Larry Mantle
Host, AirTalk
(he/him)
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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He spoke in 2009 about his life, career and memories after the release of a new album to critical acclaim. -
LAist's AirTalk daily show got its start 40 years ago on the campus of Pasadena City College, the PCC in the KPCC call letters. Through it all, host Larry Mantle has held onto the same curiosity and fair mindedness.
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Larry Mantle has covered many disasters in his 40th year as host of LAist 89.3's AirTalk program. He says the scope of the Palisades and Eaton fires is still hard to process.
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Each book on this list offers insight into Southern California.
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Father and son offer generational perspectives on a wide-range of issues, sharing their drive to understand the world — and the people — around them.
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The quake killed 58 people, injured more than 9,000, displaced 125,000 residents. Larry Mantle, longtime host of "AirTalk" on 89.3 FM, remembers how communities came together.
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Mantle, who has hosted LAist's AirTalk program for nearly 40 years, shares his favorites books about Los Angeles to give friends and family.
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David Lehrer was best known for his advocacy work at the Anti-Defamation League and most recently Jews United for Democracy and Justice.
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass joins LAist’s radio show AirTalk each month. On Wednesday, she shared her thoughts on Kevin de León refusing to resign from the L.A. City Council, the city’s homelessness problem, and more.
Stories by Larry Mantle
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