How will global warming change the world?

How will global warming change the world? And how soon? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Gwynne Dyer, author of Climate Wars, an unflinching look at the potential geopolitical consequences of rising seas and decreasing access to water and food. Is it possible to stop climate change without first changing our over-consumptive lifestyles? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are your fears about climate change, and how can we pull back from the brink? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Gwynne Dyer--author of Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

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What's the True Price of Cheap?

America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low prices and bargains, but at what cost? On the next Your Call, we'll air a conversation Rose Aguilar had with Ellen Ruppel Shell about her new book Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. What effect does our love of bargains really have on product quality, the environment, wages, and international trade? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar.

Guest:
Ellen Ruppel Shell, a journalist, correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly, and professor of science journalism at Boston University.

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Want to Give Nothing for the Holidays?

This Holiday season, do you feel pressure to spend more money than you have? Think the national gift giving frenzy is more wasteful than wonderful? Joel Waldfogel agrees. We'll talk with him about his new book Scroogenomics: Why you shouldn't buy presents for the Holidays. When we buy for ourselves, we shop carefully and purchase items that are worth more than they cost. Gift giving is different. We make less-informed choices, and millions are wasted. How did it get this far?

Join the conversation at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why should you give nothing for the Holidays? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
Joel Waldfogel, author of Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays

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Your Call 081709 What fills the hole where the abandoned Wal-Mart was?

What fills the hole where the abandoned Wal-Mart was? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Julia Christensen, author of Big Box Reuse. Communities across the country are transforming their vacant big box stores into libraries, indoor racetracks, museums, and more. Could the collapse of big box retail in your town have a silver lining?

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What would you transform your city's Big Box store into? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Julia Christensen, author of Big Box Reuse

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Your Call 070609 How do we declare our independence from consumerism?

In a consumer culture, is making something or fixing it yourself a revolutionary act? For the July 4th weekend Your Call we'll declare our independence from the consumer culture and replay our interview with Dale Daugherty, editor and publisher of Make Magazine and Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft. Will making and fixing more of our own stuff, and honoring the people who do it, bring us a healthier economy and happier lives? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dale Dougherty in San Francisco
Editor and publisher of MAKE magazine, and general manager of the Maker Media division of O'Reilly Media. He was the developer and publisher of Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial Web site which launched in 1993. Dale developed the Hacks series of books for O'Reillly and was a Lecturer in the School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS) at the University of California at Berkeley from 1996 to 2000.

Matthew B. Crawford in Richmond, Virginia
Is a philosopher / mechanic. Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia and a contributing editor of The New Atlantis. He would like to thank Joe Davis and David Franz, both of the Institute, for their contributions to this article.

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