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 "Viva Fidel, Long live Fidel". And today, Davey D speaks with some artists from the Strength In Words tour which is happening in Oakland tonight at Sweet’s Ballroom, 1933 Broadway. We have Hasan Salaam, Akir and HI-Coup in the house, they’re gonna be touching on some issues from the Middle … Continued
Today on Hard Knock Radio, Weyland speaks with representatives from One Family, a Hip-Hop Based organization out of Oakland. They are here to talk about an upcoming graduation for their new re-entry program for young people called "On the Bricks". Later in the show, we’ve got OM Hip-Hop recording artists, The Strange Fruit Project coming … Continued
Weyland speaks to Juan Melendez who is here to tell his incredible story of how he was aquitted after serving almost 18 years on Death Row for crimes he did not commit. And later in the program Anita Johnson speaks with M.A. Recording artist Lz Love to talk about her new album "My Higher Ground"
Political Commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "The John Brown We Don’t Want to Know". Davey D speaks with UC Irvine Professor Sohail Daulatzai who brings us a different perspective on the conflict in the Middle East.
On Hard Knock Radio, we bring you the first of a 2 day special as Boots of The Coup stops by to talk about their latest album, "Pick a Bigger Weapon". In the next two days, we’re going to play you the album track for track and let Boots break it down on each song. … Continued
Greg Bridges speak with Director Jeff Zimbliss, about his latest new film, Favela Rising. Later in the show, Anita Johnson speaks with activist and author Eric Mann to talk about his new book "Katrina’s Legacy: White Racism and Black Reconstruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast."
Up next on Hard Knock Radio, Political commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "Neocon Dreams, Neocon Nightmares". Also today, Davey D speaks with Mark Levine, professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of California at Irvine. They’re going to be talking about the crisis in the Middle East and what really goes on behind the scenes … Continued
Political commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on "Voting Rights Act Without the Real Right to Vote". Today Anita Johnson speaks with George Holland from the Oakland chapter of the NAACP about George W Bush’s recent visit to the annual convention in Washington DC this past July. And later in the show, Davey D brings us an update … Continued
