Hard Knock Radio
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 – April 23, 2007
Davey comes to us from Atlanta, as today he speaks with Spellmen College professor and author William Jelani Cobb to talk about his new book, "To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic," the Atlanta Hip-Hop scene and more.
Hard Knock Radio – April 19, 2007
Political Commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "Imus Amongst Us". This Saturday marks the 4th year since the world lost a true musical legend, miss Nina Simone – so today on Hard Knock we dug through the Pacifica archives to bring you an interview with Nina Simone from 1986 with Kiilu Nyasha.
Hard Knock Radio – April 18, 2007
Political Commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "Jackie Robinson Plus 60". Weyland speaks with artist Zachariah and members of the 90’s San Francisco Hip-Hop Jazz Pioneers "Alphabet Soup", now collectively known as The Band Of Brotherz.
Hard Knock Radio – April 17, 2007
Weyland speaks with award winning author Jeff Chang, to discuss his book "Total Chaos," along with a panel including artist, activist and poet Staceyann Chin and political artist Brett Cook Dizney.
Hard Knock Radio – April 16, 2007
Weyland speaks with the legendary Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo.
Hard Knock Radio – April 13, 2007
Weyland speaks with today’s featured author and good friend of the show, Rebecca Walker, about her new book "Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence". Later in the show, Weyland catches up with Brooklyn Based Afro-Beat Band, Antibalas to talk about their new Album "Security".