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AirTalk
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: Popes and politics; L.A. City Charter reform proposals; Doing things alone; Will Gen Z save moviegoing? A chimpanzee civil war? and Grief and comedy.
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Today on AirTalk: CARE Courts; Comedy in China; SCOTUS check-in; Cricket returns for LA28; and TV Talk.
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Today on AirTalk: KNX ending FM simulcast; Prediction markets; How do you view mentorship? Facial recognition tech; and William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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California prisons begin inmate release. Greg Critser describes extreme anti-aging regimens. An update from Haiti. Then, are children "traumatized" by sexual abuse?
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Listen 1:44:59Obama calls for new banking regulations. What's next for the health care bill? The prosecution calls final witnesses in the Prop. 8 trial. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. KPCC film critics review the week's releases, including Tooth Fairy, Extraordinary Measures, and Creation. Then, Warren Beatty takes the spotlight in Peter Biskind's biography, Star.Obama calls for new banking regulations. What's next for the health care bill? The prosecution calls final witnesses in the Prop. 8 trial. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. KPCC film critics review the week's releases, including Tooth Fairy, Extraordinary Measures, and Creation. Then, Warren Beatty takes the spotlight in Peter Biskind's biography, Star.
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Weather update. Supreme Court lets corporate money flow. Battlestar Galactica spinoff show, Caprica. Evaluating Obama's first year on foreign policy. Then, improving your brain at work.
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The latest on storms in SoCal. Scott Brown wins the Massachusetts Senate seat- what does this mean for Obama's agenda? Haiti's turbulent history. And, the ins and outs of the 2008 presidential election detailed in Game Change.
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An update on relief efforts in Haiti and rain conditions in SoCal. Is a college education necessary for everyone? A fight to the finish for the Massachusetts Senate race. Then, why do women have sex? Cindy Meston and David Buss share their survey results with us.
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How Christian is America, really? Forget insights, develop your mindsight. Then, models for cutting health care costs, and are public employee unions bankrupting the nation?
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Listen 1:44:59An update from Haiti. Tom Campbell explains his decision to drop out of the Governor's race and into a Senate campaign. Uncertain future for a consumer protection agency. Controversy over CalPERS investments. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's releases including The Spy Next Door, Book of Eli, and 44 Inch Chest. Later, he talks with critic Michael Adams about the his quest to find the worst movie of all time.An update from Haiti. Tom Campbell explains his decision to drop out of the Governor's race and into a Senate campaign. Uncertain future for a consumer protection agency. Controversy over CalPERS investments. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's releases including The Spy Next Door, Book of Eli, and 44 Inch Chest. Later, he talks with critic Michael Adams about the his quest to find the worst movie of all time.
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Haiti earthquake update. We talk with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. All the latest news from Orange County; the Lyon Air Museum; and, how to pay for health care reform. Then, diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.
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The latest on the earthquake in Haiti. Restoring the country's fiscal responsibility. Google threatens to leave China. And Wired editor Daniel Pink discusses what really motivates us.
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Is the killing of an abortion doctor manslaughter? The psychology behind pricing. Is the filibuster necessary? Mark McGwire's steroid confession, and MOCA gets a new director.
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Credits & Support
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