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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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  • LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 17: The downtown skyline is enveloped in smog shortly before sunset on November 17, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Earlier this month, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, southern California?s anti-smog agency, approved a $36 million program to reduce pollution from trucks operating at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. An estimated 12,000 diesel trucks travel to and from the ports each day, carrying freight through southern California metropolitan areas where their emissions are believed to increased risks of asthma and other illnesses among local residents and particularly children. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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    A new pollution reduction plan is expected to be approved today – what that means for business and smog in SoCal; Trump issues new sanctions on Iran in response to their recent ballistic missile test – we bring you the latest; plus, Larry and KPCC film critics discuss ‘The Comedian,’ ‘The Space Between Us’ and other movie releases. TGI-FilmWeek!
    New smog rules, sanctions on Iran explained & TGI-FilmWeek!
    A new pollution reduction plan is expected to be approved today – what that means for business and smog in SoCal; Trump issues new sanctions on Iran in response to their recent ballistic missile test – we bring you the latest; plus, Larry and KPCC film critics discuss ‘The Comedian,’ ‘The Space Between Us’ and other movie releases. TGI-FilmWeek!
  • LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against the immigration ban that was imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of protesters gathered outside of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to denounce the travel ban imposed by President Trump. Protests are taking place at airports across the country. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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    We look at the legal challenges to Trump’s immigration executive order, including that of L.A. federal judge Birotte; what putting Iran “on notice” means for foreign policy and security; new youth footballs rules to make the sport safer; and more.
    Legal challenges to Trump’s travel ban, Iran ‘on notice’ & new youth football rules
    We look at the legal challenges to Trump’s immigration executive order, including that of L.A. federal judge Birotte; what putting Iran “on notice” means for foreign policy and security; new youth footballs rules to make the sport safer; and more.
  • File: Judge Neil Gorsuch delivers brief remarks after being nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court with his wife Marie Louise Gorshuch during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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    On Tuesday, Trump tapped Neil Gorsuch for Scalia’s vacant SCOTUS seat – we debate the pick; in the wake of the Quebec shooting, how are Muslim leaders and communities coping?; plus, in divided times, some businesses are choosing to embrace politics, while other stay away – how should businesses position themselves?
    We debate SCOTUS nominee, how is the Muslim community coping with Quebec shooting & businesses strategize in divisive political times
    On Tuesday, Trump tapped Neil Gorsuch for Scalia’s vacant SCOTUS seat – we debate the pick; in the wake of the Quebec shooting, how are Muslim leaders and communities coping?; plus, in divided times, some businesses are choosing to embrace politics, while other stay away – how should businesses position themselves?
  • Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a press conference to announce environmental and consumer relief in the Volkswagen litigation at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, June 28, 2016. Volkswagen has agreed to pay out $14.7 billion in a settlement with US authorities and car owners over its emissions-cheating diesel-powered cars, court documents showed June 28, 2016. The settlement filed in federal court calls for the German auto giant to either buy back or fix the cars that tricked pollution tests, and to pay each owner up to $10,000 in cash. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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    On Monday, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates said she would not defend Trump’s immigration executive order, and was subsequently – we debate the move; the Trump transition team staff reportedly planned to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and cut arts funding – how would this affect us?; will the Trump administration impact LA’s Olympic bid?; and more.
    Debating the firing of Sally Yates, arts and public broadcasting under Trump & we check in on LA’s 2024 Olympic bid
    On Monday, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates said she would not defend Trump’s immigration executive order, and was subsequently – we debate the move; the Trump transition team staff reportedly planned to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and cut arts funding – how would this affect us?; will the Trump administration impact LA’s Olympic bid?; and more.
  • Fuad Sharef Suleman holds the passport of his family members in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on January 30, 2017 after returning to Iraq from Egypt, where him and his family were prevented from boarding a plane to the US following US President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily bar travellers from seven countries, including Iraq. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Chaos has ensued at airports around the country following President Trump's executive order on immigration - is this constitutional? Will it keep Americans safe? Which nations were banned and why? We debate the impact; plus, we talk to writer Graeme Wood about a rising and ranking ISIS member whom he discovered to be an American from Texas: John Georgelas.
    Trump's immigration executive order: the why, the who, the how, plus ISIS' recruitment of American John Georgelas
    Chaos has ensued at airports around the country following President Trump's executive order on immigration - is this constitutional? Will it keep Americans safe? Which nations were banned and why? We debate the impact; plus, we talk to writer Graeme Wood about a rising and ranking ISIS member whom he discovered to be an American from Texas: John Georgelas.
