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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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Adelphia Cable to Offer XXX Porn; Black Pastors Wooed By Bush Administration; Orange County Journalist Round Table; State of the Union Preview; American Mania
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Change in the Treatment of California Youth Authority Inmates; Gang Injunctions; Blogging; Lewis & Clark Scholar: Landon Jones
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Iraqi Election Preview; FilmWeek
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Mayoral Race Update; USC's California Demographic Futures Forecast; Can Public Campaign Financing Work In California?
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Presidential Inauguration; Second Presidential Terms; Orange County Journalist “Roundtable”; A Status Update on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan; Banking on Baghdad
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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