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AirTalk
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?
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Today on AirTalk: LA Metro and SB 79; Is California keeping plastic out of landfills? Food Friday: Jade Rabbit; FilmWeek: What to watch; and The 101 Best LA Films. -
Today on AirTalk: Oscar nominations: surprises and snubs; C Line extension; How avocados took over; Copper theft in LA County; and TV Talk.
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Reactions to Obama's call for immigration reform. Fixing California's teacher layoff process. Anthem Blue Cross plans premium rate hikes. Later, for improved classroom instruction, Stanley Fish says, DON'T rate my professors. -
Listen 1:36:31Obama renews his push for immigration reform. Do unpaid internships perpetuate inequality? Gingrich, Pawlenty, Romney, Huckabee: is it too soon to talk 2012 GOP candidates? Later, from food and sex to horror movies and abstract art, Paul Bloom tells us how pleasure works.Obama renews his push for immigration reform. Do unpaid internships perpetuate inequality? Gingrich, Pawlenty, Romney, Huckabee: is it too soon to talk 2012 GOP candidates? Later, from food and sex to horror movies and abstract art, Paul Bloom tells us how pleasure works.
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Will California adopt digital license plates with ads? What's behind the trend of increased childlessness in the United States? Kagan hearings continue. And the FDA considers approving genetically-engineered salmon that grows at twice the normal rate.
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Supreme Court extends gun rights. Artist John Baldessari gives Larry Mantle a tour of his new exhibition at LACMA. Then, we preview Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination hearings. Later, understanding the Hispanic electorate in America.
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Listen 1:36:32Congress reaches a deal on sweeping financial reform bill. Then, without an extension of federal unmployment benefits, what's next for the jobless? And TGI-FilmWeek! Guest host David Lazarus and the critics review the week's new releases, including Knight and Day, Grown-Ups, The Killer Inside Me, Restrepo, and Let It Rain. Later, actress Pam Grier looks back on her life in three acts.Congress reaches a deal on sweeping financial reform bill. Then, without an extension of federal unmployment benefits, what's next for the jobless? And TGI-FilmWeek! Guest host David Lazarus and the critics review the week's new releases, including Knight and Day, Grown-Ups, The Killer Inside Me, Restrepo, and Let It Rain. Later, actress Pam Grier looks back on her life in three acts.
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Listen 1:44:30Cashing in on state welfare benefits at casinos, and California faces the worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 years. Later, does natural gas extraction contaminate water supplies? 'Gasland' director Josh Fox shares his findings. Then, it takes a village-no, $200,000 to raise a child-in America. And a look at the UDSA's new dietary guidelines- is it just the same old advice?Cashing in on state welfare benefits at casinos, and California faces the worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 years. Later, does natural gas extraction contaminate water supplies? 'Gasland' director Josh Fox shares his findings. Then, it takes a village-no, $200,000 to raise a child-in America. And a look at the UDSA's new dietary guidelines- is it just the same old advice?
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Will Gen. McChrystal stay or go? Investigating abuses at LA County's Department of Probation. World Cup update. Should Mayor Villaraigosa pay for freebie tickets? Later, a history of the strange days of Prohibition in America. Nick Roman is in for Larry.
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Listen 1:44:26Does Gen. Stanley McChrystal's Rolling Stone profile undermine the chain of command? Prescription drug abuse on the rise. Then, a history of American hubris. Will Obama's moratorium on deepwater drilling stand? Later, a new power triangle in the Middle East should include the U.S. and... Iran?Does Gen. Stanley McChrystal's Rolling Stone profile undermine the chain of command? Prescription drug abuse on the rise. Then, a history of American hubris. Will Obama's moratorium on deepwater drilling stand? Later, a new power triangle in the Middle East should include the U.S. and... Iran?
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SCOTUS upholds ban on "material support" for terrorist organizations. Comparison shopping for health care. Then, what annoys you most when dining out? Later, Matt Ridley tells guest host David Lazarus why we have more reason to hope than despair about the future.
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Listen 1:36:28Furor over food truck parking. Next, Larry talks with controversial assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. Then it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. KPCC critics review Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex, Cyrus, I Am Love, Anton Chekhov's The Duel and more. Later, Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich.Furor over food truck parking. Next, Larry talks with controversial assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. Then it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. KPCC critics review Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex, Cyrus, I Am Love, Anton Chekhov's The Duel and more. Later, Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich.
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Credits & Support
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