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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: The annual LA homeless count has begun; 100 years of Los Angeles Central Library; Community clinics today; and Do you like small talk with strangers?
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    Today on AirTalk: The annual LA homeless count has begun; 100 years of Los Angeles Central Library; Community clinics today; and Do you like small talk with strangers?

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  • Chinese activist activist Chen Guangcheng (L) is seen in a wheelchair pushed by a nurse at the Chaoyang hospital in Beijing on May 2, 2012.
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    The murky diplomacy surrounding Chen Guangcheng. The perils of freelancing: what happens when you don’t get paid? Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch dead at 47. Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Wade Major to discuss this week’s new films, including The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, A Little Bit of Heaven, Mother’s Day and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Polar bear survival in the changing Arctic wilderness.
    AirTalk for May 4, 2012
    The murky diplomacy surrounding Chen Guangcheng. The perils of freelancing: what happens when you don’t get paid? Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch dead at 47. Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Wade Major to discuss this week’s new films, including The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, A Little Bit of Heaven, Mother’s Day and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Polar bear survival in the changing Arctic wilderness.
  • US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks in the East Room at the White House on January 24, 2011 during an event unveiling efforts to better coordinate and strengthen the Federal government?s support for military families.
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    Are candidate’s spouses off-limits? Assembly votes to gather sexual orientation information on state contractors. Orange County journalists’ roundtable. Could genetically engineered foods soon come with a label? Should Cal State reach into the kids’ cookie jar for exec pay? Louie Perez has a new gig.
    AirTalk for May 3, 2012
    Are candidate’s spouses off-limits? Assembly votes to gather sexual orientation information on state contractors. Orange County journalists’ roundtable. Could genetically engineered foods soon come with a label? Should Cal State reach into the kids’ cookie jar for exec pay? Louie Perez has a new gig.
  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 02: In handout image released by the Afghan Presidents Office, US President Barack Obama (L) attends a meeting with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R), on May 2, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The US and Afghan Presidents signed a long-term strategic partnership outlining their cooperation following the 2014 withdrawal of NATO and allied forces. Obama made the secret visit to the country on the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death and made a primetime tv address to the American people from Bagram Air Base in Kabul. (Photo by Afghan Presidential Palace via Getty Images)
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    Is U.S. security forever tied to Afghanistan's fate? ER study: When parents stay with kids in the ER there’s no negative effect. Dodgers owners’ press conference. What to do about Iran? Three viewpoints. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for May 2, 2012
    Is U.S. security forever tied to Afghanistan's fate? ER study: When parents stay with kids in the ER there’s no negative effect. Dodgers owners’ press conference. What to do about Iran? Three viewpoints. Plus, the latest news.
  • A New York City Police Department officer arrests a mask-wearing Occupy Wall Street protester on the Williamsburg Bridge during a march to Manhattan as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day.
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    May Day actions and the state of the labor, immigrants’ rights and Occupy movements. California’s foie gras ban sees new challenge. Reforming special education: Time for a change in the law? How loud is too loud for your dining pleasure?
    AirTalk for May 1, 2012
    May Day actions and the state of the labor, immigrants’ rights and Occupy movements. California’s foie gras ban sees new challenge. Reforming special education: Time for a change in the law? How loud is too loud for your dining pleasure?
  • Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca conducts an inspection of Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in this photo from December 2011.
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    No legal shield for Los Angeles Sheriff, Lee Baca in jail racial violence case. The house passes controversial cyber security bill, White House veto threat looming. New protections for job seekers with criminal records. Touchdown! College football on verge of getting four-team playoff. Listen to this playlist and call me in the morning. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for April 30, 2012
    No legal shield for Los Angeles Sheriff, Lee Baca in jail racial violence case. The house passes controversial cyber security bill, White House veto threat looming. New protections for job seekers with criminal records. Touchdown! College football on verge of getting four-team playoff. Listen to this playlist and call me in the morning. Plus, the latest news.
  • A California Highway patrolman directs raffic around a shopping center engulfed in flames in Los Angeles, 30 April 1992. Riots broke out in Los Angeles, 29 April 1992, after a jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating a black youth, Rodney King, in 1991, hours after the verdict was announced. (Photo credit should read CARLOS SCHIEBECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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    The Expo Line subway opens Saturday. Sifting through the ashes – 20 years since the L.A. riots. FilmWeek. Silence is golden, and other rules of etiquette for moviegoers. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for April 27, 2012
    The Expo Line subway opens Saturday. Sifting through the ashes – 20 years since the L.A. riots. FilmWeek. Silence is golden, and other rules of etiquette for moviegoers. Plus, the latest news.
  • TSA agents stand near an Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) full-body scanner at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on November 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. AIT scanners see through clothing to photograph the entire body to reveal undisclosed objects. Increasing use of the scanner at airports by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is being met with outrage by many US travelers. Passengers who refuse an X-ray scan are required to undergo an intimate pat down by TSA agents.
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    How safe are we if TSA screeners are running drugs? Should kids be prevented from working on family farms? Mad cow disease is discovered in California’s Central Valley. AirTalk Event: The history and future of Hollywood film music. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for April 26, 2012
    How safe are we if TSA screeners are running drugs? Should kids be prevented from working on family farms? Mad cow disease is discovered in California’s Central Valley. AirTalk Event: The history and future of Hollywood film music. Plus, the latest news.
  • A person prays during a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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    Is the Supreme Court open to Arizona’s controversial immigration law? Is sex addiction a myth? The Metro vs. Beverly Hills: Will The long-awaited “Subway to the Sea” project stall? A new California bill could outlaw sex conversion therapy.
    AirTalk for April 25, 2012
    Is the Supreme Court open to Arizona’s controversial immigration law? Is sex addiction a myth? The Metro vs. Beverly Hills: Will The long-awaited “Subway to the Sea” project stall? A new California bill could outlaw sex conversion therapy.
  • Scott Langley of Boston, Massachusetts, holds a banner during a vigil against death penalty in front of the U.S. Supreme Court July 1, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Abolition Action Committee and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty held the ?Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty to mark the 1972 and 1976 Supreme Court rulings that suspended the death penalty in the United States and later allowed executions to resume.
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    Is this the end of the death penalty in California? Let the veepstakes begin! California’s prison system has a big plan to cut costs. Significant increase in birth defects of IVF babies. California bill could outlaw sex conversion therapy. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for April 24, 2012
    Is this the end of the death penalty in California? Let the veepstakes begin! California’s prison system has a big plan to cut costs. Significant increase in birth defects of IVF babies. California bill could outlaw sex conversion therapy. Plus, the latest news.
  • NEW YORK - MAY 01: Hundreds of activists, supporters of illegal immigrants and members of the Latino community rally against a new Arizona law in Union Square on May Day on May 1, 2010 in New York City. Following the state of Arizona's passage of a new immigration law which requires individuals suspected of being illegal immigrants to show proof of legal residence when asked by law enforcement, immigration supporters have been protesting across the country. The law has become increasingly divisive, with Mexico's president issuing a travel warning to Mexican citizens in Arizona. Thousands of people are taking part in similar protests around the country on May Day, a traditional day of protest around the world. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    SB 1070 gets its day in court: The Supreme Court. The Vatican orders reforms for progressive nuns. Can HAL correct your college essay? It’s always been the economy, stupid. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for April 23, 2012
    SB 1070 gets its day in court: The Supreme Court. The Vatican orders reforms for progressive nuns. Can HAL correct your college essay? It’s always been the economy, stupid. Plus, the latest news.
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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