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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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Today on AirTalk: CNN California gubernatorial debate; Ted Turner dies at 87; What’s on your LA county ballot this June? Crisis PR; and books that changed your life.
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Today on AirTalk: What's your voting plan? Building tolerance for uncertainty; L.A. City primary races; Countercultural nuns; and LACMA opening.
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Hillary Clinton In Or Out?; Time-Warner Cable; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Standard Operating Procedure; Is Al Qaeda Unraveling?
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Obama Becomes the Presumptive Democratic Nominee; Obama Vs. McCain; The Birth of the National Football League
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Next Steps In The Presidential Election; Parental Consent: Sarah's Law; Loyalty Oath; Brain Injury And Its Aftermath
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Universal Fire; Primary Update; Jack Sheldon Documentary; Kakfa Comes To America; Leisureville
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Prison Health Care On The Line; Organ Donation Controversy at UCLA; Lakers; Dustin Hoffman; FilmWeek Reviews
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Against Their Will; Solving The Delegate Dilemma; The Risks Of BPA In Plastics; Scott McClellan's Allegations; Diplomacy Lessons Learned In The Israeli Government
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AFTRA Deal; Lead Exposure And Violent Crime; Harry Reid: In His Own Words; How Randomness Rules Our Lives
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Lands; Sydney Pollack Succumbs to Cancer; Propositions 98 & 99; China Update; Student Loan Availability Crisis; Jazz Vocalist Ernie Andrews
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Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food; Along the Gold Rush Trail; Developing Your Child's Strengths; Surfwise
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Slight Majority of Californians Opposes Gay Marriage; The Not-So-Friendly Skies; David Gilmore's Memoir "The Film Club"; FilmWeek Reviews
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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