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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: CNN California gubernatorial debate; Ted Turner dies at 87; What’s on your LA county ballot this June? Crisis PR; and books that changed your life.
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Today on AirTalk: What's your voting plan? Building tolerance for uncertainty; L.A. City primary races; Countercultural nuns; and LACMA opening.
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King Harbor To Re-Open In 2012; California's May 19th Budget Election; Proposition 1A; Orange County Board Of Supervisors Votes To Suspend Planned Parenthood Contract; Eco Barons
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Recovering Madoff's Millions; Extended Foster Care Pays Off; Regulating Risk; Do You Twitter?
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Pink Slips For District Teachers?; What The Recovery And Reinvestment Act Means For California; Who's Minding The Store? Outlook For Commercial Real Estate Is Bleak; Democrats Put The Brakes On The Omnibus Spending Bill; The High-Functioning Alcoholic
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Obama Reverses Federal Funding Ban On Stem Cell Research; Does The Stock Market Matter?; The Godfather Of Ecstacy
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Unemployment Rate At 25 Year High; Revisiting The Ban On Gays In The Military; What Film Critics Do You Read Or Listen To And Why?; Obama Economic Summit
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Who's To Blame For Earmarks?; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Overseas Tax Shelters; A Year On The Mound With A Minor League Misfit
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Election Wrap-Up; Health Insurance & Autism Coverage; Prop. 8 Constitutionality Argued in California Supreme Court; Manny Ramirez And The Dodgers Make a Deal
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How Fair Is The Fairness Doctrine?; Credit Card Crisis; Obama-Care; The Other Side Of Desire
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Economic Woes Continue; Election Preview; Mexico; The Facebook Phenomenon
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FBI Informants And The Muslim Community; Newspapers in Crisis; FilmWeek; Are Film Critics Out Of Touch With The Movie-Going Public?
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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