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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.
We speak with Hodari Davis, Natasha Huey, and Tamia Romo of YOUTH SPEAKS about The Bigger Picture, a project that aims to inspire young people to join the conversation about Type 2 diabetes and work to change the systems that lead to its spread. Later we hear from YOUTH RADIO’s Esme Ablaza about the reality … Continued
On today’s edition of Hard Knock, we speak with P. Frank Williams about E-40, the ambassador of the Bay Area. Later, we talk to Ash Maynor, the founder of Ghost & The City, a neo-soul group based in Oakland, Ca. The group will be performing on Thursday, June 23rd at the Starline Social Club. T
We speak with Pedro Julio Serrano, a prominent LGBT and human rights activist, founder of Puerto Rico para Tod@s, and Senior Advisor to New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito about the massacre in Orlando. And we speak with organizers in Oakland, California about police accountability and the recall of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
On today’s edition of Hard Knock Radio, we speak with community leaders Chriaq and Edwin Lindo about mysterious fires in the Mission District of San Francisco in the wake of gentrification plaguing the city.
On today’s edition of Hard Knock, we speak with protesters about police accountability in the city of Oakland, California; community organizer Tur-ha discuss government accountability in the wake of the murder of Reggina Jefferies; and reality rap artist, Beeda Weeda discusses activism and his new single, Revolution.
We look back on the life and times of Tupac Shakur with Money B from Digital Underground. And Poor News Network explores the war on America’s poor.
On today’s edition of Hard Knock, we discuss the resignation of Oakland’s Chief of Police Sean Whent with Anti Police Terror Project organizer, Cat Brooks. We also speak with Khalid El-Hakim about the mobile Black History Museum he started in Detroit. He talks about some of the unique artifacts he has in his collection.
On today’s edition of Hard Knock, we speak with Thandisizwe Chimurenga about Blue Lives Matter and Growing Up Queer and Undocumented in the Hood with Yosimar Reyes.
We speak with LGBTQ activist Chaney Turner about the slayings in Orlando as we pay tribute to the victims. Later we speak with Rashida Grenage, Pamela Drake and Reggie Lyles about police reform efforts in Oakland, California.
On today’s show we discuss the sexual assault case at Stanford University that ignited public outrage after the defendant, Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail; The Firing of Oakland’s Police Chief Sean Whent; and in 1968 Muhammad Ali spoke with Pacifica Radio’s Julius Lester to explain his position on racism in America, … Continued
