AirTalk: Live in the OC at Bowers Museum
- Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana
Join AirTalk host Larry Mantle and an array of experts as they look at some of the biggest news stories Orange County has had in recent years and the area's evolving journalism landscape. There will also be a conversation about politics in the OC, a region that's seen a significant shift from red to purple. The panel discusses how changes in the voting diaspora and redistricting have impacted politics and where things could be headed.
Special Guests
Orrin Evans, partner at Left Hook strategy, media and digital
Nick Gerda, LAist Watchdog Correspondent
Jon Gould, Dean of School of Social Ecology, UC Irvine
Jill Replogle, LAist Orange County Correspondent
Norberto Santana, founding publisher and editor-in-chief of the Voice of OC
Teri Sforza, Orange County Register reporter
Shawn Steel, California National Committeman to the Republican National Committee
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, UC Irvine
This program is presented in partnership with Bowers Museum. Arrive early and take a stroll through the galleries before the show, with free general admission for event ticket-buyers. (Please note, museum general admission does not include the World of the Terracotta Warriors special exhibition.)
This event is part of the 40th anniversary celebration of AirTalk with Larry Mantle.
ABOUT AIRTALK
Larry Mantle hosts lively and in-depth discussions of city news, politics, science, the arts, entertainment, and more. Airs weekdays 9-11 a.m. on 89.3 FM and streaming online at LAist.com and the LAist app. Austin Cross hosts AirTalk Fridays — watch the Friday show live on Instagram (@laistofficial).
ABOUT LARRY MANTLE
Larry Mantle has been the host of AirTalk on LAist (formerly KPCC) since April 1st, 1985. It is now the longest continuously running daily talk program in the Los Angeles radio market. Mantle also hosts the movie review and interview program FilmWeek on AirTalk, heard every Friday at 11 a.m. on LAist 89.3 and Saturday at noon.
A fourth-generation Angeleno, Larry has interviewed thousands of prominent guests on an extraordinary array of topics, and received many journalistic awards in the process. Larry grew up in southwest Los Angeles, Inglewood, and Hollywood. He's a graduate of Hollywood High School and Vanguard University of Southern California. Larry and his wife Kristen are the parents of Desmond.
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