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.

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The Release of Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim and Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream

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We speak with Jose Saldana a member of Release Aging People In Prison (RAPP) about the release of political prisoner and former Black Panther Party member Jalil Muntaqim, after nearly 50 years behind bars. We’ll also hear from historian Blair Imani as she discusses her book, Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the … Continued

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Re-Opening the Oscar Grant Case

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We speak with former Black Panther Elaine Brown and community activist Uncle Bobby about reopening the Oscar Grant case and charging other cops involved with his murder.

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“Operation Not Forgotten” and “Operation Safety Net”

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In August 2020, authorities located 39 missing children in Georgia during a two-week effort to rescue endangered minors. The US Marshals Service Missing Child Unit led the search, dubbed “Operation Not Forgotten.” In collaboration with the agency’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and local/state agencies. In Ohio, … Continued

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2020 Trump-Biden Presidential Debate Analysis

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Trump-Biden presidential debate analysis with political commentators Dr. Kimberley C. Ellis, Tim Redmond and Rukia Lumumba. Guests: Kimberly C. Ellis, Ph.D. is a scholar of American and Africana Studies and a Creative who loves storytelling, politics, digital strategy and marketing and making social change. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San … Continued

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Trump’s Black Plan and Remembering Elandria Williams

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We speak with Dr. James Taylor about Donald Trump’s voting strategy for Black Americans. And later, we’ll present a recording of Elandria Williams. Ms. Williams was a Knoxville-based community activist and beloved church leader. She passed away last week, at the age of 41.  

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Breonna Taylor’s Family Press Conference and Safe Space Invaders

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On today’s show, we’ll hear from attorney Crump who spoke at a news conference held in support of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.  Taylor’s family is demanding the release of grand jury proceeding transcripts after a Kentucky grand jury indicted one officer for “wanton endangerment” of Taylor’s neighbor during the police shooting that resulted in her … Continued

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Proposition 17 and Outrage Over the Breonna Taylor Court Verdict

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On today’s show we speak with the Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Dorsey Nunn about voter suppression and the challenges facing formerly incarcerated folks looking to secure the right to vote. Later we’ll hear from Pastor Mike McBride about the murder of Breonna Taylor and lack of justice received in her … Continued