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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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  • An isolated GOP elephant.
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    Republican presidential candidates taking isolationist position. Orange County journalists’ roundtable. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes California budget. Marketplace story on “The non-organic future’ roils sustainable food advocates. Rep. Anthony Weiner announces his resignation. Music you can believe in.
    AirTalk for June 16, 2011
    Republican presidential candidates taking isolationist position. Orange County journalists’ roundtable. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes California budget. Marketplace story on “The non-organic future’ roils sustainable food advocates. Rep. Anthony Weiner announces his resignation. Music you can believe in.
  • The deadline for passing a budget in Sacramento is fast approaching.
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    Governor Brown says it’s time “to act like adults” to pass budget. Gorilla filmmaker launches controversial video saying Janice Hahn hearts gangsters. Education Department to college fraternities: “Party’s over, bro.” Engine28 launches pop-up newsroom. The inside scoop on the New York Times.
    AirTalk for June 15, 2011
    Governor Brown says it’s time “to act like adults” to pass budget. Gorilla filmmaker launches controversial video saying Janice Hahn hearts gangsters. Education Department to college fraternities: “Party’s over, bro.” Engine28 launches pop-up newsroom. The inside scoop on the New York Times.
  • GOP supporters show their support before the first 2012 Republican presidential candidates' debate in Manchester, New Hampshire June 13, 2011.
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    Republican presidential hopefuls debate. UTLA aims to block voluntary teacher effectiveness program. Does monogamy need an update? Charles Dillingham leaving CTG.
    AirTalk for June 14, 2011
    Republican presidential hopefuls debate. UTLA aims to block voluntary teacher effectiveness program. Does monogamy need an update? Charles Dillingham leaving CTG.
  • Congressman Anthony Weiner speaks at 'Tea Party' a panel discussion at the 2010 New Yorker Festival at DGA Theater on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
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    Is Congressman Weiner suffering from sex addiction? In this corner…Sugar Ray Leonard. Transforming the political map of the Golden State. The rise of the hacktivists. In defense of flogging.
    AirTalk for June 13, 2011
    Is Congressman Weiner suffering from sex addiction? In this corner…Sugar Ray Leonard. Transforming the political map of the Golden State. The rise of the hacktivists. In defense of flogging.
  • The California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, CA.
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    California redistricting - “musical chairs with switchblades.” Love, captivity and survival in an Iranian prison. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Super 8, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, Bride Flight, The Trip, Viva Riva, Just Like Us and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
    AirTalk for June 10, 2011
    California redistricting - “musical chairs with switchblades.” Love, captivity and survival in an Iranian prison. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Tim Cogshell join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Super 8, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, Bride Flight, The Trip, Viva Riva, Just Like Us and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
  • A school bus passes a memorial of candles, flowers, and other sundries to a slain suspected gang member who was killed there on January 31, 2009.
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    Is Southern California staring down the barrel of another grocery strike? Is parent accountability the answer to gang violence? Should Congressman Anthony Weiner resign? Prison reform – it’s not just for liberals.
    AirTalk for June 9, 2011
    Is Southern California staring down the barrel of another grocery strike? Is parent accountability the answer to gang violence? Should Congressman Anthony Weiner resign? Prison reform – it’s not just for liberals.
  • In this photo provided by ISAF Regional Command/U.S. Air Force, members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul - Arghandab Detachment, enter May 27, 2011 in the village of Deh Afghanan, Afghanistan.
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    Governor Brown’s new prison plan may hit a serious roadblock. Soldiers in Afghanistan: what do they really experience? Abortion billboard a question of free speech, privacy or abuse?
    AirTalk for June 8, 2011
    Governor Brown’s new prison plan may hit a serious roadblock. Soldiers in Afghanistan: what do they really experience? Abortion billboard a question of free speech, privacy or abuse?
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) faces the music and admits to having numerous sexual relationships online while married during a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue on June 6, 2011 in New York City.
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    "Weinergate" gets weirder - Rep. Anthony Weiner comes clean about his explicit Twitter pictures. GOP targets tanning tax Should Sexting be punishable by expulsion?
    AirTalk for June 7, 2011
    "Weinergate" gets weirder - Rep. Anthony Weiner comes clean about his explicit Twitter pictures. GOP targets tanning tax Should Sexting be punishable by expulsion?
  • Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Event, Monday March 7, 2011 in Waukee, Iowa.
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    2012 Republican hopefuls & hinters. Porn industry puts new testing plan in place. NERD ALERT: big games conference, E3 starts this week! Pay to Stay at Union Rescue Mission. Jazz Clarinetist Anat Cohen.
    AirTalk for June 6, 2011
    2012 Republican hopefuls & hinters. Porn industry puts new testing plan in place. NERD ALERT: big games conference, E3 starts this week! Pay to Stay at Union Rescue Mission. Jazz Clarinetist Anat Cohen.
  • Dr. Jack Kevorkian arrives on the red carpet for the 68th annual Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California January 16, 2011.
    Listen 1:34:24
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    Assisted suicide advocate, Dr. Jack Kevorkian dies. Will tomorrow ever come for Mexico? John Rabe’s Vast Wasteland Project wastes no TVs. KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including X-Men: First Class, Beginners, Love, Wedding, Marriage, YellowBrickRoad and more. TGI-FilmWeek! The life and legacy of Raoul Walsh – one of Hollywood’s founding fathers.
    AirTalk for June 3, 2011
    Assisted suicide advocate, Dr. Jack Kevorkian dies. Will tomorrow ever come for Mexico? John Rabe’s Vast Wasteland Project wastes no TVs. KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including X-Men: First Class, Beginners, Love, Wedding, Marriage, YellowBrickRoad and more. TGI-FilmWeek! The life and legacy of Raoul Walsh – one of Hollywood’s founding fathers.
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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