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.
On today’s show we speak with Verbena Lea, a volunteer with the Prisoner Hunger Strike Committee to End Sleep Deprivation in California Prisons. Today lawyers for two prisoners, Christopher Lipsey and Maher Suarez, argued against an attempt by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to dismiss civil rights cases brought on behalf of … Continued
we speak with professor A.D. Carson about Hip-Hop and how his thesis was a rap album. image credit @ aydeethegreat.com
We speak with long-time activist Nancy Pili Hernandez about the city of San Francisco’s political landscape and the ousting of London Breed. Later we speak with organizer Elisha Greenwell about the Black Joy Parade. photo credit @ Green Peace USA – image of nancy hernandez
We speak with local activists and advocates who are pushing to make sure local people in Oakland have a seat at the table for downtown development. Guests: Michael Low, organizer Eric K Arnold, spent 20 years as a music journalist and documentarian before expanding his repertoire to include community-based reportage on topical issues, from energy to environment … Continued
In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. Through deep reporting with key activists and thinkers, passionately personal writing, and distinguished cultural criticism, We Gon’ Be Alright links #BlackLivesMatter … Continued
On today’s show we look at the genius and activism of author James Baldwin through the lens of Master filmmaker Raoul Peck via the film, I Am Not Your Negro. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. … Continued
we look at the USA Gymnastic Sexual Abuse Scandal and the play, Color Struck: SURVIVING THE TRUMPOCALYPSE. Guests: Jessica Mason Pieklo head legal writer and resident women’s sports enthusiast for rewire news. Donald Lacy, comedian, actor and playwright. @ Getty Images – photo of Larry Nassar image credit @ donald lacy.com
we speak with the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Alicia Garza about the State of Our Union convening held in Washington DC in response to President Donald Trump. And later we speak with journalist David Sheen about racist incidents targeting African migrants in Israel. www.thestateofourunion.org www.domesticworkers.org/
We speak with political scientist and author Dr. James Taylor of University of San Francisco about the current state of the union and fall out in SF over London Breed being ousted as mayor. image credit @ usfca.edu
Davey D talks music history with The Dynamic Miss Faye Carroll.
