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.
Celebrity and Activism in the wake of Beyonce’s Formation. And later Bay Area born soul singer Jennifer Johns stops by to talk about her Bon Voyage event. We spoke with Ronnisha Johnson an organizer with Black Lives Matter Bay Area and the Last 3 Percent, a group named after the size of San Francisco’s … Continued
Long time activist Jamala Rogers discusses her book Ferguson Is America: Roots to Rebellion. She talks about 1972 Black political convention and the existing political landscape in Ferguson.
We speak with long time activist Rashidah Grinage of Coalition For Police Accountability about the ins and outs of establishing a police commission and the importance of ending Policeman’s Bill of Rights.
We talk with folks at Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts about gentrification and the latest decision to remove mural, to make way for new development. Later we head to San Francisco, the scene of last night’s demonstrations protesting police brutality and the police murder of Mario Woods, a 26 year-old Bayview resident on Dec. … Continued
We speak with Yahshimabet Sellassie-Hall, a contestant on the Food Network’s Youth Baking program. Later Poor News Network, examines economic injustice on low-income and people of color.
Davey D speaks with author Steve Phillips about his new book, Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority.
We cover the Justice for Mario Woods Coalition protest that happened this past Saturday and Asians4BlackLives, a Bay Area group of community organizers of Asian descent, staged a protest to call on East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) to terminate its partnership with luxury developer UrbanCore and support the community proposal for 100% affordable … Continued
We cover the Justice for Mario Woods Coalition protest in San Francisco, this past Saturday.
We speak with author Oliver Wang about his book, Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oliver Wang is an Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach. He’s also a music writer, and DJ based in California. Since 1994, he’s written on popular music, culture, … Continued
We discuss Hip Hop artist Raw G’s upcoming performance. Later we discuss the NYC Teacher Fired for Lessons About Central Park Five and diversity on college campuses.
