Hard Knock Radio – November 4, 2020
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
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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 – November 2, 2020
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 – October 30, 2020
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 long-time activist and co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee, Pierre La Boissiere about government corruption, massacres, and Haiti’s rapid descent into dictatorship. Later Poor News Network talks about America’s ongoing war on disenfranchised communities.
Up next, we hear a panel of academics and hip-hop scholars talk about voter suppression and connecting to a younger generation. The panel included Dr. Cornel West, Rapsody, Big Daddy Kane, Trae The Truth and Paradise Gray of X-Clan. It was moderated by 9th Wonder and Professor Mark Anthony Neal. Special thank you to the #HipHopPoliticalEducationSummit for allowing us to … Continued
Police Fatally Shot Black Men in Illinois; Texas; and Philadelphia
We speak with attorney Benjamin Crump about the fatal police shootings of Marcellis Stinnette of Waukegan, Illinois and Johnathan Price of Wolfe City, Texas. We also speak with the director of community organizing for the Abolitionist Law Center Robert Saleem Holbrook about the Philadelphia police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. and the neighborhood protests that … Continued
Whistle Blowers and ICE Detention Centers
We speak with two women including whistle blower Dawn Wooten about the horrors experienced by immigrant women in detention centers and what steps we can take to correct things.
For almost two weeks, young people in Nigeria have been protesting police violence after a video showing a brutal police shooting went viral. The protesters are demanding an end to the corrupt anti-robbery police squad known as SARS. In response to growing street protests and the targeting of police stations by demonstrators. On Tuesday, the … Continued
Presidential Debate; US Census; and Resist Police Brutality
We speak with Rev. Yearwood about the election season, the presidential debates and the census. Later we speak with George Galvis and Uncle Bobby about reopening the Oscar Grant case and the national day against police brutality.
This year has been one for the record books. A global pandemic and an epidemic of unwarranted mass killings of Black and Brown people by law enforcement. These two major “health crises” also exist on the heels of an upcoming election, with major stakes in the criminal justice system, gig worker economy, housing and more. Considering … Continued