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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.
Today Hard Knock presents the film THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION. The Black Panthers is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley … Continued
Today author Kevin Powell speaks to a KPFA audience about his latest book, most recent talk The Education of Kevin Powell. Kevin Powell is the author or editor of eleven previous books. He has written for The Huffington Post, Esquire, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and others. He is president and co-founder of BK Nation, … Continued
Today we bring you the six-part documentary series CAPITALISM, looks at both the history of ideas and the social forces that have shaped the capitalist world. CAPITALISM is an impressive series that makes economics accessible through an interdisciplinary approach that explores the work of great thinkers, while embedding economics in specific social, political, and historical … Continued
We speak with Erica Blount about the Baltimore cop acquitted in Freddie Gray death. A Maryland judge was expected to announce the verdict Monday in the case of Baltimore police. Later we hear from Alicia Garza and mothers who lost their children to police terrorism.
Today we present the film Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick.
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This day, May 19th, marks the birthday of one of America’s most important voices, Malcolm X or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz as he was known in the years prior to his death. 51 years after the assassination of Malcolm X, “his voice, perspective still speaks truth to power. In many ways his analysis of America’s racial … Continued
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Jeremy Scahill, one of the three founding editors of The Intercept, is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, author of the internationally bestselling books Dirty Wars and Blackwater, and twice a recipient of the George Pol Award. He will also discuss The Intercept, the investigative web magazine founded by Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill, … Continued
Today we present the film, The Brainwashing of My Dad. Ffilmmaker, Jen Senko, tries to understand the transformation of her father from a non political, life-long Democrat to an angry, Right-Wing fanatic, she uncovers the forces behind the media that changed him completely: a plan by Roger Ailes under Nixon for a media takeover by … Continued
Hard Knock Radio host Davey D speaks with Professor Michael Eric Dyson about Obama’s leadership, The Black Vote, and Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. This conversation was part of Real Talk with Michael Eric Dyson in Oakland with Davey D of KPFA, recorded March 5, 2016. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/real-talk-with-michael-eric-dyson-in-oakland-with-davey-d-of-kpfa-tickets-21737872562
Hard Knock Radio’s Davey D talks with film-maker Michael Moore about Where to Invade Next.
