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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 latest on Venezuela; What bills come into effect January 2026? A history of U.S. involvement in Latin America; and PetTalk: Ask a vet!
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  • A Libyan rebel searchs for snipers as they protect a march gathering thousands of people in the streets of Benghazi on March 23, 2011 to show their support for an internationally-enforced no-fly zone over Libya.
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    Libya military intervention - what are the coalition's goals? Illinois Lawsuit weighs missing work vs. practicing faith. CA Attorney General Kamala Harris on transnational gangs. Can Los Angeles enforce its own laws? 100 years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, what’s changed in the garment industry? The Band’s Robbie Robertson is back with a new album.
    AirTalk for March 24, 2011
    Libya military intervention - what are the coalition's goals? Illinois Lawsuit weighs missing work vs. practicing faith. CA Attorney General Kamala Harris on transnational gangs. Can Los Angeles enforce its own laws? 100 years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, what’s changed in the garment industry? The Band’s Robbie Robertson is back with a new album.
  • Film icon Elizabeth Taylor's signature outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
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    Governor Brown tries to pass tax extension sans GOP votes. Author Gary Vaynerchuk's The Thank You Economy. Film icon Elizabeth Taylor's life on the screen. Is Diablo Canyon nuclear facility quake safe?
    AirTalk for March 23, 2011
    Governor Brown tries to pass tax extension sans GOP votes. Author Gary Vaynerchuk's The Thank You Economy. Film icon Elizabeth Taylor's life on the screen. Is Diablo Canyon nuclear facility quake safe?
  • A Libyan rebel wearing an unsual combination of local and military outfits is pictured on March 22, 2011 where rebel forces massed for a second day on several kilometres from the key city of Ajdabiya to try to attack government forces that have encircled the town.
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    The latest developments in Libya and around the Middle East in Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. California lawmakers call for sales tax to be added to online purchases. Tim Pawlenty readies a presidential bid - who else will jump in the race to lead the GOP in 2010? Barry Bonds on trial for perjury over alleged steroid use. Roy Campanella – Most Valuable Player and person.
    AirTalk for March 22, 2011
    The latest developments in Libya and around the Middle East in Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. California lawmakers call for sales tax to be added to online purchases. Tim Pawlenty readies a presidential bid - who else will jump in the race to lead the GOP in 2010? Barry Bonds on trial for perjury over alleged steroid use. Roy Campanella – Most Valuable Player and person.
  • Two of the six Danish F16 fighter jets based in Italian military airport of Sigonella, southern Italy, land at the base after a mission of the international air campaign against Moamer Kadhafi's forces on March 21, 2011.
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    The US and allies establish a no-fly zone over Libya. California's deep budget cuts. A firsthand update from Japan. Republicans sidestep primary. Holding elementary school kids back, in hope of a better future.
    AirTalk for March 21, 2011
    The US and allies establish a no-fly zone over Libya. California's deep budget cuts. A firsthand update from Japan. Republicans sidestep primary. Holding elementary school kids back, in hope of a better future.
  • A pilot lands a RAF Tornados at Lossiemouth air base on March 18, 2011 in Lossiemouth, Scotland.
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    Libya declares a cease fire after the UN approves a no-fly zone. The latest on the situation in Japan. Decisions and cuts and the California state budget. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join guest host David Lazarus to review the week’s new film releases including The Lincoln Lawyer, Paul, Limitless, Win Win, Cracks and more. The enduring legacy of Humphrey Bogart. TGI-FilmWeek!
    AirTalk for March 18, 2011
    Libya declares a cease fire after the UN approves a no-fly zone. The latest on the situation in Japan. Decisions and cuts and the California state budget. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Wade Major join guest host David Lazarus to review the week’s new film releases including The Lincoln Lawyer, Paul, Limitless, Win Win, Cracks and more. The enduring legacy of Humphrey Bogart. TGI-FilmWeek!
  • A sixty-six-year-old man Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka cries in front of his collapsed house with his mother still missing, possibly buried in the rubble, at Onagawa town in Miyagi prefecture on March 17, 2011.
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    The latest from Japan nearly a week after the earthquake. Radiation and weather patterns. Worrying about natural disasters and why we’re STILL not prepared. Republicans take aim at consumer bureau. Print wasn’t always dead, man - the underground press in the '60s.
    AirTalk for March 17, 2011
    The latest from Japan nearly a week after the earthquake. Radiation and weather patterns. Worrying about natural disasters and why we’re STILL not prepared. Republicans take aim at consumer bureau. Print wasn’t always dead, man - the underground press in the '60s.
  • Chieko Chiba walks through the rubble after going to see her destroyed home March 16, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi province, Japan.
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    The latest developments in the nuclear crisis in Japan. California's budget vote. Family pet strife - does Fido bring us together or tear us apart? Getting the most bang for donated bucks - Japan, Africa, or? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes.
    AirTalk for March 16, 2011
    The latest developments in the nuclear crisis in Japan. California's budget vote. Family pet strife - does Fido bring us together or tear us apart? Getting the most bang for donated bucks - Japan, Africa, or? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes.
  • A person who is believed to be have been contaminated with radiation, wrapped with a blanket, is carried to ambulance at a radiation treatment centre in Nihonmatsu city in Fukushima prefecture on March 13, 2011.
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    The latest on the unfolding crisis in Japan. Arianna Huffington - curator, aggregator, exploiter-in-chief. Obama calls for No Child Left Behind overhaul by Fall. Saudi troops enter Bahrain and unrest continues in Libya. Cokie & Steve Roberts mix faith, food, love & work in new book.
    AirTalk for March 15, 2011
    The latest on the unfolding crisis in Japan. Arianna Huffington - curator, aggregator, exploiter-in-chief. Obama calls for No Child Left Behind overhaul by Fall. Saudi troops enter Bahrain and unrest continues in Libya. Cokie & Steve Roberts mix faith, food, love & work in new book.
  • A South Korean passenger watches TV showing Japan's Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant spewing fumes at a railway station in Seoul on March 12, 2011.
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    Could it happen here? Nuclear fallout in Japan and the technical and political implications for the nuclear infrastructure in the US. 2011 NFL season in peril as player's union opts to decertify. California lawmakers want to carry guns. The survival of the Coptic community in Egypt. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
    AirTalk for March 14, 2011
    Could it happen here? Nuclear fallout in Japan and the technical and political implications for the nuclear infrastructure in the US. 2011 NFL season in peril as player's union opts to decertify. California lawmakers want to carry guns. The survival of the Coptic community in Egypt. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
  • JAPAN OUTFishing boats and vehicles are carried by a tsunami wave at Onahama port in Iwaki city, in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan on March 11, 2011.
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    A massive 8.9 earthquake spawns deadly tsunami in Japan and around the Pacific. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, Kill the Irishman and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
    AirTalk for March 11, 2011
    A massive 8.9 earthquake spawns deadly tsunami in Japan and around the Pacific. FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, Kill the Irishman and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
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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