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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

Laws Restricting The Education of Race and Gender in Class and Poor News Network

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04.28.22 - 4:00pm

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Davey speaks with Lenisha Gibson of Dream Defenders about laws designed to limit the discussion of Black history, ethnic history, and sexual orientation. Later Poor News Network examines America’s war on the poor.


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Elon Musk Buys Twitter and Free Mutulu Shakur

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04.27.22 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Andreas Jackson about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Later Sanyika Bryant of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement talks about the plight of political prisoner Dr. Mutulu Shakur.


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Hard Knock Radio – April 25, 2022

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04.25.22 - 4:00pm

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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.


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Voice of Resistance

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04.22.22 - 4:00pm

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We play an array of speeches from iconic figures, Immortal Technique, Fannie Lou Hammer, Sister Souljah and Reverend Jeremiah Wright.


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In Conversation with Dr. Michael Benitez Jr. (Encore)

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04.21.22 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Dr. Michael Benitez Jr. the vice president for Diversity and Inclusion at Metropolitan State University of Denver about the laws being passed to ban ethnic studies and critical race theory practices. https://www.speakoutnow.org/speaker/michael-benitez-jr https://www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/documents/MB_Biography17.pdf


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Special Programming: 4/20

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04.20.22 - 4:00pm

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Davey D speaks with Hip Hop pioneer and filmmaker Fab 5 Freddy about the history of marijuana, racist drug laws aimed at jazz musicians, and his documentary Grass Is Greener.


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Stop The Violence March

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04.19.22 - 4:00pm

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Davey D speaks with Shawn Granberry about the upcoming Stop The Violence march in Oakland; former NBA star JR Rider talks about his upcoming community event in Oakland, Ca.


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Hard Knock Radio – April 18, 2022

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04.18.22 - 4:00pm

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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.


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Hard Knock Radio – April 15, 2022

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04.15.22 - 4:00pm

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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.


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Unhoused Resistance and America’s War on the Poor

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04.14.22 - 4:00pm

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We speak with Needa B about Oakland’s unhoused population. And later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor.


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