What’s New on AIRSLA
- The Atlantic read by Carrie Gibson, 03-14-2025 – The GOP’s Confidence in Musk Is Starting to Crack
- Consumer Reports read by Dave Capper, April 2025 – Can Consumer Boycotts Be Successful?
- Daily Airs – Monday Entertainment read by Roger Baker,
03-24-2025 – Fred Durst, Jennifer Anniston & Pedro Pascal, Robert Kardashian - Daily Airs – Wednesday Finance read by Roger Baker,
03-19-2025 – Stock Market Today, Stocks Get Relief Rally in Best Fed Day Since July - Daily Airs – Friday Health read by Roger Baker,
03-21-2025 – Study Finds why ‘Night Owls’ have a Higher Risk for Depression than ‘Early Risers’ - Discover Magazine read by Brian Lemon, Dressed to Differentiate
- Green & Growing read by Hugh Ralston, 03/20/2025 – Gardens 286 – winter designs, seeds for summer blooms, daffodils, forsythia and houseplant
- Jewish Edition read by Marc S Braun, 03-22-2025
- LA Arts Show read by Hugh Ralston, 1181E196 – LAAC 287, 03-21-2025 – Gracias Gustavo season, Cosi Fan Tutte, Vienna Phil in LA, Streetcar Named Desire in Brooklyn, Power of Music to Heal, and more.
- The Marginalian read by Emeline Mann Sanchez, week of March 21, 2025 – How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James
- National Geographic History read by Jim Briscoe, March/April 2025 – Paul of Tarsus the Traveling Apostle (3/16/2025)
- Popular Science Magazine 03/22/2025 – Read by Michael Piotrasch, Includes: 0:58 An original E.T. from 1982 movie could fetch $1M at auction. 4:55 Cougar cubs spotted in Michigan for first time in over a century. 8:57 A startup wants to mine the moon for helium.
- Reader’s Digest – Style & Substance, read by Patty Mattson – 03-25-2025 – World of Good: 3 stories To Make Your Day
- Scouting Magazine read by Jody Olson,
02/25/2024 – What’s the only thing wrong with the Braille Boy Scout Handbook? (originally published 2012) - Sky and Telescope read by Roger Baker, S1E26 – Sky and Telescope 03/2025 – Various news articles from the world of astronomy
- Southern Living read by Joyce Davis, 03/19/2025 – The Joy of Pass Alongs, The Grumpy Gardener, Firewitch Dianthus; all by Steve Bender
- Sports read by Roger Baker on Los Angeles wildfire devastation
The Unbearable Guilt of Losing Nothing and Everything in the Altadena Wildfire - The Week read by Nancy Porter March 7, 2025 edition
- Time Magazine read by Nancy Porter Recorded March 17, 2025, from 3/24/2025 edition
- Voter Info read by Marc S Braun National 03-20-2025
- Wall Street Journal read by Merrick Schneider 03/17/25. 1) Froot Loops Become a Political Football. 2) When Tech Leaders Connect. 3) Singles seek to find love IRL. 4) Perks of Dermatology Jobs. 5) Something Better’s Brewing.
- Local News read by LARRS, Special Edition! L.A. Times March 10, 2025 – Expose on Transplant Waiting List – Read by Nancy Porter
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