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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: (EDITORS NOTE: Alternate Crop) U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement urging Republicans in Congress to join Democrats to ensure taxes don’t go up on middle class families in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on December 5, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama wants congressional Republicans to extend the payroll tax cut but the GOP wants to pay for it with offsetting budget cuts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Most Americans see Obama as more liberal than they are. State Supreme Court decides on redevelopment money. Top Science Stories of 2011.

AirTalk for December 29, 2011

Most Americans see Obama as more liberal than they are. State Supreme Court decides on redevelopment money. Top Science Stories of 2011.

DES MOINES, IA - DECEMBER 14: Rain falls on a Ron Paul campaign sign on December 14, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. Contenders for the Republican presidential nomination are stepping up their efforts in Iowa in front of the state's January 3, caucus. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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GOP candidates surf the polls in Iowa race. Can this marriage be saved…by the recession? Felony charges filed against chemistry professor in fatal laboratory death.

AirTalk for December 28, 2011

GOP candidates surf the polls in Iowa race. Can this marriage be saved…by the recession? Felony charges filed against chemistry professor in fatal laboratory death.

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Debris and belongings of Occupy Los Angeles remain in the empty encampment at City Hall following the Los Angeles Police Department raid on November 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Protesters remained on the City Hall lawn despite a deadline, set by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, to dismantle their campsite and leave the park which the city declared closed as of 12:01 am November 28th. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Should the city of Los Angeles sue Occupy LA? Fact Checkers: seekers of truth or peddlers of partisan politics? These Amazing Shadows.

AirTalk for December 27, 2011

Should the city of Los Angeles sue Occupy LA? Fact Checkers: seekers of truth or peddlers of partisan politics? These Amazing Shadows.

This Turkish Fir is an example of one of the trees offered for rent by The Living Christmas Company.

AirTalk for December 26, 2011

Tax law vs. the first amendment: should politicking from the pulpit be allowed? Racial politics in a post-racial presidency. AirTalk’s Chicano ArtTalk & Pacific Standard Time exhibit.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) hods a news conference to announce that he and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had negotiated deal on the payroll tax cut that was set to expire at the end of the year at the U.S. Capitol December 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the House Republicans should accept the Senate's version of a two-month extension of the tax cut. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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What’s that under the tree? A payroll tax deal. KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including War Horse, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, We Bought a Zoo, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Plus, the latest news.

AirTalk for December 23, 2011

What’s that under the tree? A payroll tax deal. KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including War Horse, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, We Bought a Zoo, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Plus, the latest news.

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Fallout of report claiming Democrats manipulated California’s redistricting commission. School lunches get a makeover, students unimpressed. “Excuse me, miss, do you have the time?” Good tidings & last minute food guidings from the LA Times test kitchen.

AirTalk for December 22, 2011

Fallout of report claiming Democrats manipulated California’s redistricting commission. School lunches get a makeover, students unimpressed. “Excuse me, miss, do you have the time?” Good tidings & last minute food guidings from the LA Times test kitchen.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (L) listens to questions from the media during a photo-op prior to a meeting with Republican negotiators for a conference committee of payroll tax cut negotiation including Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) December 21, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House Republicans called on the Democrats to appoint members to the negotiation table to work on the payroll tax cut extension bill that the House rejected after the Senate approved it. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Congressional impasse on the payroll tax cut extension. Why do some Americans wear religion on their sleeves? Lookup Tinseltown vs. Silicon Valley over policing cyberspace. Fixing online reputations, is it doable?

AirTalk for December 21, 2011

Congressional impasse on the payroll tax cut extension. Why do some Americans wear religion on their sleeves? Lookup Tinseltown vs. Silicon Valley over policing cyberspace. Fixing online reputations, is it doable?

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a townhall meeting in Hiawatha, Iowa, on December 19, 2011. Gingrich, working to revive his flagging campaign, said Monday that the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il highlighted the need for a strong US military. Gingrich, written off as politically dead a few months ago, recently surged to seize the frontrunner's mantle from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney but then fell back under an onslaught of attacks from his rivals. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Newt’s radical proposals for federal judges. Paycheck reveal – comparing CEO salary to the average worker. Don't push your (pot)luck. 2011 theater round-up.

AirTalk for December 20, 2011

Newt’s radical proposals for federal judges. Paycheck reveal – comparing CEO salary to the average worker. Don't push your (pot)luck. 2011 theater round-up.

This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on June 4, 2010, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the machine plant managed by O Mun Hyon in North Pyangan province.

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Kim Jong Il dies. Fewer Americans with a ring on it. From deal to debacle? The Payroll Tax cut. You shouldn’t have, really (worst gifts ever).

AirTalk for December 19, 2011

Kim Jong Il dies. Fewer Americans with a ring on it. From deal to debacle? The Payroll Tax cut. You shouldn’t have, really (worst gifts ever).

SIOUX CITY, IA - DECEMBER 15: Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. are introduced during the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center on December 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa. The GOP contenders are in the final stretch of campaigning in Iowa where the January 3rd caucus is the first test the candidates must face before becoming the Republican presidential nominee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Start your engines – GOP race to the White House begins January 3rd. California High speed rail. Hitchens obit. KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Wade Major and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Carnage and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Screenwriter, novelist, commentator John Ridley on upcoming film "Red Tails."

AirTalk for December 16, 2011

Start your engines – GOP race to the White House begins January 3rd. California High speed rail. Hitchens obit. KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Wade Major and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Carnage and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Screenwriter, novelist, commentator John Ridley on upcoming film "Red Tails."

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