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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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The first post-fire home in the Palisades has been built
Today on AirTalk:
- Post-fire rebuilding
- Potential congressional review of US military strikes
- Journey across the US by steakhouse
- ChatGPT turns 3
- L.A. County bans Kratom
- What are the best tv & movie titles?
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Today on AirTalk: Tenth anniversary of the San Bernardino shooting; Tattoos and health; Celebrities in commercials; New UCLA football coach; and DACA recipients. -
Today on AirTalk: Post-fire rebuilding; Potential congressional review of US military strikes; Journey across the US by steakhouse; ChatGPT turns 3; L.A. County bans Kratom; Best TV and movie titles.
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Jerry Brown’s bill signing marathon wrap-up. Feds launch major crackdown against California marijuana industry. Light bulbs to light rail – the essentials of energy in the 21st century. -
Listen 1:05:02Afghanistan – 10 year mark. #OccupyWallStreet & labor join forces. Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s films, including The Ides of March, Real Steel, 1911, Dirty Girl, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) and more. TGI-FilmWeek!Afghanistan – 10 year mark. #OccupyWallStreet & labor join forces. Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell and Henry Sheehan to review this week’s films, including The Ides of March, Real Steel, 1911, Dirty Girl, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) and more. TGI-FilmWeek! -
iRIP. Who should take control of the LA County Probation Department? History is history. Where do convicted sex offenders go to live after prison? -
Game off? NBA, players at a standoff over six-point spread. Could changes to voting laws impact the 2012 elections? Are you on the Herman Cain train? Cycles in the city: style, safety and survival on two wheels. -
Chris Christie officially pulls out of the race he never officially entered – maybe. Is Denmark’s new “fat tax” the answer to what ails us? House Republicans tee up next budget battle. Bringing the funk back in "Thunder Soul." -
Brown puts his John Hancock on a big stack of bills. Supreme Court to take up health reform, immigration, profanity and more. Did Anwar al-Awlaki deserve due process? Got sex appeal? Use it to get ahead!
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Listen 1:34:34Governor Brown may challenge affirmative action ban in UC system. Do smart-aleck phone apps need policing? FilmWeek: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Andy Klein to review this week’s films including 50/50, What’s Your Number?, Sarah Palin: You Betcha! and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Life, love and loss with a screen legend. Plus, the latest news.Governor Brown may challenge affirmative action ban in UC system. Do smart-aleck phone apps need policing? FilmWeek: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Andy Klein to review this week’s films including 50/50, What’s Your Number?, Sarah Palin: You Betcha! and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Life, love and loss with a screen legend. Plus, the latest news. -
Mayor Villaraigosa talks realignment, infrastructure and jobs. Federal judge green-lights Alabama immigration enforcement. Can robots replace soldiers in the theater of war? The decisive moment – is it for real? -
In Cold Blood? Greenpeace comes to Southern California to take on Edison’s use of coal plants. Conrad Murray’s team outlines defense strategy. The wets vs the drys – America’s Prohibition experiment.
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Do the unemployed deserve protected legal status? Empathy and the origins of cruelty. Don’t do time for the crime – pay the fine. Gun fight over the Second Amendment.
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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