Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss the coverage of U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan, the healthcare debate on Capitol Hill and the lucrative healthcare industry. We'll be joined by Market Watch's Russ Britt, McClatchy's David Lightman and independent journalist Pratap Chatterjee. 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:
Russ Britt, bureau chief and consumer editor with Market Watch
David Lightman, Washington Bureau correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers
Pratap Chatterjee, independent journalist and managing editor of CorpWatch

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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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Your Call 091009 Do you know where your money is?

A year after the collapse of Fannie Mae and Lehman Brothers, do you know where your money is? On the next Your Call we'll speak with Nomi Prins, author of It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street, about the death and rebirth of the financial industry on your dime. Why did the bankers get a bail-out and not foreclosed homeowners? Where did all that TARP money end up?

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How do we get rid of the banking system we have and get one that works for us? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Nomi Prins in Los Angeles
Former managing director at Goldman Sachs, author of several books on corruption in Washington and on Wall Street, including her latest It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street. Prins writes for Mother Jones, Fortune, Alternet, the Nation, and is a senior fellow at Demos, the New York-based think tank.

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Your Call 072709 What's the state of the Stimulus in California?

What's the state of the economic stimulus in California? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California's share of the 787 billion dollar fiscal stimulus package that Congress passed in February. Where's the federal money headed? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Is it likely to provide a basis for long-term growth? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Grabell covers transportation and stimulus spending for ProPublica

Aaron Glantz, journalist, author and New America Media stimulus editor

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Your Call 060109 Is it time to go beyond antitrust?

Is it time to go beyond antitrust? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the risks of power concentrated in corporations. American antitrust law is meant to fight monopolies. Are there other tools in American law that legislators could use to keep corporations from monopolizing the market? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What can we learn from the crisis in the financial market? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gary Reback, one of the nation's most prominent antitrust attorneys, best known for spearheading the efforts that led to the federal lawsuit against Microsoft. He is currently of counsel with Carr & Ferrell LLP.

Jonathan Baker, professor of law at American University's Washington College of Law.

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Your Call 052909 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable. This week, President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee, new Abu Ghraib photos "show rape" and GM is ready to file the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history. We will be joined by independent journalist Anna Badken, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick and David Shepardson of Detroit News. Where did you see good reporting this week? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. 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:
David Shepardson, reporter in the Washington Bureau of the Detroit News.

Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate magazine.

Anna Badken, independent reporter

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Your Call 042709 How much of the economic crisis is simply about fraud?

How much of the current economic crisis is simply about fraud? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with William Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. He says the financial industry has brought the economy to its knees. So how did they get away with it? You can join us by calling in or by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to bring the banks out of the shadows? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
William Black, former senior bank regulator, best known for his thwarted but later vindicated efforts to prosecute S&L crisis fraudster Charles Keating. He is currently an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri in Kansas City.

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Your Call 040609 What's the status of the SEC?

What's the status of the Securities and Exchange Commission? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the SEC's role in the financial crisis. The agency has been criticized for lapses in oversight, costing investors billions of dollars. So what does it take to overhaul this agency? And who is Mary Schapiro, the new SEC chairperson? You can join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What role does the SEC play in regulating the financial market? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Donald C. Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law; Co-Director, Joint Degree in Law and Business Administration at Georgetown University

Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, executive director of The Bard Center; Jerome Levy Professor of Economics at Bard College

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Your Call 032709 Media Roundtable

Is there anyway to prevent ideologues from taking over the economy again? On the next Your Call we speak with Larry Elliott, Economics Editor for the Guardian and co-author of The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith In Markets Has Cost Us Our Future. His book is a survey of the devastation left behind by the economic theorists who laid the foundation for unfettered corporate capitalism: Milton Friedman, Frederic Von Mises and Ayn Rand, whom he calls the New Olympians. With a religious faith in the ability of the market to provide heaven on earth, control of our economy was given over in return for three magic beans. The result was not prosperity but sluggish growth in living standards, a debt explosion, and now a major crisis of international proportions as a vast borrowing bubble starts to deflate. How do we replace the fundamentalists and build a pragmatic, resilient and sustainable economy? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Larry Elliott in London
Economics Editor of the Guardian and co-author of The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith In Markets Has Cost Us Our Future with Dan Atkinson.

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Your Call 032409 Is it possible to fix Wall Street?

Is it possible to fix Wall Street? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy. He argues that spending trillions of dollars to restore this system to its previous condition is a reckless waste of time and resources. How should we rebuild the economy? You can join us by phone or email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy

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Your Call 031209 What's in it for California?

How does President Obama's housing plan help Bay Area homeowners in trouble? On the next Your Call we'll discuss the $75 billion national effort to forestall foreclosures. Obama's plan stands in stark contrast to the inaction of the Bush Administration to directly help homeowners in favor of the banks, but less than 10% of mortgages in the Bay Area qualify. 40% of foreclosures nationally are here in California. Does the only national program to turn back the tide stop at the Sierra Nevada? You can send us an email anytime to feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Did you find a way to save your house? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Eller in San Francisco
Head Organizer & Northern California Campaign Director for ACORN. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families working together for social justice and stronger communities.

Ginna Green in Oakland
Spokesperson for the California office of the Center for Responsible Lending. CRL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership and family wealth by fighting abusive financial practices.

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Your Call 030209 What's the future of transportation in the Bay Area?

What's in store for the future of transportation in the Bay Area? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the $495 million federal stimulus funding allocated for Bay Area regional transit agencies and road projects. Which projects should we invest the money in? You can join the conversation by phone or by sending us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are your transportation priorities? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Randy Rentscher, Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Manager of Legislation and Public Affairs

Scott Denman, president of Genesis

Guillermo Mayer, a lawyer with the Bay Area's Public Advocates.

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Your Call 021709 Will the stimulus help people in need?

Will the $787 billion economic plan help people in need? On the next Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the short term and long term affects the 1,100-page package is expected to have on the US economy. You can join the conversation by phone or by sending us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who will benefit from the plan and who will be left out? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Grabell, an investigative reporter for ProPublica

Alexander J. Field, executive director, Economic History Association; Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics at Santa Clara University

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Your Call 020609 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 while millions of Americans filed their taxes early to get their tax refunds, two of President Obama's cabinet picks were taken down for not paying their taxes. We'll speak with Greg Mitchell, editor in chief of Editor and Publisher magazine and author of the newly released How Obama Won; New York Times labor and workplace reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of The Big Squeeze, now in paperback; and Jonathan Stein, Washington correspondent for Mother Jones magazine. 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:
Greg Mitchell
Editor in chief of Editor and Publisher magazine and author of the newly released How Obama Won

Steven Greenhouse in New York
New York Times labor and workplace reporter and author of The Big Squeeze, now in paperback

Jonathan Stein in Washington
Washington correspondent for Mother Jones magazine.

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