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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.
Guest host Kalonji Changa leads a powerful and urgent edition of Hard Knock Radio, examining the killing of Renee Nicole Good and the broader systems of state violence, media distortion, and unaccountable power that shape immigration enforcement in the United States. In the first half of the show, Kalonji speaks with Emmy Award–winning journalist Georgia … Continued
This episode of Hard Knock Radio examines recent U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria within the broader context of shifting power dynamics across West Africa and the African continent as a whole. These military actions are unfolding amid a historic rupture between ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahel States, signaling a profound realignment of regional alliances and … Continued
Today on Hard Knock Radio, guest host Thandisizwe Chimurenga leads a critical conversation marking 17 years since the police killing of Oscar Grant III on the Fruitvale BART platform. Oscar Grant’s murder became a catalyst for a generation of organizers, journalists, artists, and community members—igniting national conversations about police violence and accountability years before hashtags … Continued
Guest host Kalonji Changa sits down with Leonardo Flores, a Venezuelan political analyst, activist, and founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network, for an in-depth conversation on the escalating U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Flores, who has appeared on Democracy Now! and also serves as a Latin America campaign coordinator with CODEPINK, brings critical context to … 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.
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.
The Hard Knock Radio Year-End Roundtable brought together four sharp musical minds to break down the biggest shifts, sounds, and cultural currents of 2025. DJ D Sharp, Nastia Voynovskaya of KQED Arts & Culture, Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop.com, and Jason Myles of This Is Revolution Podcast joined Davey D for a wide-ranging conversation about trends, tours, … Continued
The conversation is a year end reflection on loss, legacy, and Black music history. Host Davey D brings in Professor Rickey Vincent and broadcaster Gerry Dove to honor a long list of artists who passed in 2025 and the recent years around it, from Frankie Beverly, Sly Stone, Dwayne Wiggins, D Angelo, Angie Stone, Roy … Continued
Davey D sits down with journalists Tim Redmond of 48 Hills and Rasheed Shabazz of Oakland Voices for a local year in review that ties Bay Area stories to national power plays, housing fights, and media battles. Tim opens by arguing that the big political shift in San Francisco is from a fear driven crime narrative … Continued
Davey D closed out 2025 with a sharp, no-nonsense roundtable that examined the year’s major political fault lines while looking ahead to what communities should prepare for in 2026. Joining him were four voices who remained consistent even as platforms shifted and institutions retreated. Melina Abdullah, professor, organizer with Black Lives Matter Grassroots, and host … Continued
