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.

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Texas Abortion Law: Understanding Beyond the Headlines

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We speak with two long-time reproduction rights activists about the new abortion laws in Texas.   Guests: Layidua Salazar, the Program Associate at San Francisco Foundation Aimee Arrambide, the executive director of AVOW, an abortion rights advocacy group. photo: Pete Alexopoulos via Unsplash

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Remembering Botham Jean

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We speak with Allisa Charles-Findley about the murder of her brother Botham Jean. On September 6, 2018, off-duty Dallas Police Department patrol officer Amber Guyger entered the Dallas, Texas, apartment of 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean and fatally shot him. Guyger said that she had entered the apartment believing it was her own and that she … Continued

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Beliefs Vs. Facts

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We speak with Professor Tina B. wright about the current state of affairs around the rise in authoritarianism and the Balkanization of the United States.

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In Conversation with Kali Akuno on Hurricane Ida | Malik Rahim Testimony on Hurricane Katrina

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We speak with Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson about the ravages of Hurricane Ida and what that means for the Gulf Coast and the larger impact of Climate Change. We hear a testimony from former Black Panther Malik Rahim about white vigilantes hunting down Black people in the Algiers section of New Orleans after Hurricane … Continued

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Artist As First Responders and Poor News Network

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We speak with Ashara Ekundayo about “Artist As First Responder” in reaction to 9/11 and her campaign to bring more awareness to Black August with “9 Days of Radical Practice.”  Later we hear from Poor News Network about America’s assault on economically disenfranchised communities.   Guest: Ashara Ekundayo is a cultural strategist, independent curator, serial … Continued

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Understanding of The Legacies of Dr. Runoko Rashidi and Glen Ford

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We discuss the life and legacy of Black Agenda Report’s co-founder Glen Ford and the scholarship of Dr. Runoko Rashidi. Runoko Rashidi is an anthropologist and historian with a major focus on what he calls the Global African Presence–that is, Africans outside of Africa before and after enslavement.  He is the author or editor of twenty-two books, the … Continued