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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: $27M property deal funded by taxpayers now under federal investigation, Thanksgiving meal mishaps, TV Talk, FilmWeek, and the Big Lebowski.
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  • Taxpayer-funded $27M property deal under investigation
  • What are your Thanksgiving meal mishaps?
  • TV Talk: What to watch
  • FilmWeek: What to watch
  • Why does everyone love The Big Lebowski?

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  • Elderly Asian Americans wear face shields and masks at a Covid-19 vaccination site in Los Angeles, California on February 23, 2021. - City-wide vaccination sites reopened after a temporary shutdown due to inclement weather which affected transportation of the vaccine. A California program meant to improve availability of Covid-19 vaccines in underserved minority communities is reportedly being misused by people in wealthier areas of Los Angeles, grabbing appointments reserved for residents of Black and Latino neighborhoods, according to a Los Angeles Times report on February 22. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss Joe Biden's reopening of a migrant facility in Texas; breakdown how real-time communication with lucid dreamers is possible; and more.
    DOC AMA: FDA Says Johnson & Johnson Shot Prevents COVID-19, Growing Evidence Vaccines Reduce Transmission And More
    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss Joe Biden's reopening of a migrant facility in Texas; breakdown how real-time communication with lucid dreamers is possible; and more.
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 23: Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles supporters protest outside the Unified School District headquarters calling on the board of education to defund school police on June 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The demonstrators want the funds currently spent on campus police to be reallocated to other student-serving priorities. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we discuss the LAUSD decision to hire climate coaches and how they plan to implement the policy. Also on the show, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions; discuss Los Angeles County's Master Plan to build on the LA River; and more.
    LAUSD Plans To Hire Climate Coaches Instead Of Cops. What Will That Look Like?
    Today on AirTalk, we discuss the LAUSD decision to hire climate coaches and how they plan to implement the policy. Also on the show, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions; discuss Los Angeles County's Master Plan to build on the LA River; and more.
  • EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Funeral attendant Sam Deras (C) helps wheel the casket of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 past gurneys toward a hearse at East County Mortuary on January 15, 2021 in El Cajon, California. The mortuary on average was handling about 50 bodies per month but owner Robert Zakar believes they may process closer to 100 in January as California continues to see a spike in coronavirus deaths. The mortuary holds the bodies of those who pass away due to COVID-19 for a minimum of three days before they are processed along with various other COVID-related safety measures. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss the push to recall California governor Gavin Newsom; talk about Los Angeles's history of odd tourist attractions; and more.
    COVID-19 AMA: US Approaches Half A Million COVID Deaths, Why Some Experts Say LA May Be Gaining Herd Immunity And More
    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss the push to recall California governor Gavin Newsom; talk about Los Angeles's history of odd tourist attractions; and more.
  • A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California on February 16, 2021. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we talk to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer; KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Angie Han review this weekend’s new movie releases; and more.
    DOC AMA: LA Cancels Thousands Of Vaccinations Due To Shortage, Pfizer Highly Effective After One Dose & More
    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we talk to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer; KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Angie Han review this weekend’s new movie releases; and more.
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Senior chaplain Andrea Cammarota speaks with a patient's family in the Emergency Department at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills neighborhood on February 17, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The hospital is located in the northeast San Fernando Valley, which was a primary coronavirus hotspot in hard hit Los Angeles County. The patient population is predominantly from the Latinx community. In the US overall, Latinos are 3.2 times more likely to have been hospitalized as whites due to COVID, according to the latest CDC data. Increased chances of exposure to the virus, social determinants of health, economic and systemic inequities all contribute to heightened coronavirus risk. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we talk to the president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County about DA George Gascón’s reforms; discuss president Biden's proposed immigration bill; and more.
    DOC AMA: COVID-19’s Effect On American Life Expectancy, Identifying Phony N95 Masks & More
    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we talk to the president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County about DA George Gascón’s reforms; discuss president Biden's proposed immigration bill; and more.
  • Rush Limbaugh speaks before US President Donald Trump takes the stage during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on December 21, 2019. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we discuss the passing of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Also on the show, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions; breakdown the extension of Project Roomkey; and more.
    Rush Limbaugh: The Impact Of The Conservative Radio Host
    Today on AirTalk, we discuss the passing of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Also on the show, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions; breakdown the extension of Project Roomkey; and more.
  • A public elementary school campus in Los Angeles, California August 17, 2020 one day before the start of the new school year amid the coronavirus pandemic. - The 700,000 students of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will go back to school online only tomorrow when the school year begins tomorrow August 18, 2020. LAUSD, the nation's second largest school district plans to test hundreds of thousand of students and teachers for COVID-19 in an effort to get students back in the classroom as quickly as possible. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we discuss health officials clearing elementary schools to reopen and its impact on ongoing negotiations with LAUSD officials and the teachers union. Also on the show, we recap the second impeachment of former president Donald Trump; answer your COVID-19 questions; and more.
    Elementary Schools In LA County Now Cleared To Reopen. What Does That Really Mean?
    Today on AirTalk, we discuss health officials clearing elementary schools to reopen and its impact on ongoing negotiations with LAUSD officials and the teachers union. Also on the show, we recap the second impeachment of former president Donald Trump; answer your COVID-19 questions; and more.
  • US Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, arrives before the start of the trial of former US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill February 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. - The US Senate puts Donald Trump on trial for inciting insurrection Tuesday, charging into unprecedented constitutional territory and laying bare the national trauma inflicted in the former president's attempt to overturn his re-election defeat. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
    We Will Be Carrying Live Coverage Of The Impeachment Trial For Former President Donald Trump
    As the Senate begins day one of its impeachment trial for former president Donald Trump, we will be carrying live coverage of its proceedings.
  • Derenik Gharibian, Area Pharmacy Drector from Kaiser Permanente, fills a syringe with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in preparation for vaccinations on the opening day of a large-scale Covid-19 vaccination site at a parking structure at Cal Poly Pomona University in Pomona, California on February 5, 2021. - The Cal Poly Pomona site is one of two opening in California, with the other located at Moscone Center in San Francisco. According to organizers each site will ultimately have the capacity to administer up to 10,000 vaccine doses per day. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss the Superbowl and where Tom Brady ranks in the pantheon of greatest sports athletes; talk to Metro CEO Phil Washington; and more.
    DOC AMA: AstraZeneca Vaccine Not Effective Against The South Africa Strain, Some California Churches Reopen & More
    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss the Superbowl and where Tom Brady ranks in the pantheon of greatest sports athletes; talk to Metro CEO Phil Washington; and more.
  • LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02: A woman takes a coronavirus test at a temporary testing facility in West Ealing on February 2, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Health authorities have found more than 100 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa, prompting a scramble to deploy new testing initiatives across eight areas in England. It is thought the variant is more contagious, but not more deadly, than the variant that has predominated in England throughout the covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
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    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss Los Angeles County's method of counting unhoused people and its effectiveness; KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases; and more.
    COVID-19 AMA: After A Bad Winter, LA County COVID Numbers Decline. Are Medical Experts Expecting A Spring Surge?
    Today on AirTalk, we update you on the latest COVID-19 news and answer your questions. Also on the show, we discuss Los Angeles County's method of counting unhoused people and its effectiveness; KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases; and more.
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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