How does diet impact our health?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the documentary film Forks Over Knives. Two out of every three of Americans are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially among the younger population, and about half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. So what can be done to reverse these alarming statistics? Join us live at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How has your diet affected your health?

Guests:

Matthew Lederman, physician and co-founder of Exsalus Health and Wellness Center, Los Angeles, California

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, director of cardiovascular disease reversal and prevention at the Cleveland Clinic

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How did we end up in a love affair with plastic?

How did we end up in a love affair with plastic? And is it time to end it? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Susan Freinkel, author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Freinkel's book explores the history of plastic products, the power of the plastics industry, how plastics became so ubiquitous in our lives, and how they might be harming our health. What do you want to know about plastic? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is there any way to remove plastic from our lives? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Susan Freinkel, author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story

Suzan Beraza, producer of Bag It, a documentary

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, It's our Friday media roundtable. This week, we'll mark the one-year anniversary of the BP Oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. How are the media keeping the story alive? This week also marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Who is connecting the ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan to what happened 25 years ago in Ukraine? We'll be joined by independent journalist Dahr Jamail, Left Turn's Jordan Flaherty and photojournalist Michael Forster Rothbart. He spent two years in Chernobyl, chronicling the lives of workers there. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist

Jordan Flaherty, a journalist and editor of Left Turn Magazine

Michael Forster Rothbart, a freelance photojournalist

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What are the biggest environmental threats to children?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Sandra Steingraber, author of Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis. She says "our children face an environment more threatening to their health than any generation in history." She focuses on everyday hazards in our lives and explores the connections between parenting and policy-making. How do we relate environmental crisis to family life? And what are some solutions? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sandra Steingraber, author of Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis

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What's the state of worker safety?

On the next Your Call, we'll mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most tragic labor disasters in American history--the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. The deaths of 146 garment workers drastically changed labor laws and worker safety standards. It also electrified the labor movement. So how safe are our workplaces today? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does worker safety in the US compare to regulations in factories overseas? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Charles Kernaghen, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights (formerly known as the National Labor Committee)

Eileen Nevitt, granddaughter of one of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers

Dr. Larry Rose, former doctor with Cal OSHA

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Why are so many people in the Gulf region getting sick?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with toxicologist Riki Ott about the human health epidemic she is witnessing in the Gulf since the BP oil disaster. How much (or how little) do we know about the health effects of oil and dispersants? How much is being covered up? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. The EPA says dispersants are safe. So what explains the rise in health problems? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Riki Ott, marine biologist, toxicologist, and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Robin Young, co-founder of Guardians of the Gulf in Orange Beach, Alabama

Dr. Rodney Soto, physician in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

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How will the new health care law affect you?

Now that the new health care law is starting to take effect, how is it actually going to change the way we get our healthcare? On the next Your Call, we take your calls about the new health care law. How will it change the quality of care that you currently receive? Will it improve? Join us at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does the law mean to you? And how will it be impacted by politicians who want to over turn it? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Steffie Woolhandler, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Trudy Lieberman, Contributing editor at the Columbia Journalism Review

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What do we need to know about cell phone radiation?

What do we need to know about cell phones and the affect they are having on us? On the next Your Call, we welcome back epidemiologist Devra Davis, author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family. Devra Davis argues that suppressed research proves that cell phones are not safe. So what precautions should we take? What do you want to know about cell phones and radiation? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Devra Davis, author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family.

Debbie Raphael, toxics reduction program manager for the San Francisco Department of the Environment

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Should marijuana be legalized in California?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our special California election series with a debate about Proposition 19, known as the "Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010." The measure would make California the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Where do you stand on Prop 19? Join us live at 11 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What would the legalization of marijuana mean for the state of California? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Joseph McNamara, retired San Jose Police Chief and spokesperson for Yes on 19
Chief Walt Tibbet, Fairfield Police Chief and spokesperson for No on 19

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How do people overcome abuse and neglect from childhood?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, & My Journey From Homeless to Harvard. Growing up the daughter of drug addicts, Murray was often so hungry that she resorted to eating chapstick and toothpaste. She worked her way to a Harvard education and now serves undernourished children. What is it like to be a hungry child in America? Join us at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do people overcome their own abuse to help others? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, & My Journey From Homeless to Harvard

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What are the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to Dr. Sandra Steingraber, a cancer survivor and author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment, which is now adapted into a feature-length documentary film. The President's Cancer Panel published their report about environmental cancer this year. How have chemicals from industry and agriculture affected public health? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we protect ourselves from environmental carcinogens? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

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Are cell phones making us sick?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to epidemiologist Devra Davis, author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family. Many countries have issued warnings against cell phone use by children. Why has the U.S. refused to participate in cell phone health studies? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Should we advocate for safer technology or can we tailor our cell phone use to be safer? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Devra Davis, author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family.

