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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: Holiday storm? SoCal restaurant industry check-in; When did you first start feeling “old?” LAist year in review; TV Talk.
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Listen 1:36:26National efforts to curb union rights – overdue or dangerous? Christchurch earthquake is another wake up call. Funding medical and scientific research - too many strings attached? Renting vs buying – is homeownership all it’s cracked up to be? Marriage the Spousonomics way – do more dishes, have more sex & go to bed angry.National efforts to curb union rights – overdue or dangerous? Christchurch earthquake is another wake up call. Funding medical and scientific research - too many strings attached? Renting vs buying – is homeownership all it’s cracked up to be? Marriage the Spousonomics way – do more dishes, have more sex & go to bed angry. -
Listen 1:36:33A Fuller Seminary student is among those dead in today's Somali pirate killings. Moammar Gadhafi clings to power as protests continue in Libya. The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method. Does the Ruben Salazar report provide answers or lead to more questions? Piracy tragedy hits home. Can boomers defy old age?A Fuller Seminary student is among those dead in today's Somali pirate killings. Moammar Gadhafi clings to power as protests continue in Libya. The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method. Does the Ruben Salazar report provide answers or lead to more questions? Piracy tragedy hits home. Can boomers defy old age?
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Listen 1:36:33Violence continues during Libya protests. The Republican budget takes aim at CPB and EPA. Teachers – are you happy with your union? Grading the institutions that teach teachers. Tensions increase in Libya. Howard Thurston versus Harry Houdini - who is history's greatest magician?Violence continues during Libya protests. The Republican budget takes aim at CPB and EPA. Teachers – are you happy with your union? Grading the institutions that teach teachers. Tensions increase in Libya. Howard Thurston versus Harry Houdini - who is history's greatest magician? -
Listen 1:36:38Wisconsin Dems walk out over controversial budget bill. The sexual assault of CBS reporter Lara Logan – will it hurt women journalists’ ability to do their jobs? FilmWeek: Unknown, Immigration Tango, I Am Number Four, The Last Lions and others. TGI-FilmWeek! Foreign-language contenders in the race for Oscar gold.Wisconsin Dems walk out over controversial budget bill. The sexual assault of CBS reporter Lara Logan – will it hurt women journalists’ ability to do their jobs? FilmWeek: Unknown, Immigration Tango, I Am Number Four, The Last Lions and others. TGI-FilmWeek! Foreign-language contenders in the race for Oscar gold. -
Protesters in Bahrain come under fire. Friends turn foes in battle over 14th District City Council seat. Federal lawsuit alleges military rampant with sexual abuse. Peggy Orenstein takes us on a tour of the princess industrial complex.
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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