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  • Black Music Sankofa with Dr. Guthrie Ramsey of Dr. Guy's Musiqology

    Black Music Sankofa with Dr. Guthrie Ramsey of Dr. Guy's Musiqology
    Jul 14 2025
    A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 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, and The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop. He is a producer, label head and leader of the band Dr. Guy's Musiqology. On this podcast we look forward with new artist "Bridge" and looking back as we learn about musicians who have recently passed.

    https://www.instagram.com/musiqologymediagroup/
    https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
    https://www.guthrieramsey.com/music
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    35 min
  • Mindfulness with Saharah Ali + Black Lives Matter Grassroots Flint: DeWan Robinson & Hubert Roberts

    Mindfulness with Saharah Ali + Black Lives Matter Grassroots Flint: DeWan Robinson & Hubert Roberts
    Jul 14 2025
    Yoga instructor, meditation teacher, astrologer and life coach Saharah Ali unpacks Uranus in Gemini encouraging us to "listen with a soft heart." Black Lives Matter Grassroots, Flint Chapter leadership team is in the building. DeWan Robinson, President and Chairman Hubert N. Roberts join us in studio to share their celebration of twelve years of activism and share the mission and methodology of their Michigan chapter one of fifty-one now active nationally and even internationally.

    https://blmgrassroots.org/media/
    https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
    https://saharahali.com/
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    41 min
  • Brandon Boyd Was Killed by Long Beach Police: Now They Are Trying to Jail His Sisters

    Brandon Boyd Was Killed by Long Beach Police: Now They Are Trying to Jail His Sisters
    Jul 14 2025
    La Mikia is an alumna and adjunct professor of the USC Sol Price School where she received dual master’s degrees in public policy and urban planning, and Certificates in Public Management and Political Management. She is the mom of three young boy and an organizer with Black Lives Matter. On this podcast we unpack the terrible case of Brandon Boyd who was killed by Long Beach police on the steps of his own church. We also take a look at government pressure on universities and the impact of ICE raids on Black communities.

    https://www.instagram.com/lamikiacastillo/
    https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
    https://www.instagram.com/blmgrassroots/
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    42 min
  • The Food of West Africa + Connecting Black American History with the Motherland w/Prof. Redelia Shaw

    The Food of West Africa + Connecting Black American History with the Motherland w/Prof. Redelia Shaw
    Jul 11 2025
    (Airdate 7/11/25) Dominique & Miles opine about West African cuisine following their trip to Benin, Ghana and Nigeria. Professor Redelia Shaw traveled with us. She joins us to connect the dots between Black American history and the Motherland.

    Dominique DiPrima broadcast from West Africa for two weeks in June/July 2025 with Rapper/Radio Production Coordinator Miles Low and 51 members of our KBLA delegation as a joint project of African Focus Inc and KBLA Talk 1580 radio. The African Focus Inc Trailblazers cut a path through the motherland with our annual journey.
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    40 min
  • NJ Officials Didn't Act So Activists Created Their Own Reparations Council: Atty Jean -Pierre Brutus

    NJ Officials Didn't Act So Activists Created Their Own Reparations Council: Atty Jean -Pierre Brutus
    Jul 11 2025
    (Airdate 7/11/25) #FreedmenFridays: Attorney Jean-Pierre Brutus is a senior counsel in the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. He leads the Institute’s reparations advocacy. He was a member of the Reparations Narrative Lab and represented the Institute as a community fellow on the Rutgers- Newark Crafting Democratic Futures Project on community dialogues on reparations. On this podcast he breaks down the work of the New Jersey Reparations Council and why New Jersey was known as the Slave State of the North.

    https://njisj.org/
    https://www.dominiquediprima.com/
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    42 min
  • Why Are the Rich Still Supporting Trump's Chaotic Economic Agenda? & Other Basic Questions

    Why Are the Rich Still Supporting Trump's Chaotic Economic Agenda? & Other Basic Questions
    Jul 11 2025
    (Airdate 7/11/25) Ed Sanders is the President and Founder of ES Advisors and a KBLA contributor. Why are the wealthy supporting erratic tariffs and looming inflation? How will Cali's natural beauty be impacted by federal budget cuts and MAGA anti-environmental policies? How far will Trump go in defying the judges? How far will the people go in resisting Ice?

    Twitter: @EdwardMSanders ‪@DiPrimaRadio‬ @KBLA1580
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    43 min
  • Is "Akata" a Slur Against Black Americans? Do Africans Hate African Americans?

    Is "Akata" a Slur Against Black Americans? Do Africans Hate African Americans?
    Jul 11 2025
    Fresh from our tour of West Africa, Dominique & Miles unpack his encounter with the word, our take on Africans vs African Americans and update the KBLA delegation on national and international issues.

    https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
    https://www.instagram.com/mileslowmusic/
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    42 min
  • Police May Soon be Forced to Inform Families When Their Loved Ones Are Killed in Custody

    Police May Soon be Forced to Inform Families When Their Loved Ones Are Killed in Custody
    Jul 11 2025
    Dr. Melina Abdullah is a professor of Pan African Studies at Cal State Los Angeles, a lead organizer with Black Lives Matter and the Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. On this podcast Dominique & Dr. Abdullah share progress on family notification for in-custody deaths with Wakeisha's Law, the LAPD response to recent ICE protests, tracking sheriff's gangs and celebrating the 12th anniversary of the founding of Black Lives Matter.

    https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
    https://www.instagram.com/docmellymel/
    https://www.instagram.com/blmgrassroots/
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    41 min