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How do we care for people with serious or terminal illness?

On the next Your Call we'll have a conversation about palliative care and hospice care and the future of these services. In light of the federal health reform bill, what options are there for people to live through potentially fatal illness in a dignified, supported way? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do you envision being cared for as you near the end of your life? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Dr. Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City

Dr. Steven Pantilat, director of the Palliative Care Program and the Palliative Care Leadership Center at UCSF

Sarah Creed, hospice nurse with Partners HealthCare

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What kind of art inspires you?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with a variety of artists about the healing and empowering aspects of art and creativity. The late historian Howard Zinn said the role of the artist is to transcend the world of the establishment and to escape what is handed down by the government and the media. How does art help you cope with our chaotic and unjust world? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What have you seen lately that's inspired you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jo Kreiter, artistic director of Flyaway Productions

Meklit Hadero, Ethiopian-born singer, musician, and cultural activist

Josef Norris, founder and director of Kid Serve

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How do chemicals in our environment impact our risk of getting cancer?

How do chemicals in our environment impact our risk of getting cancer? On the next Your Call, we'll look at the connections between the parallel explosion of human-made carcinogens and cancer rates. President Obama's Cancer Panel issued a report highlighting the links between the nearly 80,000 chemicals on the market in the U.S. and the incidence of cancer. Given this knowledge, how should chemicals be regulated?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Whose responsibility is it to protect us from environmentally induced cancer? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Green, director of Center for Environmental Health

Dr. Samuel Epstein, professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and author of The Politics of Cancer

Nancy Beurmeyer, senior policy strategist at the Breast Cancer Fund

Dr. Anila Jacob, senior scientist with Environmental Working Group

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How has the birth control pill changed women's lives?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Elaine Tyler May, professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and author of America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation. Around 100 million women world-wide including 12 million women in the United States take a form of regular oral contraceptive. What should we be celebrating as the pill turns 50 this year? What are the Pill's downsides?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What effect has the pill had on your life? Do you think it has been good for society as a whole? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Elaine Tyler May, professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and author of America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril and Liberation

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Does noise pollution get under your skin?

Does noise pollution get under your skin? On the next Your Call we'll talk about our increasingly loud world with Garret Keizer, author of The Unwanted Sounds of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise. Noise, defined as unwanted sound, can cause stress, disease, and violence. So what does it say about our society that we keep producing more and more things that keep our ears buzzing?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What rights do we have to make noise? And what rights do we have to the absence of noise? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Garret Keizer, author of The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise.

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What's the Cost of the Abortion Wars?

Thirty-seven years after Roe v. Wade, why is abortion still such a contentious issue that often leads to extreme violence and even murder? On the next Your Call, we'll bring you a conversation Rose Aguilar had with UCSF Professor Carole Joffe, author of the new book Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us. She writes, "The abortion wars are raging in the U.S., wars on numerous fronts."

Has the pro-choice movement lost the war? Who's fighting back? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest:
Carole Joffe, a professor at the UCSF Bixby Center's Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) Program

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How Can We Prevent Veteran Suicide?

Why are suicides among vets and active members of the military spiking? The Dept. of Veterans Affairs says that eighteen vets commit suicide everyday and the numbers among youngest veterans are up sharply over recent years. The VA has hired thousands of new mental health professionals--are they making a difference? And what role do communities need to play in supporting returning soldiers, even if they opposed the war?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we prevent veteran suicide? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy, and you.

Guests:
Amy Fairweather, policy director for Swords to Plowshares and director of the Iraq Veteran Project and the Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.

Darryl Silva, clinical coordinator of mental health services at the VA Palo Alto.

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Who's Talking About AIDS?

Has a new silence developed about the global HIV-AIDS epidemic? On the next Your Call, we mark World AIDS Day by having an intergenerational conversation about HIV-AIDS. What's being done to educate and help HIV positive teens and adults in the Bay Area? How much progress has been made since the 80s? Join the conversation live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What explains the continuing silence about epidemic? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sergio Mendoza, a staff writer for Beyond the Odds. He was diagnosed with having HIV in December of 2008.

Anita Johnson, a nationally recognized, award winning broadcast journalist and producer. She is executive producer of Beyond the Odds.

Matt Sharp, director of Treatment and Prevention Advocacy at Project Inform

Lina Sheth, director of Community Development & External Affairs at Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center

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