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: British Prime Minister Theresa May shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in The Oval Office at The White House on January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. British Prime Minister Theresa May is on a two-day visit to the United States and will be the first world leader to meet with President Donald Trump. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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    Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May hold a joint press conference – we bring you the latest on their statements, as well as the Mexican President’s meeting cancellation; AirTalk will be moving to 10am, starting Monday – we chat with Terry Gross, who will be taking the noon slot; plus Larry and film critics review the week’s latest releases. TGI-FilmWeek!
    Trump meets with British Prime Minister, we chat with Terry Gross & TGI-FilmWeek!
    Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May hold a joint press conference – we bring you the latest on their statements, as well as the Mexican President’s meeting cancellation; AirTalk will be moving to 10am, starting Monday – we chat with Terry Gross, who will be taking the noon slot; plus Larry and film critics review the week’s latest releases. TGI-FilmWeek!
  • US President Donald Trump speaks to the staff at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2017. Trump vowed to restore "control" of US frontiers as he moved Wednesday to fulfil his pledge to "build a wall" on the Mexican border, signing two immigration-related decrees and sounding a hardline tone. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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    We dive into Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugees; we debate Betsy Devos’ education plan; a look at Trump’s SCOTUS shortlist; what are your disgusting, delicious guilty food pleasures?; and more.
    Trump on refugees and immigration, we debate DeVos & what are your guilty food pleasures?
    We dive into Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugees; we debate Betsy Devos’ education plan; a look at Trump’s SCOTUS shortlist; what are your disgusting, delicious guilty food pleasures?; and more.
  • CAMPO, CA - OCTOBER 08: A U.S. flag put up by activists who oppose illegal immigration flies near the US-Mexico border fence in an area where they search for border crossers October 8, 2006 near Campo, California. The activists want the fence expanded into a fully-lit double-fenced barrier between the US (R) and Mexico. US Fish and Wildlife Service wardens and environmentalists warn that a proposed plan by US lawmakers to construct 700 miles of double fencing along the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, in an attempt to wall-out illegal immigrants, would also harm rare wildlife. Wildlife experts say cactus-pollinating insects would fly around fence lights, birds that migrate by starlight in the desert wilderness would be confused, and large mammals such as jaguars, Mexican wolves, Sonoran pronghorn antelope, and desert bighorn sheep would be blocked from migrating across the international border, from California to Texas. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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    Trump signed an executive order to build the Mexico-U.S. wall Wednesday – we dive into the logistics and funding, as well as his executive actions on sanctuary cities; a new CDC quarantine rule has critics fearful for civil liberties; plus, author Michael Lewis explores the friendship behind behavioral economics.
    The logistics of Trump’s wall, the CDC’s new quarantine rule & how behavioral economics came to be
    Trump signed an executive order to build the Mexico-U.S. wall Wednesday – we dive into the logistics and funding, as well as his executive actions on sanctuary cities; a new CDC quarantine rule has critics fearful for civil liberties; plus, author Michael Lewis explores the friendship behind behavioral economics.
  • GASCOYNE, ND - OCTOBER 14: Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on October 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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    President Trump signed executive actions to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines; California Gov. Jerry Brown delivers a defiant State of the State address; how net neutrality and Netflix might change under newly tapped FCC Chief Ajit Pai; and more.
    Keystone XL & Dakota Access back on track under President Trump, Gov Brown's CA address & the newly appointed FCC chief
    President Trump signed executive actions to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines; California Gov. Jerry Brown delivers a defiant State of the State address; how net neutrality and Netflix might change under newly tapped FCC Chief Ajit Pai; and more.
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump signs the first of three Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, January 23, 2017. They concerned the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a US Government hiring freeze for all departments but the military, and "Mexico City" which bans federal funding of abortions overseas. Standing behind the President, from left to right: US Vice President Mike Pence; White House Chief of Staff Reince Preibus; Peter Navarro, Director of the National Trade Council; Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President; Steven Miller, Senior Advisor to the President; unknown; and Steve Bannon, White House Chief Strategist. (Photo by Ron Sachs - Pool/Getty Images)
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    We bring you the latest on the Trump administration - rising tensions with media, the executive order on ACA, withdrawing from TPP and more; plus, a look at the Women's March that rocked not only Washington, D.C., but all 50 states across America and over 30 countries worldwide.
    AirTalk politics roundup, including now-President Trump's first moves in office, & the Women's March that rocked the world
    We bring you the latest on the Trump administration - rising tensions with media, the executive order on ACA, withdrawing from TPP and more; plus, a look at the Women's March that rocked not only Washington, D.C., but all 50 states across America and over 30 countries worldwide.
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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