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 3/20/25) Rickie Byars is an acclaimed and beloved singer-songwriter in the genre of inspirational/New Thought music. Her music resonates in churches of all denominations throughout the world. Live audiences and FB/YouTube streamers tune in to her weekly devotionals at 11:30AM PDT. On this podcast we focus on her music and legacy and navigating troubled times with love and creativity. It's a call to "get to ways of being together that honor each other."

https://www.facebook.com/therickiebyars/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CAO7OGFXv0
https://rickiebyars.org/

(Airdate 3/20/25) Kenneth Mejia is the 20th City Controller, elected in 2022 with 513,288 votes. Controller Mejia oversees a team of more than 160 employees who conduct independent audits and investigations, manage the City’s accounting, payroll, and spending, report on the City’s finances, and provide transparency on City operations, policies, metrics, and data.

https://homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app/
https://controller.lacity.gov/
https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

(Airdate 3/20/25) The phone lines are open as we continue a conversation about the "attention economy" and what pieces of our soul we are willing to sacrifice to be seen and heard.

https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

They say “all politics is local.” The KBLA morning show offers news and commentary from a uniquely different perspective. The show features newsmakers, but also unconventional voices you likely won’t hear anywhere else on LA talk radio; all helmed by one

(Airdate 3/19/25) Ernesto Castañeda is the Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and the Immigration Lab. Full Professor, College of Arts and Sciences and School of International Service, American University. On this podcast we look at the Republican administration's emerging immigration policies, how they stack up with historical precedents, what's legal and what's not and what it could mean even for U.S. citizens.

https://bsky.app/profile/drernestocast.bsky.social
https:bsky.app/profile/diprimaradio.bsky.social

(Airdate 3/19/25) The phones lines are lit as we unmask the plans and plots of the new confederate Republican party under the leadership of Donald Trump. What is the strategy to defund the left that could leave Dems unable to compete for decades? What does it mean that Sen Schumer ad Rep. Jeffries are mounting no opposition to the MAGA agenda? How do we keep ourselves safe with no EPA, FDA and OSHA? We look at this and other menacing topics.

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

(Airdate 3/19/25) Akili has worked on six presidential campaigns and has been in leadership circles for decades. He is a lead organizer for BLM Grassroots and with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Akili is also the founder of the Fannie Lou Hamer institute. On this podcast we look at why Schumer caved, what Akili found when he recently spent months in Ghana following his nuptials, Mayor Bass's excellent public safety record and whether Republican overreach will have real consequences for the party.

https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
https://www.instagram.com/akili4thepeople/

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. Laurence Ross talks with Melina about protest.

https://www.dominiquediprima.com/about/
https://kbla1580.com/

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/