Kara James, (MSN, RN, FNP-C, PHN) is a Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Nurse Practitioner and self describe "hood chick" who is spearheading Planned Parenthood's Black Health Initiative. On this podcast we cover Black maternal and infant health, abortion rights, access to healthcare and what needs to be done to stop Black women and babies from dying at higher rates than any other group. www.plannedparenthood.org ..read more

The phone lines are open and we hit the burning topics of the day: Cannabis being rescheduled to Schedule III, Secretary Blinken in Israel, the violent attack on peaceful protesters at UCLA, the urban peace movement and more ..read more

Miles Low is a rap artist, producer and the production director for KBLA Talk 1580. He is also a member of generation Y. Asha Jordan is a visual artist and activist. She is also the Booking Coordinator for First Things First on KBLA Talk 1580. On this podcast we look at the stereotypes, realities, opinions and trends impacting the young people who bridge the analog and digital ages. IG: @mileslowmusic @diprimaradio @KBLA1580 ..read more

John Wood Jr is a national spokesperson for Braver Angels, a former candidate for congress and former Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County. On this podcast Dominique and John intellectually joust across the aisle is the spirit of disagreeing without disrespect. www.braverangels.org www.dominiquediprima.com ..read more

KBLA's Dr. Melina Abdullah is suing the LAPD for multiple swatting incidents. Will you show up? How do we check the rise of authoritarianism and militarized policing in blue states? Is universal basic income an answer to houselessness? Will the reawakened FCC protect our online freedom? Open lines and consequential topics fuel First Things First. www.dominiquediprima.com ..read more

Attorney Jaaye Person Lynn joins Dominique to look at how our right to assemble and freedom of speech today compare with other significant movements and moments in U.S. history. We also touch on the U.S. Supreme Court and national attacks on progressive prosecutors. IG: @LincolnLawyerLA @diprimaradio @KBLA1580 ..read more

The phone lines are lit and the convo is heated...Would Biden beat Trump (again) in a debate? Will the U.S. ever be the same is the U.S. Supreme Court gives presidents immunity? Will unions make the difference for Biden ..read more

Sound healer, life coach, astrologer, sound bath expert and meditation instructor Saharah Ali offers a guided meditation, affirmation and intention to start our day in harmony and balance. For a reading, treatment or sound bath call (213) 628-9783. www.SaharahAli.com ..read more

Journalist & podcaster James Farr joins Dominique to take on Left Coast issues impacting our freedom of speech, right to assemble and agency in spaces of governance. Farr shares the latest scandal involving Pasadena's Police Chief, Eugene Harris...Why is the response to student protests at UCLA & USC so different? How does the uprising of April 29, 1992 inform today's movement? X & IG: @JamesFarrLive @DiPrimaRadio ..read more

The phones are on fire and the conversation is heated. Dominique and the KBLA callers debrief our weekly reparations conversation known as Freedmen Fridays and weigh in on issues of national import. Do lineage and pan africanism have to beat odds? Are there plants and trolls in the ADOS space? Are there obstructionists among legacy organizations? How can the worldwide reparations struggles strengthenrather than undermine one another? www.dominiquediprima.com ..read more