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Hard Knock Radio

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.

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Bail Reform and The Battle to Save Public Education

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01.27.17 - 4:00pm

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Raj Jayadev is the director of Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organization based in San Jose that leads campaigns around criminal justice reform, immigrants rights, and economic justice. The organization created a model for families and communities to impact the outcome of the cases of their loved ones and transform the landscape of power in … Continued


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Psychiatrist Naim Akbar

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01.26.17 - 4:00pm

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Long time psychiatrist Naim Akbar speaks at McClymonds High school about Afrocentricity


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Jordan Flaherty / Ise Lyfe

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01.25.17 - 4:00pm

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Davey D speaks with FLOODLINES author Jordan Flaherty and activist – artist Ise Lyfe


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Leadership Under Trump

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01.24.17 - 4:00pm

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we speak with long-time activist Tony Coleman from One Fam about leadership in Oakland and on the grassroots under Trump.


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#TheVillage: Organizers in Oakland fight to End Homelessness

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01.23.17 - 4:00pm

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we speak with organizers about #TheVillage in Oakland and the direct action involved in providing people shelter.


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Resisting Trump and Fascism

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01.20.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with organizers and protesters in San Francisco, protesting the Trump Inauguration. Later we speak with Alison Mata about the upcoming Women’s March happening in Oakland, California on Saturday.


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Oscar Lopez Rivera and Poor News Network

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01.19.17 - 4:00pm

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President Obama on Monday granted clemency to 231 federal inmates, the most in a single day by any president in U.S. history. Obama commuted the prison sentences of 153 people and pardoned 78 others, among the list of names was Oscar Lopez Rivera. He has been imprisoned since 1981. Today on Hard Knock, we speak … Continued


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Surviving in the Trump Era: DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE. DON’T DESPAIR, CREATE

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01.18.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Makani Themba about “Surviving in the Trump Era.” She joins us from Washington DC, in preparation for the upcoming protests in DC.


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Surviving in the Trump Era: DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE. DON’T DESPAIR, CREATE

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01.17.17 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Kali Akuno about the coming of Donald Trump and how to survive is fascist regime.


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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Special

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01.16.17 - 4:00pm

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We listen to Dr King, direct action activist and MLK inspired music on the King Holiday.


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