Hard Knock Radio

A Tribute to Shock G, a founding member of The Bay Area Hip Hop Group Digital Underground

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We visit the Hard Knock Archives to hear a conversation with Shock G recorded in 2012. Shock G talks about making history with Digital Underground, 2Pac and musicianship. Later on Poor News Network talks about America’s war on the poor. Gregory Jacobs, a rapper and producer known as Shock G a founding member of the … Continued


Able-bodied people tend to freeze up when someone with an unfamiliar disability shows up in their environment.  They suddenly turn away, speak foolishly, or bumble too aggressively in our direction.  The result is awkward – and sometime dangerous. Questions arise:  Should I help someone by pushing their wheelchair?  Can blind people cross the road without … Continued


Terra Verde

Terra Verde – California Drought and Water Equity

Camille Pannu, a professor of law and community development at UC Irvine and community water rights in California for nearly a decade, and Nataly Escobedo Garcia, water program policy coordinator for Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, talk with Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra about the impending drought in … Continued


Project Censored

Project Censored – April 23, 2021

The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy.