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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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Featured Episode
LA County mask law enforcement ban
Today on AirTalk:
- LA County moves ahead with mask ban for law enforcement
- Zillow removes climate risk feature
- Ragebaiting
- CA's high electric bills
- Transitional kindergarten
- Why isn't Gen Z holiday shopping?
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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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GOP slams stimulus spending. Is there any hope for California's budget impasse? Should Obama spearhead a national conversation on race? Later, when--if ever--do you feel a reasonable expectation of privacy?
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Immigration memo: will authorities stop deportations for students and military? Driving stoned: slow or dangerous? And is there a good way to test drivers' THC? Obama plans troop drawdown in Iraq. Later, a case for turning your air conditioning down, or off.
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Listen 1:44:29Should salaries of public officials be capped? Governor Schwarzenegger proposes online publication of government wages. How tight are the California matchups for Governor and Senator? A new PPIC poll shows them neck-in-neck. And, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies, including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist And Rebel, among others. Later, when it comes to Polanski, Gibson, Lohan, can you separate the art from the artist?Should salaries of public officials be capped? Governor Schwarzenegger proposes online publication of government wages. How tight are the California matchups for Governor and Senator? A new PPIC poll shows them neck-in-neck. And, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies, including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist And Rebel, among others. Later, when it comes to Polanski, Gibson, Lohan, can you separate the art from the artist?
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Live from the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, listen in for a special 3-hour broadcast on the first day Arizona's immigration law SB 1070 goes into effect. Talking with law enforcement, protesters, activists and legislators on both side of the immigration debate.
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Listen 1:36:27A federal judge has blocked the most controversial provisions of Arizona's immigration law before SB 1070 goes into effect, tomorrow. What will the law look like when implemented? The life of a double agent working for the CIA in Iran. KTLA's Dave Malkoff live from Iraq.A federal judge has blocked the most controversial provisions of Arizona's immigration law before SB 1070 goes into effect, tomorrow. What will the law look like when implemented? The life of a double agent working for the CIA in Iran. KTLA's Dave Malkoff live from Iraq.
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Listen 1:44:28Reforms coming to Bell? ICE Secure Communities program fingerprints illegal immigrants. Is the FBI mapping Muslim communities? Spike in crime at California State Parks. Later, how long will you live? What centenarian studies predict about who will live to 100--and who won't.Reforms coming to Bell? ICE Secure Communities program fingerprints illegal immigrants. Is the FBI mapping Muslim communities? Spike in crime at California State Parks. Later, how long will you live? What centenarian studies predict about who will live to 100--and who won't.
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Controversy over WikiLeaks release of classified documents. Why are some medical marijuana advocates opposed to Prop 19? Will San Francisco ban the sales of cats and dogs? Later, what is "objective" journalism, and is it even possible?
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Listen 1:44:31Attorney General Jerry Brown weighs in on Bell salaries controversy. Will a federal judge block Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law? Remembering legendary journalist Daniel Schorr. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's new movies, including Salt, Ramona And Beezus, Farewell, and Valhalla Rising. Later, the star of Farewell, Guillaume Canet.Attorney General Jerry Brown weighs in on Bell salaries controversy. Will a federal judge block Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law? Remembering legendary journalist Daniel Schorr. And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's new movies, including Salt, Ramona And Beezus, Farewell, and Valhalla Rising. Later, the star of Farewell, Guillaume Canet.
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Listen 1:35:18What reforms will prevent the next Bell? Will Arizona's immigration law withstand a challenge in federal court? Next, USC's new athletic director Pat Haden and the latest news from the OC. Then, are eBooks the future of reading? And the story of yoga's introduction and phenomenal growth in America.What reforms will prevent the next Bell? Will Arizona's immigration law withstand a challenge in federal court? Next, USC's new athletic director Pat Haden and the latest news from the OC. Then, are eBooks the future of reading? And the story of yoga's introduction and phenomenal growth in America.
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Listen 1:36:27Bell residents and Council call for resignations of six-figure city employees. Previewing Comic-Con. Tesla's partnership with Toyota. Tea Party vs. NAACP, round 2. Later, is a cure for AIDS around the courner? We talk with Nobel-Prize winning Caltech researcher David Baltimore; Paula Cannon of USC; and Jerome Zack of UCLA.Bell residents and Council call for resignations of six-figure city employees. Previewing Comic-Con. Tesla's partnership with Toyota. Tea Party vs. NAACP, round 2. Later, is a cure for AIDS around the courner? We talk with Nobel-Prize winning Caltech researcher David Baltimore; Paula Cannon of USC; and Jerome Zack of UCLA.
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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