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First Things First With Dominique DiPrima

First Things First With Dominique DiPrima

By: KBLA Talk 1580
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Weekdays 6AM-9AM 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 of the most trusted voices in local community advocacy.KBLA Talk 1580 Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
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  • Filmmaker Charles Burnett - An Artistic Giant Shares His Journey from Watts to the Academy Awards

    Filmmaker Charles Burnett - An Artistic Giant Shares His Journey from Watts to the Academy Awards
    Apr 25 2026
    Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director” Two of his movies were added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry: Killer of Sheep and To Sleep with Anger.

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    https://www.instagram.com/1charlesburnett/
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    42 mins
  • Dr. LaKisha David is Using DNA to Connect the Dots and Find Receipts with the Takir Project

    Dr. LaKisha David is Using DNA to Connect the Dots and Find Receipts with the Takir Project
    Apr 25 2026
    Dr. LaKisha T. David is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. David's research interests focus on family identity development among family groups separated during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, genetic genealogy inference among Africans and people with African ancestry, and identity development throughout adulthood for people with African ancestry. Her work combines cutting-edge genetic analysis with social science research methods to uncover ancestral connections and facilitate family reunifications between Africans and their historic diaspora.

    https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
    https://www.takir.org/
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    44 mins
  • "I Went to the White House and All I Got Was an Autographed Bible" & Other Trash Topics

    "I Went to the White House and All I Got Was an Autographed Bible" & Other Trash Topics
    Apr 25 2026
    On this pod we go in on topics from LA County Supervisor Katherine Barger and Mayor Karen Bass's trip to the White House to LA Controller Kenneth Mejia's dire warning, to the California Governor's race. Sherri Bell is a labor activist and native Angeleno.

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    38 mins
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