Melina Abdullah is Professor and former Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard University in African American Studies. She is the Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots and a Lead Organizer of BLMLA. She is Executive Producer and Producer of the feature documentary Stolen: Lives, Money, Movement.

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The phone lines and wide open and the topics are tantalizing. Epstein accountability, owning our own images, the "Bored of Peace" (not bored of war though0, tariffs, neo-colonialism and the Pan African Film Festival are all on the table.

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Jarrett Hill, an award-winning journalist and author, an artist and professor. Mr. Hill has contributed to the New York Times, NPR, Variety, NBC news, and CNN. He is the co-author of the NAACP Image Award-winning book Historically Black Phrases: from “i ain’t one of your lil’ friends” to “who all gon’ be there?” On this week's Freedmen Friday, we tackle issues from eligibility to viability and even solutions in the movement for reparations locally. nationally and worldwide.

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KBLA Contributor Ed Sanders and Dominique go in on Speaker Johnson's refusal to fly flags at half-staff for Rev. Jesse Jackson, get grossed out over the alleged pedo-Prince Andrew, argue about the California Governor's race and show off their lack of knowledge on the Winter Olympics.


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Dr. Gail Wyatt is a Clinical Psychologist, Sex Therapist and Professor at UCLA. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Wyatt has over 250 publications in journals and book chapters, and has co-edited or written 6 books including Stolen Women: Reclaiming our Sexuality, Taking Back our Lives, a best-seller that details the effects of slavery and oppression on African American women today.

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Longtime elected official Los Angeles City Council member Curren Price is in the final year of his term but he says he is not done yet. This wide-ranging conversation with the councilmember representing the new ninth district touches on everything from Black history gems of Los Angeles to his upcoming trial to his future plans and his vision for his district in his final year in office. Council member Curren Price (213) 473-7009.

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Dominique goes in on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the King of England who was arrested today in the U.K. and looks at the disparities in accountability for the Epstein Files and the crimes they document between the United States and the rest of the world.

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Pastor Troy F. Vaughn is a faith leader, author and the Senior Minister of Christ-Centered Ministries. His book Skid Row to CEO sets the tone and topic for today's conversation on the unhoused.

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Kenrick Gibson is the Chief Officer of Open Arms Food Pantry and Resource Center in the Chesterfield Square of South LA, providing food pantry and diaper bank support to LA City, County and U.S military families weekly. On this pod we focus on the art of giving and the culture for change. You're invited to his Black History Month Festival and Giveaway on Saturday February 21 at the La Brea Tar Pits.

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Dominique takes on the thinking behind the massive, proposed budget cuts and layoffs that are currently on the table for the country's biggest school district. Also in the convo: the new film by RZA, the Pan African Film Festival, Cuba's energy crisis and receives an update of the Altadena recovery outlook from the fires of 2025 from Michelle White of Neighborhood Survants.

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