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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.
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As 2024 comes to a close, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D engages in an insightful conversation with KQED music columnist Nastia Voynovskaya, producer and Golden State Warriors official DJ D-Sharp, Bay Area favorite DJ Lady Ryan, and KALW radio host. Together, they explore the music trends that shaped the year—from the resurgence of veteran … Continued
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As 2024 comes to a close, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D engages in an insightful conversation with KQED music columnist Nastia Voynovskaya, producer and Golden State Warriors official DJ D-Sharp, Bay Area favorite DJ Lady Ryan, and KALW radio host. Together, they explore the music trends that shaped the year—from the resurgence of veteran … Continued
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As 2024 draws to a close, Hard Knock Radio hosts a powerful conversation that delves deep into the intersection of Black culture, resistance, and speculative futures—Afrofuturism. The discussion includes insights from a diverse panel of guests: journalist Jenee Darden, artist and educator Ras Ceylon, and scholar/artist Kwadwo Deterville, with host Davey D leading the way. What is … Continued
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As 2024 draws to a close, Hard Knock Radio hosts a powerful conversation that delves deep into the intersection of Black culture, resistance, and speculative futures—Afrofuturism. The discussion includes insights from a diverse panel of guests: journalist Jenee Darden, artist and educator Ras Ceylon, and scholar/artist Kwadwo Deterville, with host Davey D leading the way. What is … Continued
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On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D led a thought-provoking conversation with sports journalist Dave Zirin and film producer Sarah Allen. The discussion centered around the intersection of sports and politics in 2024, touching on various key events, athletes’ activism, and the ongoing challenges athletes face both on and off the field. … Continued
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We talk with former NYC councilman Charles Barron about the case of Jordan Neely being killed by a white vigilante on a NYC subway and then being praised by Donald Trump. We pick up on pt2 of our interview with Quito Swan and his book Pasifika Black: Oceania, Anti-colonialism, and the African World (Black Power). … Continued
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In a recent enlightening conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D engaged with Quito Swan, author of the groundbreaking book Pasifika Black: Oceania, Anti-Colonialism, and the African World (Black Power). The discussion revolved around the complex history of Blackness in the Pacific, exploring the profound connections between Black liberation movements globally and the anti-colonial … Continued
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Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, “propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state,” and the mass media is the primary … Continued
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In this compelling installment of the Defining Black Power series, we present a profound historical recording featuring the voice of literary giant James Baldwin. Captured by Lorenz Graham at the Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles, Baldwin delivers an incisive and unflinching exploration of American history through the lens of the Negro experience. With his … Continued
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Two speeches by Chris Hedges: Chris Hedges, The Algebra of Genocide, April 6, 2024 Newark, NJ. A talk at the Palestine Center for Public Policy and The Death of Israel: How a Settler Colonial State Destroyed Itself at The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey on January 18, 2024. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time … Continued
