speak Minneapolis to unpack the escalating federal crackdown tied to immigration enforcement in Minnesota and its ripple effects on communities, journalists, and civil liberties. Smith explained that despite public claims from federal officials that Operation Metro Surge had ended, hundreds of federal agents remain active across Minneapolis and surrounding … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: In Conversation with Salvador Reza

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On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D welcomes longtime Arizona organizer and community strategist Salvador Reza for a wide ranging conversation that traces the roots of today’s anti immigrant policies back to Arizona’s political experiments of the early 2000s. Reza joins the show to discuss his book Macehualli Day Laborers Spiritual Roots of Our Fight Against Sheriff Arpaio, which centers … Continued

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Fund Drive Special – Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

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We speak with author and culture critic Odie Henderson about his latest book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema. Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras is a spirited history of a genre and the movies that he grew up watching, which he loves without irony (but with plenty of self-awareness and humor). … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: In Conversation with Lieutenant Anthony Aguilar

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Whistleblower and retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar accused a U.S. and Israel-funded nonprofit of “not only implicitly but also explicitly furthering the conduct of genocide in Gaza” KPFA is co-sponsoring Eyewitness Gaza, a community forum featuring retired U.S. Army Green Beret and whistleblower Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar. Aguilar will share firsthand experiences from Gaza and … Continued