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.

Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad ...

December 18, 2025 • Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history.

A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time. Never skip a beat on new music and news. Straight to your inbox, 3x a week. Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth ...

Novena Carmel hosts KCRW’s signature music program: Genre-spanning discoveries and classics from all eras, live performances, candid chats, and more. UK soul-jazz collective Kokoroko hits KCRW's ...

An estimated 15,000 churches in the U.S. are likely to close in the next few years. Churches are more than places of worship – they are community centers, shelters, food banks. The community impact ...

On Friday's show: Every Houstonian has something they miss, but should we still be missing it? As the year wraps up, we’re asking which beloved parts of the ... On Thursday's show: When an elected ...

The writer, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1958, has chronicled turning a hundred in the same year as the magazine’s centennial. The former C.I.A. director and Secretary of Defense ...

As the environmental crisis worsens, not everyone is drawing the same lessons. On the far right, xenophobic and racist ideas are increasingly dressed up as means of protecting nature. And, as scholar ...

Join NCPR each week for classic R&B, Motown, great rock & roll and … well… mostly really good stuff. Host Radio Bob Sauter has been spinning classics on vinyl ...

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