(Airdate 6/10/25) Attorney Nana Gyamfi is the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration. On this podcast we look at what is going on the ground in Los Angeles, the role of Black people in the migrant protests, the erosion of our rights and what to do about it.

https://www.instagram.com/instabaji/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 6/10/25) Rev. Mark Thompson is the Host of the Make It Plain podcast, and a lifelong civil and human rights activist. He has spent his career advocating for racial, economic and social justice, using the tools of ministry and radio broadcast to build movement. He is based in New York City, New York. On this podcast we look at the definition of the word "riot" and how it does or does not apply to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

https://www.instagram.com/ministter/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 6/9/25) Aishia Offray-Deal is a Certified Domestic Violence Counselor but she started her career in the music industry working in the Rap Promotions Department at Interscope Records. The Altadena native says the music industry raised her and she spent many days and nights at Bad Boy and Daddy's House (Diddy's studio) in NYC. On this podcast we get updated on the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs and her own personal experience in the music business.

https://www.instagram.com/aishiadeal/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 6/9/25) Meditation Instructor and Sound Bath Specialist Saharah Ali leads us in an affirmation, meditation and astrological reflection on the Strawberry Full Moon in Sagittarius for our weekly Mindful Mondays segment. Later in the hour we open up the phone lines to take on the National Guard in L.A. and the community pushback to ICE raids in LA County.


https://saharahali.com/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

(Airdate 6/9/25) LaMikia Castillo is a professor, a community organizer whose work in the private, public and non-profit sector and has spanned from education and economic justice to public health, environmental justice and juvenile justice. On this podcast we break down what's happening in Los Angeles as protests have broken out in response to ICE Raids across the massive Southern California county.

https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/lamikiacastillo/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

(Airdate 6/4/25) Dr. 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 (2003), and The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop (2013). Dr. Ramsey is co-author beside Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., with Melanie Zeck of The Transformation of Black Music: The Rhythms, the Songs and the Ships of the African Diaspora (2017).

https://www.guthrieramsey.com/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

(Airdate 6/4/25) Mariah Monique is the Founder and CEO of The Sponsorship Catalyst, a company that specializes in helping nonprofits secure event sponsors. She has built strategic partnerships at the federal, local, and county levels for the last 10 years.

https://www.thesponsorshipcatalyst.com/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thesponsorshipcatalyst/

(Airdate 6/4/25) Rev. Edward” Eddie” Anderson is a passionate civil rights activist and ordained minister with degrees from Morehouse College and Claremont School of Theology. Rev.Anderson affectionately known as Pastor Eddie is a Regional organizer for LA Voice(PICO),advocate for Black Lives Matter, Co-Founder of Clergy4BlackLives, a convener and former Co-Chair of the New Poor People's Campaign in California.

https://www.mccartychurch.org/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/andersonedwardm/

(Airdate 6/3/25) Raised on salsa, merengue, and cumbia, Blacc fell in love with hip-hop as a kid and started writing rap songs when he was nine. With his lyrics drawing influence from socially conscious artists like KRS-One, he put out his first hip-hop mixtape at age 17. After inking a deal with indie label Stones Throw, Blacc released his solo debut Shine Through in 2006 and sophomore album Good Things in 2010. Boosted by the breakout success of “I Need a Dollar" Blacc has consistently used his voice for social change, making music meant to inspire a positive shift in mindset. His new album "Stand Together" dropped in January 2025.

https://www.aloeblacc.com/
https://www.dominiquediprima.com/
https://www.instagram.com/aloeblacc/
https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

(Airdate 6/3/25) Dr. Melina Abdullah is a Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, and a leader in the California Faculty Association. 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. On this podcast we look at the crazy case of former Deputy Trevor Kirk, unpack her podcast with Pastor Jamal Bryant on the real BLM (Grassroots) vs the fake one (the Global Network Foundation), why Black Joy is not a strategy, and why she is President of the Prince Fan Club.

https://www.instagram.com/blmgrassroots/
https://www.instagram.com/blmlosangeles/
https://www.instagram.com/docmellymel/
https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/