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AirTalk Nov. 12, 2026
Today's show: AirTalk host Larry Mantle discusses Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia CEO, a new Center for Disaster Resilience, Caltech’s new exhibit, Prop 45 and the future of CEQA and TV Talk.
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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after two affairs. Can the company survive?
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang has announced his resignation, leading to a big shakeup with the United States’ biggest chip manufacturer. This follows the news of Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy and another with an Nvidia employee. We'll discuss the development with Lauren Goode, senior correspondent at WIRED covering Silicon Valley.
Lucy Jones on her new Center for Disaster Resilience
Caltech launched their new Center for Disaster Resilience this week, with SoCal’s earthquake-understander-in-chief Dr. Lucy Jones at the helm. The goal of the center is to help policy makers understand the latest scientific developments on disaster resilience and translate those findings into actionable policies.
Caltech’s ‘Dare Mighty Things’ exhibit
Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Lab has pursued space exploration for a generation, as the institution’s brightest minds are honored with a new exhibit featuring the historic strides that the JPL has made in the last 90 years. Dare Mighty Things draws from collections of both Caltech archives and the special collections from the Jet Propulsion Lab’s archives. Today, we're joined by Peter Collopy, the exhibition's lead curator.
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What the rejection of Prop 45 tells us about the future of CEQA
California voters rejected Prop 45. The measure would have sped up the environmental review process and allow for certain projects to be exempted from the review process required under the California Environmental Quality Act. So what’s the future of CEQA reform? We talk with Lila Seidman, L.A. Times environmental reporter, Deborah Sivas, co-director of Stanford's Environmental Law Clinic, and William Fulton, co-director of the Center for Housing Policy and Design at UC San Diego.
TV Talk: ‘Denis Medical,’ ‘The Body,’ ‘Cunk on Cinema’ and more!
Have you felt completely overwhelmed when deciding what new show to watch these days? Us too. There’s just so much content out there between network TV and numerous streaming platforms. This week, listeners will get the latest scoop on what’s worth watching from Marcus Jones, awards editor for TV & Film at IndieWire, and Angie Han, TV critic for The Hollywood Reporter.
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Pete Hegseth impeachment efforts, this week in AI, history of the telephone, Nithya Raman and transit, insurance commissioner and how the military has impacted your family.
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Stephen Miller, Nithya Raman as mayor, new Endeavour exhibit opens, L.A. elections latest, SoCal History and what it means to be a "difficult" child.
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