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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 1:44:28Will the Fed intervene to boost the economy? Would you trade a cable subscription for on demand pay content? New Orleans five years after Katrina. FilmWeek's weekly roundup: reviews of Centurion, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Last Exorcism, The People I’ve Slept With, and a new exhibit on Ingmar Bergman. Later, Special Editions: are they worth your time and money?Will the Fed intervene to boost the economy? Would you trade a cable subscription for on demand pay content? New Orleans five years after Katrina. FilmWeek's weekly roundup: reviews of Centurion, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Last Exorcism, The People I’ve Slept With, and a new exhibit on Ingmar Bergman. Later, Special Editions: are they worth your time and money? -
Have you driven drunk in the past year? 1 in 5 Americans admit they have. Rep. Adam Schiff on the one year anniversary of the Station Fire. How safe are cosmetics--and who regulates lotions, deodorants and makeup? Later, why people email so badly and how to improve.
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Listen 1:36:02The state of plummeting home sales. Killing your lawn - going green by going brown. Is the egg recall all it's cracked up to be? The state of medical care inside California’s prisons. Later, Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder on his DIY approach to searching for meaning in a throwaway world.The state of plummeting home sales. Killing your lawn - going green by going brown. Is the egg recall all it's cracked up to be? The state of medical care inside California’s prisons. Later, Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder on his DIY approach to searching for meaning in a throwaway world.
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Listen 1:44:31New restrictions on stem cell research. Are Americans intolerant of Islam? Republican Congressman from the 48th District in Orange County John Campbell. LA drivers don't have it so bad - a 60-mile, 10-day-and-counting traffic jam in China. Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. And the latest news.New restrictions on stem cell research. Are Americans intolerant of Islam? Republican Congressman from the 48th District in Orange County John Campbell. LA drivers don't have it so bad - a 60-mile, 10-day-and-counting traffic jam in China. Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. And the latest news.
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Listen 1:35:59What do you think of value-added assessment for LA teachers? What's being done to control health insurance costs in California before reform legislation takes effect? State GOP convention roundup. Later, do you hide purchases--or whole accounts--from your spouse or partner?What do you think of value-added assessment for LA teachers? What's being done to control health insurance costs in California before reform legislation takes effect? State GOP convention roundup. Later, do you hide purchases--or whole accounts--from your spouse or partner?
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Listen 1:44:25Target's campaign donations: pro-business or homophobic? Baby slapping at 30,000 ft? Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies including The Switch, The Lottery Ticket, The Tillman Story, and The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector. Later, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and, will the summer movie season end with a bang... or a whimper? What films would you like to see come out of Hollywood?Target's campaign donations: pro-business or homophobic? Baby slapping at 30,000 ft? Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Our critics review the week's new movies including The Switch, The Lottery Ticket, The Tillman Story, and The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector. Later, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and, will the summer movie season end with a bang... or a whimper? What films would you like to see come out of Hollywood?
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Disney bans an employee's headscarf. Andrew Hacker's book - Higher Education. General Motors' impending IPO. Being twenty-something in twenty-ten - why the generation born in the 80s is taking so long to grow up, and a living, breathing stairmaster. And the latest news.
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Listen 1:35:53Support for California pension reform bill wanes. Is the Southern California housing market still free falling? These goes to eleven: are earbuds responsible for kids' hearing loss? Later, mortality and faith, will Christopher Hitchens find religion now that he's facing the end? How does spirituality--or atheism--change illness and dying?Support for California pension reform bill wanes. Is the Southern California housing market still free falling? These goes to eleven: are earbuds responsible for kids' hearing loss? Later, mortality and faith, will Christopher Hitchens find religion now that he's facing the end? How does spirituality--or atheism--change illness and dying?
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More on the LA Times LAUSD assessment. Fire away? Profiling the new, reluctant gun owner. Pakistani community responds to flooding. Obama motorcade creates traffic nightmare. Later, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter advocates for better public mental health.
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How effective are LAUSD teachers according to the LA Times? And, President Obama's mosque remarks have come under fire. Then, the latest on Mayor Villaraigosa's bike summit. And 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