Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio – March 11, 2019

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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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.


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It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

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David Cay Johnston   The Trump administration is remaking the government. It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America tells us exactly how it is making America worse again. Bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under … Continued


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The Long Shadow

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Of all the divisions in America, none is as insidious and destructive as racism. In this powerful documentary, the filmmakers, both privileged daughters of the South, who were haunted by their families slave owning pasts, passionately seek the hidden truth and the untold stories of how America—guided by the South’s powerful political influence—steadily, deliberately and … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

this episode is no longer available

David Cay Johnston   The Trump administration is remaking the government. It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America tells us exactly how it is making America worse again. Bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under … Continued


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Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Won’t Save Black America

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We speak with Stacey Patton, Ph.D about her book, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Won’t Save Black America.  The book examines the unique cultural and historical specificity of corporal punishment in Black communities. Given the prevalence and acceptance of spanking in American culture, the discussion should be useful to a multitude of listeners.


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Healing Justice, the film

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On today’s show we look at the new film, Healing Justice produced by World Trust in collaboration with Shakti Butler, Ph.D. Healing Justice, explores the causes and consequences of the current American justice system and its effect on marginalized communities. The film walks back through the history of violence that has led to our current … Continued


On February 25, 2019, KPFA hosted a talk with Katrina Vanden Heuvel + Stephen Cohen. Today we’ll hear their insights on The New U.S. Russian-Cold War. War With Russia? is an alternative narrative of Donald Trumps US and Putins Russia, from Americas most prominent Russian scholar. America is in a new Cold War with Russia even more … Continued


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The Long Shadow

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Of all the divisions in America, none is as insidious and destructive as racism. In this powerful documentary, the filmmakers, both privileged daughters of the South, who were haunted by their families slave owning pasts, passionately seek the hidden truth and the untold stories of how America—guided by the South’s powerful political influence—steadily, deliberately and … Continued