We speak with long time sports journalist Dave Zirin of the Nation Magazine and The Edge of Sports about the sudden passing of baseball legend Hank Aaron. Many consider him to be the greatest baseball player to ever take the field. Later in the show, Rosa Clemente speaks with poet Jessica CARE Moore about the […]
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The Absence of Justice for Oscar Grant & The Short Film, “The Battle – Casual vs Saafir”
(HKR-01-12-21) We speak with Uncle Bobby (Cephus Johnson) who is the Uncle to Oscar Grant. We talk about the family’s attempt to get Alameda County district attorney Nancy O’Malley to charge officer, Anthony Pirone, in the murder of Oscar Grant III. During the initial trial, Pirone was spared prosecution because he promised to be a […]
In conversation w/ Multi-Grammy Winner Fantastic Negrito
(HKR-01-01-21) We speak with multi-Grammy Award winner Fantastic Negrito about his latest music project ‘Have You Lost Your Mind Yet’? We talk about the music scene in Oakland and the importance of the Blues. We talk about the many ways in which blues shows up in modern day Black music. We also talk about ways […]
Break Dancing in the Olympics
We speak with two pioneering figures about breakdancing in the Olympics and how its inclusion in the 2024 Olympic Games will impact the culture and overall direction of the dance. Our guest are Tara K of the Anomolies and Grandmixer DXT who we best know for his Grammy Award winning work with jazz legend Herbie […]
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