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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.
THE LONG SHADOW – THE FILM “Old sins cast long shadows” — Danish proverb Of all the divisions in America, none is as insidious and destructive as racism. In this powerful documentary, the filmmakers, both privileged daughters of the South, who were haunted by their families slave owning pasts, passionately seek the hidden truth … Continued
The Iran Agenda Today: The Real Story Inside Iran and What’s Wrong with US Policy Based on frequent, first-hand reporting in Iran and the United States, The Iran Agenda Today explores the turbulent recent history between the two countries and reveals how it has led to a misguided showdown over nuclear technology. Foreign correspondent Reese Erlich notes … Continued
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone is a theatrical documentary created by a team of Emmy Award-winning filmmakers, who subscribed to I. F. Stone’s newsletter in their teens. “I. F. Stone’s Weekly” inspired us then, and compels us now to tell the story of a new wave of independent, investigative, … Continued
The Next Republic: The Rise of a Radical New Majority Exactly who are the new progressive leaders emerging to lead the post-Trump return to democracy in America? National political correspondent D.D. Guttenplan’s The Next Republic is an extraordinarily intense and wide-ranging history of the recent fall and incipient rise of democracy in America. D.D. Guttenplan, … Continued
Highly influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening exploration of Lauryn Hill and her amazing artistic legacy. Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill’s first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings of all time. Artists from Beyoncé to Nicki Minaj to Janelle Monae have … Continued
We talk with Needa B and several guests about the Village Homeless in East Oakland. We talk to Mustafa Lee, former EPA member about climate change and the passing of George Bush.
We talk with activists Cara McClore, Carlos Chaverst about the police killing of EJ Bradford Jr. Later on HKR corespondent Julieta Kusnir speaks with Vero an Immigrant Rights activist about the Caravan 2018.
We speak with T-Dubb-O about the passing of his friend Bassem Masri.
Iconic Speeches. We play an array of speeches from iconic figures, Immortal Technique, Fannie Lou Hammer and Sister Souljah.
Chris Lopez of School of the Americas Watch, breaks down the geopolitics of the border crisis.
