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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.
On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Chicago alderperson and grassroots organizer Jessie Fuentes about the Trump backed ICE operation that has turned parts of the city into a live test site for authoritarian policing. Fuentes begins by recounting how she was roughed up and handcuffed by ICE agents inside … Continued
On a recent edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with organizer and scholar Dr Rosa Clemente to map the rapidly shifting political terrain from New York City to Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean. The conversation opened with the historic election of Zorhan Mandami as mayor elect of New York, a … Continued
Hard Knock Radio conversation between host Davey D and Professor Nisrin Elamin. Host Davey D opens with a straight ask. What is really happening in Sudan, and how did we get here. Professor Elamin answers with a mini history lesson. Sudan gained independence in the 1950s with a colonial economy built for export and a … Continued
On Hard Knock Radio, Davey D sat down with Samer Araabi of AROC to unpack the realities in Gaza after the so called ceasefire and the political currents swirling around it. Araabi said the ceasefire created a brief window of relief but did not end the crisis. He noted that hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since … Continued
Here is what went down on Hard Knock Radio. Davey D opened by pressing into a fresh claim from Donald Trump that American troops should intervene in Nigeria to protect Christians. He linked it to earlier talk about South Africa and asked a basic question. What is really happening on the ground and who would … Continued
Hard Knock Radio opened with a sobering conversation about the death of 72 year old Brentwood resident Yolanda Ramirez after an encounter with police. Host Davey D spoke with KPFA’s Frank Sterling, civil rights attorney Melissa Nold, and family members Rich and Rudy. The family and their attorney allege that Ramirez suffered a head injury … Continued
**Hard Knock Radio: After the Blue Wave, What Now** Host Davey D welcomed Jane Kim of the Working Families Party and Ethel Long Scott of the Womens Economic Agenda Project for a grounded read on a whiplash week. The show opened with the post election lift that came from victories in New York, Virginia, New … Continued
Here’s what went down on Hard Knock Radio when we brought George Galvis, Dorsey Nunn, and Minister King X to the mic. We opened with the upcoming Oakland screening of The Alabama Solution, a searing documentary built with clandestine footage shot by people inside. George called it the most powerful prison expose he has seen, precisely … Continued
Hard Knock Radio dug into the day after the election with Professor Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter Grassroots and Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson. We opened with a sober check on the victory talk. Akuno warned that establishment power will not sit still. He expects two immediate counter moves in New York. First, a … Continued
On Hard Knock Radio, Davey D sat down with Pastor Mike McBride of Live Free and former New York City Councilmember Charles Barron to unpack a dramatic election night and the work ahead. Davey opened with big headlines from Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, the passage of Prop 50, and Mondami’s win in New York, … Continued
