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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 Hard Knock Radio conversation, host Davey D sits down with educator and organizer Ty-Licia Hooker, executive director of The Children’s Education Project, to unpack Oakland’s literacy crisis and what it will take to fix it. Hooker traces the problem across generations—third-generation OUSD herself—recalling a sixth-grade class told they were “illiterate” and sent back to phonics. … Continued
Today on the show, we honor the revolutionary legacy of Bobby Seale — cofounder of the Black Panther Party — as the City of Oakland marks his 89th birthday with an official proclamation of “Bobby Seale Day” and a commemorative street renaming. We spoke with Bobby Seale about the history and legacy of the Panthers … Continued
Hard Knock Radio brought together two Bay Area organizers working at the intersection of immigration defense and civil liberties: Eric from the Friends of La Peña Immigrant Rights Committee, and Marisa Almor of East Bay Sanctuary Covenant. The conversation cut through the noise and focused on how people can protect themselves—and each other—amid rising repression. The moment we’re in Listeners … 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.
On Hard Knock Radio, Donald Lacy joined host Davey D to launch Love Life Week, a Bay Area tradition born from the life and legacy of his daughter LoEshe Adama Lacy—Igbo for “love life.” Lacy recounted how a 16-year-old LoEshe pushed to “start a movement” after a friend’s murder in 1997. Following LoEshe’s own killing on October 20, … Continued
Davey D sits down with Minister Abdul Sabur Muhammad (formerly known as Minister Keith) to revisit the 30th anniversary of the Million Man March and to connect its spirit to today’s political climate. The conversation recalls the organizing muscle that built October 16, 1995—and asks what it means to sustain that energy now. Why the … Continued
Davey opens by flagging a broader cultural chill: institutions soft-pedaling Black history (e.g., museum text that erases “slavery”) and artists being penalized for political speech. That lands close to home with news out of St. Louis: after releasing two political tracks during a heated mayoral race, Tef Poe is suddenly the target of a law-enforcement … 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.
On this Hard Knock Radio episode, host Davey D speaks with G1 (Gonzalo) of Rebel Diaz about Chicago’s escalating ICE raids and the broader drift toward authoritarianism. G1 describes the city as “under siege,” arguing that far-right and white-nationalist elements have been actively recruited into ICE and CBP. He details raids where families are zip-tied, … Continued
