Hard Knock Radio

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.


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


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


We present the film, The Man Card. For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have accused the left of playing “the race card” and “the woman card” and engaging in identity politics. This eye-opening documentary turns the tables and takes dead aim at the right’s own longstanding use of white male identity politics in American presidential … Continued