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.
We pay tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll, pioneer Chuck Berry. Charles Edward Anderson “Chuck” Berry born October 18, 1926 is considered the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll, died on March 18th, 2017 at his home outside St. Louis. And later we hear a speech from Kwame Toure
we speak with Palestinian rap trio Shoruq and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal with the “Discussion Class”.
Davey D talks with David Roach about the Oakland International Film Festival and Poor News Network explores America’s War on the Poor.
We speak with journalist and music critic John Villanova, about the limitation of Black Excellence within the confines of Award shows. John Vilanova is a third-year PhD student at the Annenberg School for Communication. His broad research and writing agenda focuses on the production, reception, and consumption of African American and Afro-diasporic music. His current … Continued
Davey D speaks with noted activist Rosa Clemente about activism after the election. Mumia Abu Jamal talks about the “Discussion Class”.
We speak with Chokwe Lumumba updates us on whats going on in Mississippi as he unveils his plan to run for Mayor
After Trump and Pussy Hats, With Chris Hedges. Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter & Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution produced an event, AFTER TRUMP AND PUSSY HATS, A discussion of next steps With Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and leading Vancouver feminist Suzanne Jay. Hedges is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, New York Times best … Continued
Lineage: Conversation with Thinkers & Activists historian, journalist, and educator Dr. Jelani Cobb (Columbia University) who will be interviewed by his friend and comrade Alicia Garza, Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter. http://oakland.impacthub.net/event/lineage-conversations-w-thinkers-activists-jelani-cobb-alicia-garza/
We bring you the voices of women on the frontline. Today we featured the voices of Keeanga Yahmatta-Taylor and Noami Klein.
Professor Richard Wolff discusses his latest book is Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens and the growing economic crisis in the era of Trump.
