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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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    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?
    The annual LA homeless count has begun
    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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  • Fallen tree crushes two cars at the Providence Christian College
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    Windy enough for ya? Who's up for Grammy's gold? Could law enforcement start using drone aircraft in the U.S.? “Straight Outta Compton” – a Sports Illustrated report. Olympia Dukakis in "Vigil."
    AirTalk for December 1, 2011
    Windy enough for ya? Who's up for Grammy's gold? Could law enforcement start using drone aircraft in the U.S.? “Straight Outta Compton” – a Sports Illustrated report. Olympia Dukakis in "Vigil."
  • LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck talks to members of the media in front of City Hall in downtown in the early hours of 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. 1400 members of the Los Angeles Police raided the park this morning and removed or arrested all of the Occupy LA protesters. (Photo by Michal Czerwonka/Getty Images)
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    Occupy L.A. evicted from City Hall. LAUSD & UTLA reach agreement to grant wider autonomy to all schools on teacher placement and budgets. Should Santa Monica Airport be saved or shuttered?
    AirTalk for November 30, 2011
    Occupy L.A. evicted from City Hall. LAUSD & UTLA reach agreement to grant wider autonomy to all schools on teacher placement and budgets. Should Santa Monica Airport be saved or shuttered?
  • A Fox5 television website displays a photograph of a Georgia businesswoman, allegedly Ginger White, while a live CNN interview shows Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as seen in an office in Washington, DC on November 28, 2011. Cain said Monday that a woman was set to go public with allegations that the two had a 13-year affair, but he denied the claims and said he would stay in the race. Cain said he learned about the accusations by the woman -- the third to go public with claims that the former pizza mogul engaged in sexual impropriety -- after a television reporter in Atlanta told his lawyer about them..AFP PHOTO Mladen ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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    The straw that broke Herman Cain’s back? Tom Brokaw’s American Dream. 'Tis the season for battling over the Medicare “doc-fix.” NBA champ Shaquille O’Neal’s “Uncut” autobiography. Conrad Murray gets maximum sentence for Jackson death.
    AirTalk for November 29, 2011
    The straw that broke Herman Cain’s back? Tom Brokaw’s American Dream. 'Tis the season for battling over the Medicare “doc-fix.” NBA champ Shaquille O’Neal’s “Uncut” autobiography. Conrad Murray gets maximum sentence for Jackson death.
  • LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 27: Occupy LA protesters block the streets around Los Angeles City Hall before the midnight deadline by Los Angeles city officials to shut down the encampment on November 27, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on last week gave the protesters outside City Hall until 12:01 am today to dismantle their protest campsite and leave. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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    What’s next for Occupy L.A.? Debate over medical marijuana dispensaries is back on the table. Is the locavore food movement bad for the environment and the economy? Entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte shares his song.
    AirTalk for November 28, 2011
    What’s next for Occupy L.A.? Debate over medical marijuana dispensaries is back on the table. Is the locavore food movement bad for the environment and the economy? Entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte shares his song.
  • CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 7: In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stands in front of the Atlas V first stage booster while taking questions from the media at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station September 7, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The booster will help send NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to Mars later this year. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
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    Mars Launch. Catholics get a new Mass: On Sunday, November 27th, Catholic worshippers will experience the biggest change in the Catholic liturgy since Vatican II in the 1960’s. Filmweek: The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, Hugo and more. Movie Legend Steve McQueen.
    AirTalk for November 25, 2011
    Mars Launch. Catholics get a new Mass: On Sunday, November 27th, Catholic worshippers will experience the biggest change in the Catholic liturgy since Vatican II in the 1960’s. Filmweek: The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, Hugo and more. Movie Legend Steve McQueen.
  • The three Fowler children look happily, with great anticipation, over the turkey they selected. It's all cleaned and ready to go into the oven. Will Jr. spent Thanksgiving two years ago in the hospital with his mother. The two had polio. Photo dated: November 22, 1950.
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    Eisenhower's White House years. Sailing into History.
    AirTalk for November 24, 2011
    Eisenhower's White House years. Sailing into History.
  • Republican presidential candidates arrive on stage prior to the start of the Republican presidential debate on national security November 22, 2011 at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. The debate is hosted by CNN in partnership with the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. From left are: Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum; Texas Rep. Ron Paul; Texas Gov. Rick Perry; former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney; businessman Herman Cain; for House speaker Newt Gingrich; Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann; and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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    GOP candidates debate foreign policy. Los Angeles shopping for a new bank? New Dodgers trainer adds fresh perspective to troubled team. Military violence sparks second Egyptian uprising. Forget finding yourself; find a job. We are thankful for StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening tomorrow.
    AirTalk for November 23, 2011
    GOP candidates debate foreign policy. Los Angeles shopping for a new bank? New Dodgers trainer adds fresh perspective to troubled team. Military violence sparks second Egyptian uprising. Forget finding yourself; find a job. We are thankful for StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening tomorrow.
  • Occupy LA protestors march through the downtown Los Angeles financial district. Police Chief Charlie Beck announced Tuesday a timeline for closing the LA City Hall encampment.
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    Occupy LA gets incentives to move out. Consumers not so cheery about spending plans. The mighty influence of think tanks. Undocumented VS. Illegal: The debate heats up. Plus, the latest news.
    AirTalk for November 22, 2011
    Occupy LA gets incentives to move out. Consumers not so cheery about spending plans. The mighty influence of think tanks. Undocumented VS. Illegal: The debate heats up. Plus, the latest news.
  • Deficit super committee holds an open hearing on October 26.
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    Subcommittee update. Changes in the wind at the Sierra Club. Occupy vs. Tea Party: media scorecard. How to get USPS out of the red? Can outsider physicists explain the nature of everything?
    AirTalk for November 21, 2011
    Subcommittee update. Changes in the wind at the Sierra Club. Occupy vs. Tea Party: media scorecard. How to get USPS out of the red? Can outsider physicists explain the nature of everything?
  • Wood, the daughter of Russian Immigrants, was born Natasha Gurdin on July 20, 1938 in San Francisco, California. She got her first role at the age of four in a movie called 'Happy Land' (1943). She is most famously known for her role in "West Side Story," a film that won multiple Oscars.
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    The mysterious death of Natalie Wood revisited. Should gun permits cross state lines? KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Happy Feet Two, The Descendants and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Woody Allen revealed as never before for PBS doc.
    AirTalk for November 18, 2011
    The mysterious death of Natalie Wood revisited. Should gun permits cross state lines? KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Claudia Puig and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases, including The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Happy Feet Two, The Descendants and more. TGI-FilmWeek! Woody Allen revealed as never before for PBS doc.
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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