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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: Ban on pretextual police stops? CA insurance commissioner’s race; TV Talk; and California gubernatorial candidates Steve Hilton and Matt Mahan.
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Problems at the Mens Central Jail; Liquid Natural Gas, Safety and Long Beach; The Real Estate Bubble - It Hasn't Burst...Yet; Air Marshals - Are They Properly Trained?; Gil Garcetti's New Book "Dance in Cuba"
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Governor Schwarzenegger Facing Problems Within The Republican Party; Orange County Congressional Election; Tookie Williams; President Bush’s Iraq Strategy; Saddam Hussein’s Trial: A Dictator’s Disdain; Thieves Of Baghdad
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SMALL SCHOOL PLAN REVEALED; REAL ESTATE FRAUD; AFGHANISTAN UPDATE; JAZZLIFE
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9/11 Panel Report Card; Autism And The Brain’s Mirror Neuron System; Cough, Cough: L.A. Remains Smog Capitol Of America; Global Climate Change And The Montreal Conference; The Life And Imagination Of C.S. Lewis
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Growth In The Inland Empire; FilmWeek
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LAX Overhaul Plan Scrapped; Orange County Journalist "Roundtable"; "A La Carte" Cable and Indecency; Parkinson's Disease and Pesticides
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Dr. Thomas Garthwaite Resigns; Repealing Westside Tunnel Ban; President Bush Speaks On Iraq
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The Economic Future Of California’s Film Industry; Vatican Speaks Out On Gays In The Priesthood; President Bush Presents A Tougher Immigration Reform Plan; Frank Mccourt’s New Book, Teacher Man
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Anticipated 2006 Statewide Initiatives; Hospitals Dumping Ill Patients on Skid Row; Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; The Politics of Country Music
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THE X LIST: Movies That Turn Us On; FilmWeek
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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