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AirTalk

AirTalk for January 17, 2007

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Gang Truce In Harbor Gateway; Long Beach Hate Crimes Trial; Independent Booksellers Pushed Out; Words That Work; Anthony Swofford
Gang Truce In Harbor Gateway; Long Beach Hate Crimes Trial; Independent Booksellers Pushed Out; Words That Work; Anthony Swofford

Gang Truce In Harbor Gateway; Long Beach Hate Crimes Trial; Independent Booksellers Pushed Out; Words That Work; Anthony Swofford

Gang Truce In Harbor Gateway

AirTalk for January 17, 2007

Larry Mantle talks about the negotiated truce between gangs in the Harbor Gateway area.

Long Beach Hate Crimes Trial

AirTalk for January 17, 2007

Larry Mantle discusses the latest about the closing arguments in the Long Beach hate crimes trial.

Independent Booksellers Pushed Out

AirTalk for January 17, 2007

Larry Mantle talks with Doug Dutton about his bookstore in Brentwood closing after all these years in the same location. Doug also discusses the state of independent booksellers in Southern California.

Words That Work

AirTalk for January 17, 2007

In his new book, Words That Work, Frank Luntz, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the tactical use of words and phrases affects what we buy, who we vote for, and even what we believe in. Larry talks with Luntz, one of the most respected communication professionals in America, about why choosing the right words is essential.

Anthony Swofford

AirTalk for January 17, 2007

Following the success of his memoir, Jarhead, Anthony Swofford's fiction debut plumbs the legacies of war, the wish for redemption, and the danger of love. Larry talks with Swofford about his novel, Exit A, about a youth spent on a U.S. air base in Japan and the gritty streets just outside it.