First Things First With Dominique DiPrima

(Airdate 3/17/25) Saharah Ali is a yoga teacher, meditation instructor, life coach, astrologer, numerologist, sound healer and sound bath expert. On this podcast she explains Mercury Retrograde in positive terms and leads us in an affirmation and meditation. Later in the hour we open the phones lines for hot topics and crowd-sourced analysis. https://saharahali.com/ https://www.dominiquediprima.co...

(Airdate 3/17/25) LaMikia Castillo is a Professor at USC, a mom and an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. On this podcast we look at the moves Republicans are currently making against DEI initiatives on the nation's campuses and how they are playing out in real time. https://www.instagram.com/lamikiacastillo/reels/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

First Things First w/Dominique DiPrima Streams Live Weekdays 6AM-9AM Dominique DiPrima is currently the host and producer of First Things First with Dominique DiPrima on KBLA Talk 1580 where she is making radio history as the first African-American woman to host a commercial drive-time talk radio show in Los Angeles. https://www.dominiquediprima.com/about/ https://kbla1580.com/

(Airtime 7AM Mar 14, 2025) Nkechi Taifa is founder, principal and CEO of The Taifa Group LLC, a social enterprise firm whose mission is to advance justice. The Taifa Group’s portfolio of client services has included coalition-building, convenings, government relations, meeting and retreat facilitation, strategic planning, and trainings. She is founder and convener emeritus of the Justice Roundtabl...

(Airtime 6AM Mar 14, 2025) On this podcast Sherri and Dominique take on the left coast issues of the day including-the attacks on LA's Mayor, the fire chief drama, Elon's attacks on labor and the impact of racial capitalism. https://www.instagram.com/sherri_de_la_ghetto/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 3/13/25) LeGrand H. Clegg II, ESQ. Retired city attorney for Compton, now in private practice has been a noted authority in the fields of African and American history and culture for well over 35 years. his video production is entitled “When Black Men Ruled the World”. By way of the Clegg Videos, Audio Tapes, Study Guides and Website. Abeid Uzoma is an activist, musician, video and film p...

(Airdate 3/13/25) Professor Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies. His research has addressed issues of race in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights and war. Horne received his Ph. D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of over 100 books and scholarly articles...

(Airdate 3/13/25) Relatives of the grandson of the founder of Watts Nickerson Gardens housing complex are suing Southern California Edison Co. over the death of their loved one in the Eaton Canyon Fire in Altadena. (Kimiko Nickerson and grandson Chase Newton). Attorney Carl Douglas is representing them. Mr. Douglas is a powerhouse trial attorney and managing partner at Douglas/Hicks in Los Angeles...

(Airdate 2/12/25) Dante King is the author and executive producer of the new book and docuseries Diagnosing Whiteness & Anti-Blackness: White Psychopathology, Collective Psychosis, and Trauma in America. Dante King and Blackademics, a nonprofit organization he founded to provide educational experiences and opportunities to educators, lawyers, healthcare professionals, and the larger population...

(Airdate 3/12/25) Wealth Building Wednesday: Rep. Club is a concept bookshop & creative space curated by Blackness in Los Angeles, CA. Black-owned. Woman-owned. https://rep.club/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

(Airdate 3/12/25) Dominique elevates #BlackWomenAreDivine and the powerful contributions and spiritual brilliance of Black women in memory of #BreonnaTaylor. SHe also pushes back against the targeting of Black women from VP Kamala Harris to Mayor Karen Bass. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 3/11/25) Luis is a novelist/memoirist/short story writer/children's book writer/essayist as well as a community & urban peace activist, mentor, healer, youth & arts advocate, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. From 2014-2016, Luis served as the official Poet Laureate of Los Angeles. https://www.luisjrodriguez.com/blog https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

(Airdate 3/11/25) The phone lines are open and Dominique and callers go in on National and internation headlines in the New Confederate Republican Era. Trump reportedly wants to shoot drug dealers on sight like President Duterte, now Duterte's going to prison. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 3/11/25) Dr. Melina Adbullah is an African American Studies professor, political scientist, a mother and the Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. On this podcast we explore #BlackWomenAreDivine and unpack the recent LAPD racist text message scandal, LA Sheriff's Deputy prison heroin dealer controversy, the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and other pressing topics for terrible times. htt...

(Airdate 2/10/25) Dr. James Lance Taylor is the author of Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama, which earned 2012 "Outstanding Academic Title" - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. He is a former President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS). On this podcast Dr. Taylor helps illuminate the moves by the Republican administr...

(Airdate 2/10/25) Dominique breaks down the meltdown of the LA times AI "bias-meter" and takes on other hot topics. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 2/10/25) Mindful Mondays: Saharah Ali is an astrologer, numerologist, meditation instructor, yoga teacher and life coach. On this podcast she shares insights on the Blood Worm Full Moon Eclipse, Mercury Retro-shade and maintaining our power in terrible times. https://saharahali.com/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

(Airdate 2/10/25) YoNasDa Lonewolf embodies the fusion of Oglala Lakota and African American heritage. With a multi-faceted career spanning entrepreneurship, media and public speaking. From her roots in entertainment as a rapper and choreographer for Teen Summitt her current role as a vocal advocate against injustice she is committed to uniting people through "edu-tainment." On this podcast she sp...

(Airdate 3/7/25) The phones are live and the topics are hot. We unpack this week's Freedmen Fridays conversation and take on the latest on the Republican/Trump agenda. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 3/7/25) Alison Rose Jefferson is a publicly engaged independent historian, heritage conservation consultant and a third generation Californian. Presently her research and professional interest revolve around the intersection of historical memory, American history, the history of the African American experience in Southern California during the twentieth century. https://www.instagram.com/...

(Airdate 3/7/25) 6AM, Ed Sanders is a KBLA contributor and the President of ES Advisors. On this podcast we celebrate Malcom X, speak on respectability politics in Black History Month, unpack the school cell phone ban, analyze attacks on LA Mayor Karen Bass and look at Trump's executive order to dismantle police reform. https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 3/6/25) The phone lines are open and the topics re fire. Will Trump abide by the courts? Can the Dept of Education be dismantled? Will we go to war with HAMAS/Greenland/Panama/China? Who will be held accountable for Altadena? And will we finally fully appreciate the contributions of Roy Ayers now that he has passed? https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla158...

(Airdate 3/6/25) Allen Shay, born in Bolton, Mississippi and lived in Jackson, Mississippi moved to Pasadena at the age of five alongside his widowed mother and thirteen siblings growing up in a humble environment. His journey into civil rights activism began with his involvement in the 1964 civil rights bill experiment and the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) integration efforts. He was ap...

(Airtime 3/5/25) Enrique Roig is former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) at the Department of State where he covered Western Hemisphere Affairs & Africa. Previously he served as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights at the Department of State. On this podcast he shares the global impact of the...

(Airdate 3/5/25) Wealth building Wednesday- Nichol Goff is the Owner at Golden Grassroots Sales and Marketing. Goff holds a Master of Business Administration and Management degree from the University of Phoenix-Southern California Campus. Join her for relief event for wildfire evacuees, on March 10th from 9am-3pm at Borner's Barber College 1284 N Lake Ave Pasadena, CA. Later in the hour we open up...