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.
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
Hard Knock Radio opens with Jamal Ibn Mumia, son of Mumia Abu-Jamal, reporting back from journalism conferences in Havana and recent stops on the Mumia Freedom Tour. He describes global concern over U.S. imperial reach and the surprise among delegates that political prisoners like Mumia Abu-Jamal and Imam Jamil Al-Amin remain incarcerated. Jamal praises Cuban … Continued
Here’s a clear look at the conversation between Hard Knock Radio host Davey D and Sophi Wilmore, co director of Feed Black Futures, about the fallout from threatened SNAP cuts and what communities can do about it. The discussion opens with breaking context. A federal judge has ordered the administration to keep SNAP funded during … Continued
Hard Knock Radio sat down with Seattle based organizer Courtney Scott to unpack a season of layoffs and a grinding federal shutdown. Davey opened with the scope. Amazon and UPS are shedding tens of thousands. Tech and media giants are cutting deep. Hundreds of thousands of Black women in federal jobs have already been pushed … Continued
Davey D opens with the stakes in Oakland and beyond. Cities are floating policies that make it easier to disappear unhoused people, often by criminalizing basic survival. He notes how public narratives erase who is actually living outside in Oakland. Many are older Black residents. That reality sits in tension with Black leaders invoking civil … Continued
Host Davey D sat down with journalist Rasheed Shabazz of Oakland Voices to unpack a tense week in the Bay. Rumors of federal agents and possible troop deployments gave way to a confirmed staging at Coast Guard Island between Oakland and Alameda. Community members quickly mobilized, forming a blockade and confronting a heavy show of … Continued
