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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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  • Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) arrives with Democratic leadership and impeachment managers to sign an article of impeachment during an engrossment ceremony on Capitol Hill charging US President Donald Trump with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in inciting a mob who broke into the Capitol last week, January 13, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Donald Trump on January 13 became the first US president to be impeached for a second time, when a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives voted to charge him with inciting last week's attack on the US Capitol. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (C) wears a protective mask while walking to the House Floor at the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is expected to vote to impeach President Donald Trump later today, after Vice President Mike Pence declined to use the 25th amendment to remove him from office after protestors breached the U.S. Capitol last week. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
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  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) wears a protective mask while speaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on January 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. House Republicans blocked Hoyers efforts to quickly move a resolution that urged Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, setting up a vote on the measure tomorrow. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
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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