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.
Agents of Change FILM SYNOPSIS From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April, 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became … Continued
On February 6, 2019, KPFA hosted a talk with Robert B. Reich. For decades one of the most farseeing, outspoken public intellectuals in the United States has been Robert B. Reich. Now he provides us with The Common Good, his sixteenth book, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto urging the recentering of our national economics and politics on the … Continued
We talk to Elisha Greenwell about the Black Joy Parade in Oakland. Later we listen to Huey Newton speak about Gun Control and talk to Ashara Ekundayo about upcoming Black history events at her women-owned gallery.
Davey D speaks with Malina Abdullah, leader of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter; we have conversation with Daniel and Sotchi of CURYJ about the 2019 Beyond Bars summit
Anita Johnson talks with Ren the Vinyl Archeologist about music happenings in the Bay Area; Poor News Network.
We speak with legendary Bay Area rappers Sunspot Jonz of Living Legends and A Plus of Hieroglyphics crew about coming together.
we talk with several students about Oakland school strike and sickout. And later we speak with activist David Roach about saving public education.
We speak with Cat Brooks about the recent police murder of local rapper BooBooMane. Later we speak with John Jones of the Dellums Institute about an upcoming hearing to deal with police and homelessness.
We speak with Dwayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! about his history, Bay Area music and upcoming shows. An Intimate Evening on Valentine’s Day Weekend with Tony! Toni! Tone! 1330 Fillmore (formerly Yoshi’s), San Francisco, CA, US
We speak with author Dr. Stacey Patton about her book, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Won’t Save Black America. The book examines the unique cultural and historical specificity of corporal punishment in Black communities. Given the prevalence and acceptance of spanking in American culture, the discussions will be useful to a wide and diverse audience.
