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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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Recent Episodes
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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 1:44:30On AirTalk with guest host David Lazarus, a new injunction bans drug dealers from entering Skid Row. The solution to California's budget woes: tax the rich? Military families separated by war. How to teach your kids about money. And the car Americans love to hate- the Yugo.On AirTalk with guest host David Lazarus, a new injunction bans drug dealers from entering Skid Row. The solution to California's budget woes: tax the rich? Military families separated by war. How to teach your kids about money. And the car Americans love to hate- the Yugo. -
Listen 1:44:31David Lazarus is in for Larry. GM posts $4.3 billion loss. Learning about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... from Europe? LA's budget crisis threatens department closures. Then, what are the benefits of a 4-day work week? Later, distinguishing between fact and fraud in science.David Lazarus is in for Larry. GM posts $4.3 billion loss. Learning about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... from Europe? LA's budget crisis threatens department closures. Then, what are the benefits of a 4-day work week? Later, distinguishing between fact and fraud in science.
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Listen 1:44:29Guest host David Lazarus discusses Obama's new nuclear weapons strategy. What age is too young to climb Mt. Everest or sail solo around the world? The pope names a successor for Cardinal Roger Mahony. Could LA go broke by the end of June? And getting organized in the Google era.Guest host David Lazarus discusses Obama's new nuclear weapons strategy. What age is too young to climb Mt. Everest or sail solo around the world? The pope names a successor for Cardinal Roger Mahony. Could LA go broke by the end of June? And getting organized in the Google era.
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Listen 1:44:30Guest host David Lazarus get the latest on the Baja earthquake and Justice Stevens' intention to retire. The arrival of Apple's iPad. Jazz great Pat Metheny on his new album and upcoming performance at Disney Hall. What will health care reform mean for the state budget? Then, are schools failing boys?Guest host David Lazarus get the latest on the Baja earthquake and Justice Stevens' intention to retire. The arrival of Apple's iPad. Jazz great Pat Metheny on his new album and upcoming performance at Disney Hall. What will health care reform mean for the state budget? Then, are schools failing boys?
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Listen 1:44:28New airline security protocols. Firefighting night flights. For AirTalk's 25th anniversary, John Rabe interviews Larry. Then it's FilmWeek: reviews of the week's new movies, including Clash of the Titans, The Last Song, The Greatest, and The Secret of Kells. Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mike Nelson is back to poke fun at Hollywood blockbusters, and Peter Rainer reviews the Bermuda Film Fest.New airline security protocols. Firefighting night flights. For AirTalk's 25th anniversary, John Rabe interviews Larry. Then it's FilmWeek: reviews of the week's new movies, including Clash of the Titans, The Last Song, The Greatest, and The Secret of Kells. Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mike Nelson is back to poke fun at Hollywood blockbusters, and Peter Rainer reviews the Bermuda Film Fest.
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Listen 1:44:31Metrolink workers resist psychological evaluations. A talk with NPR's Pakistan correspondent Julie McCarthy. Headlines from the OC with the Orange County Journalists Roundtable. And from maple bacon doughnuts to sizzling catfish, food critic Jonathan Gold shares the 99 best things to eat in Los Angeles.Metrolink workers resist psychological evaluations. A talk with NPR's Pakistan correspondent Julie McCarthy. Headlines from the OC with the Orange County Journalists Roundtable. And from maple bacon doughnuts to sizzling catfish, food critic Jonathan Gold shares the 99 best things to eat in Los Angeles.
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Listen 1:44:31New offshore oil drilling. Parcel tax for public education? Then, is the Inland Empire full of gated ghettos? Later, Speaking of Faith's Krista Tippett shares scientists' religious views. And actor Edward James Olmos remembers famed East L.A. math teacher Jaime Escalante.New offshore oil drilling. Parcel tax for public education? Then, is the Inland Empire full of gated ghettos? Later, Speaking of Faith's Krista Tippett shares scientists' religious views. And actor Edward James Olmos remembers famed East L.A. math teacher Jaime Escalante.
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Does Obama have his groove back? Home computers + internet = massive earthquake warning system? White House bind—where to try terror suspects? Later, post-quake Haiti. Then, are DUIs declining in California?
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DWP rate hikes. The philosophy of bumper stickers. Health reform's $15 billion fund to promote healthy lifestyles. Later, a 1960's quest to spread love and LSD around the world.
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Listen 1:44:30Government uses TARP money to bail out homeowners. Why is Type I diabetes skyrocketing? White House budget chief Peter Orszag talks with guest host David Lazarus. Then T-G-I-FilmWeek. We review How to Train Your Dragon, Hot Tub Time Machine, Chloe, Waking Sleeping Beauty and more.Government uses TARP money to bail out homeowners. Why is Type I diabetes skyrocketing? White House budget chief Peter Orszag talks with guest host David Lazarus. Then T-G-I-FilmWeek. We review How to Train Your Dragon, Hot Tub Time Machine, Chloe, Waking Sleeping Beauty and more.
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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