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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Fund Drive Special: In Conversation with Dorsey Nunn about his book What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection

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In a powerful episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Dorsey Nunn, the co-founder of “All of Us or None,” to discuss his memoir “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection.” The conversation was an in-depth exploration of Nunn’s life, his activism, and the systemic issues … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year

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Today we speak with author Paul Alexander about his latest book Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year. During her lifetime and after her death, Billie Holiday was often depicted as a down-on-her-luck junkie severely lacking in self-esteem. Relying on interviews with people who knew her, and new material unearthed in … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

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Davey D speaks with author Adam Shatz about his new book, The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. In this searching biography, Adam Shatz tells the story of Fanons stunning journey, which has all the twists of a Cold War-era thriller. Fanon left his modest home in Martinique to fight in the French … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: In Conversation with Odie Henderson about Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras

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We speak with author and culture critic Odie Henderson about his latest book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema. Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras is a spirited history of a genre and the movies that he grew up watching, which he loves without irony (but with plenty of self-awareness and humor). … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters

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Davey D speaks with DJ  Lynnée Denise about the book, Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters. Born in Alabama in 1926, raised in the church, appropriated by white performers, buried in an indigent’s grave—Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton’s life events epitomize the blues. Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters “samples” elements of Thornton’s art—and, occasionally, the author’s … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: The Hundred Years War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

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Davey D presents the book, The Hundred Years War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members―mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists―The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: The occupation of the American Mind

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We present the groundbreaking documentary The Occupation of the American mind : Israel’s public relations war in the United States. Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world — except the … Continued

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Fund Drive Special: The Death of Israel and The Algebra of Genocide

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We present a talk featuring journalist Chris Hedges speaking at the Palestine Center for Public Policy in Newark, NJ about The Death of Israel and The Algebra of Genocide. 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 … Continued

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Berkeley Teachers Speak Out

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A number of Berkeley Unified School District Teachers spoke out about the pressure and harassment they have received from the Anti-Defamation League who has accused them of being anti-semitic based on their lessons on Palestine. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station … Continued

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Protect Palestine and Poor News Network

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Davey D speaks with Nancy Mansour about her humanitarian visit to Gaza. And later Poor News Network talks about America’s war on the poor. 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.