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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: the 2026 World Cup, the latest on the Eaton and Palisades fires, a new biography of Roddy McDowall, waiting in lines and TV Talk.
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Today on AirTalk: AI gas pricing, adversity and childhood development, Triple Play, updates on the earthquakes in Venezuela, Supreme Court decisions, and TV Talk. -
Today on AirTalk: LAUSD bans screen time for younger students, LA Metro ridership during the World Cup, new biography of the Rolling Stones, and discipline in schools today.
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Larry Mantle discusses what happened to Air France Flight 447, and then its FilmWeek with reviews of all the week's new releases.
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Obama Addresses the Muslim World; Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary; Director Guillermo del Toro; Vocalist & Pianist Diane Schuur
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Unemployment and Increased Demand at Food Banks; Pass/Fail; Cancer: Are We Closer to an Answer?; Shanghai Girls
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Obama in Cairo; Multiracial Americans; Refusing Medical Treatment for Children; An Edible History of Humanity
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The End of GM? Abortion Access in Southern California; President Obama's new cybersecurity strategy
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Governor Announces More Budget Cuts, plus reviews of: "Up," "Drag Me To Hell," "What Goes Up," "Summer Hours," "Burma VJ," "Departures," "Tulpan" and Larry Interviews "Up" Director Pete Docter.
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The end of horse racing at the historic Hollywood Park, FBI and Justice Department to expand counter-terrorism operations, and how Brits and Yanks speak the same language so differently.
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Despite setback, California’s gay marriage movement trudges forward, state budget cuts to health care may be severe, and is the recession's end in sight; plus an interview with Matthew May.
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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