(HKR-01-05-21) This is our report back from Antioch, California and their New Year’s Day protest against police brutality. We spent New Years Day in the City of Antioch which in recent years has been a hot bed for police terrorism. This is a city where many who have been displaced because of gentrification. In the […]
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Will Georgia Turn Blue? Our Conversation w/ 1K Women Strong
(HKR-01-04-21) We speak with the women from the organization 1K Women Strong about what is taking place in the state of Georgia and how things are shaping up on the eve of a contentious election that will determine which political party controls the United States Senate. We talk about the on the ground organizing in political […]
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 […]
Fighting Covid-19 in Deep East Oakland
On the second part of today’s Hard Knock Radio show (08-17-20) we headmon out to Eastmont Mall in deep East Oakland to see how activists, organizers and frontline health workers are addressing the the disproportionate impact Covid-19 is having in that area especially among Black people.
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