Hard Knock Radio

Voices of Resistance and Poor News Network

In acknowledgement of Black History month we dig in the vault to bring an array of speeches from iconic figures such as Fannie Lou Hammer, Sister Souljah and Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Later Poor News Network explores America’s terror on the poor and disenfranchised communities. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

In Conversation with Comedian Karinda Dobbins, The Significance of Black History Month and The ABC’s of HBCU’s

We sit down with comedian Karinda Dobbins to discuss the release of her debut comedy album, Black & Blue. The Bay Area comedian who has shared the stage with household names like Trevor Noah, Roy Wood Jr. and Gina Yashere recorded the album on a co-headlining bill with one of her best friends, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. … Continued


Black History Month special: Tonight Sing Out salutes TOM WILSON, the first African-American producer at a major record company (Columbia Records). The Harvard grad’s role in the recording studio in the 1960s changed all of our lives and pushed musicians to change the sound of music itself, from producing the first Sun Ra album in 1957 … Continued


In Your Ear

Black History Month Special

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A special celebration of Black History Month with music and voices of resistance and revolution from the African American Experience including Archie Shepp, Paul Robeson, Abbey Lincoln, and Max Roach. Hosted by Art Sato.


A special two-part interview with Bay Area human rights activist Reverend Phil Lawson. Reverend Lawson has spent his entire life on the front lines of social justice movements with the Methodist Church, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party, the immigrants rights movement, and as a Pastor in many churches throughout the United States. … Continued