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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American Violence

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Up next, well explore the case of LDaijohnique Lee, a Black woman, who was charged with criminal mischief, after she defended herself from a racist attack in Dallas. This appears to be another disturbing trend in the nation, where Black people are being verbally and violently assaulted by white folks.and once the police are called … Continued

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Crisis in the Sudan with Dhoruba Bin Wahaad

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We speak with former Black Panther and political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahhad who is living in Ghana about the crises in Sudan. He gives us a historical, geo-political breakdown of what is going on there and why.

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In Conversation with SOL Development – Karega Bailey

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And again, you’re tuned to Hard Knock on the Pacifica, I’m Anita Johnson…and this week I sat down with SOL Development’s Karega Bailey to discuss music, education, love, Blackness and cultural identity. SOL Development is being touted as the new group to champion…out of the West Coast. The four-person collective’s sound has been described as jazz, … Continued

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Black Male Achievement and Wheels

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We speak with Chris Chapman about African American male achievement and the new film Wheels by director Paul Starkman.  Wheels will premier at the San Francisco Black Film Festival this week.

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Oscar Grant Mural Rally and Crime After Crime

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We capture some of the speeches made this weekend at Fruitvale Bart about the Oscar Grant Mural. Later on we speak with filmmaker Yoav Potash about the film Crime After Crime. We speak with Sara Kruzan of Uncommon Law.