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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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Inside a $27M property deal funded by taxpayers now under federal investigation
Today on AirTalk:
- 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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Today on AirTalk: $27M property deal funded by taxpayers now under federal investigation, Thanksgiving meal mishaps, TV Talk, FilmWeek, and the Big Lebowski. -
Today on AirTalk: Thanksgiving travel check-in; AI and the music industry; 2025 resolutions; Forestry Service check-in; MAGA accounts overseas; and how to talk politics at Thanksgiving.
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Listen 1:35:29Voters head to the polls in Kentucky & Oregon tomorrow; it's upfronts season and some are wondering whether a TV pilot the best way to predict the success of a new show; And Larry Mantle digs into the role of money in California politics with a panel of some of the state's political heavyweights.Voters head to the polls in Kentucky & Oregon tomorrow; it's upfronts season and some are wondering whether a TV pilot the best way to predict the success of a new show; And Larry Mantle digs into the role of money in California politics with a panel of some of the state's political heavyweights. -
Weighing the constitutionality of President Obama's transgender bathroom decree for schools; analyzing the science of tactile sensation and TGI-FilmWeek with a discussion about the Spring 2016 film festival circuit. -
Listen 8:14Woody Allen's son Ronan Farrow has blasted entertainment journalists & re-energized the debate over allegations by his sister Dylan that Allen sexually assaulted her when she was seven -- how should the media treat serious allegations that can no longer be adjudicated? We meet the candidates for Sen. Barbara Boxer's seat - up first is Republican Duf Sundheim. And can a new dating app change how parents monitor teen dating?Woody Allen's son Ronan Farrow has blasted entertainment journalists & re-energized the debate over allegations by his sister Dylan that Allen sexually assaulted her when she was seven -- how should the media treat serious allegations that can no longer be adjudicated? We meet the candidates for Sen. Barbara Boxer's seat - up first is Republican Duf Sundheim. And can a new dating app change how parents monitor teen dating? -
Listen 1:34:58Debating the strengths and weaknesses of city laws meant to shield immigrants from ICE; A new Chapman University study claims the autism rate isn't dramatically increasing - it attributes the big rise to changes in how it's diagnosed; The FDA retools "healthy;" & Ferris Bueller took a day off from high school 30 years ago - we hear about your fondest ditch days.Debating the strengths and weaknesses of city laws meant to shield immigrants from ICE; A new Chapman University study claims the autism rate isn't dramatically increasing - it attributes the big rise to changes in how it's diagnosed; The FDA retools "healthy;" & Ferris Bueller took a day off from high school 30 years ago - we hear about your fondest ditch days. -
Analyzing a new study by AAA that says marijuana driving laws lack scientific basis; Los Angeles Sheriff Jim McDonnell stops by for his quarterly check-in and the divide at Scripps College over Madeline Albright as commencement speaker. -
Patt Morrison looks at the current state of the trail; tips and tricks on delivering the most effective public speech; and a new book pays tribute to the women who paved the landscape for California's art scene. -
Discussing the GOP's plan to throw Trump off track and the #nevertrump movement; a new study identifies medical errors as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. and TGI-FilmWeek with a talk about the copyright battle for the Klingon language. -
We look at the possibility of a Trump v. Clinton or a Trump v. Sanders election; e-cigarettes will now be regulated the same as tobacco; and listeners share their your favorite places to brunch just in time for Mother's Day. -
Listen 1:35:10Will John Kasich make like Ted Cruz and suspend his campaign?; US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew joins Larry Mantle in studio to discuss the US territory's financial crisis; and with TSA budget cuts, you'll want to arrive to the airport even earlier to avoid missing your flight.Will John Kasich make like Ted Cruz and suspend his campaign?; US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew joins Larry Mantle in studio to discuss the US territory's financial crisis; and with TSA budget cuts, you'll want to arrive to the airport even earlier to avoid missing your flight. -
The LA County Board of Supervisors is meeting today to consider asking voters to approve a parcel tax to pay for parks; discussing contested conventions in the digital age and how to best support a transgender kid
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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