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.
We speak with journalist Dave ID about creating a new database that deals with keeping track of corrupt cops; we examine California’s LGBTQ history and True Skool stops by to discuss upcoming events happening in the bay area. Quests: Dave ID, journalist – Sacramento Bee article Lisa Silberstein, The Experience Developer at the Oakland Museum … Continued
we talk with attorney and reporter Emily Baker White about the recent study she published on police using social media and joining racist Facebook group and organizations.
Davey D speak with Jonzi D about UK Hip Hop and Brexit.
We speak with Dorsey Nunn and Ali Bartch about electronic monitoring and how it economically cripples communities.
We talk with residents of High Street Homeless encampment who confront Trump supporting slumlord Gene Gorelick who is trying to evict homeless people. It’s a response to Trump’s call against the homeless.
we discuss the ongoing crisis at the border and the treatment of humans…migrants, being held inside US Immigration detention centers. Later Poor News Network explores America’s War on the Poor.
Up next, we continue with part two of our conversation exploring families impacted by police terror and their demands for police accountability. To commemorate the day, July 8, 2010, when the officer who killed Oscar Grant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and Oscar’s mother, the Love Not Blood Campaign, founded by Oscar Grant’s “Uncle Bobby,” … Continued
To commemorate the day, July 8, 2010, when the officer who killed Oscar Grant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and Oscar’s mother, the Love Not Blood Campaign, founded by Oscar Grant’s “Uncle Bobby,” Cephus Johnson, hosted Verdict Day on Sunday, July 7, in Oakland, Ca. The day’s conversation explored families impacted by police terror and … Continued
We speak with former NBA player and author Etan Thomas about the NBA, Athletes, Activism and his new book, We Matter: Athletes and Activism. We later hear a commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Davey D speaks with Yusef Salaam of the Central Park 5; Glen Ford explores the Central Park case and American racism; we explore immigration issues with a look at the El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico border. And Mumia with a look at American Injustice System.
