We speak with Martin Perna of the world–renowned Afrobeat band Antibalas. Martin Perna is an educator, and multidisciplinary artist living in Houston, Texas.
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.
We look at the Paris Attacks with MXGM member Kali Akuno and The History of the Nation with Dani McClain.
Police in East Oakland kill again, reports from Paris and Turkey
Oakland police shoot and kill another man. This time its a man with a airsoft pellet gun. We find out the latest details with Frank Sosa of the Anti-Police Terror Project. Later on in the show we speak with French journalist Epee Dingon about whats the mood is in Paris and where are things headed.. … Continued
We speak with Berkeley High School Black Student Union (BSU) members/students about the November 5 protest against racist threats left on a school library’s computer in support of the Ku Klux Klan and threatening a “public lynching” next month. We spoke with Alicia Huggar, BSU president, Nevia Sacris and Ecrra Davis.
We speak with Alexa Garcia-Ditta from the Texas Observer about the women lead hunger strike at T. Don Hutto’s Texas Detention Center. Later on Poor News Network explores economic injustice.
Goapele, Humanity and Being Transgendered
We speak with R&B artist Goapele, HKR correspondent Thandi Chimurenga explores Humanity and Youth Radio’s Cole Carman discusses being transgendered
Actor/ activist Danny Glover speaks at the 46th anniversary of the College of Ethnic Studies about why education is a right and what it means to be transformative vs furthering the status quo.
We listen to the sounds of the rally for church in the streets in west Oakland in response to gentrification. We hear the voices of Rebbecca Kaplan, Mayor Libby Shaaf, Lynnette Machelany and many more.
Davey D speaks with Jeff Chang about the recent attacks on filmmaker Quentin Tarantino by police unions and how it’s a continuing form of culture wars; We hear from Sean Granberry about a Hip Hop TV.
Women’s Film Forum and The Anniversary of SF State’s Ethnic Studies program
We speak with Ashara Ekendayo of Omi Gallery about the Women’s Film Forum at Impact Hub Oakland; we also hear from SF State Dean Ken Montero about the 46th anniversary of ethnic studies