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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: Pasadena Unified; November ballot proposals; What makes a good biopic? LA Mayor Karen Bass; and political science students on this election.
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Police Commision’s No-Name Policy; Black And Brown Violence In The Jails And Out; Change In Lethal Injection; Bush Administration Plans To Sell Pieces Of Forest Land; Not A Geniune Black Man
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Changes At FEMA; Environmental Groups Propose Solution To Tejon Ranch Development; Internet Dating; Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Film Darwin’s Nightmare
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U.N. REPORT CONDEMNS TREATMENT OF GUANTANAMO PRISONERS; COSTA MESA POLICE AND IMMIGRATION; HOW SAFE ARE ADHD DRUGS?; UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE’S HIDDEN DIMENSIONS
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Barry Munitz Leaves The Getty Trust; Jury Decides Angels Can Keep Name; President Bush’s Proposed Budget; FilmWeek
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Foiled Terrorist Plot in Los Angeles; Demographic Changes Force School Closures; Winter Olympics Preview; Wallace and Gromit
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LOS ANGELES MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA; EMINENT DOMAIN; IS A LOW FAT DIET REALLY GOOD FOR YOU?
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THE DANISH MUHAMMAD CARTOON; CASTAIC JAIL RIOTS; ISRAEL ANNOUNCES PULL OUT FROM WEST BANK; SEX SLAVES AND FEMALE TRAFFICKING; BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING POLITICAL DEBATE
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Senate Judiciary Hearing On Wartime Executive Power
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CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADES KEEP FALUN GONG OUT; HOW THE WORLD’S LARGEST COMPANY REALLY WORKS; FILMWEEK
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KFI, BILL HANDEL AND THE HAJ STAMPEDE; ORANGE COUNTY JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE; GAMBLING ADDICT DRUG; WOMEN AND HEART DISEASE; RUNNIN’ REBEL
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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