On today’s episode of Hard Knock Radio, we speak with author Kai Naima Williams about her new book, The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements. Author Kai Naima Williams is the great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama. Her debut book intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories, and people and places that … Continued


Full Circle

Full Circle – May 27, 2022 – Salute to FV API Community

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As time moves toward the end of this 2022 May, we at First Voice honor and share memories of our community who have Asian and Pacific Island roots.

Tonight we share just some of the stories our API colleagues have produced for Full Circle:     We’ll hear about:

         – A storytelling group

         – The farmworkers movement

         – John Trudell

         – Services for youth 

         – Services for the departed

All that and more plus some wonderful music.


Hard Knock Radio’s Davey speaks with 2Chang about their origin story and the release of their latest project, The Weather Inside.  The multidisciplinary group, 2Chang consists of 2 Chinese-Filipino-Hawaiian American brothers who believe it’s time for their generation of AAPI storytellers to be heard. They produce music, write screenplays, film documentary pieces, and teach in … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

US Foreign Policy is Foreign Tyranny | Ending Anti-Asian Violence

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We check in with The Black Alliance for Peace to discuss US foreign policy in Haiti, Africa and South America. Later we speak with Liz Suk of Oakland Rising about ending anti-Asian violence. Guests: Ajamu Baraka with The Black Alliance for Peace Elizabeth Suk – Interim Executive Director – Oakland Rising