Does the State Budget Crisis Move You to Act?

Is the budget crisis in California creating a movement for fundamental change? On the next Your Call, we continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by talking about the reaction to the devastating budget cuts. Has the shock of budget cuts in the midst of a recession moved you from dissatisfaction to action? Join us at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are the range of people activated by the state's crisis making connections? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Blondell Rice, a San Francisco home care worker
Reuben Caneda, UC Berkeley student
Ethel Long-Scott, executive director of The Women's Economic Agenda Project

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Media Roundtable

What's in store for the future of the media? On the next Your Call, we'll have a special pre-taped Friday Media Roundtable with Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media and author of The Chaos Scenario, and Jessica Clark, author of the forthcoming book, Beyond the Echo Chamber. Can anything good come from a media industry in disarray? Is there an emerging news media we can feel thankful for? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jessica Clark, author

Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media

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Read a Good Book Lately?

Do you have a great book to recommend? On the next Your Call, we'll ask Green Apple Books's Pete Mulvihill and the Booksmith's Rachel Meier to share their recommendations for the best books of the year. Do have friends or family members who you'd love to get a book for -- if only you had some recommendations? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or tune in live at 11. What's your book gift idea? And what are you reading? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Pete Mulvihill, co-owner, Green Apple Books and Music

Rachel Meier, manger and book buyer at Booksmith in San Francisco

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Has Your Past Determined Your Present?

Has your past determined your present? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how the decisions of our ancestors shaped who we are or hope to be. If you've made the decision to connect with your family history, what have you learned that changed the way you see yourself? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. With many family gatherings for the holiday weekend, how can you start the intergenerational conversations that allow you to understand where you come from? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alia Malek, an author and civil rights lawyer.

Bonnie Tsui, a freelance writer and a frequent contributor to The New York Times.

Connie Alvarez, director of Volunteer Services at KCRW; producer, KCRW's Good Food and part of Story Corps Historias

Nancy Loughridge, an 81-year-old mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was interviewed by her daughter for StoryCorps.

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Agenda for a New Economy -- Who Wins the Credit Card Game?

How has the credit card industry remained so profitable during the downturn? Join us for a short course on the industry that lives in all of our wallets, with the Frontline team that created The Card Game: An investigation of the consumer loan industry. Who's regulating the big credit card companies? What shows up on your monthly bill? And what are the basic reforms that could make a big difference?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the credit card business getting away with? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Oriana Zill de Granados, co-producer of Frontline's The Card Game and award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Dan Hirst, journalist with Frontline, and associate producer of The Card Game.

Gail Hillebrand, Financial Services Campaign Manager at the Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.

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Friday Media Roundtable

This week, we'll discuss coverage of President Obama's visit to China, protests on UC campuses, and the state of media in Mexico. We'll be joined by The Daily Planet's Riya Bhattacharjee, Mexico City based journalist Franc Contreras and New America Media's Vivian Po. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us your comments and questions to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Riya Bhattacharjee, staff writer at The Berkeley Daily Planet
Vivian Po, staff writer at New America Media
Franc Contreras, journalist based in Mexico City

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What's your Wish List for China?

President Obama just left China, after negotiating a relationship that will define our economic and political reality in the coming decades. Yet most progressives are hazy about what they wanted Obama to tell Hu Jintao. Is it all about the economy? Should environmental degradation and global warming be the top priority? Or do democratic reform and freedom to dissent come before for everything else?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the progressive agenda for China? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ling-Chi Wang, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley and a US-China relations expert.

David Gordon, executive director of Pacific Environment.

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Does our Economy Need to Crash?

Why is our capitalism so prone to crash? On the next Your Call we talk with author John Cassidy about how markets crash. Is it about greed and groupthink? Or something more fundamental to our economic system? And what does the way we answer these questions mean for financial regulation? A conversation with New Yorker economics and finance reporter John Cassidy, author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities.

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do markets fail? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
John Cassidy, an economics and finance reporter for the New Yorker and author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities.

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What Do Young People Say about the Richmond High Rape?

How are young people around Northern California responding to the gang rape of a Richmond High student outside the homecoming dance? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with a panel of students about how they can they help us understand about how it happened. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How we can stop it from happening again? It's Your call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Renee Caridan, senior at De Anza High School in Richmond

Timothy Jackson, executive director of the Bay Area Stop Hating Movement

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Can Capitalism Redeem Itself?

Is a better capitalism possible? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked. He argues that the global financial system needs to be remade from the ground up. But where do we start in building a more just and sustainable system?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. In a globalized economy, are the incentives for gluttony and graft simply too great? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Perkins, an economist and author. His best-known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of Afghanistan, the Fort Hood Shooting and veterans, and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We'll be joined by The Nation's Betsy Reed and journalist and author Mark Danner. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us your comments and questions to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Mark Danner, a writer and reporter who for twenty-five years has written on politics and foreign affairs, focusing on war and conflict.

