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AirTalk
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: New LAist/USC study on street takeovers; What words do you have trouble spelling? The Palisades fire report weakened; Robby Hoffman; and Is VistaVision back?
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Women prisoners getting sent home early. Are modern cartoons bad for kids? Tax law vs. the first amendment: should politicking from the pulpit be allowed? Racial politics in a post-racial presidency. -
Reflecting on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Look, up in the sky – it’s a bird, it’s a plane – it’s the Super Committee! California’s legislative session ends, now it’s up to the Governor. Rolling the dice on America. -
Listen 1:32:429/11 first responders – running into the flames. How the day that “changed everything” transformed policing and counter terror tactics forever. Reflecting Absence - the battle to build New York’s 9/11 memorial. Interfaith panel – promoting unity between people of different creeds.9/11 first responders – running into the flames. How the day that “changed everything” transformed policing and counter terror tactics forever. Reflecting Absence - the battle to build New York’s 9/11 memorial. Interfaith panel – promoting unity between people of different creeds. -
Listen 1:34:07Decade 9/11 – covering the attacks and their aftermath. Civil liberties vs. security – a decade of trying to strike a delicate balance. The families of 9/11 – how survivors cope with grief, guilt and life going on. Dave Isay talks about the StoryCorps 9/11 “We Remember” projectDecade 9/11 – covering the attacks and their aftermath. Civil liberties vs. security – a decade of trying to strike a delicate balance. The families of 9/11 – how survivors cope with grief, guilt and life going on. Dave Isay talks about the StoryCorps 9/11 “We Remember” project -
Listen 1:34:33A look ahead to Obama's speech on jobs. Surfing responsibly for triple-x entertainment. Code of ethics for Reality TV – as unrealistic as the shows themselves? Boomers nix inheritance for kids. What will motivate lawmakers to cross the aisle and truly work together? The latest on the Kelly Thomas case.A look ahead to Obama's speech on jobs. Surfing responsibly for triple-x entertainment. Code of ethics for Reality TV – as unrealistic as the shows themselves? Boomers nix inheritance for kids. What will motivate lawmakers to cross the aisle and truly work together? The latest on the Kelly Thomas case. -
Is the U.S. headed in the right direction or on the wrong track? Retrying Brandon McInerney. Bad customer service costs company LAUSD contract. Thriving in the new digital age. Covering disasters in the Southland: A KPCC’s open newsroom event. -
The jobs of the future. Money in college sports - is it time to get rid of amateur status? Forget about Mad Men – it’s mean men (and women) who are rolling in the dough. -
Listen 1:32:30Jobless rate holds steady at zero. How to avoid student loan debt that can hound you for life. New Sunday Morning Edition Host. FilmWeek: Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major to discuss this week’s films including The Debt, Seven Days in Utopia, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and more. TGI-FilmWeek! 9/11 and its effect on the film industry.Jobless rate holds steady at zero. How to avoid student loan debt that can hound you for life. New Sunday Morning Edition Host. FilmWeek: Larry Mantle is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Wade Major to discuss this week’s films including The Debt, Seven Days in Utopia, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and more. TGI-FilmWeek! 9/11 and its effect on the film industry.
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Listen 1:34:46School scores up but not enough for the Feds. Former head of UTLA and anti-charter crusader to head up charter school. Online-only colleges are a growing industry, but do they fall short academically? Investigation alleges NYPD cover-up. Embarrassing relatives of the White House and your house.School scores up but not enough for the Feds. Former head of UTLA and anti-charter crusader to head up charter school. Online-only colleges are a growing industry, but do they fall short academically? Investigation alleges NYPD cover-up. Embarrassing relatives of the White House and your house. -
Teachers to get first crack at Public School Choice. Doctors want to ban furballs from in-cabin flying. NRA continues to push for expanded 2nd Amendment rights. Are random roommates overrated? 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