AirTalk Live in Rancho Mirage

Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of AirTalk at a special live taping of the show. Host Larry Mantle will talk with a panel of guests about the art, culture and history of the desert. The show will be livestreamed and can be heard on LAist 89.3 FM the next day.

Special Guests

Jim Cook, historian and board member for The Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, CA
Lisa Vossler Smith, CEO of Modernism Week
Skip Paige, former COO of Goldenvoice; Owner of Little Bar, Indio Tap House and Italica Restaurant
Adam Levy, owner and executive producer of Take Five Entertainment
Mark Talkington, founder and publisher of the Palm Springs Post
Wayne Avrashow, attorney and longtime political advisor, former chief of staff for Zev Yaroslavsky
Ryan Sinclair, professor of public health, and assistant professor of environmental microbiology at Loma Linda University; consultant with the State of California on the Salton Sea Science Committee
Manfred Kiel, professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College, and the chief economist for the Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP)

About AirTalk and Larry Mantle

Larry Mantle hosts lively and in-depth discussions of news, politics, science, arts and entertainment, and more. Airs weekdays 9-11am 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).

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