First Things First With Dominique DiPrima

(Airdate 5/28/25) Dominique goes in on the tanking of Target during a boycott spurred by their rejection of DEI, looks at why fire victims are not getting their tax refunds, takes on the terrrible tradition of police chases and opens the phone lines for you. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 5/27/25) Dominique & callers try to figure out why Republicans are attacking every level of education and how to reach white folks in crisis who are being manipulated by billionaires with race-based propaganda and shiny objects. https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 5/27/25) Jasmyne Cannick is an award-winning Gen X journalist, political and cultural commentator and an elected delegate to the LA County Democratic Central Committee. On this podcast Dominique & Jasmyne agree, disagree and agree to disagree on public safety and the DTLA wilding out, Trump, Nathan Hochman, Emmanual Macron, Antonio Villaraigosa and the mystery of whether VP Harris wil...

(Airdate 5/27/25) Dominique reflects on growing online attacks against her. Are these 'bots? Are they Opps? Why is police accountability a partisan issue? And how do we debunk the new victim-blaming George Floyed narratives being pushed by the right. https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 5/23/25) Cory Alexander Henry is an American jazz organist, pianist, gospel musician, and producer. A former member of Snarky Puppy and founder of the Funk Apostles. Cory joins us today to talk about his career and his album 'Church" and his first solo GRAMMY Award. Later in the podcast, the phone lines are open, and the topics are hotter than a California summer with Freedman Friday foll...

(Airdate 5/23/25) James Woodson Co-Founder & Executive Director of California Black power Network and Derek Steele is the Executive Director of the Social Justice Learning Institute and leader for Bold, Black LA join Dominique DiPrima to talk reparations, what's next for California and which bills they support in the current CLBC package. It's a Freedmen Friday. https://www.instagram.com/sjli_...

(Airdate 5/23/25) Sherri Bell is a labor activist and a contributor to KBLA Talk 1580. On this podcast Sherri and Dominique talk about the anniversary of George Floyd's murder, the real Black Lives Matter, the rumored pardon of Dereck Chauvin, the puzzling plea deal of Brian Williams, the end of empires, movies, barbeque and how to stay positive in these times. https://www.instagram.com/sherri_de_...

(Airdate 5/22/25) Sean Swoopes is a curator, event promoter and the owner of TG3 Entertainment. He is known as the king of the LA day party and is the force behind the popular Five Mics hip hop night. He is a cousin of Rakim and business partner of Rakim. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/elavatetg3/ https://www.instagram.com/ssswoopes/?hl=en

(Airdate 5/22/25) Pastor Stephen "Cue" Jean Marie is the leader of The Row - the Church Without Walls. He is a former Virgin Records hip-hop artist with the group "The College Boys" who quit the industry and dedicated his life to activism and the spiritual leadership of the unhoused almost 30 years ago. On this podcast we unpack national issues and celebrate the opening of his new socially innovat...

(Airdate 5/22/25) The phone lines are open, and the topics are on point. The Republican House of Representatives passed a tax and spending bill that will kick millions off Medicaid and saddle the country with trillions of dollars more in debt, more than 100,000 pounds of illegal fireworks were found and seized by fire officials in Los Angeles during fire season...We have a lot to talk about. https...

Kiandria Demone is an Atlanta-based entrepreneur, activist, and web developer. She is known for using technology to uplift her community and has founded both an ad agency and a clothing brand. She is leading a campaign to prevent a white Minnesota woman from receiving over $750,000 in donations after she was filmed using a racial slur towards a five-year-old Black child. In addition, she has launc...

(Airdate 5/21/25) A fired up caller wants South Africa to cater even more to billionaire Elon Musk by putting him in charge the schools and making him an honorary President...Dominique and the delegation take on tough topics and break down national and international stories with a progressive lens - or not. We start off the hour with rapper Mile Low in the Wealth Building Wednesday spotlight focus...

