Podcasts

This is a rebroadcast of a conversation from 5/15/26 with reparationist and attorney Cheryce Cryer.https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

Dr. Rudolph "Butch" Ware is a tenured professor of African and Islamic history at UC Santa Barbara and community organizer who has dedicated his life to learning how to transform society. In 2024 he ran alongside Dr. Jill Stein as the Green Party Vice Presidential...

Regional Emmy Award-winning director, live performance storyteller, and writer Phill Branch gives his insights on identity, masculinity, and the quiet, radical act of existing on your own terms with his new book “The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir.”Become a supporter of...

Public Intellectual, scholar and special contributor Dr. Cornel West talks about hate violence prevention, in light of the Anti-Defamation League's antisemitism database and the groundbreaking report from Jews For Racial and Economic Justice. Become a supporter of...

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols reflects on the 105th Day of Remembrance of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and gives an update on his A Road To Repair plan he introduced one year ago.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

LA Mayor Karen Bass joins Dominique Diprima to make the case for her re-election. Mayor Karen Bass says she is running for re-election because she believes the foundation for change in Los Angeles has been laid, and now is the time to build the city she and her team...

Attorney Caree Harper joins DiPrima to share her picks for LA County Superior Court Judge for California's primary election Caree Annette Harper is a civil rights and criminal defense attorney who has worked with Dominique DiPrima for the past ten years to provide...

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair is political candidate and community organizer, as well as a former public-school teacher, environmental activist and consultant currently running for California State Assembly to represent District 65. An observant hijab-wearing Muslim and...

Tavis reprises his conversations with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal legal counsel and trusted advisor, Clarence B. Jones, who passed away earlier this week. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

White House correspondent, author, and host of A More Perfect Union on KBLA Talk 1580, Nii-Quartelai Quartey, reports exclusively from Cuba as part of an Emergency Fact-Finding Delegation at a moment of profound historical reckoning and citizen diplomacy. Tavis will...

Activist, writer, and host of First Things First on KBLA Talk 1580, Dominique DiPrima shares her analysis about the upcoming California governor’s race and L.A. mayoral election, both taking place on Tuesday, June 2.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Activist, writer, and host of First Things First on KBLA Talk 1580, Dominique DiPrima shares her analysis about the upcoming California governor’s race and L.A. mayoral election, both taking place on Tuesday, June 2.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Antwone Quenton Fisher is a director, screenwriter, author, and film producer introducing his new book Reflections Beneath the Buckeye Trees: Notes from a Life gathers the deeply personal stories, memories, and lessons of Antwone Fisher. His 2001 autobiographical book...

Dominique Diprima open phones with KBLA 1580 Talk Radio and reading between the headlines regarding the June 2nd election, debating various candidates, and the "anti-weaponization" slush fund program of nearly $1.8 billion.https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio

Ed Sanders, president of ES Advisors, joins in an engaging discussion with Dominique Diprima on who we are voting for governor, the white supremacist rhetoric in the LA Mayor's race, the origin story of the safe streets we currently enjoy and what's up with...

Legendary percussionist and songwriter Ralph Johnson of the iconic R&B and funk band Earth, Wind & Fire joins Tavis in studio to talk about the grand legacy of The Elements, his new book “Rhythm & Fire: A Life In Harmony With Earth, Wind & Fire,” and...

Legendary percussionist and songwriter Ralph Johnson of the iconic R&B and funk band Earth, Wind & Fire joins Tavis in studio to talk about the grand legacy of The Elements, his new book “Rhythm & Fire: A Life In Harmony With Earth, Wind & Fire,” and...

In light of the recent passing of jazz master Sonny Rollins, Tavis reprises his special one-on-one conversations with the “Saxophone Colossus” about his life, music and enduring legacy.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

In light of the recent passing of jazz master Sonny Rollins, Tavis reprises his special one-on-one conversations with the “Saxophone Colossus” about his life, music and enduring legacy.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Questions to consider: “The Performance of Love vs. The Presence of Love” How many people say “I love you” when what they really mean is, “Please don’t leave me”? Are some people in love with connection… or addicted to being emotionally worshipped? How much of your...