Hard Knock Radio – February 18, 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.

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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 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 speak with Tara Roberts, National Geographic explorer and host of the podcast “Into The Depths” a new six-part podcast series, that explores the complex history of the global slave trade and the stories of the estimated 12.5-million Africans forced to make the Middle Passage. Later we speak with award-winning composer and musician Jason Moran.
We speak with Jessica Care Moore about the Life and Legacy of Betty Davis.
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 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 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 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.