We speak with Human Rights advocate Kevin Alexander Gray about the history of North Korea and American expansion. We speak with Leon Dnas about the Creative Arts Coalition and the fight to end gentrification and preserve the Arts in Oakland.
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.
Police Accountability Under Trump and Gentrification
We speak with author activist Bakari Kitwana about the political state of affairs in Ohio under Trump and police accountability. We speak with organizer of the historic Berkeley Flea Market and how they are impacted by gentrification.
We celebrate 68 years of KPFA/Pacifica Network with a look at Voices That Change the World, from the Pacifica Radio Archives, a comprehensive 1300-hour Pacifica Radio Archives audio compilation featuring hundreds of thinkers, critics, activists, writers, and performers. Today we focus on James Baldwin speech, After the Murder of Four Children. James Baldwin delivers a … Continued
We speak with Oakland activist Layidua Salazar about Reproductive Rights and Access’s upcoming bowl a thon event. Later Poor News Network, explores America’s War on the Poor.
We speak with Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D. about ways to create more emotionally intelligent personal relationships. Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D. is the president of Relationships That Work – and vice president of the Rewire Leadership Institute, an organization that helps individuals, teams and organizations thrive in the business world. He is also the founder and director of … Continued
Syrian Conflict and Sports
We speak with Syrian journalist Mayat Al-Hassan about Syria. Also we speak with Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee about Sports and Social Justice and the upcoming Bay Area Black Journalist forum happening this Thursday.
We speak with local activist, comedian and journalist Donald Lacy about the Love Life Movement in Oakland and Jeff Sessions War on Drugs. Later we chop it up with author Adrienne Maree Brown about her new book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. Details about Emergent Strategy: Inspired by Octavia Butler’s explorations of our human … Continued
A Baltimore school has come up with an innovative way to stop kids from acting out in class. Instead of sending children to detention, they elect to send kids to a Mindful Moment Room for meditation. In partnership with Holistic Life Foundation, a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization committed to nurturing wellness, Robert W. Coleman Elementary School … Continued
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
Brother J discusses Famed Hip Hop Group, X Clan
Davey D speaks with Brother J about the history of X-Clan and much more