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.
Guests from the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project discuss the U.S. role in the internment of Japanese Latin Americans; A march happening this weekend at Deloras Huerta Park; International Women’s History Month Profile: May West.
In honor of International Women’s Month, a rare interview with Nina Simone. Join us as she talks about her beginning, the business, and the love of music.
International Women’s Month profile of Yuri Kochiyama – More about Yuri; Rebecca Walker on "What Makes a Man?"; Poet and activist Aya DeLeon and her one woman show "Thieves in the Temple: The Reclaiming of Hip Hop".
Davey D explores the issue of Hip Hop artists under police surveillance, with guests Luke from 2 Live Crew, Cynthia McKinney, Sedrick Mohamed, and fome folks from www.AllHipHop.com. Also, Noelle Hanrahan presents an International Women’s Month salute to Judi Bari.
Rebecca Walker’s month-long series: "What Makes a Man?", today with filmaker Spencer Nakasako; Oakland based painter Milton Bowens.
Profiling Women: Aun Sung Suu Kyi; Anita Johnson interviews Mumia Abu Jamal; and Yo! What Happened to Peace? – An exhibition of contemporary pro-peace, anti-war, and anti-occupation posters at the Punch Gallery.
Profiling Women: Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Executive Director of http://www.cultureisaweapon.org/; Streets named after Dr. Martin Luther King; Ralph Nader: Election Spoiler? Icon of the Left? King of the Nerds? Mumia Abu Jamal and Anita Johnson break it down.
Profiling Delores Huerta; Rebecca Walker’s ongoing series "What Makes a Man".
Ongoing developments in Haiti, with Marguerite Laurent of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
International Women’s Day Special: The first of a month long series on "What Makes a Man" hosted by author Rebecca Walker; Women in history whose social and political actions have made a difference; Poetry by young women about women and the issues effecting our communities.
