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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: The state of the California governor’s race; PetTalk: ask a vet! The LA Times Festival of Books; and TV Talk.
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Today on AirTalk: Popes and politics; L.A. City Charter reform proposals; Doing things alone; Will Gen Z save moviegoing? A chimpanzee civil war? and Grief and comedy. -
Today on AirTalk: LAUSD averts strike, How is the war in Iran affecting local ports? Interviews with Antonio Villaraigosa, Xavier Becerra, and Adam Miller.
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Listen 1:35:59What do you think of value-added assessment for LA teachers? What's being done to control health insurance costs in California before reform legislation takes effect? State GOP convention roundup. Later, do you hide purchases--or whole accounts--from your spouse or partner?What do you think of value-added assessment for LA teachers? What's being done to control health insurance costs in California before reform legislation takes effect? State GOP convention roundup. Later, do you hide purchases--or whole accounts--from your spouse or partner?
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Listen 1:44:25Target's campaign donations: pro-business or homophobic? Baby slapping at 30,000 ft? Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies including The Switch, The Lottery Ticket, The Tillman Story, and The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector. Later, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and, will the summer movie season end with a bang... or a whimper? What films would you like to see come out of Hollywood?Target's campaign donations: pro-business or homophobic? Baby slapping at 30,000 ft? Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies including The Switch, The Lottery Ticket, The Tillman Story, and The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector. Later, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and, will the summer movie season end with a bang... or a whimper? What films would you like to see come out of Hollywood?
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Disney bans an employee's headscarf. Andrew Hacker's book - Higher Education. General Motors' impending IPO. Being twenty-something in twenty-ten - why the generation born in the 80s is taking so long to grow up, and a living, breathing stairmaster. And the latest news.
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Listen 1:35:53Support for California pension reform bill wanes. Is the Southern California housing market still free falling? These goes to eleven: are earbuds responsible for kids' hearing loss? Later, mortality and faith, will Christopher Hitchens find religion now that he's facing the end? How does spirituality--or atheism--change illness and dying?Support for California pension reform bill wanes. Is the Southern California housing market still free falling? These goes to eleven: are earbuds responsible for kids' hearing loss? Later, mortality and faith, will Christopher Hitchens find religion now that he's facing the end? How does spirituality--or atheism--change illness and dying?
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More on the LA Times LAUSD assessment. Fire away? Profiling the new, reluctant gun owner. Pakistani community responds to flooding. Obama motorcade creates traffic nightmare. Later, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter advocates for better public mental health.
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How effective are LAUSD teachers according to the LA Times? And, President Obama's mosque remarks have come under fire. Then, the latest on Mayor Villaraigosa's bike summit. And the latest news.
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Listen 1:36:36Workers of the world! ... are unemployed. Will defenders of Prop 8 have any legal standing in their 9th Circuit appeal? Smoking weed on the job... how bad could it be? Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies including Eat, Pray, Love; The Expendables; and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Later, are spiritual or personal journeys on film compelling, or dull?Workers of the world! ... are unemployed. Will defenders of Prop 8 have any legal standing in their 9th Circuit appeal? Smoking weed on the job... how bad could it be? Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies including Eat, Pray, Love; The Expendables; and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Later, are spiritual or personal journeys on film compelling, or dull?
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Listen 1:40:28Assemblyman Hector De La Torre proposes legislation to rein in officials' salaries. Sobriety checkpoints, how could they be bad? Some cities are turning them into a cash cow. Marriage license update, and the consumer confidence yo-yo. Later, Oh, Rob! Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke joins Larry in the AirTalk studio to discuss his life and movies.Assemblyman Hector De La Torre proposes legislation to rein in officials' salaries. Sobriety checkpoints, how could they be bad? Some cities are turning them into a cash cow. Marriage license update, and the consumer confidence yo-yo. Later, Oh, Rob! Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke joins Larry in the AirTalk studio to discuss his life and movies.
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Listen 1:44:29Grab that grilled cheese-taco-dumpling! LA City Council weighs regulation for food trucks. Is the Swiss bank account whistleblower a hero or a felon? New data on children of illegal immigrants from Pew Research Center. Later, what's a life coach and who are they to tell us how to live?Grab that grilled cheese-taco-dumpling! LA City Council weighs regulation for food trucks. Is the Swiss bank account whistleblower a hero or a felon? New data on children of illegal immigrants from Pew Research Center. Later, what's a life coach and who are they to tell us how to live?
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JetBlue attendant slides to freedom....er...jail. Statins: are these cholesterol-reducing drugs helpful or overprescribed? Are we losing our religion? Later, debating The Great Ape Protection Act: is using chimpanzees for medical testing a necessary evil?
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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