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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
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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Recent Episodes
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Today on AirTalk: LA County law enforcement mask ban; Zillow removes climate risk feature; Ragebaiting; CA's high electric bills; and Why isn't Gen Z holiday shopping?
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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.
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Listen 1:35:41Should Judge Vaughn Walker have recused himself in his Prop 8 ruling? Football fight - NFL players score a labor victory off the field. Tavis Smiley - how can failure beget success? WikiLeaks and the Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Virtual dog fighting - does it motivate or discourage the real thing? Susie Bright, the Godmother of erotica, opens up even more.Should Judge Vaughn Walker have recused himself in his Prop 8 ruling? Football fight - NFL players score a labor victory off the field. Tavis Smiley - how can failure beget success? WikiLeaks and the Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Virtual dog fighting - does it motivate or discourage the real thing? Susie Bright, the Godmother of erotica, opens up even more.
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Listen 1:34:41A pair of opinion polls reveals pessimism in the national mood. Problems with the Federal deportation program. Parenting your aging parent: AirTalk continues our new, semi-regular series looking at the top health stories, fads and frustrations facing patients and doctors. Dr. Lachs is in to take your questions and calls – no health insurance or appointment necessary.A pair of opinion polls reveals pessimism in the national mood. Problems with the Federal deportation program. Parenting your aging parent: AirTalk continues our new, semi-regular series looking at the top health stories, fads and frustrations facing patients and doctors. Dr. Lachs is in to take your questions and calls – no health insurance or appointment necessary.
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Listen 1:34:50Sideshow Don - is Trump a viable candidate? Grocery workers vote to authorize strike against Ralph’s. Frank McCourt’s legal fight to get the Dodgers back. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Water for Elephants, Meek’s Cutoff, The Bang Bang Club, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Hollywood drops a “Blonde Bombshell” - Jean Harlowe's short and storied career.Sideshow Don - is Trump a viable candidate? Grocery workers vote to authorize strike against Ralph’s. Frank McCourt’s legal fight to get the Dodgers back. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Water for Elephants, Meek’s Cutoff, The Bang Bang Club, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Hollywood drops a “Blonde Bombshell” - Jean Harlowe's short and storied career.
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Dodger Blues: MLB steps in to take over operations. More than a thousand words - two photojournalists are killed in Libya. Drawing the (district) lines in California. The birth, adolescence, and maturation of politics.
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Foreclosure rates are down in California - have we seen the bottom? One year after the disastrous BP Oil Spill how is the gulf recovering? How to help autistic children lead meaningful lives.
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Taking a tax break? Here’s what it really costs. Match.com: is screening for sex offenders possible? Teaching gay history in California schools. Where does the road paved with good intentions take you?
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Listen 1:35:32The increasing costs of US sovereign debt. Sacramento Kings may travel…to Anaheim. Iowa state legislature considering bill that would outlaw under-cover videos in all agricultural facilities. New LAUSD Superintendent discusses future plans. Expert predictions are next to worthless.The increasing costs of US sovereign debt. Sacramento Kings may travel…to Anaheim. Iowa state legislature considering bill that would outlaw under-cover videos in all agricultural facilities. New LAUSD Superintendent discusses future plans. Expert predictions are next to worthless.
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Listen 1:32:31Two years after the Station Fire a controversial replanting effort is planned. Can we live without One Life to Live? Julia Child’s secret ingredients. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Rio, Scream 4, The Conspirator, Henry’s Crime, Atlas Shrugged Part I, American: The Bill Hicks Story and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Sidney Lumet – a curtain call for a legend of cinema.Two years after the Station Fire a controversial replanting effort is planned. Can we live without One Life to Live? Julia Child’s secret ingredients. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Rio, Scream 4, The Conspirator, Henry’s Crime, Atlas Shrugged Part I, American: The Bill Hicks Story and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Sidney Lumet – a curtain call for a legend of cinema.
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NBA superstar Kobe Bryant fined $100,000 for anti-gay slur. Medical marijuana patients’ right to work. Barry Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice. Mayor Villaraigosa on the State of the City. All he rote: one journalist’s adventure in memorization.
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Governor Jerry Brown signs CA renewable energy bill. President Obama lays out fiscal policy.
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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