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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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  • A sixty-six-year-old man Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka cries in front of his collapsed house with his mother still missing, possibly buried in the rubble, at Onagawa town in Miyagi prefecture on March 17, 2011.
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    The latest from Japan nearly a week after the earthquake. Radiation and weather patterns. Worrying about natural disasters and why we’re STILL not prepared. Republicans take aim at consumer bureau. Print wasn’t always dead, man - the underground press in the '60s.
    AirTalk for March 17, 2011
    The latest from Japan nearly a week after the earthquake. Radiation and weather patterns. Worrying about natural disasters and why we’re STILL not prepared. Republicans take aim at consumer bureau. Print wasn’t always dead, man - the underground press in the '60s.
  • Chieko Chiba walks through the rubble after going to see her destroyed home March 16, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi province, Japan.
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    The latest developments in the nuclear crisis in Japan. California's budget vote. Family pet strife - does Fido bring us together or tear us apart? Getting the most bang for donated bucks - Japan, Africa, or? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes.
    AirTalk for March 16, 2011
    The latest developments in the nuclear crisis in Japan. California's budget vote. Family pet strife - does Fido bring us together or tear us apart? Getting the most bang for donated bucks - Japan, Africa, or? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes.
  • A person who is believed to be have been contaminated with radiation, wrapped with a blanket, is carried to ambulance at a radiation treatment centre in Nihonmatsu city in Fukushima prefecture on March 13, 2011.
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    The latest on the unfolding crisis in Japan. Arianna Huffington - curator, aggregator, exploiter-in-chief. Obama calls for No Child Left Behind overhaul by Fall. Saudi troops enter Bahrain and unrest continues in Libya. Cokie & Steve Roberts mix faith, food, love & work in new book.
    AirTalk for March 15, 2011
    The latest on the unfolding crisis in Japan. Arianna Huffington - curator, aggregator, exploiter-in-chief. Obama calls for No Child Left Behind overhaul by Fall. Saudi troops enter Bahrain and unrest continues in Libya. Cokie & Steve Roberts mix faith, food, love & work in new book.
  • A South Korean passenger watches TV showing Japan's Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant spewing fumes at a railway station in Seoul on March 12, 2011.
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    Could it happen here? Nuclear fallout in Japan and the technical and political implications for the nuclear infrastructure in the US. 2011 NFL season in peril as player's union opts to decertify. California lawmakers want to carry guns. The survival of the Coptic community in Egypt. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
    AirTalk for March 14, 2011
    Could it happen here? Nuclear fallout in Japan and the technical and political implications for the nuclear infrastructure in the US. 2011 NFL season in peril as player's union opts to decertify. California lawmakers want to carry guns. The survival of the Coptic community in Egypt. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
  • JAPAN OUTFishing boats and vehicles are carried by a tsunami wave at Onahama port in Iwaki city, in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011.
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    A massive 8.9 earthquake spawns deadly tsunami in Japan and around the Pacific. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, Kill the Irishman and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
    AirTalk for March 11, 2011
    A massive 8.9 earthquake spawns deadly tsunami in Japan and around the Pacific. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, Kill the Irishman and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
  • Police officers carry a protester out of the assembly chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 10, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin.
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    Jerry Brown's day of budget reckoning has arrived. Wisconsin Republicans circumvent Democrats and pass the hot button budget bill. The latest Orange County news. Charlie Sheen and shattering illusions of celebrity worship. Legendary actress Eva Marie Saint is still gracing the stage.
    AirTalk for March 10, 2011
    Jerry Brown's day of budget reckoning has arrived. Wisconsin Republicans circumvent Democrats and pass the hot button budget bill. The latest Orange County news. Charlie Sheen and shattering illusions of celebrity worship. Legendary actress Eva Marie Saint is still gracing the stage.
  • An "I voted" sticker from Tuesday's Los Angeles city elections.
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    LA election results. Busting gun traffickers – does it make more sense to go after the small buyers or the top players? Is it necessary to hold hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims? NPR CEO Vivian Schiller steps down after sting video controversy.
    AirTalk for March 9, 2011
    LA election results. Busting gun traffickers – does it make more sense to go after the small buyers or the top players? Is it necessary to hold hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims? NPR CEO Vivian Schiller steps down after sting video controversy.
  • A Libyan rebel fighter scans the horizon at the entrance to the oil-rich town of Ras Lanuf.
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    Should we get militarily involved in the Libyan conflict? Outgoing NPR administrator Ron Schiller makes controversial statements in a sting video. Journalist and author Jeff Greenfield's new book about what tiny events might have resulted in different presidents.
    AirTalk for March 8, 2011
    Should we get militarily involved in the Libyan conflict? Outgoing NPR administrator Ron Schiller makes controversial statements in a sting video. Journalist and author Jeff Greenfield's new book about what tiny events might have resulted in different presidents.
  • A sign shows gasoline prices at a gas station in Carson, California March 2, 2011.
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    Will rising gas prices stall the sputtering economic recovery? Military justice in the information age. An LA city election preview. The Doctor is in - talking about treating humans, not diseases.
    AirTalk for March 7, 2011
    Will rising gas prices stall the sputtering economic recovery? Military justice in the information age. An LA city election preview. The Doctor is in - talking about treating humans, not diseases.
  • A member of the U.S. teen celibacy group Silver Ring Thing waits near a merchandise counter at Holy Trinity Church.
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    Is virginity cool again? The quest to dissolve a city. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Adjustment Bureau, Rango, Strange Case of Angelica , Beastly, Hall Pass and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
    AirTalk for March 4, 2011
    Is virginity cool again? The quest to dissolve a city. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Adjustment Bureau, Rango, Strange Case of Angelica , Beastly, Hall Pass and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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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