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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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.

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Hard Knock Radio – October 10, 2025

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2025/10/10

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 10, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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Hard Knock Radio – October 9, 2025

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2025/10/09

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 9, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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Hard Knock Radio – October 8, 2025

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2025/10/08

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 8, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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Fund Drive Special: Kali Akuno

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2025/10/07

Davey D opens by clocking a surge of disinformation that treats facts and political education as disposable—amplified by anonymous influencers and even AI personas attacking iconic figures like Assata Shakur and the Panthers. Akuno traces this back to well-funded, right-wing astroturfing that targeted Black and Latino audiences—citing ADOS/FBA as examples—and leveraged platform algorithms that trap users in “information cul-de-sacs.” He points to the rise of deepfakes and a broader program to

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Fund Drive Special: Inside the Empire of AI: Karen...

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2025/10/06

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with award-winning tech journalist Karen Hao to unpack her book Empires of AI—a sweeping critique of how today’s AI boom concentrates power while eroding public agency. Hao traces OpenAI’s arc from a purportedly altruistic nonprofit to a profit-driven juggernaut shaped by the egos and ambitions of its founders. She argues that to evaluate tools like ChatGPT, we can’t stop at personal convenience; we have to reckon with the hidden inputs—mass data scraping

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Fund Drive Special: “Ancestors” and Chicago Raids

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2025/10/03

On this Hard Knock Radio episode, Davey D opens with “Ancestors” by guest Miko Marks, framing her long road to wider recognition as audiences rediscover Southern Soul, Americana, and country through mainstream moments—from Beyoncé’s country pivot to Ryan Coogler’s recent work. Marks traces her journey from a 2005 traditional country debut to an expansive roots blend—blues, gospel, folk, jazz—after shedding industry boxes that once demanded a narrow look and sound. She recalls being one of only a few

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Fund Drive Special: The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel...

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2025/10/02

Today on Hard Knock Radio, we’re reflecting on that legacy and the new book The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity.This collection is not just history — it’s a blueprint, urgent and relevant in today’s political climate. And to help us bring this story to life, we’re joined by Mrs. Lisa Williams, the daughter-in-law of Robert and Mabel Williams. Robert and Mabel Williams in their own words Born in Jim Crow–era Monroe, North

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Fund Drive Special: Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and...

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2025/10/01

Jeff Chang joins Hard Knock Radio to break down his new book, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. We start with a truth many of us in Black and Hip-Hop communities feel instinctively: Bruce isn’t just “an Asian hero,” he’s a global underdog icon—postered up next to Ali and Marley, sampled and name-checked in rap, and embraced across barrios and blocks. During the pandemic, Jeff watched Bruce’s image reappear on Chinatown walls as a signal of pride, resilience, and a call

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Fund Drive Special: Leonard Peltier Speaks

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2025/09/30

Leonard Peltier joins Hard Knock Radio from house arrest on Turtle Mountain, grateful to be home yet blunt about the political moment. He warns of rising fascism, culture-war censorship, and the real danger of global conflict, arguing that only broad, cross-racial unity can blunt the slide. While skeptical of both parties, he urges strategic voting and mass participation to defend what freedom remains. Asked about turning to Indigenous philosophies, Peltier says we can’t “go back,” but we can move

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Anti-Fascism in Portland: A Conversation with Luis...

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2025/09/29

When the streets of Portland lit up between 2016 and 2020, the world saw nightly battles between protesters, far-right groups, and federal officers. But for longtime organizer and writer Luis Enrique Marquez, those years were less about spectacle and more about community defense. His new book, Anti-Fascist: A Memoir of the Portland Uprising, documents the lessons, contradictions, and solidarity that defined the era. On Hard Knock Radio, Marquez sat down with Davey D to break down what went down in

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Fund Drive Special: Bruce Lee, Birthright, and the...

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2025/09/26

Jeff Chang joins Hard Knock Radio to break down his new book, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. We start with a truth many of us in Black and Hip-Hop communities feel instinctively: Bruce isn’t just “an Asian hero,” he’s a global underdog icon—postered up next to Ali and Marley, sampled and name-checked in rap, and embraced across barrios and blocks. During the pandemic, Jeff watched Bruce’s image reappear on Chinatown walls as a signal of pride, resilience, and a call

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Fund Drive Special: Chris Hedges Collection

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2025/09/25

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 Fund Drive Special: Chris Hedges Collection appeared first on KPFA.

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Fund Drive Special: “Cop Cop” and the Politics of...

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2025/09/24

On Hard Knock Radio, host Dave “Davey D” Cook sat down with Oakland-raised investigator and former CPRA executive director Mac Muir, co-author (with Greg Finch) of Cop Cop: Breaking the Fixed System of American Policing. The conversation moves from New York’s entrenched resistance to oversight to Oakland’s imperfect but real gains, and lands on practical reforms that could actually change outcomes on the street. Muir frames the book’s premise plainly: the system is “fixed”—structured to over-police

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Hard Knock Radio – September 22, 2025

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2025/09/22

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 – September 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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Hard Knock Radio: Jennifer L. Pozner on Censorship,...

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2025/09/19

In the wake of the campus-rally killing of Charlie Kirk—and the immediate media sanctification that followed—Hard Knock Radio host Davey D sat down with media critic and author Jennifer L. Pozner to connect the dots between shock headlines, corporate deals, and a chilling new phase of state pressure on speech. The conversation opened with Davey D framing the moment: public grief and outrage quickly morphed into a climate where educators, journalists, and comedians faced swift punishment for even

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Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. on Chicago, Propaganda, and...

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2025/09/18

ChairmanFredHampton Jr. on Chicago, Propaganda, and Building Real CoalitionsOn Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D checks in withChairmanFredHampton Jr. of the Black Panther Party Cubs to unpack the fast-moving situation in Chicago and the wider national climate. From the talk of deploying the National Guard to the shifting justifications around crime and immigration, Hampton Jr. argues were living through reactionary times where policy and headlines move a mile a minute”and where propaganda often

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Alec Karakatsanis on Copaganda: How Police and the...

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2025/09/17

In this timely episode, Davey D speaks with civil rights attorney and author Alec Karakatsanis about his new book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News. Alec unpacks how police departments deploy strategic storytelling and cultivate media partnerships to shape public perception of crime, fuel fear-driven narratives, and justify ever-expanding police budgets. The conversation opens with Alec defining “copaganda” and dissecting how misleading claims—like the idea that shoplifting

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Build and Fight Formula for Self-Defense PT.2

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2025/09/16

Today on Hard Knock Radio we bring you a special edition of Rootwork on KPFK, Thandi Chimurenga of Black Liberation Media sat down with Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson to discuss bold strategies for grassroots survival and resistance. Part of the ongoing Build and Fight Formula series, their conversation explored the urgency of self-defense in the face of rising authoritarianism. Build and Fight Formula 7 for Self-Defense Akuno urged listeners to think critically about recent executive actions

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Artificial Intelligence

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2025/09/15

On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with X. Eyee, one of todays leading voices in artificial intelligence ethics, policy, and responsible tech. With a career that spans Microsoft, Google, the U.S. Department of Defense, and now CEO of consulting firm Malo Santo, X. Eyee has seen AI from every angle”and theyve made it their mission to break the jargon down for everyday people. AI: Superhero and Supervillain X. Eyee lays it out clearly: artificial intelligence is both saving

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