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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.
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Muhammad Ali, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, died on June 3rd at the age of 74. Poets Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Gil Noble and Nikki Giovanni provide poetic prose in tribute. And later we play various interviews and speeches that feature Muhammad Ali.
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Look back at Malcolm X’s life and legacy with a conversation featuring Michael Eric Dyson, Justin DeMagles, and Hisham Aidi.
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Davey D speaks with Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter about the case of Jasmine Abdullah who’s facing sentencing for a conviction of a controversial lynching law. Later we hear from Poor News Network.
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We speak with Kali Oray about the upcoming SF Black Film Festival. And later we continue with part 2 of our Bernie Sanders’ town hall discussion.
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Senator Bernie Sanders takes part in a discussion including SF Rep. Jane Kim and Actor / human rights activist Danny Glover at Oakland’s Allen Temple Church.
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We speak with long time activist Rosa Clemente about the importance of Black Brown Unity and Afro Latina identity. This interview took place in Cleveland during the Black Lives Matter convention.
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
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
