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.

Hard Knock Radio

Love Life City & Ryan Nicole

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We discuss the intersection of Art, Culture and Violence Prevention. Later we speak with city council woman Lynette McElhaney and Ryan Nicole about her new play.

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Lizz Wright on Freedom & Surrender

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With her 2003 debut album, Salt, singer Lizz Wright established herself as one of the brightest newcomers in jazz. Now with the release of Freedom & Surrender, her 5th studio album. Wright has re-emerged, after a long hiatus, with a renewed creative spark and a new kind of perspective that only a lived life can … Continued

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Liberation Theology

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As the Trump administration continues to bombard US citizens with his vision of what will “Make America Great Again.” Across the nation, people of faith are attending services in search of sanctuary, solace, spiritual and political guidance from their religious leaders. Up next, we will examine the conceptual framework of liberation theology. We will explore … Continued

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Oscar Lopez Rivera with Davey D and Vylma V

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Davey D and Vylma V speak with Oscar Lopez Rivera in the KPFA studios. Lopez Rivera was incarcerated for 35 years for his role in fighting for Puerto Rico’s independence. President Barack Obama commuted López Rivera’s sentence and he was released from prison on May 17, 2017, after 35 years in prison.   A Welcome to … Continued