Hard Knock Radio

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

Summer Fund Drive Special – The Man Card

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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

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Summer Fund Drive Special – Building a Future of Black and Asian Coalition

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We present Building a Future of Black and Asian Coalition. The past couple years has brought to the forefront discrimination and violence against America’s Black and Asian communities. The George Floyd killing ignited a social and political upheaval that is still working through the country; and the COVID-19 pandemic spawned numerous violent attacks on Asian … Continued

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Summer Fund Drive Special – Keith Boykin: The Politics of A Darkening America

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We present Keith Boykin discussing The Politics of A Darkening America. After the events that took place over the course of 2020, America remains more divided than ever. When faced with a global health crisis and widespread cries for racial justice, leadership crumbled and the Republican Party suffered defeat in the 2020 election. According to Keith Boykin, Republican … Continued

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Summer Fund Drive Special – Tim Wise

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Racist Terrorism in Buffalo: How the Mainstreaming of White Supremacy Puts the Nation at Risk with Tim Wise In this presentation, anti-racist educator Tim Wise examines how overt racism has increasingly penetrated American political discourse and has contributed to terrorist violence, most recently in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Charlottesville, El Paso and Charleston. Having begun his career in the campaigns to defeat Neo-Nazi … Continued

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Uprisings in Sri Lanka and Town Nights

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We speak with hip-hop artist/activist Ras Ceylon about the uprisings in Sri Lanka. And later we speak with George Galvis, the executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) and the co-founder of All Of Us Or None about the significance of Town Nights in the Fruitvale.