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.
Political Commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "Who’s Uncle is really crazy". Today being the last Friday of the month, Without Walls takes over the Hard Knock airwaves. Later in the show, Anita Johnson brings us another discussion on Prop F today, speaking with Joeseph Bryant of the A. Phillip Randolf Institute who are opposed to Prop … Continued
Greg Bridges discusses the book "The Execution Of Willie Francis." Later in the show Weyland speaks with Seattle based Hip-Hop duo, Blue Scholars about thier latest album, "Bayani."
Anita Johnson discusses the book, "The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood." Later in the show Davey D speaks with hip-hop artist Jahi about his latest CD "Less is More."
This Memorial Day, we bring you sound from the necba free palestine peace and solidarity festival.
Mumia Abu-Jamal on "A Congress That Is More Than a Rubber Stamp". Weyland speaks with Staxx recording artist Lalah Hathaway about her new album "Self Portrait". Lalah is playing at Yoshi’s tonight until Sunday.
For the last day of the KPFA Summer fund drive we bring our listeners an encore of the powerful informative DVD Documentary "The Business of Being Born."
Hard Knock features the art of Justin Bua, Estria Miyashiro, and Favianna Rodriguez.
We feature the film "Banished." We’re offering the film as a thank you gift for your donations.
We celebrate the birthday of Malcolm X by bringing our listeners a special mix put together by HKR’s own Davey D. We’re also offering to our listeners the DVD Documentary Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Movin’ On Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions.
