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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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Today on AirTalk: CNN California gubernatorial debate; Ted Turner dies at 87; What’s on your LA county ballot this June? Crisis PR; and books that changed your life. -
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Budget Released; District 5 City Council Elections; Obama Budget; Righteous Porkchop
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Obama Speech React; Solar Power for Los Angeles?; Obama's Healthcare Reform Plan; Access to Autism Services
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Carbon Satellite Crashes; Two-Thirds; Candidate Debate for LAUSD District 4 Seat; President Obama's Speech Before A Joint Session Of Congress; Drought Threatens California's Agricultural Industry; Aliens Under Water? Jupiter Mission Approved
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Obama Economic Summit; State GOP Convention; Academy Award Winners; To Nationalize or Not; Honeymoon in Tehran
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The Woeful Economy; FilmWeek
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Forensics Fouled Up?; Santa Monica Pier; Budget Deal - Finally
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Obama Announces Mortgage Plan; The Spotless Mind; California Budget Update
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State Budget Breakdown; Recession Menu; Clinton Goes to Asia; Politics and Race in the Age of Obama; Tales From the Decade of Excess
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Lincoln: Our Most Likeable President; How Lincoln Became an Icon; Forgotten Patriots: American Prisoners in the Revolutionary War; Bill Strickland
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Obama's New Bank Rescue Plan; NYPD: America's Best Defense?; FilmWeek
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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