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Hard Knock Radio

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.

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Donna Brazile’s Bombshell and Prison Strike at Glen Dwyer

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11.07.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Dr. James Taylor about Donna Brazile’s gripe with the DNC and Hillary Rodman Clinton. Later we speak with Marlene Sanchez about the recent prison strike at Glen Dwyer .  


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In Conversation with Psychiatrist Naim Akbar

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11.06.17 - 4:00pm

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On today’s show long time psychiatrist Naim Akbar talks about Afrocentricity. This conversation was originally recorded at at McClymonds High School in Oakland, Ca.


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State of the City Address: Oakland Community Members Soundoff about Mayor Libby Schaff’s Plan for Oakland

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11.03.17 - 4:00pm

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we speak with Housing Advocate, Needa B; entrepreneur Chaney Turner; and Camilo Zamora, the Housing, Land & Development Campaign Director for Causa Justa about Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, State of the City Address.


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Resisting Fascism in the Wake of Trump

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11.02.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Refuse Fascism organizer, Xochitl Johnson about resisting Fascism in the Wake of Trump and the upcoming national protest set to take place on November 4th, 2017. Later we speak with Ren about events happening in the Bay Area and Beyond.


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Rosa Clemente Discusses the Women’s Convention and Puerto Rico

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11.01.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Rosa Clemente about the Woman’s Convention and Puerto Rico.  Also our  bi-monthly entertainment segment with Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist.


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Ryan Nicole on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

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10.31.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with actress Ryan Nicole about “Thomas and Sally” a play that explores Thomas Jefferson’s long term sexual domination of his slave, Sally Hemings. Presented by the  Marin Theatre, Mill Valley Company the play distorts the true nature and history of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.  


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A.D. Carson: An Activist and his Explosive Dissertation

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10.30.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with activist AD Carson, Ph.D. about how his rap album/dissertation, “Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes & Revolutions,” led to his arrest at Clemson University.   photo credit/copyright @news.virginia.edu


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Water & Fire – Race Politics from Standing Rock To Ghost Ship To San Pablo

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10.27.17 - 4:00pm

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Today on Hard Knock: Art and Race Conference, 2017 – Impact Hub, Oakland. Featured Panel: Water & Fire – Race Politics from Standing Rock To Ghost Ship To San Pablo. Panelists: Dorothy Santos, Favianna Rodriguez, Christian Frock, and Jonathan Axtell. Moderated by Davey D.


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Life is Living Festival and Poor News Network

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10.26.17 - 4:00pm

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we speak with Hodari Davis about the 10th Annual Life is Living Festival. And later Poor News Network explores America’s War on the Poor.   Life is Living Festival takes place October 28th at Little Bobby Hutton Park (DeFremery) in West Oakland from 10am-7pm  


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Paul Kivel discusses Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice

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10.25.17 - 4:00pm

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We discuss unlearning racism, white fragility and useful strategies and practical tools for white people committed to racial justice.


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