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with Larry Mantle

Larry Mantle hosts lively and in-depth discussions of city news, politics, science, the arts, 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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    Today on AirTalk: Mayor Karen Bass’s budget proposal; LAUSD screen time proposal; Civics; and interviews with LA Mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Rae Huang.
    What is in Mayor Karen Bass’s budget proposal?
    Today on AirTalk: Mayor Karen Bass’s budget proposal; LAUSD screen time proposal; Civics; and interviews with LA Mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Rae Huang.

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  • A woman drops her ballot into a ballot box on Monday at the Los Angeles County Registrar in Norwalk, Calif.
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    Today on AirTalk: What's your voting plan? Building tolerance for uncertainty; L.A. City primary races; Countercultural nuns; and LACMA opening.
    What’s your voting plan + thoughts on noncitizen voting?
    Today on AirTalk: What's your voting plan? Building tolerance for uncertainty; L.A. City primary races; Countercultural nuns; and LACMA opening.
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    Today on AirTalk: UCI study on the effects of children's screentime; The New York Times' 30 best songwriters list; Food Friday with Deli Nerds; and FilmWeek!
    Screentime and children – how can parents cope?
    Today on AirTalk: UCI study on the effects of children's screentime; The New York Times' 30 best songwriters list; Food Friday with Deli Nerds; and FilmWeek!

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  • Derek Fisher speaks at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations at The Westin Times Square on October 4, 2011.
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    Game off? NBA, players at a standoff over six-point spread. Could changes to voting laws impact the 2012 elections? Are you on the Herman Cain train? Cycles in the city: style, safety and survival on two wheels.
    AirTalk for October 5, 2011
    Game off? NBA, players at a standoff over six-point spread. Could changes to voting laws impact the 2012 elections? Are you on the Herman Cain train? Cycles in the city: style, safety and survival on two wheels.
  • New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivers remarks during the Perspectives on Leadership Forum at the Reagan Library.
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    Chris Christie officially pulls out of the race he never officially entered – maybe. Is Denmark’s new “fat tax” the answer to what ails us? House Republicans tee up next budget battle. Bringing the funk back in "Thunder Soul."
    AirTalk for October 4, 2011
    Chris Christie officially pulls out of the race he never officially entered – maybe. Is Denmark’s new “fat tax” the answer to what ails us? House Republicans tee up next budget battle. Bringing the funk back in "Thunder Soul."
  • California Gov. Jerry Brown.
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    Brown puts his John Hancock on a big stack of bills. Supreme Court to take up health reform, immigration, profanity and more. Did Anwar al-Awlaki deserve due process? Got sex appeal? Use it to get ahead!
    AirTalk for October 3, 2011
    Brown puts his John Hancock on a big stack of bills. Supreme Court to take up health reform, immigration, profanity and more. Did Anwar al-Awlaki deserve due process? Got sex appeal? Use it to get ahead!
  • College Republicans at UC Berkeley hold a satirical bake sale to oppose SB 185.
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    Governor Brown may challenge affirmative action ban in UC system. Do smart-aleck phone apps need policing? FilmWeek: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Andy Klein to review this week’s films including 50/50, What’s Your Number?, Sarah Palin: You Betcha! and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Life, love and loss with a screen legend. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for September 30, 2011
    Governor Brown may challenge affirmative action ban in UC system. Do smart-aleck phone apps need policing? FilmWeek: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Andy Klein to review this week’s films including 50/50, What’s Your Number?, Sarah Palin: You Betcha! and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Life, love and loss with a screen legend. Plus, the latest news.
  • Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attends the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV August 10, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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    Mayor Villaraigosa talks realignment, infrastructure and jobs. Federal judge green-lights Alabama immigration enforcement. Can robots replace soldiers in the theater of war? The decisive moment – is it for real?
    AirTalk for September 29, 2011
    Mayor Villaraigosa talks realignment, infrastructure and jobs. Federal judge green-lights Alabama immigration enforcement. Can robots replace soldiers in the theater of war? The decisive moment – is it for real?
  • Female dancers performing the Charleston, 1926.
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    In Cold Blood? Greenpeace comes to Southern California to take on Edison’s use of coal plants. Conrad Murray’s team outlines defense strategy. The wets vs the drys – America’s Prohibition experiment.
    AirTalk for September 28, 2011
    In Cold Blood? Greenpeace comes to Southern California to take on Edison’s use of coal plants. Conrad Murray’s team outlines defense strategy. The wets vs the drys – America’s Prohibition experiment.
  • Job seekers read pamphlets as they wait in line to enter a job fair.
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    Do the unemployed deserve protected legal status? Empathy and the origins of cruelty. Don’t do time for the crime – pay the fine. Gun fight over the Second Amendment.
    AirTalk for September 27, 2011
    Do the unemployed deserve protected legal status? Empathy and the origins of cruelty. Don’t do time for the crime – pay the fine. Gun fight over the Second Amendment.
  • Republican presidential candidates, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (L) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney laugh during the Fox News/Google GOP Debate at the Orange County Convention Center on September 22, 2011 in Orlando, Florida.
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    Cain’s up, Christie’s a question mark, the GOP field still anyone’s game. White collars, sticky fingers – finding and fighting workplace fraud. Researchers slam single-sex classrooms. From war orphan to Hollywood icon.
    AirTalk for September 26, 2011
    Cain’s up, Christie’s a question mark, the GOP field still anyone’s game. White collars, sticky fingers – finding and fighting workplace fraud. Researchers slam single-sex classrooms. From war orphan to Hollywood icon.
  • NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on September 23, 2011 in New York City. U.S. markets faced another volatile day amidst fears about economic growth in Europe. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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    Economic woes being felt throughout the nation – and around the world. Jump in Sherriff’s Department shootings in L.A. County. Palestinian case for statehood at the United Nations. FilmWeek: Abduction, Dolphin Tale, Moneyball and more. Verdict in the Irvine 11 case.
    AirTalk for September 23, 2011
    Economic woes being felt throughout the nation – and around the world. Jump in Sherriff’s Department shootings in L.A. County. Palestinian case for statehood at the United Nations. FilmWeek: Abduction, Dolphin Tale, Moneyball and more. Verdict in the Irvine 11 case.
  • Ron Thomas, the father of victim, Kelly Thomas, stands next to a memorial for his son on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at the Fullerton Transportation Center in Fullerton, Calif. The parents of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man have demanded the release of a 911 tape and possible surveillance video from a California city, hoping the material will shed more light on what led to a physical altercation last month between police officers and their son, who later died.
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    Prosecuting the Kelly Thomas beating trial. West Hollywood is almost fur free. Good for animals…bad for business? The evolution of American counterterrorism. Is the millennial generation America’s newest civic generation?
    AirTalk for September 22, 2011
    Prosecuting the Kelly Thomas beating trial. West Hollywood is almost fur free. Good for animals…bad for business? The evolution of American counterterrorism. Is the millennial generation America’s newest civic generation?
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Larry Mantle, Host
Austin Cross, Host
Lindsey Wright, Senior Producer
Lucy Copp, Producer
Nicolas Perez, Producer
Manny Valladares, Associate Producer
Payton Seda, Associate Producer
Faheem Khan, Associate Producer
Courtney Eileen Fulcher, Apprentice News Clerk