Chesa Boudin and Black Solidarity Week
We speak San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin about SF politics and police. Later we speak with Tur-Ha Ak of Community Ready Core about Black Solidarity week and building bridges.
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 – February 14, 2022
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.
Pass Over and Queens Underground International Film Festival
We speak with director Kevin Free about the West Coast premiere of the Broadway version of Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s acclaimed drama, Pass Over. Hailed as “bold, urgent, and impassioned” (Time Out New York), Pass Over tells the story of Moses and Kitch, two young Black men who pass the time talking smack and hoping that maybe today will be … Continued
We speak with Minneapolis based journalist Georgia Fort about the tragic case of Amir Locke who was killed via a no knock warrant. And Poor News Network with a look into America’s criminalization of poverty.
We speak with Dr. Michael Benitez Jr. the vice president for Diversity and Inclusion at Metropolitan State University of Denver about the laws being passed to ban ethnic studies and critical race theory practices. https://www.speakoutnow.org/speaker/michael-benitez-jr https://www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/documents/MB_Biography17.pdf
We talk to Oakland teachers who are on a hunger strike trying to stop school closures in Oakland. And part two of our conversation with author Dan Charnas about his latest book ‘Dilla Time’ about JAMES DEWITT YANCEY (1974-2006), known professionally as Jay Dee or J Dilla, one of the most influential music producers of … Continued
Hard Knock Radio – February 7, 2022
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.
We sit down with comedian Karinda Dobbins to discuss the release of her debut comedy album, Black & Blue. The Bay Area comedian who has shared the stage with household names like Trevor Noah, Roy Wood Jr. and Gina Yashere recorded the album on a co-headlining bill with one of her best friends, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. Karinda Dobbins was born and … Continued
We speak with author MAJORA CARTER (an urban revitalization expert, real estate developer, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster) about her new book, RECLAIMING YOUR COMMUNITY: YOU DON’T HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN A BETTER ONE. Carter offers up a powerful rethinking of poverty, economic development, and the meaning of success … Continued
No More War: The Axis of Domination, Ukraine and AFRICOM
We speak with Medea Benjamin the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer and National Spokesperson for Black Alliance for Peace about the “Axis of Domination”, Ukraine and AFRICOM.