In Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
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.
Update on Puerto Rico and Hurricanes the Maria Aftermath and Brett Kavanaugh Nomination
We speak with local activist Rico Pabon and Frankie Ramos about Hurricanes and the aftermath of Puerto Rico. later we speak with Civil Rights attorney Leslie Pearl about the Brett Kavanaugh process.
we speak with playwright Paul Flores about surviving the US immigration and justice systems. And later we speak with Ensemble Mik Nawooj about reimagining humanity. Photo Credit by Joan Osato
Davey speaks with Eriel Tchekwie Deranger about the connections between her region and the global biosphere already in the throes of climate change-induced cataclysms. Eriel is also the founder of Indigenous Climate Action, Canada’s only Indigenous-led climate justice organization, Indigenous Climate Action, is welcoming Eriel Tchekwie Deranger as the organization’s first Executive Director. Deranger was … Continued
We speak with Sara Mokuria, the co-founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality about the police involved death of Botham Shem Jean. Later Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist stops by to discuss True Skool Events.
BABJA Panel discussion on Changing Media Landscape
Over the weekend Bay Area Black Journalists hosted panel discussion on Media and Black Images. The panel included local media figures, Christine Ayers of KPIX and Armand from KBLX. It also had Van Latham of TMZ and P Frank of TV One.
Prison Strike and Sa Roc and the legacy of God Hop
Dorsey Nunn of Legal Services with Children speaks on the ongoing Prison Strike and his new center. Later we speak with ATL based artist Sa Roc.
Pressure: From FBI Fugitive to Freedom and Global Warming
We speak with author Malik Wade about his book Pressure: From FBI Fugitive to Freedom and later environmental activists discuss global warming, community protection and the upcoming Global Climate Action Summit.
We speak with Dr. James Taylor the director of the African American Studies program at the University of San Francisco about the Kavanaugh hearings. image credit @ gettyimages
We speak with Rosa Clemente about hot topics that examine the political and social culture of the United States. This conversation was recorded last week. Rosa Alicia Clemente is an organizer, political commentator and independent journalist. An Afro-Puerto Rican born and raised in the Bronx, NY.