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 speak with local artist about the deadly fire in Oakland that claimed 36 lives. We look at the lack of affordable housing, the artist communities in the Bay Area and next steps. Later we talk to Welah Johns about the protest at Wells Fargo centered on the financing of the Dakota Pipeline.
Zumbi of Zion I talks about the latest cd, Labyrinth. Later Mumia Abu-Jamal discusses “Class War Gone Wild” and Youth Radio’s Noel Anaya talks about living in a group home.
author Bryant Terry talks about the importance of food justice and pianist Samora Pinderhughes talks about his latest masterpiece, The Transformational Suite.
Musician Kev Choice talks about the murder of Will Sims by 3 White racists. Police are investigating the death of Sim as a hate crime. Investigators say Will Sims was robbed, beaten and shot to death in the early morning hours near his hometown of Richmond.
Davey D speaks with Dream Hampton about Fidel Castro, Cuba, and Hip-Hop. Later we’re joined by Pastor Michael McBride of the PICO Network. He explores police violence, the murder of Mario Woods and police accountability.
Walter Turner, host of Africa today on KPFA speaks with Davey D about the legacy of Fidel Castro. Walter has been visited Cuba over 80 times bringing delegations there as a part of Global Exchange tours. Turner reflects on this moment as Fidel Castro is mourned in the streets of Cuba.
we speak with #FeedThePeople about the Homeless Crisis in America and later, activist and artist Zumbi of Zion 1 discusses displacement and the new album, Labyrinth.
Voices from Standing Rock, water protectors on the front-lines describe their commitment to protecting “Mother Earth” and the scared lands. Later Poor News Network provides looks at “UnThanksgiving” and Indigenous Resistance.
author and filmmaker Greg Palast explores the roots of voter suppression and how the GOP stole the 2016 Presidential Election.(Encore Broadcast) Greg Palast, is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative reporter for the BBC and the British newspaper, The Guardian. Like Michael Moore, he is also a documentary filmmaker. His new film, … Continued
author Tyson Amir talks about education, political activism and his new book, Black Boy Poems: An Account of Black Survival in America.