(Airdate 5/21/25) Dr. Melina Abdullah is the Director on Black Lives Matter Grassroots and Lead Organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. She is part of the original formation that created the Black Lives Matter movement and organization. Dr. Abdullah is a professor at Cal State Los Angeles and a mother of three. On this podcast we look at the actions planned to mark five years since the murd...

(Airdate 5/20/25) Leo Moore MD, MSHPM is a dedicated internal medicine, HIV medicine, and lifestyle medicine physician. In his practice, Dr. Moore provides essential services, such as STD screening and treatment, HIV prevention, and Tuberculosis care. He graduated from the Morehouse School of Medicine, where he honed his passion for patient care and health equity. He is also a passionate health ad...

(Airdate 5/20/25) On this podcast Dominique & Miles go in on topics far & wide. Do you own your music collection? Have you heard Miles Low's new one? Would you date a drug dealer? What does the CBC even do? Do you have MAGA in your family & more. https://www.instagram.com/mileslowmusic/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 5/20/25) Dominique goes in on national and local hot topics including the charges being dropped against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, plus a California earthquake a heatwave and CRT. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 5/19/25) Fresh off of an international convening in Grenada to honor the centennial birthday of Malcolm X, BLM Grassroots Field Director Akili joins me to pay tribute to Malcolm X on what would have been his one-hundred-year birthday. https://www.instagram.com/akili4thepeople/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 5/16/25) The phone lines are on fire and the topics are hotter than the sun. The rise in toy prices attributed to new tariffs, homeowners concerned about the lack of comprehensive soil testing after the Eaton Fire, Dominique's brother the honorable Mayor Ras J Baraka facing a "trumped up" federal trespassing charge, will the Dems ever lean into their progressive base and more. Ed Sanders,...

(Airdate 5/16/25) The phone lines are on fire and the topics are hotter than the Georgia sun. Freedmen Friday conversation is lit today as callers push back on prior hour's guest rapper J French who opposes reparations. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 5/19/25) Kevin Powell is a poet, journalist, civil and human rights activist, filmmaker and author of 15 books. His new poetry collection, Grocery Shopping with My Mother was released in 2024 to national acclaim. On this podcast he speaks on the profound influence that Malcolm X had on his life and our nation in commemoration of our nation. https://www.instagram.com/poetkevinpowell/ https...

(Airdate 5/19/25) Meditation instructor, yoga teacher, sound healer and life coach Saharah Ali offers a guided meditation, affirmation and outlook for Sun in Gemini. Later in the pod we weigh in on the impact on Malcolm X in our lives on his angel-versary. https://saharahali.com/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ 2https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 5/16/25) J French is an accomplished rapper, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Oklahoma City. The son of Grammy-winning reggae percussionist and vocalist Brother Num, J French is a voting member of the GRAMMYS. He has worked with several rappers in Oklahoma-Texas and Los Angeles including RC & The Gritz, Erykah Badu’s official band, and members of TDE. On this edition of our Fre...

(Airdate 5/15/25) Areva Martin is a prominent civil rights attorney, legal commentator, and children's and women's rights advocate. She is the founding principal of Martin & Martin, LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm. She is also known for her media appearances on CNN and ABC, as well as her new podcast "The Special Report" on YouTube. https://www.instagram.com/arevamartin/?hl=en https://www.in...

(Airdate 5/15/25) The phone lines are hot and the topics are hotter. The anniversary of the Tops Market white supremacist shooting that killed 10 people, Ben & Jerry's founder arrested during a protest in the US Senate over military aid to Israel and humanitarian conditions in Gaza, the new GOP Tax Bill, forever chemicals in our drinking water, Rodney L. Hinton, the Ohio father who is charged...

(Airdate 5/15/25) The phone lines are on fire and the topics are hotter than the climate emergency. Traveling to the motherland, Raymond LaValle and the alleged deputy hit and run by a police officer in Downey CA, undocumented immigrants in the United States and the problems facing them with our new president in office, Dominique's brother, Newark Mayor Ras J Baraka going to court. https://www.ins...