Hard Knock Radio – August 15, 2022
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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
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.
Davey D speaks with Anthony G. “Cholly Rock” Horne, a first generation B-Boy and one of the original 11 members (known collectively as the “First 11”) of the “Zulu Kings” – the predecessor and genesis of The Universal Zulu Nation.
Oakland Technical High School Receives Threat of Violence Targeting ‘Non-White’ Students, Thoughts of a Black Mad Hatter, and Hip-Hop Turns 49
We speak with an educator about Oakland Technical High School receiving threats of violence targeting ‘non-white’ students, Michael Wayne Turner III talks about “Hat Matter: thoughts of a Black Mad Hatter” and later we speak Hip-Hop legend Cindy Campbell about the early beginnings of Hip-Hop. Also Hip-Hop turns 49 today! August 11, 1973.
FBI executes search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home
We speak with Gerald Horne and Professor James Taylor about the F.B.I. raid of Donald Trump’s home and the political implications.
What You Need to Know about Monkeypox and A Revision of Sankofa
Davey speaks with a physician about monkeypox. And later he speaks with activists about the understanding of Sankofa.
Hard Knock Radio – August 8, 2022
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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
We speak with Fred Kaplan and Carolyn Wysinger about the American women’s basketball star Brittney Griner being sentenced to nine years in Russian prison. Guests: Fred Kaplan is Slate’s national security columnist and the author, most recently, of The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War. He was the Boston Globe’s Moscow Bureau Chief … Continued
Jazz Vocalist Faye Carol and Poor News Network
Davey D speak with jazz legend Faye Carol about the art of music. And later Poor News Network explores America’s attack on the poor.
We talk with several artists and organizers about the upcoming Black Future’s Ball put on by East Oakland Youth Development Center. We talk about stimulating the Black mind and imagination and using our collective wisdom for liberation. Our guests include Selena Wilson, who heads up EOYODC, Refa 1, long-time aerosol artist of Dark Star Universe, … Continued
A Tribute to Sci-Fi Pioneer Nichelle Nichols
We talk with scholar Kwadro Deterville about the life and legacy of Nichelle Nichols, who was best known for her role as lieutenant Uhura on the sci-fi show Star Trek.