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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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Harry Reid's remarks racist? Federal Prop. 8 trial begins. KPCC's Steven Cuevas follows up on riots at Chino prison. Health care reform: do costs outweigh the benefits? Then, Pete Carroll leaves USC, and 50 years of the Lakers in Los Angeles.
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Listen 1:44:59Back to late night for Jay Leno? Would legalizing undocumented immigrants help the economy? Governor releases the state budget. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. This week's movies include Leap Year, Youth in Revolt, and Daybreakers. Later, Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton on his film Samson & Delilah.Back to late night for Jay Leno? Would legalizing undocumented immigrants help the economy? Governor releases the state budget. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. This week's movies include Leap Year, Youth in Revolt, and Daybreakers. Later, Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton on his film Samson & Delilah.
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Airline intelligence. EPA issues new smog limits. Bowl Championship Series preview. Does medication help people with mild cases of depression? And, T. Jefferson Parker's newest Charlie Hood novel, Iron River.
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Schwarzenegger's final State of the State address; Dodd and Dorgan will retire from the Senate; a preview of the Consumer Electronics Show; and physicist Sean Carroll presents his theory of time.
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A Race to the Top education plan for CA; Delays for state stimulus projects; A preview of the governor's State of the State speech; New laws for 2010; A GOP midterm elections comeback?; and Laura Scott discusses married couples who are childless by choice.
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USC penalizes its basketball program. An announcement from JPL. Are counter terrorism agencies on speaking terms? And, from founding fathers to techno wizards, author-historian Walter Isaacson discusses the people who shaped American history.
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Listen 1:44:57Jesse Katz's memoir of coaching Little League, "The Opposite Field." Favorite fictional detectives. Obscure French scholars, and how the map they made gave America its name. Captain Sully Sullenberg's "Miracle on the Hudson." And, the publication of an exact facsimile of Carl Jung's "Red Book," complete with Jung's own paintings and calligraphic script.Jesse Katz's memoir of coaching Little League, "The Opposite Field." Favorite fictional detectives. Obscure French scholars, and how the map they made gave America its name. Captain Sully Sullenberg's "Miracle on the Hudson." And, the publication of an exact facsimile of Carl Jung's "Red Book," complete with Jung's own paintings and calligraphic script.
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Listen 1:36:56The Time Warner/Fox dispute and what it means for the future of television. A near-successful Christmas bombing plot and what it means for the Obama administration. From Octomom to Mike Duvall: wrapping up 2009 in Orange County. How to make difficult new year's resolutions stick. And, the best stories from the past 4.5 billion years, courtesy of The Onion.The Time Warner/Fox dispute and what it means for the future of television. A near-successful Christmas bombing plot and what it means for the Obama administration. From Octomom to Mike Duvall: wrapping up 2009 in Orange County. How to make difficult new year's resolutions stick. And, the best stories from the past 4.5 billion years, courtesy of The Onion.
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Listen 1:36:57Nonresidents no longer welcome at Beverly Hills public schools. NY Times columnist David Pogue reviews the decade in tech. Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy magazine on the year's overlooked stories, and critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig on the best and worst films of the decade.Nonresidents no longer welcome at Beverly Hills public schools. NY Times columnist David Pogue reviews the decade in tech. Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy magazine on the year's overlooked stories, and critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig on the best and worst films of the decade.
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California Science Center taking heat for screening Darwin's Dilemma. Thou shalt steal? What's sex ed funding doing in the Senate health bill? And, the best science stories of 2009.
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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