We talk about the role art plays in healing people during this pandemic. We highlight the newly released album Social Distancing by Kev Choice and Friends.
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.
Police Shooting at Walmart and Protest Against Stay-at-Home Orders
We talk with Cat Brooks of Anti Police Terror Project about the shooting death of Steven Taylor, a Black man at Walmart in San Leandro. We speak with Christina Ramirez out in Texas about the protests against Stay-at-Home Orders during the pandemic.
Covid-19 in Prisons Puts Millions at Risk
We speak with long time abolitionists and prison reform advocates, Dorsey Nunn and Mohamed Shehk about Covid-19’s impact on the prison population. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and Co-Founder of All of Us or None, is leading a movement to restore civil and human rights to millions of Americans … Continued
We continue with part two of our conversation with Professor Jared Ball about his new book, the Myth of Black Buying Power.
We speak with Jared Ball about his new book, the Myth of Black Buying Power. And later we speak with local activists about incarceration and the pandemic.
Racial Surveillance and Social Segregation During Covid-19
We speak with Daryl Adams and Arthur Jones about social segregation of communities of color. And later we speak with Melina Abdullah, Ph.D about surveillance of communities of color in Los Angeles.
In Conversation with Rosa Clemente and Kali Akuno
we speak with Rosa Clemente and Kali Akuno about the calls for a general strike.
Mask For The People PT.2
We continue our conversation with Pastor Mike McBride about the campaign, Mask for the People. Later we hear excerpts from the live feed of Masks for the People. The campaign, a joint project of LIVE FREE and Black Church Action Fund, seeks to secure free masks, sanitizers and testing kits to communities who are otherwise unable to access them. The launch featured numerous special guests, … Continued
Mask For The People
We speak with long time organizer Rob “Biko” Baker about the 2020 Presidential Election and Sen. Bernie Sanders suspending his campaign. Later we speak with Pastor Mike McBride about the campaign, Masks For The People. The campaign, a joint project of LIVE FREE and Black Church Action Fund, seeks to secure free masks, sanitizers and testing kits to communities who … Continued
Covid-19 in Prisons Puts Millions at Risk
We speak with long time abolitionists and prison reform advocates, Dorsey Nunn and Mohamed Shehk about Covid-19’s impact on the prison population. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and Co-Founder of All of Us or None, is leading a movement to restore civil and human rights to millions of Americans who were once incarcerated, … Continued