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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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Listen 1:44:30Meg Whitman booed for refusing to end negative campaign ads. Nuclear power…is there more of it in California’s future? Steve Cooley - the republican candidate for Attorney General. Rallies - will the real political activists please stand up. Ingrid Betancourt opens up about her time as a FARC hostage.Meg Whitman booed for refusing to end negative campaign ads. Nuclear power…is there more of it in California’s future? Steve Cooley - the republican candidate for Attorney General. Rallies - will the real political activists please stand up. Ingrid Betancourt opens up about her time as a FARC hostage. -
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Listen 1:44:28The fallout from NPR's firing of Juan Williams. California's Tea Party favorite for Governor, Chelene Nightingale. TGI-FilmWeek! KPCC film critics review the week's new releases including Carlos, My Dog Tulip, Inhale and GhettoPhysics, among others. Then, what's your favorite political or election-themed movie? Bulworth, anyone? Plus, the latest news.The fallout from NPR's firing of Juan Williams. California's Tea Party favorite for Governor, Chelene Nightingale. TGI-FilmWeek! KPCC film critics review the week's new releases including Carlos, My Dog Tulip, Inhale and GhettoPhysics, among others. Then, what's your favorite political or election-themed movie? Bulworth, anyone? Plus, the latest news. -
NPR fires journalist Juan Williams for inappropriate comments on Fox News. Debating Prop 19 - should California legalize pot? How religion is reshaping America. -
Listen 1:44:28Are community colleges doing their job? Don't Ask Don't Tell in a legal tug of war. Debating California's Prop 22 - restricting infrastructure revenue. The politics of indignation are in full bloom this election season. James Zogby and his new book “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters."Are community colleges doing their job? Don't Ask Don't Tell in a legal tug of war. Debating California's Prop 22 - restricting infrastructure revenue. The politics of indignation are in full bloom this election season. James Zogby and his new book “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters." -
Listen 1:44:25Orange County's Crystal Cathedral files bankruptcy. Federal financing is approved for the Crenshaw Light Rail line. Elections 101: Proposition 24 - should some business tax laws revert to their pre-2008 state? Protests over retirement programs turn violent. Author and neuroscientist Sam Harris says that we don't need God to decide right and wrong.Orange County's Crystal Cathedral files bankruptcy. Federal financing is approved for the Crenshaw Light Rail line. Elections 101: Proposition 24 - should some business tax laws revert to their pre-2008 state? Protests over retirement programs turn violent. Author and neuroscientist Sam Harris says that we don't need God to decide right and wrong.
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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