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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: Oscar nominations: surprises and snubs; C Line extension; How avocados took over; Copper theft in LA County; and TV Talk.
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Today on AirTalk: Updates on Minnesota; Detecting deepfakes; New book on the Black Dahlia murder; ICE's impact businesses in Orange County; and Screen time among older people. -
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.
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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. -
Easing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Will California's climate law help or hurt the economy? BofA will forgive $3 billion in mortgage debt. Then, AirTalk's Town Hall on the individual mandate for health care.
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LAUSD revises interdistrict transfer policy. The Economist editor Matthew Bishop on how to revive capitalism. Is the health care mandate unconstitutional? And the hidden power of the senses.
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Google out of China. Mayor Villaraigosa wants Angelenos to be counted for the 2010 Census. Are school garden programs yielding student success or failure? U.S. and Israel toe to toe. And Larry talks with Stephen Hall about wisdom, from philosophy to neuroscience.
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Health care vote, the morning after. NPR correspondent Sylvia Poggioli is in the house. Later, what does the health care overhaul mean for you? Then, maybe they can't jump, but author Karyn Langhorne Folan says, it's okay to bring home a white boy.
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Listen 1:44:14The health care vote. Next on the agenda, immigration reform. NYC transportation guru Janette Sadik-Khan is in LA for Street Summit 2010. Then it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's releases, including Bounty Hunter, Repo Men, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Runaways, Greenberg, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Later, Disney animation documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty.The health care vote. Next on the agenda, immigration reform. NYC transportation guru Janette Sadik-Khan is in LA for Street Summit 2010. Then it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the critics review the week's releases, including Bounty Hunter, Repo Men, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Runaways, Greenberg, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Later, Disney animation documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty.
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CBO numbers on health care bill. Coming soon, World Water Day. We talk with the author of The Green Blue Book. Later, how can we balance freedom and security in commercial air travel?
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Voting on health care without... voting? Do trade schools leave students with an unmanageable debt load? Then, negotiating the bounds of the U.S.-Israeli alliance. Later, Scott Patterson on the math whiz kids that nearly brought Wall Street down.
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LAUSD revamps teacher evaluations. Tom Burrell challenges the myth of black inferiority. How effective is the Mexican government's war on drug cartels? Later, Tammy Wynette's life and love in song.
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Listen 1:45:02The final count(down) on health care. The Supreme Court looks at free speech at military funerals and background checks at JPL. Are gender-neutral dorms the future of college living? Later, Larry talks with Ted Conover about how roads are changing the world and the way we live.The final count(down) on health care. The Supreme Court looks at free speech at military funerals and background checks at JPL. Are gender-neutral dorms the future of college living? Later, Larry talks with Ted Conover about how roads are changing the world and the way we live.
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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