Brother J and Sidney Jacobs
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we continuing conversation with Davey D and Brother J of X Clan; music and conversation with vocalist Sidney Jacobs
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.
Brother J discusses Famed Hip Hop Group, X Clan
Davey D speaks with Brother J about the history of X-Clan and much more
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr
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Davey speaks with activist Dorsey Nunn; we remember Rev. Martin Luther King’s speech against Vietnam war.
The State of Education Under Trump
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Chicago educator and activist David Stoval speaks about the state of education under Trump and his new book
Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor talks about the real changes that could lead to progress and Big Dan discusses his new one man play.
We discuss the increase targeting of Colombia’s human rights activists and Poor News Network, examines America’s War on the Poor.
#MissingDCGirls: A Viral Tweet that Sparked Conversation and Awareness
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Today on HardKnock: The hashtag #MissingDCGirls have become a hot topic on social media, and have sparked public outrage as to the several cases involving missing Black and Latina teenagers in the Washington, DC area. However, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what’s fact or fiction as it relates to Missing … Continued
Internet Privacy Laws and The Business of the NFL: Las Vegas Raiders
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We speak with Ernesto Omar Falcon of Electronic Frontier Foundation about the newly proposed laws to get rid of privacy on the internet. Later we talk to Oakland businessman Ray Bobbitt about lawsuit against the Raiders leaving Oakland. And sports columnist Dave Zirin chimes in about the NFL, the Raiders and Colin Kaepernick.
We speak with actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs about the 40th anniversary of Roots. And later we speak with local actors/ activist DJ Wonway and his fellow cast of actors about “To the Bone” a play about Immigration. TO THE BONE, by Lisa Ramirez is a contemporary American drama written in the tradition of John Steinbeck’s … Continued
The murder of Desmond Phillips and Mac Kiddies
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Today on HardKnock: The murder of Desmond Phillips at the hands of police in Chico, California. Phillips died after he was shot multiple times in an encounter with officers that began about 7:30 p.m. 3/17/17 at an apartment in the 700 block of West Fourth Avenue in Chico. We’ll speak with journalist Yessenia Funes, about … Continued