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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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    MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE LAUSD: WHAT ARE THEY FOR AND HOW ARE THEY WORKING?; PROP. 74 TEACHER TENURE; GUN MANUFACTURERS TO BE SHIELDED FROM LAWSUITS
    MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE LAUSD: WHAT ARE THEY FOR AND HOW ARE THEY WORKING?; PROP. 74 TEACHER TENURE; GUN MANUFACTURERS TO BE SHIELDED FROM LAWSUITS
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    SADDAM HUSSEIN ON TRIAL; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT; UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL; THE TRIUMPH OF SAM COOKE
    SADDAM HUSSEIN ON TRIAL; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT; UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL; THE TRIUMPH OF SAM COOKE
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    Teachers; New Bankruptcy Regulations; The New Film "Capote"
    Teachers; New Bankruptcy Regulations; The New Film "Capote"
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    Stem Cell Lines Created Without Embryos; Education Funding In California: Where The Money Come From And Where Does It Go?; Iraq’s Constitutional Referendum; Depression-Era Boxing Heroes Joe Louis And Max Shmeling
    Stem Cell Lines Created Without Embryos; Education Funding In California: Where The Money Come From And Where Does It Go?; Iraq’s Constitutional Referendum; Depression-Era Boxing Heroes Joe Louis And Max Shmeling
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    The Ports Of Long Beach And Los Angeles; FilmWeek
    The Ports Of Long Beach And Los Angeles; FilmWeek
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    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; The New Video iPod; Youth Sentenced to Life Without Parole; Young and Female in the U.S. Army; The War in El Salvador Revisited
    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; The New Video iPod; Youth Sentenced to Life Without Parole; Young and Female in the U.S. Army; The War in El Salvador Revisited
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    LA ARCHDIOCESE RELEASES PRIEST ABUSE RECORDS; Propositions 78 & 79
    LA ARCHDIOCESE RELEASES PRIEST ABUSE RECORDS; Propositions 78 & 79
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    State Laws Signed And Vetoed; King/Drew: Now What?; Should Mammoth Go Upscale?; Poverty And Race In New Orleans; Julius Shulman
    State Laws Signed And Vetoed; King/Drew: Now What?; Should Mammoth Go Upscale?; Poverty And Race In New Orleans; Julius Shulman
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    Earthquake In Southeast Asia; Proposition 76; The Torture Question; Ray Guns And Buck Rogers…For Real
    Earthquake In Southeast Asia; Proposition 76; The Torture Question; Ray Guns And Buck Rogers…For Real
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    MAYOR’S EDUCATION PROPOSALS; UNION DUES, POLITICS AND PROP 75; FILMWEEK
    MAYOR’S EDUCATION PROPOSALS; UNION DUES, POLITICS AND PROP 75; FILMWEEK

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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