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.
JR of the Block Report speaks with author and legendary activist Angela Davis. Later in the show Davey D reports back from San Antonio Texas speaking with Che Lopez of the Southwest Workers Union about the border situation in Texas.
It is the last Friday of the month which means without walls takes over the Hard Knock airwaves. Later in the show Weyland discusses the film New Muslim Cool.
Anita Johnson brings us a discussion on the commercial exploitation of youth involved in the underground sex economy. Later in the show Weyland speaks with Kemel Bell and Tommy Goodwin of ANKH Marketing to talk about their 5 year anniversary party at the Mezzanine this weekend.
For Earth Day we bring you a discussion on Environmental Justice, the history of Earth Day and the event Love Yo Mama. Later in the program Weyland speaks with Bay Area Filmmaker Yun Suh about her documentary fim City of Borders.
We bring you a quick history on 4-20. Later in the show, we pick up where we left off on Friday as Davey D discusses Hip-Hop studies with author Adam Mansbach, Dr. Donna Lisa Fisher & Naomi Bragen with the Dance Performance company.
Davey D discusses tomorrow's first ever Hip-Hop Studies Conference at UC Berkeley. Later in the show Weyland speaks with Adam Theis about the Brass Bows & Beats Hip-Hop Symphony happening tomorrow at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.
Weyland discusses the Discovery Channel reality show San Quinton Film School. Later in the program in light of the recent Somali Piracy that's been making headlines, we re-broadcast an excerpt of an interview Davey D did with Somali Rapper K'Naan who spoke about that issue.
