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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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    Today on AirTalk: L.A. mayoral race, update on the Colorado River, new book on Stanford, standardized testing in college admissions, regional dialects, and TV Talk.
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  • The California State Capitol building in Sacramento, California.
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    GOP releases new budget…but is it “fairy tail budgeting” like the Democrats say? Taking the anonymous out of A.A. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Bridesmaids, The Big Bang, Everything Must Go, Hesher, Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird and more. TGI-FilmWeek! James Gandolfini opens up about Tony Soprano and God of Carnage.
    AirTalk for May 13, 2011
    GOP releases new budget…but is it “fairy tail budgeting” like the Democrats say? Taking the anonymous out of A.A. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Bridesmaids, The Big Bang, Everything Must Go, Hesher, Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird and more. TGI-FilmWeek! James Gandolfini opens up about Tony Soprano and God of Carnage.
  • An undated file picture of Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden, in an undisclosed place inside Afghanistan.
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    "Mother lode of intelligence" found at bin Laden compound. Orange County judge restricts anti-gang enforcement. Bugs that bug us. Schwarzenegger’s sentence reduction sparks civil suit. How to be your dog’s best friend. The origins of the United States and its horticultural interests.
    AirTalk for May 12, 2011
    "Mother lode of intelligence" found at bin Laden compound. Orange County judge restricts anti-gang enforcement. Bugs that bug us. Schwarzenegger’s sentence reduction sparks civil suit. How to be your dog’s best friend. The origins of the United States and its horticultural interests.
  • President Obama has decidedly said photos depicting Osama bin Laden's death would not be released to the American public.
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    Gatekeepers to the Osama post-mortem pics. The top 10 Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles. Fracking…it’s not just for Battlestar Galactica fans anymore. If you took a personality test, would you fail?
    AirTalk for May 11, 2011
    Gatekeepers to the Osama post-mortem pics. The top 10 Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles. Fracking…it’s not just for Battlestar Galactica fans anymore. If you took a personality test, would you fail?
  • U.S. Special Agent Rodney Irby waits for backup agents while searching for smuggled marijuana on January 18, 2011 in the Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona. His unit tracks and interdicts drug smugglers and illegal immigrants crossing into the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation along a 72-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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    Immigration reform pep rally. The disclosure of secret government spending. Los Angeles reconsiders its regulations for business parking. Author Howard Gardner talks about his new book, Truth, Beauty and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the 21st Century.
    AirTalk for May 10, 2011
    Immigration reform pep rally. The disclosure of secret government spending. Los Angeles reconsiders its regulations for business parking. Author Howard Gardner talks about his new book, Truth, Beauty and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the 21st Century.
  • Head coach Phil Jackson of the Los Angeles Lakers during a press conference after a loss against the Dallas Mavericks in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2011 NBA Playoffs on May 8, 2011 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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    The Lakers go down in 4 - is this the last 'last dance' for coach Phil Jackson? 36th Congressional seat debate. Pros and cons of grad school – is it worth it? U.S. policy toward Pakistan.
    AirTalk for May 9, 2011
    The Lakers go down in 4 - is this the last 'last dance' for coach Phil Jackson? 36th Congressional seat debate. Pros and cons of grad school – is it worth it? U.S. policy toward Pakistan.
  • US Vice President Joe Biden walks to a meeting of bipartisan members of Congress to begin work on a legislative framework for comprehensive deficit reduction in Washington, DC, May 5, 2011.
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    Bipartisan budget talks sidestep Medicare and taxes. Fox News holds first GOP debate. Should California revisit its death penalty policy? FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Thor, The Beaver, Mia and the Migoo, Passion Play, The Robber, There Be Dragons and more. TGI-FilmWeek! This summer, Mel Gibson is…unforgivable?
    AirTalk for May 6, 2011
    Bipartisan budget talks sidestep Medicare and taxes. Fox News holds first GOP debate. Should California revisit its death penalty policy? FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Thor, The Beaver, Mia and the Migoo, Passion Play, The Robber, There Be Dragons and more. TGI-FilmWeek! This summer, Mel Gibson is…unforgivable?
  • The California state capitol in Sacramento, California.
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    California public employee pension reform details. Pay no attention to the woman behind the digital curtain. The future of LA's Dodgers. The Deutsche Bank slumlord. Life in the zero gravity realm.
    AirTalk for May 5, 2011
    California public employee pension reform details. Pay no attention to the woman behind the digital curtain. The future of LA's Dodgers. The Deutsche Bank slumlord. Life in the zero gravity realm.
  • US Press Secretary Jay Carney has referred to the photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse as "gruesome."
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    The politics and ethics of releasing bin Laden’s corpse photos. Palestinian unity deal to be signed today. Pac-10 secures landmark $3-billion TV deal. Understanding Bernie Madoff and his crimes. California kills death penalty for 2011. How we reached the Information Age.
    AirTalk for May 4, 2011
    The politics and ethics of releasing bin Laden’s corpse photos. Palestinian unity deal to be signed today. Pac-10 secures landmark $3-billion TV deal. Understanding Bernie Madoff and his crimes. California kills death penalty for 2011. How we reached the Information Age.
  • Masked Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants hold up their weapons as they wait next to the family house of Abdelmajid Shahin, one of their members killed the previous day by Israeli military fire, during his funeral in the Deir al Balah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 28, 2011.
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    What is the future of jihad now that Osama bin Laden is gone? Bridging gaps and building inroads – the quest for interfaith understanding. Is There Still a Place for Objective Journalism – Or Is It An Anachronism?
    AirTalk for May 3, 2011
    What is the future of jihad now that Osama bin Laden is gone? Bridging gaps and building inroads – the quest for interfaith understanding. Is There Still a Place for Objective Journalism – Or Is It An Anachronism?
  • Afghans watch television coverage announcing the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at an electronics store on May 2, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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    Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan by U.S. special forces.
    AirTalk for May 2, 2011
    Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan by U.S. special forces.
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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