How are domestic workers organizing for their rights?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about domestic workers' labor struggles. In California, there are around 200,000 domestic workers who serve as housekeepers, nannies, and caregivers in private homes. In June, AB 889, the Household Workers Bill of Rights passed the assembly. Join us live at 10 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How would this bill protect undocumented domestic workers? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ai-jen Poo, a long time organizer, founder of Domestic Workers United and director of National Domestic Workers Alliance

Grecia Lima, CA Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Campaign Director

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What do personal stories reveal about healthcare?

What do personal stories reveal about the state of healthcare and issues of life and death? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith about her one-woman play "Let Me Down Easy." It is based on interviews with doctors, patients and people from all walks of life. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can art and artists become an engine of social and political change? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Anna Deavere Smith, a prize-winning actress and playwright

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What will it take to get healthcare for all at the state level?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with the "Mad As Hell Doctors." They're on a road trip in California hoping to rally public support for high quality health care for all. Single payer legislation has passed at the state level several times, but was vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger. Join us at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is healthcare for all possible in California? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Paul Hochfield, emergency physician and a "Mad As Hell Doctor"
Dr. Carol Paris, psychiatrist and a "Mad As Hell Doctor"

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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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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 happens to hospitals -- and patients -- when their budgets get cut?

What happens to hospitals (and the people in them) when their budgets get cut? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about how hospitals cope during a recession. Hospitals are suffering from a continuous financial squeeze as fewer patients arrive with health insurance to cover their needs. How do hospitals operate during lean times? What happens to patient care? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Will the new federal health care bill provide more funds for hospitals? What should hospitals prioritize? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO of San Mateo Medical Center

DeAnn McEwen, ICU nurse and member of California Nurses Association

Scott Seamons, regional Vice President for the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California

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Must the state provide in-home care for the elderly and disabled?

What's the state's responsibility to care for the elderly and disabled in their homes? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the potential impact of Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to cut state spending on In-Home Supportive Services by 40%. Who will be affected? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How will their lives change? Who is advocating on their behalf? And what does our commitment or lack thereof to in-home services say about our society's values? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Donna Calame, executive director of San Francisco's In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority

Jovan Agee, the political and legislative director for the United Domestic Workers of America in Sacramento

Kenzi Robi, an IHSS recipient

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What does it mean to be transgender or transsexual today?

What does it mean to be transgender or transsexual today? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with activists for gender-queer rights about the cultural and legal issues facing the transgender community. The American Psychiatric Association is deciding whether or not to eliminate "gender identity disorder" as a diagnosis. How should our healthcare system and society support transgender people? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is the place of trans people in the broader movement for LGBT liberation? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Matt Wood--staff attorney for the Transgender Law Center
Kim Pearson--co-founder and executive director of Trans Youth Family Allies

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Has Obama helped veterans?

What has changed for the Iraq War veterans since President Obama took office? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with independent journalist Dahr Jamail and two Iraq War veterans. Out of two million U.S. soldiers who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, one in three may, at some point, develop post-traumatic stress disorder. What resources are there to support the veterans of United States wars? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar. How do they adapt to civilian life?

Guests:
Dahr Jamail, award winning independent journalist and author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan

Alejandro Villatoro, Iraq War veteran with the Army Reserve and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War

Crystal Colon-Ferren, a recent veteran of the Iraq War and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War

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How Do People with Mental Illness Experience the World?

How do people with mental illness experience the world? How does the world respond to them? How helpful is it to label mental health struggles as illnesses? How helpful are medications? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about mental health--as it is experienced by those with imbalances, as it is viewed through psychiatric medicine, as it is portrayed through art. Do you or does anyone you know wrestle with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do we as communities provide support? And can we redefine the way we regard mental illness? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ken Paul Rosenthal--director of the documentary film, Crooked Beauty

Ashley McNamara--co-founder of the Icarus Project, a network of people living with and/or affected by experiences that are commonly diagnosed and labeled as psychiatric conditions.

Dr. Bradley Lewis--clinical psychiatrist

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Did Obama's Health Care Bill Get It Right?

