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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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Featured Episode
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    Today on AirTalk: Mayor Karen Bass’s budget proposal; LAUSD screen time proposal; Civics; and interviews with LA Mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Rae Huang.
    Today on AirTalk: Mayor Karen Bass’s budget proposal; LAUSD screen time proposal; Civics; and interviews with LA Mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Rae Huang.

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    Today on AirTalk: Downtown L.A.; Student loan repayment; SoCal History: Culver City; E-bikes; California's cannabis industry; and what's your relationship with marijuana?
    Today on AirTalk: Downtown L.A.; Student loan repayment; SoCal History: Culver City; E-bikes; California's cannabis industry; and what's your relationship with marijuana?
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    Today on AirTalk: New data on young men and religion; Self-storage; Detroit-style pizza; FilmWeek; and What is a film producer?
    Today on AirTalk: New data on young men and religion; Self-storage; Detroit-style pizza; FilmWeek; and What is a film producer?

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    Indiana & North Carolina Primary Analysis; Democracy By Initiative; Hazards Of Healthcare; Revealing Your Past To Your Kids
    Indiana & North Carolina Primary Analysis; Democracy By Initiative; Hazards Of Healthcare; Revealing Your Past To Your Kids
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    Indiana And North Carolina Primaries; L.A. Unified Middle School Assistant Prinicpal Charged With Sex Crimes Against Students; Mansionization Ordinance; Myanmar Cyclone; Theatre Of Genocide
    Indiana And North Carolina Primaries; L.A. Unified Middle School Assistant Prinicpal Charged With Sex Crimes Against Students; Mansionization Ordinance; Myanmar Cyclone; Theatre Of Genocide
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    Microsoft/Yahoo - Deal Or No Deal?; SAG Negotiations Update; L.A.'s Sewers Exposed; Primary Preview; Can Intelligence Be Learned?
    Microsoft/Yahoo - Deal Or No Deal?; SAG Negotiations Update; L.A.'s Sewers Exposed; Primary Preview; Can Intelligence Be Learned?
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    The Tax Question; Viva Los Tacos!; Summer Movie Trends; Filmweek Reviews
    The Tax Question; Viva Los Tacos!; Summer Movie Trends; Filmweek Reviews
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    May Day Demonstration; Cokie Roberts; Port Protest; Farm Bill; Charles Bock
    May Day Demonstration; Cokie Roberts; Port Protest; Farm Bill; Charles Bock
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    LAPD Denies Racial Profiling; The Economic Slowdown: How is it Affecting You?; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; McCain's Healthcare Plan; A Literary Conversation with Nicholas Basbanes
    LAPD Denies Racial Profiling; The Economic Slowdown: How is it Affecting You?; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; McCain's Healthcare Plan; A Literary Conversation with Nicholas Basbanes
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    California's Deficit May Balloon; Possible Bank of America/Countrywide Merger; California Expands DNA Database to Find Criminals; Jeremiah Wright: Wright or Wrong?; When Science Goes Wrong
    California's Deficit May Balloon; Possible Bank of America/Countrywide Merger; California Expands DNA Database to Find Criminals; Jeremiah Wright: Wright or Wrong?; When Science Goes Wrong
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    Santa Anita Fire Update; Stimulus Checks Are in the Mail: Will They Save the Economy?; Eli Broad and Roy Romer; Voter ID Law Upheld by Supreme Court; Genetic Privacy Bill Passed by the Senate; Wallace Stegner and the American West
    Santa Anita Fire Update; Stimulus Checks Are in the Mail: Will They Save the Economy?; Eli Broad and Roy Romer; Voter ID Law Upheld by Supreme Court; Genetic Privacy Bill Passed by the Senate; Wallace Stegner and the American West
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    Lead Found in some LAUSD Drinking Fountains; Dodger Stadium Revamp; Analysis of Last Night's Mark Ridley Thomas-Bernard Parks Debate; Body Of War; FilmWeek Reviews
    Lead Found in some LAUSD Drinking Fountains; Dodger Stadium Revamp; Analysis of Last Night's Mark Ridley Thomas-Bernard Parks Debate; Body Of War; FilmWeek Reviews
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    Co-Sleeping with an Infant; The Price Of Rice; The Business Of Law; Rescuing Children From Hyper-Parenting; Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
    Co-Sleeping with an Infant; The Price Of Rice; The Business Of Law; Rescuing Children From Hyper-Parenting; Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

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