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Air Talk: The Caltech Edition audiovideo collection
10286-MS
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Institute of Technology. Caltech Archives
Title: Air Talk: The Caltech Edition Audiovideo Collection
creator:
California Institute of Technology
Identifier/Call Number: 10286-MS
Physical Description:
70 Audio-analog Cassette
Physical Description:
40 Video-analog VHS
Physical Description:
40 Video-analog 3/4" Umatic
Date (inclusive): 1988-2002
Abstract: AirTalk is the longest-running daily
talk show in Southern California, aired for the first time on April, 1985. Starting in 1988,
the talk show hosted by Larry Mantle, was devoted to Caltech and JPL on the third Wednesday
of every month and had the title "AirTalk: The Caltech Edition". The first broadcast of
"AirTalk: The Caltech Edition" took to the airwaves on January 20, 1988. The program was
aired from 6 to 7 PM on KPCC, the National Public Radio affiliate of Pasadena City College
and for a few years (from 1989 to 1992) was also aired on TV channel KPAS. The show included
interviews with Caltech and JPL faculty, staff, students, and alumni; as well as features
such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and
discoveries in Caltech's history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on
campus- and Caltech in the News. Among the guests, many world-renowned scientists were
interviewed: Nobel Prize winners William Fowler, David Baltimore, Rudolph Marcus and David
Politzer; Crafoord Prize winner Don Anderson; and former eminent administrators Caltech
President Thomas Everhart, former JPL Directors Lew Allen and Edward Stone and Caltech
Trustees Shirley Hufsteadler -former U.S. Secretary of Education and former judge of the
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit- and Peter Fay – judge of the Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Circuit are also Each of the interviewee shared with the California public and
according to their area of specialty their cutting-edge scientific research, their view on
education and the history of Caltech. The program ended in 2002.
The collection is open for research. Researchers must apply in writing for access. Some
files are confidential and will remain closed for an indefinite period. Researchers may
request information about closed files from the Caltech Archives.
Copyright may not have been assigned to the California Institute of Technology Archives.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Caltech Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
California Institute of Technology Archives as the owner of the physical items and, unless
explicitly stated otherwise, is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Air Talk: The Caltech Edition Audiovideo Collection, 10286-MS,
Caltech Archives, California Institute of Technology.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The tapes were either transferred to the Archives from Public Relations or from Media
Relations over the years that the program was aired.
The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered
chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty,
administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes
features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people,
places and discoveries in Caltech's history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public
events on campus- and Caltech in the News.
Among the guests, many world-renowned scientists were interviewed: Nobel Prize winners
William Fowler, David Baltimore, Rudolph Marcus and David Politzer; Crafoord Prize winner
Don Anderson; and former eminent administrators Caltech President Thomas Everhart, former
JPL Directors Lew Allen and Edward Stone and Caltech Trustees Shirley Hufsteadler -former
U.S. Secretary of Education and former judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit-
and Peter Fay – judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit are also Each of the
interviewee share with the public and according to their area of specialty their
cutting-edge scientific research, their view on education and the history of Caltech.
Starting in 1988, the Air Talk show, hosted by Larry Mantle, was devoted to Caltech and JPL
on the third Wednesday of every month and had the title "AirTalk: The Caltech Edition".
The first broadcast of "AirTalk: The Caltech Edition" took to the airwaves on January 20,
1988. The program was aired from 6 to 7 PM on KPCC, the National Public Radio affiliate of
Pasadena City College and for a few years (from 1989 to 1992) was also aired on TV channel
KPAS. The program ended in 2002.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Administration
Airtalk
Archives
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earthquakes
Engineering & Applied Science
Mathematics
Biological Engineering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chemical Engineering
Planetary Science
Humanities and social sciences
Physics
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