KPFA - Hard Knock Radio

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. The post Hard Knock Radio – November 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Hard Knock Radio | KPFA 94.1 FM The 2026 midterm elections sparked conversations about shifting political power, but what role did Asian Americans play, and how does their growing influence intersect with the long history of Black political organizing? On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with veteran journalist Marian Chia-Ming Liu and longtime Bay Area organizer Eddy Zheng about Asian America...

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with Oakland resident Zakiya Jendy, who is fighting to reclaim a home she says was wrongfully taken through Alameda County’s probate court system. The conversation exposed troubling allegations of judicial misconduct, excessive legal fees, and a system Jendy believes is stripping Black and Brown families of their generational wealth. Davey D opened by connec...

What does liberation look like when the systems we seek to escape have shaped how we understand freedom itself? On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D explored this question with Indigenous activists Melinda Grisby, known as Brown Girl Pride, Joey Williams, a California Native organizer and tribal leader, and Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective and longtime Land Back organizer. The conversation chal...

Hard Knock Radio | Davey D with Dr. James Taylor and Tef Poe The sweeping Democratic victories in last Tuesday’s midterm elections have sparked celebrations nationwide, but what do these results mean for Black communities and working-class people? On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D brought together political scientist Dr. James Taylor and Ferguson activist and Hip Hop artist Tef Poe for a spirited...

Hard Knock Radio | KPFA 94.1 FM | Davey D Detroit-born poet, author, and cultural activist Jessica Care Moore has spent decades pushing the boundaries of spoken word. Now she’s bringing poetry to the dance floor with her new house music album, The House That Poems Built. During a lively conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D explored the album’s creative origins, its celebration of Detroit...

Hard Knock Radio | Post-Election Coverage, Part 2 The sweeping Democratic victories in the 2026 midterm elections have generated excitement nationwide, but will those victories translate into meaningful change? On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D extended his post-election conversations with Pastor Mike McBride and South Carolina political commentator Preach Jacobs before turning to investigative jo...

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. The post Hard Knock Radio – November 4, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Hard Knock Radio – November 3, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Hard Knock Radio – November 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland has produced an impressive generation of filmmakers, but during a Hard Knock Radio conversation with host Davey D, East Oakland filmmaker Anthony Lucero raised a bigger question: Does Oakland have the infrastructure to support the cinematic talent coming out of the city? Lucero, whose films include Eastside Sushi and The Paper Bag Plan, described Oakland as naturally cinematic, with a dist...

Davey D speaks with Pamela Drake, Chaney Turner and Pecolia Manigo about Oakland’s political future, corporate influence, voter education and the importance of grassroots organizing. As the 2026 midterm elections approach, Oakland finds itself at the center of a political struggle over who controls the city’s future. On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D convened a powerful roundtable featuring longti...

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. The post Hard Knock Radio – October 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

As the 2026 midterm elections approach, political battles across the Bay Area are raising urgent questions about money, race, displacement, policing and who ultimately controls local government. On the second installment of Hard Knock Radio’s election roundtable series, host Davey D spoke with veteran journalist Tim Redmond of 48 Hills, East Contra Costa County political activist Brandon Dawkins a...

Hard Knock Radio | Hosted by Davey D With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D convened a national political roundtable examining voter suppression, emerging Black political leadership, grassroots organizing and growing dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party establishment. Joining the conversation were South Carolina journalist Preach Jacobs, Black Lives Matter...

San Francisco’s rich Filipino American history, its legendary Hip Hop scene, and the ongoing battle against gentrification took center stage on Hard Knock Radio as host Davey D spoke with cultural organizer Gina Mariko Rosales, entrepreneur Deanna Sison, and longtime nightclub promoter Kirk Michael Harper about the upcoming Undiscovered SF Night Market and the historic significance of 330 Ritch. C...

On a recent edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Oakland-born musician, scholar and author Dr. Umi Vaughan for a wide-ranging conversation about African diasporic music, cultural preservation and the growing struggle to sustain independent music spaces in the Bay Area. Vaughan, co-author of Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music, introduced his musi...

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with Palestinian scholar and sociologist Muhannad Ayyash about his book, Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties. Born and raised in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Ayyash teaches at Mount Royal University in Calgary and serves as a policy analyst with Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network. He explained th...

As images of riots, looting, and unrest circulate around the world, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D speaks with Paris-based journalist Epee Hervé Dingong to examine what’s really happening in France. Reporting directly from the streets of northern Paris, Dingong challenges the media narrative that portrays the unrest primarily as criminal activity. He explains that the demonstrations began with stud...

(HKR-10-19-26) With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, Hard Knock Radio host Davey D sat down with political analyst and professor Dr. James Taylor for a provocative conversation about voter suppression, economic inequality, political manipulation, and the failures of both major political parties. Taylor predicted a devastating electoral backlash against President Donald Trump, arguing that r...

On today’s program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. The film plunges us into Boggs lifetime of vital thinking and action, traversing the major U.S. social movements of the last century; from labor to civil rights, to Black Power, feminism, the Asian American and e...

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with author and political thinker Bhaskar Sunkara for a wide-ranging conversation about socialism, economic democracy and what it takes to build lasting political power. Sunkara, president of The Nation, founding editor of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality, begins by stripping soc...

Comedian, actor and author Tommy Davidson joined host Davey D on Hard Knock Radio for a wide-ranging conversation that went far beyond comedy. With an upcoming performance at Yoshi’s and the season finale of The Varnell Hill Show on BET+, Davidson reflected on his Hollywood journey, the importance of Black creativity, political power and the challenges of maintaining artistic independence. The con...

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with sociologist and author Susila Gurusami for a wide-ranging conversation about her book Break the System: Criminalized Black Mothers and the Reproductive Politics of Abolition. Gurusami’s work challenges conventional ideas about incarceration, motherhood and justice by asking a fundamental question: What if the criminal legal system isn’t broken, but i...

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. The post Hard Knock Radio – October 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.