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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.
In this episode of Hard Knock Radio, Davey D speaks with Layidua Salazar about the US Supreme Court’s ruling on the abortion pill. The Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone means the drug’s future is now firmly tied to the 2024 presidential election. Anti-abortion groups said they were dealt … Continued
Davey D speaks with Professor James Taylor about the history of Juneteenth and the fight for reparations. 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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
In the Hard Knock Radio conversation host Davey D spoke with Ayanna Davis of Healthy Black Families and Michael Trujillo of the East Bay Community Law Center, about the displacement of Black communities in Berkeley due to historical and contemporary housing issues. ### **Displacement and Economic Impact** The 2008 recession and the COVID-19 pandemic significantly … Continued
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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
**Hard Knock Radio: Davey D’s Conversation with Kev Choice** In a compelling conversation for Hard Knock Radio, Davey D and musician Kev Choice delved into the significance of Black Music Month and the efforts to revive its visibility. Kev highlighted how the emphasis on Black Music Month, prominent in the 80s and 90s, waned around … Continued
**The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition** On Hard Knock Radio, host Anita Johnson spoke with Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan about her The Trauma of Caste. Caste—one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world—is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 … Continued
In a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, former Black Panther Tureka Lewis and actor-director Mario Van Peebles engaged in a compelling dialogue about the legacy and representation of the Black Panther Party in film and history. Tureka Lewis, noted as the first woman to join the Black Panther Party, shared her experiences and insights … Continued
In a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D engaged in a lively conversation with Nicole Lee of the Urban Peace Movement and publicist Jacky Johnson. Both Oakland natives, they passionately discussed the success of the recent “Town Up Tuesday” event at Lake Merritt, which drew over 4,000 attendees and featured performances by … Continued
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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
In a Hard Knock Radio conversation, host Anita Johnson spoke with Olivia Cueva, a bio-fashion designer, educator, and co-founder of Oakland Style Lab and Jeff Perlstein an activist / educator who worked as program director at Food First and as executive director of Media Alliance. More recently, he’s co-founded Oakland Style Lab and the new … Continued
