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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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  • Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney greet supporters during an Illinois GOP primary victory party at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel March 20, 2012 in Schaumburg, Illinois. Exit polls showed Romney leading his closest rival, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), and will keep his lead in the delegate count.
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    Romney pulls one out in Illinois, winning 7 to 1 against Rick Santorum. Bed bugs jump in Los Angeles. Online dating services agree to screen sex offenders – what should individuals do to protect themselves? Paul Ryan releases a republican budget blueprint, we'll explain the GOP's plan. Employers want access to your Facebook profiles and require your account password.
    AirTalk for March 21, 2012
    Romney pulls one out in Illinois, winning 7 to 1 against Rick Santorum. Bed bugs jump in Los Angeles. Online dating services agree to screen sex offenders – what should individuals do to protect themselves? Paul Ryan releases a republican budget blueprint, we'll explain the GOP's plan. Employers want access to your Facebook profiles and require your account password.
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    Stand your ground laws and the Trayvon Martin case. What does LAUSD have to do to get Race to the Top” money? FDA considers allowing patients to self-diagnose illnesses. Sanjay Gupta operates in a new level.
    AirTalk for March 20, 2012
    Stand your ground laws and the Trayvon Martin case. What does LAUSD have to do to get Race to the Top” money? FDA considers allowing patients to self-diagnose illnesses. Sanjay Gupta operates in a new level.
  • LOS ANGELES - JUNE 17: Members of the Laker Girls dance team ride on a Los Angeles Fire Department truck at the start of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA championship victory parade outside the Staples Center on June 17, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
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    L.A. Fire Department reports incorrect response times, budget shortfalls magnified. Violence Against Women Act facing GOP opposition in the Senate. Church and state intersect in local school district. The one, two, three, four of James Brown’s music and life.
    AirTalk for March 19, 2012
    L.A. Fire Department reports incorrect response times, budget shortfalls magnified. Violence Against Women Act facing GOP opposition in the Senate. Church and state intersect in local school district. The one, two, three, four of James Brown’s music and life.
  • TO GO WITH AFP STORY by UTE MEHNERT - (FILES) Students pay their respects on October 1, 2010 to first-year student Tyler Clementi, 18, who killed himself shortly after being filmed and broadcast over the Internet during a gay encounter at Rutgers Univeristy in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Clementi killed himself shortly after being spied on. Two undergraduates have been arrested after the fellow student they allegedly filmed and broadcast over the Internet leapt to his death from a New York bridge. Prosecutors said that two students at Rutgers had been charged with invasion of privacy and that investigators were considering further charges linked to the fact that Clementi was apparently filmed in a homosexual act. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi convicted in privacy case. Anthony Shadid's posthumous memoir. KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including 21 Jump Street; Casa de Mi Padre; Jeff, Who Lives at Home; Pray for Japan and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Screenwriting made painless.
    AirTalk for March 16, 2012
    Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi convicted in privacy case. Anthony Shadid's posthumous memoir. KPCC film critics Wade Major and Henry Sheehan join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including 21 Jump Street; Casa de Mi Padre; Jeff, Who Lives at Home; Pray for Japan and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Screenwriting made painless.
  • California Gov. Jerry Brown announces his public employee pension reform plan October 27, 2011 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.
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    Brown joins forces with rivals to form new tax proposal, Orange County. journalists’ roundtable, HBO cancellation of 'Luck' & After 50 years the Dictionary of American Regional English is finally complete-plus all the news.
    AirTalk for March 15, 2012
    Brown joins forces with rivals to form new tax proposal, Orange County. journalists’ roundtable, HBO cancellation of 'Luck' & After 50 years the Dictionary of American Regional English is finally complete-plus all the news.
  • LAFAYETTE, LA - MARCH 13: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum addresses supporters after winning the both Alabama and Mississippi primaries on March 13, 2012 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Louisiana's primary will be decided on March 24th. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
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    Results from Tuesday's primaries are in, LAUSD approves a budget plan, Santa Monica College tuition spike, knowing when it's time to take the keys from aging drivers, and violence, drugs, love and redemption in the L.A. gang life.
    AirTalk for March 14, 2012
    Results from Tuesday's primaries are in, LAUSD approves a budget plan, Santa Monica College tuition spike, knowing when it's time to take the keys from aging drivers, and violence, drugs, love and redemption in the L.A. gang life.
  • A banking customer uses an ATM at a Wells Fargo Bank branch on July 19, 2011 in Oakland, California.
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    The Republican presidential nominating race continues today. We’ll look at what’s at stake as well as count the delegates each contender has racked up so far. Banks and credit union offer more payday loans. Are these loans helpful or harmful? Red meat is bad for you... again. Plus, SXSW goers using the homeless as wifi hotspots.
    AirTalk for March 13, 2012
    The Republican presidential nominating race continues today. We’ll look at what’s at stake as well as count the delegates each contender has racked up so far. Banks and credit union offer more payday loans. Are these loans helpful or harmful? Red meat is bad for you... again. Plus, SXSW goers using the homeless as wifi hotspots.
  • An Afghan youth mourns for relatives, who were allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 11, 2012. A U.S. service member walked out of a base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO officials.
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    Shooting in Kandahar. We’re saving daylight, people…but why? Players, politics and preview of SCOTUS battle over health care. LAUSD to crack down on sexual abuse. Neuroscientist turned guitarist learns new licks late in life.
    AirTalk for March 12, 2012
    Shooting in Kandahar. We’re saving daylight, people…but why? Players, politics and preview of SCOTUS battle over health care. LAUSD to crack down on sexual abuse. Neuroscientist turned guitarist learns new licks late in life.
  • File: Intern Jenny Pazar fills out a form as she looks for a job at a job fair Dec. 2, 2011 in Portland.
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    A look at the recent job numbers from the White House. #StopKony video tops 40 million views – can going viral spur human rights? KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including John Carpenter, Silent House, A Thousand Words, Chico & Rita, Friends with Kids and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Who invented Hollywood?
    AirTalk for March 9, 2012
    A look at the recent job numbers from the White House. #StopKony video tops 40 million views – can going viral spur human rights? KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including John Carpenter, Silent House, A Thousand Words, Chico & Rita, Friends with Kids and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Who invented Hollywood?
  • LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: General view of the game between the Utah Utes and the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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    Which way, L.A. Coliseum? Should killing and eating a mountain lion cost Fish and Game head his job? Should Democrats take a stand on same-sex marriage? Will the new iPad replace sliced bread? The Man in the Empty Boat.
    AirTalk for March 8, 2012
    Which way, L.A. Coliseum? Should killing and eating a mountain lion cost Fish and Game head his job? Should Democrats take a stand on same-sex marriage? Will the new iPad replace sliced bread? The Man in the Empty Boat.
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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