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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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Listen 1:44:28Are community colleges doing their job? Don't Ask Don't Tell in a legal tug of war. Debating California's Prop 22 - restricting infrastructure revenue. The politics of indignation are in full bloom this election season. James Zogby and his new book “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters."Are community colleges doing their job? Don't Ask Don't Tell in a legal tug of war. Debating California's Prop 22 - restricting infrastructure revenue. The politics of indignation are in full bloom this election season. James Zogby and his new book “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters." -
Listen 1:44:25Orange County's Crystal Cathedral files bankruptcy. Federal financing is approved for the Crenshaw Light Rail line. Elections 101: Proposition 24 - should some business tax laws revert to their pre-2008 state? Protests over retirement programs turn violent. Author and neuroscientist Sam Harris says that we don't need God to decide right and wrong.Orange County's Crystal Cathedral files bankruptcy. Federal financing is approved for the Crenshaw Light Rail line. Elections 101: Proposition 24 - should some business tax laws revert to their pre-2008 state? Protests over retirement programs turn violent. Author and neuroscientist Sam Harris says that we don't need God to decide right and wrong. -
Listen 1:44:30Should there be restrictions on the kinds of food people can buy with food stamps? Police and firefighters' are facing pension reform. Is the middle class dying or going strong? A pair of economists duke it out. Birds vs. airplanes - who has the right of way in the friendly skies? Dale Ogden, the Libertarian candidate for Governor of California. And, the latest news.Should there be restrictions on the kinds of food people can buy with food stamps? Police and firefighters' are facing pension reform. Is the middle class dying or going strong? A pair of economists duke it out. Birds vs. airplanes - who has the right of way in the friendly skies? Dale Ogden, the Libertarian candidate for Governor of California. And, the latest news. -
Listen 1:44:30The LA City Council may limit fast food in South LA. A student entrepreneur raises questions about whether or not you can sell class notes. TGIFilmweek! Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Lael Loewensten discuss the week's new releases including Hereafter, Red, Conviction and others. Academy Award nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan discusses writing Hereafter.The LA City Council may limit fast food in South LA. A student entrepreneur raises questions about whether or not you can sell class notes. TGIFilmweek! Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Lael Loewensten discuss the week's new releases including Hereafter, Red, Conviction and others. Academy Award nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan discusses writing Hereafter. -
HIV scare halts porn production. Election 101: Debating Props 20 and 27 - who should draw your district? Bullying in the information age. Author Nick Bilton is here to help you overcome your technophobia. Plus, the latest news. -
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Listen 1:44:29Sunday's CicLAvia event rolls through town. The Rose Bowl is due for a renovation. Congressman Adam Schiff's public meeting about the fight against the Station Fire. Israel's Cabinet approves a loyalty oath. America divides into 12 distinct types of communities, according to Dante Chinni's new book, Our Patchwork Nation. Plus, the latest news.Sunday's CicLAvia event rolls through town. The Rose Bowl is due for a renovation. Congressman Adam Schiff's public meeting about the fight against the Station Fire. Israel's Cabinet approves a loyalty oath. America divides into 12 distinct types of communities, according to Dante Chinni's new book, Our Patchwork Nation. Plus, the latest news. -
Listen 1:44:27After 100 days and a long night, California passes a budget. Bob Woodward's inside take on Obama's wars. Then, TGI-Filmweek! This week our critics review Secretariat, Life As We Know It, Stone, and more. Later, dinner and an (expensive) movie - are movie ticket prices out of control?After 100 days and a long night, California passes a budget. Bob Woodward's inside take on Obama's wars. Then, TGI-Filmweek! This week our critics review Secretariat, Life As We Know It, Stone, and more. Later, dinner and an (expensive) movie - are movie ticket prices out of control?
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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