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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 latest on Venezuela; What bills come into effect January 2026? A history of U.S. involvement in Latin America; and PetTalk: Ask a vet!
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Schwarzenegger's final State of the State address; Dodd and Dorgan will retire from the Senate; a preview of the Consumer Electronics Show; and physicist Sean Carroll presents his theory of time. -
A Race to the Top education plan for CA; Delays for state stimulus projects; A preview of the governor's State of the State speech; New laws for 2010; A GOP midterm elections comeback?; and Laura Scott discusses married couples who are childless by choice.
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USC penalizes its basketball program. An announcement from JPL. Are counter terrorism agencies on speaking terms? And, from founding fathers to techno wizards, author-historian Walter Isaacson discusses the people who shaped American history.
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Listen 1:44:57Jesse Katz's memoir of coaching Little League, "The Opposite Field." Favorite fictional detectives. Obscure French scholars, and how the map they made gave America its name. Captain Sully Sullenberg's "Miracle on the Hudson." And, the publication of an exact facsimile of Carl Jung's "Red Book," complete with Jung's own paintings and calligraphic script.Jesse Katz's memoir of coaching Little League, "The Opposite Field." Favorite fictional detectives. Obscure French scholars, and how the map they made gave America its name. Captain Sully Sullenberg's "Miracle on the Hudson." And, the publication of an exact facsimile of Carl Jung's "Red Book," complete with Jung's own paintings and calligraphic script.
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Listen 1:36:56The Time Warner/Fox dispute and what it means for the future of television. A near-successful Christmas bombing plot and what it means for the Obama administration. From Octomom to Mike Duvall: wrapping up 2009 in Orange County. How to make difficult new year's resolutions stick. And, the best stories from the past 4.5 billion years, courtesy of The Onion.The Time Warner/Fox dispute and what it means for the future of television. A near-successful Christmas bombing plot and what it means for the Obama administration. From Octomom to Mike Duvall: wrapping up 2009 in Orange County. How to make difficult new year's resolutions stick. And, the best stories from the past 4.5 billion years, courtesy of The Onion.
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Listen 1:36:57Nonresidents no longer welcome at Beverly Hills public schools. NY Times columnist David Pogue reviews the decade in tech. Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy magazine on the year's overlooked stories, and critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig on the best and worst films of the decade.Nonresidents no longer welcome at Beverly Hills public schools. NY Times columnist David Pogue reviews the decade in tech. Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy magazine on the year's overlooked stories, and critics Wade Major and Claudia Puig on the best and worst films of the decade.
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California Science Center taking heat for screening Darwin's Dilemma. Thou shalt steal? What's sex ed funding doing in the Senate health bill? And, the best science stories of 2009.
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How big a threat are airline bombers? Search for extraterrestrial life gains momentum. Then, does financial disclosure in LAPD gang units promote transparency? Later, we talk with John Cassidy about his book How Markets Fail.
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The best of NPR's Christmas tales. Then, it's the reprise of FilmWeek on AirTalk, with reviews of Sherlock Holmes, It's Complicated and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. And, stay tuned on Monday when we talk with Jill Tarter about the search for extraterrestrial life.
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We break down the Senate vote on health care and future of the legislation. Then, it's time to feast. Eat LA contributors recommend greasy spoons, fancy dining and hole-in-the-wall gems across Los Angeles.
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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