Love Life City & Ryan Nicole
We discuss the intersection of Art, Culture and Violence Prevention. Later we speak with city council woman Lynette McElhaney and Ryan Nicole about her new play.
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.
With her 2003 debut album, Salt, singer Lizz Wright established herself as one of the brightest newcomers in jazz. Now with the release of Freedom & Surrender, her 5th studio album. Wright has re-emerged, after a long hiatus, with a renewed creative spark and a new kind of perspective that only a lived life can … Continued
On today’s program: we examine the importance of former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee; we discuss Black men and fatherhood with Free Brown and filmmaker Dr. Khalid White; and later we hear perspectives about Russian Intelligence and Immigration.
A History of The African Students Association of Oakland
We sit with several community elders to get an in-depth history of West Oakland and the famed African Students Association that help give rise to the Black Panthers.
We took with Aya de Leon talks about her new book The Boss and the importance of Street Literature.
We talk with local activists and farmers about food sustainability.
Liberation Theology
As the Trump administration continues to bombard US citizens with his vision of what will “Make America Great Again.” Across the nation, people of faith are attending services in search of sanctuary, solace, spiritual and political guidance from their religious leaders. Up next, we will examine the conceptual framework of liberation theology. We will explore … Continued
Skyline Theater and Poor News Network
we speak with Awele Makeba and Skyline High School students about saving the arts in schools. And later Poor News Network explores America’s War on The Poor.
Davey D and Vylma V speak with Oscar Lopez Rivera in the KPFA studios. Lopez Rivera was incarcerated for 35 years for his role in fighting for Puerto Rico’s independence. President Barack Obama commuted López Rivera’s sentence and he was released from prison on May 17, 2017, after 35 years in prison. A Welcome to … Continued
we bring you a keynote address featuring Rosa Clemente speaking at Mills College, Center For Socially Responsible Business Conference, 2017. The speech is titled, “We Do Not Consent: Organizing Against Trumpism.” Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, political commentator, Hip Hop activist, and in 2008, she became the 1st Afro-Latina US Vice Presidential Candidate. image … Continued