First Things First With Dominique DiPrima

Paul Wallace, MD, MPA, is a highly respected celebrity cosmetic dermatologist providing medical dermatology services in Ladera Heights at Wallace Skin & Body Institute. After earning his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, Dr. Wallace went on to Harvard Medical School, earned a master’s in Public Administration from the University of Missouri, and studied urban and rural medicine at Oklahom...

The phone lines are heating up and the talking points are getting torched. The Trump DOJ just rescinded bond hearings for millions of migrants and they will go straight to detention instead. That will cost billions. How is this creating more jobs, opportunity and space for American citizens? Who is profiting from ICE private prisons? Where will the new low cost labor come from? On this pod Dominiq...

Derek Steele is the Executive Director of the Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI), an organization dedicated to improving the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color. Steele, a former engineer who transitioned into the field of health equity advocacy, has been at SJLI for more than a decade. He is a member of the Care First Community Investment Board and sits on th...

A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. is a music historian, pianist, composer, and Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Pennsylvania. A widely-published writer, he’s the author of Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop, and The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop. He is a producer, label head and le...

Yoga instructor, meditation teacher, astrologer and life coach Saharah Ali unpacks Uranus in Gemini encouraging us to "listen with a soft heart." Black Lives Matter Grassroots, Flint Chapter leadership team is in the building. DeWan Robinson, President and Chairman Hubert N. Roberts join us in studio to share their celebration of twelve years of activism and share the mission and methodology of th...

La Mikia is an alumna and adjunct professor of the USC Sol Price School where she received dual master’s degrees in public policy and urban planning, and Certificates in Public Management and Political Management. She is the mom of three young boy and an organizer with Black Lives Matter. On this podcast we unpack the terrible case of Brandon Boyd who was killed by Long Beach police on the steps o...

(Airdate 7/11/25) Dominique & Miles opine about West African cuisine following their trip to Benin, Ghana and Nigeria. Professor Redelia Shaw traveled with us. She joins us to connect the dots between Black American history and the Motherland. Dominique DiPrima broadcast from West Africa for two weeks in June/July 2025 with Rapper/Radio Production Coordinator Miles Low and 51 members of our KB...

(Airdate 7/11/25) #FreedmenFridays: Attorney Jean-Pierre Brutus is a senior counsel in the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. He leads the Institute’s reparations advocacy. He was a member of the Reparations Narrative Lab and represented the Institute as a community fellow on the Rutgers- Newark Crafting Democratic Futures Project on community dialogues on rep...

(Airdate 7/11/25) Ed Sanders is the President and Founder of ES Advisors and a KBLA contributor. Why are the wealthy supporting erratic tariffs and looming inflation? How will Cali's natural beauty be impacted by federal budget cuts and MAGA anti-environmental policies? How far will Trump go in defying the judges? How far will the people go in resisting Ice? Twitter: @EdwardMSanders ‪@DiPrimaRadio...

Fresh from our tour of West Africa, Dominique & Miles unpack his encounter with the word, our take on Africans vs African Americans and update the KBLA delegation on national and international issues. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/mileslowmusic/

Dr. Melina Abdullah is a professor of Pan African Studies at Cal State Los Angeles, a lead organizer with Black Lives Matter and the Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. On this podcast Dominique & Dr. Abdullah share progress on family notification for in-custody deaths with Wakeisha's Law, the LAPD response to recent ICE protests, tracking sheriff's gangs and celebrating the 12th annive...

The phone lines are lit and the delegation fired up as we respond to the ICE/Homeland Security invasion of our city with military force and masked agents. Is California being bullied? How do we push back? What happens when the feds arrest municipal electeds? We take on these topics and other things worth knowing. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

Dr. Tavari Brown is a health educator, licensed professional counselor, and counselor educator. She owns a private counseling practice in Atlanta. She is also a therapist, coach, and speaker who helps high-achieving individuals stop people-pleasing, set boundaries with confidence, and take charge of their lives. On this podcast Dr. Brown and Dominique look at how to maintain good mental health ami...

Hart In The House is an emerging Real Estate Company in the Los Angeles Area. Our family-based business has grown to become a community staple as we strive to nurture all of our relationships with clients and families. Craig Hart is in our KBLA Wealth Building Wednesday spotlight. Later in the hour we open up the phone lines and look at why Texas is relying on FEMA following the deadly floods even...

Tim Kornegay, Urban Alchemy’s Director of Operations in Los Angeles, is a lifelong resident of the city with a distinguished career in justice transformation and community advocacy. As Statewide Director of Initiatives for LiveFree California, he led 20 Black-led organizations across the state while concurrently serving as the Co-Director of the Southern California Ceasefire Committee. On this pod...

In this episode we unpack to understand what happened at the Diddy trial. What was he found guilty of? What cases did he beat? What does it mean for the #MeToo movement? What's next for Diddy? Our guest, Attorney Carl E. Douglas is in private practice at Douglas / Hicks Law in Los Angeles. Mr. Douglas is the former Managing Attorney at the Law Offices of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. where he was employ...

From masked agents invading a city park to a sitting Vice Mayor calling for gang war is lawlessness now America's way of governance? The phone lines are sizzling and the topics are hot. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

Why is the military marching on a city park? Who profits from private prisons? Why do Dems hate NY Mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani? Dominique DiPrima and Sherri Bell debunk terrible talking points and the phone lines are open. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/sherri_de_la_ghetto/

(Airdate 6/17/25) Mike White is the Lead Policy Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report on Gender Affirming Care. He works in the area of health equity and strives for a Culture of Health inclusive of perspectives and needs from across sectors and communities. Mr. White holds an MPH in Population and Family Health from Columbia University. On this podcast we unpack the findings of The...

(Airdate 6/17/25) John Randolph Wood, Jr. is the National Ambassador of Braver Angels, America’s largest grassroots, bipartisan organization dedicated to the work of political depolarization. He is the host of The Reconstruction Project with John Wood Jr Sunday mornings at 9A on KBLA Talk 1580. It's a Talking Point Tuesday and Dominique and John do a bipartisan dust-up. https://www.instagram.com/d...

(Airdate 6/17/25) From empty and shuttered businesses, to higher prices and cops flooding neighborhoods the true cost of ICE raids is barely being understood. DOminique take on this and other local issues. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 6/16/25) Captain Tyrone Davis is the founder of Lifeholik: a non-profit lifestyle brand committed to maximizing life’s positive possibilities through mental, physical and spiritual means. He is a 25-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department. On this edition of Messy Mondays Captain Davis shares his relationship guidelines based on Miguel Ruiz's book The Four Agreements and his philo...

(Airdate 6/16/25) Saharah Ali is an astrologer, mediation instructor, yoga teacher and life coach. On this podcast she leads us in a guided meditation and affirmation and looks at the transformative potential of Mars moving into Virgo where it will remain until August 6, 2025. Later in the pod we open up the phone lines for hot topics. https://www.dominiquediprima.com/ https://www.instagram.com/di...

(Airdate 6/16/25) Dr. Melina Abdullah is a professor of Pan African Studies at Cal State Los Angeles. She is the Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots and a lead organizer with BLM Los Angeles. She is the host of This is Not a Drill Saturdays on KBLA 1580AM. On this podcast we look at the No Kings marches across the nation, unpack the quest for justice in the name of #ErskinJenkins, deal with...

(Airdate 6/12/25) The phone lines are on fire the city is not. But big protests are planned for the weekend and demonstrations are spreading across the nation. Do you know how to keep yourself safe in these streets? https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/