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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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Recent Episodes
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Listen to the full AirTalk episode for Tuesday, May 5, 2026. -
Today on AirTalk: What's your voting plan? Building tolerance for uncertainty; L.A. City primary races; Countercultural nuns; and LACMA opening.
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The Passing Of Former Congressman Ed Roybal; Measure Y – LAUSD School Bonds; Alan Alda
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Special Election Preview; Proposition 77 - Amending the Redistricting Process; Proposition 80; The Death of Rosa Parks; A Privileged Girl in Saddam Husseins Inner Circle
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NPR COVERAGE: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ALAN GREENSPAN ANNOUNCES HIS SUCCESSOR; NPR SENIOR FOREIGN EDITOR LOREN JENKINS; BIOGRAPHY OF TOMMY DORSEY
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SMALL SCHOOLS WITHIN A LARGE CAMPUS; GRADUATION RATES; FILMWEEK
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MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE LAUSD: WHAT ARE THEY FOR AND HOW ARE THEY WORKING?; PROP. 74 TEACHER TENURE; GUN MANUFACTURERS TO BE SHIELDED FROM LAWSUITS
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SADDAM HUSSEIN ON TRIAL; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT; UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL; THE TRIUMPH OF SAM COOKE
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Teachers; New Bankruptcy Regulations; The New Film "Capote"
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Stem Cell Lines Created Without Embryos; Education Funding In California: Where The Money Come From And Where Does It Go?; Iraq’s Constitutional Referendum; Depression-Era Boxing Heroes Joe Louis And Max Shmeling
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The Ports Of Long Beach And Los Angeles; FilmWeek
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; The New Video iPod; Youth Sentenced to Life Without Parole; Young and Female in the U.S. Army; The War in El Salvador Revisited
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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