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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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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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Is a Recession Looming?; Inland Empire Journalists Roundtable; The Secret History Of The American Left From Mussolini To The Politics Of Meaning; Jews And Power
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Michigan Results in; Candidates Move on to Nevada, South Carolina; Bush Exempts Navy from Sonar Injunction; Latino Voting Attitudes and the Presidential Election; Why We Need Nerds
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Race and the Presidential Campaign; Debate On Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97 - Indian Gaming; The Return of Sunnis to the Iraqi Government; How Four Capitalists Created California
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Sheriff Mike Carona Retires; Arnold Schwarzenegger And The Rise Of The Independent Voter; Michigan Primary Preview; "Invisible Illnesses"
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Bank Of America May Buy Countrywide; California Budget Cuts; U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer; Michael Giacchino; Filmweek Reviews
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State Budget Preview; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Are The Internet And The Blogosphere Crippling Democracy?; Romance In The Ivory Tower
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New Hampshire Primary Analysis; Gender and the Election; The Story of People and Pants in the World of Global Trade
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California's Pension Crisis And A Preview Of Tonight's State Of The State Address; Large Study Weakens Autism-Mercury Link; 2008 Consumer Electronics Show; Anniversary Of The Surge In Iraq; Caring For Ailing Family Members
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Metropolitan Water District To Cut Water Supplies To Some Cities; Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona Returns To Work; Supreme Court Considers Lethal Injection; New Hampshire Primary Preview; What's Most Important to Voters?
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The Iowa Caucus Results; John Sayles; FilmWeek Reviews
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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