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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: 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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Mark Salzman's New Book True Notebooks; Steven Bochco's New Novel Death By Hollywood
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Mad Cow Disease Found in Washington State; Open Phones: Finding the Meaning of the Holidays; The Evolutionary Key to Becoming Human
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Paso Robles Earthquake; I'll Be Damned If I'll Die In Oakland: A Memoir; Science Talk with Michael Shermer
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Supermarket Strike Update; Wal-Mart's Plans to Come to Los Angeles; The Increased Terrorist Threat; Travel Segment
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The City Of Los Angeles Threatens To Sue The State Over The Vehicle License Fee Cut; Edie And Lew Wasserman And Their Entertainment Empire; FilmWeek
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Owens River Water Restored; Orange County News; Silver Spoon Kids
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L.A.'s Fashion District; Sweatshops in Southern California: Why do they still exist?; Counterfeits and Knockoffs
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Possible Cuts For the Lanterman Act; Values-Based Policing; The 100th Anniversary of the First Flight
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The Capture Of Saddam Hussein
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The Recent News From Sacramento; Is the Kyoto Protocol Dead?; 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