Betsy Reed, the executive editor of The Nation.

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Update: Mark Danner is speaking TODAY
3:00pm "Now That We Know: Obama, Terror and the Politics of Dirty Hands"
University of California, Berkeley
Wheeler Auditorium, Maude Fife Room 315
Free and open to the public
Book signing to follow

7:30pm Book signing, The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117

Are Cars Going Extinct?

What's the future of personal transportation? A big chunk of the federal stimulus plan supports the building, repair and expansion of roads at the same time climate scientists tell us fossil-fueled cars are pushing us more quickly toward catastrophe. Are we at a point where personal transportation might come into question? What does your car mean to you? And what would it take for you to pull it off the road for good?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the future of the car? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Patricia Monahan, director of the California office of the Union of Concerned Scientists and deputy director for the Clean Vehicles program.

Carli Paine, transportation director for Transform

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Are U.S.-Israel Relations at a Turning Point?

On the next Your Call we'll be joined by Joel Schalit, author of Israel Versus Utopia, to discuss the future of Israel. Israel is the number one recipient of U.S. economic and military aid, but its right-wing Likud government has bristled at Obama Administration calls for an end to illegal settlements. Meanwhile, the J Street Project is setting a new course for the Jewish-American relationship with Israel. Could a new U.S.-Israeli relationship emerge? And will any of it make real change for the Palestinians?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the future of US-Israel relations? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Joel Schalit, author of Israel Vs. Utopia

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Can an Official Apology Right an Historic Wrong?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about what Native Americans say about the Senate's passage of a resolution apologizing to Native Americans for the federal government's record of "violence, mistreatment, and neglect." Is it a meaningful step for Native Americans?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. If President Obama followed the Senate's lead, could it help this country confront its past -- and appreciate the continuing importance of Native Americans? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Smith, founder and director of the American Indian Film Festival

Nataani Graycloud Guthrie, student and healthcare volunteer at the Native American Health Center

Kateri Walker, actress in Kissed By Lightning and panelist for "Native Women vs. Hollywood Stereotypes" at the American Indian Film Festival

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Where is Health Care Reform in Washington Headed?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the health care reform proposals – from House and Senate Democrats, as well as the Republicans, what's in them? How far do they go in tackling issues of access and cost?

Listen live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we assert our interests as the deals are cut on Capitol Hill? It's Your Call, with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Henry Abrons, retired physician who is on the Board of Physicians for a National Health Program and its CA chapter, California Physicians Alliance.

Ezra Klein covers domestic and economic policy for the Washington Post.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of midterm elections, the investigation into Goldman Sachs's secret bets against the housing market and the anti-government protests in Iran on the 30th anniversary of the siege of the U.S. embassy. We'll be joined by The Nation's John Nichols, McClatchy's Greg Gordon, and The Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fassihi. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Nichols, the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine
Farnaz Fassihi, the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal
Greg Gordon, an investigative reporter with McClatchy Newspapers

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Does Breast Cancer Awareness Month Work?

Does breast cancer awareness month work? Every October, millions of Americans take part in events to raise money and consciousness about breast cancer. But how much do we know about where the money goes, and is it bringing us closer to a cure? If you wear a pink ribbon or take part in a breast cancer walk, what change do you hope to make?

Join us live at 11:00 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What the best way to promote breast cancer awareness? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Barbara Brenner, director of the Breast Cancer watchdog group, Breast Cancer Action.

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Can the U.S. Lead the Climate Conference in Copenhagen?

Can the U.S. lead at the climate conference in Copenhagen? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the key commitments the U.S. must make to slow global warming. If there's no bill from Congress, will President Obama even show up? How can concerned citizens make their voices heard in the next month?

Join us live at 11:00 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Can the U.S. lead on climate change? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Jim Ayers, vice-president of Oceana Pacific, who will be attending the Copenhagen summit next month.

Mark Hertsgaard, a journalist who covers climate change for Vanity Fair, The Nation, Time and others.

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What's Obama's Grade in Foreign Policy?

How would you grade Obama's foreign policy record so far? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about changes in U.S. foreign policy since Obama took office. Middle East expert Juan Cole says the president deserves good marks for his work on Iran, Pakistan and Iraq -- do you agree?

You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the criteria we should use to judge Obama's foreign policy as he moves toward his sophomore year? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Harry Kreisler is executive director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and executive producer and host of "Conversations with History."

Juan R. I. Cole, professor of modern Middle East and South Asian history at the University of Michigan

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How Does Unemployment Insurance Work?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Unemployment Insurance benefits. With unemployment in California at its highest rate since 1940, lots more people are learning how the system works and where it falls short. What can we learn from the way other states and countries handle unemployment insurance?

You can join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. If you're grappling with the current system, what do you think needs to change? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Maurice Emsellem, the National Employment Law Project's (NELP) Policy Director

Olga Pierce, a Fellow at ProPublica

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