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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Hard Knock host Davey D sits down with Larry White, an R&B producer and musician, experienced worldwide fame when he became the lead guitarist for The Whispers, an R&B and dance vocal group formed in the early ’60s. White was born and raised in San Francisco. His passion for music started at 7, when he … Continued
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We speak with long-time activist Silky Slim about the devastating floods in Baton Rouge. And later community organizer George Galvis discusses legislative activities in Sacramento around police reform.
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Davey D talks with Dhourba Bin Wahad of the National Committee To Combat Police Terrorism about the police murder of Jamarion Robinson in Atlanta, and later we hear from renowned pianist George Cables as he shares memories of vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Bobby Hutcherson
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Davey D talks with activist Matt Nelson about the recent murder by police in Milwaukee and the police cultures around the country, later Davey talks health with Dr. Pete
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We speak with Biko Baker about the unrest in Milwaukee; later we speak with Theo Williams and Alvina Wong about the attempts to gentrify Chinatown.
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On today’s show we speak with Ensemble Mik Nawooj’s, Joowan Kim about the future of Hip Hop.
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On today’s show we speak with civil rights attorney Nicole Lee about the Department of Justice discovery that the Baltimore Police Department engaged in unconstitutional practices that lead to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. Later we hear from … Continued
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We speak with poet Lucy Flaterry-Vickness, curator Candi Martinez, and Lana Adlawan about the 17th annual Laurel Street Fair; political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal explores the significance of Black August; and Youth Radio’s Natalie Bettendorf speak with youth advocates about the Oakland Police Sex Allegations and the sexual exploitation of young girls in Oakland California.
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On today’s show we speak with Ashara Ekundayo about the The National Black Women’s Justice Institute and the Impact Hub Oakland/Breaking The Silence 3rd PUSHOUT Community Strategy Session addressing the realities and creating solutions to the criminalization of Black girls in schools. And later a look back at Michael Brown’s death and the birth of … Continued
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We speak with Hip Hop artists from the Congo about the politics and social justice movements in that country.
