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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Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. : Remembering the Dream

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Today on Hard Knock, we’ll hear landmark speeches from American Civil Rights icon, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with interviews from two leading authors Gary Younge and Alice Walker. Hard Knock Radio host Davey spoke with both authors and asked each to discuss King’s legacy and the significance of his activism. You’ll hear … Continued

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Reuters report, “Helpless and Hooked.”

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Up next, we talk about a body of research that’s challenging the stability of America’s inner city families and more importantly infants born to addicted mothers. Last month, Reuters in partnership with NBC News released an investigative report, “Helpless &Hooked: the most vulnerable victims of America’s opioid epidemic.” It alleged that the failure of physicians … Continued

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Anti-Police Terrorism and Black Arts District

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We talk with Cat Brooks of the Anti-police Terrorism project about upcoming activities for the MLK weekend. Later we speak with Marvin X about the Black Arts Movement and its history and establishing a Black Arts District in Oakland.

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In Conversation with Sandra Cisneros

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Sandra Cisneros is a Chicana novelist who wrote the bestselling novel “The House on Mango Street, Caramelo and her subsequent short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. ” In addition, she is the founder of two organizations that serve writers ” The Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. Among her … Continued

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Gentrification and its impact on Community

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On today’s program we’ll examine the long-term impacts of gentrification with A panel on gentrification Favianna Rodriguez,  Davey D, Jeff Chang, and Ashara Ekundayo.  The conversation took place November 21st, at the Oakland Hub as part of the STARS of SoleSpace.