Richard Chamberlain (1934-2025), who died on March 29, 2025, talks about his memoir, “Shattered Love,” and coming out of the closet in this interview recorded June 10, 2003.
Michael Socrates Moran, Executive and Co-Artistic Director of Oakland Theater Project talks about his career as a director, the history of the theatre company, and the upcoming season.
Also: A review of “Fat Ham” at San Francisco Playhouse through April 19, 2025.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Walter Mosley discusses his two most recent novels, “Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right” a Joe King Oliver novel, and “Farewell Amethystine,” an Easy Rawlins novel, along with focusing on the current state of affairs in Trump’s America. Also: A 2001 archive interview with best-selling author Ann Patchett, recorded while on tour for her now classic novel, “Bel Canto.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky


Hard Knock Radio

San Francisco’s Rightward Shift: Mayor Lurie’s Law-and-Order Strategy Under Fire and Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption

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Policing the Crisis: Tim Redmond Breaks Down the City’s New Direction Budget Cuts, Housing Deficits, and the Cost of Cleaning Up the Streets In a recent Hard Knock Radio conversation, host Davey D spoke with journalist Tim Redmond of 48 Hills about major political and policy shifts in San Francisco under Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration. … Continued


Anthony Lewis (1927-2013), Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and columnist, discussing the history of the First Amendment in a 2008 interview. Martin Amis (1949-2021) talking about his novel “Lionel Asbo” and the cult of celebrity, and about his friend Christopher Hitchens in an interview recorded in 2012. Also: Reviews of “Art” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage and “Nobody Loves You” at ACT Toni Rembe Theatre. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Discussed in this episode: For the first time since 2019, deaths from influenza have outpaced deaths from COVID. Amidst mass-firings of public workers at federal public health agencies, the Department of Health and Human Services has indefinitely postponed the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that had been scheduled for this week … Continued

Tom Robbins (1932-2025), who died on February 9th, 2025 at the age of 92, was a mid-twentieth century literary master. In this interview recorded May 15, 2000, he talks about his career with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Also: Margot Livesey’s latest novel, “The Road from Belhaven” has just been released in paperback. She talks about the book and her career in this interview with Richard Wolinsky.
Also: Review of “The Thing About Jellyfish” at Berkeley Rep Roda Theatre through March 9, 2025.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.