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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 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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Listen 1:01:42BP cuts through leaking pipe with shears. What's the right age to start kindergarten? State Superintendent of Public Instruction race. Rep. Jane Harman (CA-36) faces a tough primary fight. Will California ban plastic bags? And, just in time for lunch, adventures in cheese.BP cuts through leaking pipe with shears. What's the right age to start kindergarten? State Superintendent of Public Instruction race. Rep. Jane Harman (CA-36) faces a tough primary fight. Will California ban plastic bags? And, just in time for lunch, adventures in cheese. -
California's big spenders--in politics. Democratic AG candidate Mike Shmier. U.S. Supreme Court rules you have the right to remain silent--but you have to speak up. Later, why Western Europe is a hotbed of Muslim extremism.
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Latest from the Gulf on BP's oil spill cleanup effort. Republican candidate for Attorney General John Eastman. Later, Israel's raid on a flotilla headed for Gaza.
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Listen 1:44:31Happy Memorial Day. An American success story, Wes Moore learns of another young man with the same name, and a drastically different life. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick goes in depth on Custer's Last Stand and the Battle of Little Bighorn. Then, Chinese women in the old West. Later, longtime KPCC friend Bob O'Rourke gets the word out about pulmonary fibrosis.Happy Memorial Day. An American success story, Wes Moore learns of another young man with the same name, and a drastically different life. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick goes in depth on Custer's Last Stand and the Battle of Little Bighorn. Then, Chinese women in the old West. Later, longtime KPCC friend Bob O'Rourke gets the word out about pulmonary fibrosis.
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Listen 1:44:24Sixty per cent of English language learners in California schools do not meet standards. Congressional challenger Marcy Winograd. Lisa Ling's efforts to free her sister from captivity in North Korea. Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Reviews of Sex and the City 2, Prince of Persia, After the Cup, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo and more. Later, what do women want (from a film)?Sixty per cent of English language learners in California schools do not meet standards. Congressional challenger Marcy Winograd. Lisa Ling's efforts to free her sister from captivity in North Korea. Then, T-G-I-FilmWeek! Reviews of Sex and the City 2, Prince of Persia, After the Cup, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo and more. Later, what do women want (from a film)?
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President Obama releases a review of deep-water drilling, address the Gulf oil spill, and take questions from the press. Should internet gambling be taxed and regulated? Later, Democratic Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris.
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Listen 1:45:32Obama sends National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. In the wake of the Station Fire, Adam Schiff wants the Senate to repeal the ban on firefighting night flights. Speaker John Perez's California budget plan. Democratic Attorney General candidates Tom Harman and Ted Lieu. Facebook's new privacy policy. Later, A Perfect Storm-author Sebastian Junger's new book, War.Obama sends National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. In the wake of the Station Fire, Adam Schiff wants the Senate to repeal the ban on firefighting night flights. Speaker John Perez's California budget plan. Democratic Attorney General candidates Tom Harman and Ted Lieu. Facebook's new privacy policy. Later, A Perfect Storm-author Sebastian Junger's new book, War.
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Listen 1:44:32Senate Dems propose tax hikes to close California's budget shortfall. Democratic candidates for California Attorney General Alberto Torrico and Chris Kelly. North and South face off in Korea. Compromise deal to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell. Later, the life (and music) of Artie Shaw.Senate Dems propose tax hikes to close California's budget shortfall. Democratic candidates for California Attorney General Alberto Torrico and Chris Kelly. North and South face off in Korea. Compromise deal to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell. Later, the life (and music) of Artie Shaw.
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Listen 1:44:31Has Washington responded quickly enough to the Gulf oil spill? Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta on China and Elena Kagan. California Democratic AG candidates Pedro Nava and Rocky Delgadillo. Later, the biggest manhunt in American history--the search for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin.Has Washington responded quickly enough to the Gulf oil spill? Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta on China and Elena Kagan. California Democratic AG candidates Pedro Nava and Rocky Delgadillo. Later, the biggest manhunt in American history--the search for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin.
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Listen 1:36:28Senate passes financial reform bill. Debating Prop 16- who should control electricity service? And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's new movies, including Shrek Forever After, MacGruber, Solitary Man, and Holy Rollers. Later, a wrap-up of the Cannes Film Festival.Senate passes financial reform bill. Debating Prop 16- who should control electricity service? And it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's new movies, including Shrek Forever After, MacGruber, Solitary Man, and Holy Rollers. Later, a wrap-up of the Cannes Film Festival.
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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