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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Overreaching Censorship: The EARN IT Act and The Fight to End Police Terrorism

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We speak with Joe Mullin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a new bill being debated by the Senate called The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (“EARN IT Act”) which would be used by police to abuse surveillance and end encryption. We speak with Dorsey Nunn of All of Us or … Continued

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Transgender Activism and The Call For Intersectionality In The Movement For Black Lives

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Today we discuss transphobia and homophobia in the Black community. Specifically, as it pertains to anti-Black racism in policing and the movement for Black Lives. We cover the murder of a Black trans man Tony McDade by Tallahassee police (2 days after the murder of George Floyd and the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the … Continued

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Louisville Protests Demand Justice for Breonna Taylor; and Dr. Gerald Horne on The Collapse of Capitalism Via The Coronavirus (Covid-19)

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We speak with Pastor Ben McBride about the rally in Louisville, Kentucky to demand justice for Breonna Taylor.  More than three months after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, in her home, protesters are increasing the pressure on authorities to bring criminal charges against the three officers involved. And later, we speak … Continued

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Juneteenth and Resistance

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We speak with Trent Willis president of ILWU Local 10 (Longshoremen) about the Port of Oakland shut down in observance of Juneteenth. Later we speak with Boots Riley about mass mobilizations happening across the country and ways to sustain this growing movement for Black lives and state accountability. Then we hear from Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott, a historian … Continued

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Effigy found at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California and The Murder of Rayshard Brooks

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We speak with individuals at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California about the effigy found hanging from a tree. The effigy found at Lake Merritt in Oakland has been classified as a hate crime. Federal and city law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the incident. Later we speak with George Chidi about the murder of Rayshard … Continued