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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: 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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Academic Freedom Versus Balanced Teaching--The John Yoo Debate; Los Angeles Childrens' Museum no More; Changing Attitudes About Female Genital Mutilation; Southern California--The Economic Center of the Universe
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Drop in Doctor's Visits Due to Recession; The Digital Download Dilemma; Should Doctors Monitor Detainees During Interrogation?; What can Medical Tests Can tell us?
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Unintended Consequences: Junket Cuts Hurt; Los Angeles Arts High School; Defense Budget - Military Rethink?; America's Culture of Outsiders
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North Koreans Fire Rocket; Iowa Legalizes Gay Marriage; Loan Modifications Fail to Stem Foreclosure Crisis; The Search for Living Planets; Mayor Announces Plans to Avert City Layoffs
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FDA Regulation of Tobacco; The Wikipedia Revolution; Filmweek; "Monsters vs. Aliens" Director Conrad Vernon
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G-20 Summit; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Encounters With Mortality And Miracles
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Drop in LA Crime; 1% Sales Tax Kicks in Today; Lifting Cuban Travel Restrictions?; President Obama goes to Europe; Life Before the Maltese Falcon
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Going After the Employers; California School Children at Risk For Mumps and Measles?; Sexting; Revealing Hidden Contradictions in the Bible
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President Obama Ousts GM CEO Rick Wagoner; Debt Fret; The Long Fall
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Obama's new Afghan plan; Ban on Billboards; FilmWeek Reviews
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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