What is the history of olive oil?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Tom Mueller, the author Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil. When did human beings start using olive oil? How did it become an integral part of so many cuisines? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is olive oil an important part of the culture you come from? Do you have a memory of cooking with olive oil you'd like to share? It's Your Call, with Malihe Razazan and you.

Guest:
Tom Mueller, a staff writer for the New Yorker

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How can we heal the legacy of Indian Boarding Schools?

How can we facilitate healing from the legacy of the US Government's Indian Boarding Schools? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with the filmmaker of "The Thick Dark Fog" about one Lakota man's trauma and recovery. The Canadian Government has set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help people tell their stories and heal. There's also a commission in the state of Maine. What do you think the U.S. government should do to help native people heal from the abuses that they suffered in boarding schools? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Randy Vasquez, director of The Thick Dark Fog, part of the 36th Annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco

Marilyn St. Germaine, a member of the Blackfeet/ Cree Tribe from Montana who was sent to government boarding school as a child

Denise Alvater, lead organizer of the Maine Tribal-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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What is behind the ban on the niqab in France?

On the next Your Call, we’ll discuss France's official ban on the niqab--the part of a burqa that covers a woman's face except for her eyes. Out of five million Muslims in France, less than 2,000 women actually wear it. So why has the ban created such a heated debate? What’s behind this law? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. And what are the larger issues at stake for France and other Western liberal societies? It’s Your Call with Hana Baba and you.

Guests:
Zahra Billoo, executive director for the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Hilal Elver, professor of comparative law, international human rights, and environmental law and co-Director of Global Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Marnia Lazreg is professor of sociology at Hunter College in New York. Originally from Algeria, she has lectured extensively at home and around the world on development, gender, and the geopolitics of Islam. She is author of Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad. In addition to gender and Islam, she researches French colonial history and empire studies; torture and identity; and postmodernist theory. She joins us by phone from New York.

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Who owns yoga?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the practice and the business of yoga in the West. The Hindu American Foundation has launched a campaign to take back yoga, which they say has been stripped of its Hindu roots. But does something like yoga belong to anyone at all? How do we decide if culture belongs to a particular nationality or religion? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who should determine who has access to yoga? Or who can profit from it? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Katchie Ananda, yoga teacher and co-founder of Yoga Sangha

Richard Rosen, yoga teacher and co-founder of Piedmont Yoga Studio

Suhag Shukla, co-founder and managing director for the Hindu American Foundation

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Your Call 122208 Commons: Who owns human cultural heritage?

Who owns the artifacts of our human cultural heritage? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the commons with a conversation on antiquities. Whether antiquities should be retuned to the countries where they were found is one of the most controversial issues in the art world today. For the past two centuries, the most powerful nations of the West have taken treasures of other countries to display in their museums. Who is the ultimate owner of the antiquities? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: McGuire Gibson, Professor in the Oriental Institute and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at University of Chicago.

Sharon Waxman, journalist and author of Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World.

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