How is Obama's health care overhaul going to affect the economics of the industry? On the next Your Call, we'll look at what's in the bill that just passed and how it will affect the affordability of care. What are your hopes during this wave of health reform? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where do you think health spending should be focused? Did Obama's bill get it right? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Margaret Flowers, Maryland pediatrician and congressional fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program

Trudy Lieberman, Director of Health and Medical Reporting Program in CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Dr. John Maa, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of the Surgical Hospitalist Program at UCSF

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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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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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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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What Do You Want to Know About the Swine Flu Vaccine?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the controversial vaccination. The United States has ordered 195 million doses, and public health officials have to make tough choices about who should be vaccinated. Some states are mandating the vaccine for health workers. Are you planning to take the vaccine?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How should we balance the risks of an epidemic versus individual choice? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Art Reingold, professor and head of the Division of Epidemiology at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Christian Sandrock, assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC Davis School of Medicine

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Your Call 091709 Two Hour Special: David Kessler, then Ralph Nader

First Hour: Can the obesity crisis be solved by changing individual behavior?
Can the obesity crisis be solved by changing individual behavior? On the next Your Call we speak with David Kessler, former FDA commissioner under Presidents Bush and Clinton, about his new book The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. Kessler brings together the disparate scientific studies that lay out a devastating case that the obesity epidemic in the United States is the result of food companies hooking us on food that makes us momentarily happy, very unhealthy and coming back for more. He has a plan to get us out of our addiction to hypereating.

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Can individual choices to resist compete against the food advertising juggernaut?

Guest:
David Kessler in San Francisco
Former FDA commissioner under Presidents Bush and Clinton. Author of The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite.

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Second Hour: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader
What if some of America's most powerful individuals decided it was time to fix our government and return the power to the people? On a special noon hour of Your Call, we'll have a conversation with consumer advocate Ralph Nader; he is out with a new book Only the Super-rich Can Save Us! In his new book of fiction, Ralph Nader explores the idea of what would happen if a cadre of "superrich" individuals focused on unionizing Wal-Mart, advancing clean elections, and improving the environment with alternative forms of energy. Join us live at 12 noon or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Ralph Nader, attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and former candidate for President of the United States.

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Your Call 081409 Friday Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable where we hold American media accountable for getting us the news we need. This week the Secretary of State traveled to seven African countries, the Congressional Budget Office said the deficit would be four times higher than it had ever been before and Sarah Palin said if health reform passed, the government could decide to kill the old and disabled. We'll be joined by John Wasik from Bloomberg and Franc Contreras, freelance reporter in Mexico City.

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did it fall short? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Wasik
Personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News, the world's third-largest news service. He is the author of 13 books, most recently The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America and Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream.

Franc Contreras in Mexico City
Independent reporter and producer from Mexico City. His reports are regularly heard on BBC, NPR and he is the former Mexico Bureau chief for Al Jazeera English.

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Your Call 081209 Would you vote for the Health Care Reform Bill?

Would you vote for the House's Health Care Reform Bill? On the next Your Call we'll discuss the plan that the House will vote on when they get back from the August recess. What's in it? What's left out? Do you think it goes far enough? If not, could you support it as a step in the right direction? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How are you willing to compromise on health care reform? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Stan Brock in Los Angeles
Founder of Remote Access Medical, a traveling medical camp that offers healthcare to anyone who can't afford it. RAM is offering services in Los Angeles starting today through next Tuesday.

Manoj Jain in Memphis
An infectious disease physician, writer, and national leader in healthcare quality improvement.

Ken Jacobs in Berkeley
Chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. He provided consultation to the City and County of San Francisco on the development of the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance and was a member of the Mayor's Universal Health Care Council.

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Your Call 080709 Friday Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we bring in reporters from the mainstream, alternative and international press to discuss the week in American media. This week we'll be joined by Sarah Varney from KQED's Health Dialogues, Michael Massing from the New York Review of Books, and Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig, news editor for the Public Press. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did it fall short? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sarah Varney in San Francisco
Health reporter for KQED Radio News and Health Dialogues, a monthly radio program produced by KQED and aired across California. Health Dialogues and Sarah's reporting about the Canadian health care system were recently given high marks by the Columbia Journalism Review.

Michael Massing in NYC
Contributing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. He is author of several books, most recently Now They Tell Us: The American Press and Iraq which he co-authored with Orville Schell.

Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig in Tampa
News editor for the Public Press, non-commercial collaborative news service in San Francisco. Fitzhugh-Craig is the former city editor for the Oakland Tribune and won accolades for her investigative reporting for the Chauncey Bailey Project; she also won an Associated Press Managing Editors Award for column writing.

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