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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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
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Oakland International Film Festival Brings Independent Stories, Political History and Community to the Screen (opens the original)
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Hard Knock Radio host Davey D sat down with filmmaker and cultural organizer David Roach to discuss the 24th annual Oakland International Film Festival, an 11-day celebration of independent cinema, community conversation and stories too often pushed outside the mainstream. Roach reflected on how dramatically filmmaking and distribution have changed since the festival began. Digital projection and streaming have made it easier to create and circulate films, but Davey D questioned whether that acc
Black Childhood, Big Imagination: Tiffany Golden on Storytelling, Sisterhood, and Joy [Rebroadcast] (opens the original)
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Today on Hard Knock Radio, we sit down with acclaimed children’s author, illustrator, and teaching artist Tiffany Golden for a conversation about Black childhood, sisterhood, imagination, and the importance of young people seeing the fullness of themselves reflected in the stories they read. At the center of our conversation is Golden’s latest book, Rikki & Rai: The Everyday and Sometimes Epic Adventures of the Tucker Sisters, a funny and heartfelt celebration of two sisters navigating family, f
Hieroglyphics: Legacy, Innovation and the Relentless Pursuit of Hip Hop (opens the original)
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On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Hieroglyphics members Tajai, Domino and A-Plus for a wide-ranging conversation about the collective’s 35-year legacy, its new album, All Said and Done, and the continued evolution of one of Oakland’s most influential Hip Hop crews. Domino traced Hiero’s recording history back to Del the Funky Homosapien’s 1991 debut, I Wish My Brother George Was Here. While the anniversaries provide an opportunity to reflect, the group emphasized that it remains fo
Young, Gifted, and Black: Preserving the Oral Tradition in the Age of Educational Suppression (opens the original)
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On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with longtime educator, organizer, and PhD Dr. Hodari Davis to discuss the powerful work of Young, Gifted, and Black (YGB), an Oakland-based youth performance organization rooted in Black history and the oral tradition. Founded in 1981 in Ithaca, New York by Dr. Davis’s mother and three other career teachers, YGB trains young people ages 8–18 to recite, perform, and embody the words of Black poets, activists, and historians — from Pa
Fashion, Memory and the Fight for Justice for Timothy Charles Lee (opens the original)
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On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with KPFA’s Frank Sterling Jr. and fashion designer Meeka Starr about the unresolved death of Timothy Charles Lee and a community effort to keep his name, dreams and demand for justice alive. Lee was a 23 year old Black, Native American and gay man who hoped to become a fashion designer. He had recently received a scholarship to study fashion in Milan when he was found hanging from a tree near the Concord BART station on November 2, 1985. Authorities ruled
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