Your Call 040908 Women's Health

What is state of women's health today? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves. Women make up the largest segment of health workers, health consumers, and health decision-makers for their families and communities. So how have women's health care issues been transformed in the past four decades? How much attention is being paid to women's health issues today? And what should women do today to sustain good health for themselves and their communities? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:

Judy Norsigian, Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves

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Your Call 040808 David Cay Johnston

How are America's richest being subsidized by the rest of us? On the next Your Call we welcome back the New York Times' Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter, David Cay Johnston. Johnston's beat is the inscrutable world of the federal tax system and his new book is called Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill. How do the wealthiest Americans direct subsidies and rig markets in their favor and what can we do about it? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:

David Cay Johnston in Rochester

Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times investigative reporter; author of several books including Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).

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Your Call 040708 Freeing Tibet

Will the actions around the Olympic torch have any impact on the issue of Tibet? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the recent protests taking place in Tibet and around the world. The Olympic torch's odyssey has been met by large actions against China's recent crack down in Tibet and its wider human rights records. The torch will reach San Francisco on Wednesday, April 9. Where do you stand on this issue? What does it mean to free Tibet? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:

John Ackerley, director of the International Campaign for Tibet.

Josh Kurlantzick, the author of Charm Offensive.

Pico Iyer, a longtime essayist and author of The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

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Your Call 040408 When did America lose the war in Iraq?

When did America lose the war in Iraq? On the next Your call we welcome Guardian Senior Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Steele, author of Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq. Unlike critics who pin the failure on a lousy counter-insurgency plan or faulty intelligence, Steele traces America's failure to a single decision. The Bush Administration's arrogance and ignorance led to the disastrous plan to occupy Iraq. From that moment the failure was sealed. Could the invasion have worked if america had immediately withdrawn? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Jonathan Steele is a senior foreign correspondent for the Guardian. His most recent book is Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq

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Your Call 040308 The Commons Series; Animal Migrations

What impact has human activity had on migration patterns? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the commons with David Wilcove, author of "No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations." The Redfish Lake in Idaho is named for the thousands of Sockeye Salmon that once retuned to the lake after a 900-mile long journey from the Pacific Ocean. This year, only four sockeye reached the lake. What is destroying migratory routes? What's being done to preserve them? And what's our role? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
David S. Wilcove, author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations, is professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton University.

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Your Call 040208 Matt Gonzalez

Why is Matt Gonzalez running for vice president? On the next Your Call we speak with the former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and current Independent Party running mate of Ralph Nader. Since leaving the Democratic Party in the middle of an election in 2000, Gonzalez has charted his own path through electoral politics. Why has he come back now, and what does he hope to accomplish? Is this a model for how you make peace with your idealism and your practicality? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Matt Gonzalez in San Francisco
Ralph Nader's running mate on the Independent Party presidential ticket. Former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Your Call 040108 How did Barbara Seaman launch the women's health movement?

How did Barbara Seaman's groundbreaking work affect the women's health movement? On the next Your Call, we'll pay tribute to writer and health activist Barbara Seaman. Her 1969 book that warned against the dangers of the birth control pill is credited with launching the modern women's health movement. According to National Women's Health Network Executive Director Cynthia Pearson, "the kind of journalism that Barbara started doing back in the 1960s affected most of the women in this country." Barbara Seaman died of lung cancer earlier this month. She was 72. Who's continuing Seaman's work? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Barbara Brenner, Executive Director of Breast Cancer Research

Norma Swenson, one of the founders of Our Bodies Our Selves. She has been teaching women's health at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Your Call Archive: Women's Health Pioneer Barbara Seaman

Tomorrow's show pays tribute to writer and health activist Barbara Seaman whose groundbreaking work launched the women's health movement. Listen to Rose Aguilar's interview of Seaman for Your Call on July 23, 2003.

Your Call 033108 Solar Rising

Why is solar rising over the Bay Area? On the next Your Call, we're rebroadcasting a conversation we recently had with a panel of stakeholders in the solar boom. Cities are making it easier to install panels on residences and offices, local companies are spearheading research into new technologies, and local contractors and non-profits are making it practical. What policies are happening in your neighborhood to make solar's present as bright as its future? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy.

Guests:
David Hochschild in San Francisco
Vice-President of Solaria, a start-up; he is a commissioner on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and a founder of the non-profit Vote Solar. He joins us in our San Francisco studio.

Johanna Partin in San Francisco
Renewable Energy Program Manager in the San Francisco Department of the Environment. She joins us from San Francisco.

Cisco Devries in Berkeley
Spokesperson for the City of Berkeley.

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Your Call 032808 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable where we analyze the news and the way it was delivered. This week violence in Iraq returned to front pages after a months-long hiatus. As American news media awaken to the ongoing war between Sunni and Shia and the deepening split within Shia Iraqis, which reporters told it like it was and who simply sold the surge? We'll also be talking with NPR economics reporter Adam Davidson about explaining the important but dense story of the economic crisis. What was the best reported story you heard this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gareth Porter in Arlington, VA
Investigative historian and journalist. Writes regularly for Inter Press Service and Asia Times.

Saleem Khalaf in Baghdad
Managing Editor of Aswat al Iraq, an English language newspaper written and reported from Iraq.

Adam Davidson in New York
Economics reporter for NPR.

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Your Call 032708 How will this summer's aerial spraying impact people in the Bay Area?

How concerned should we be about this summer's aerial spraying in the Bay Area? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the state's controversial $75 million plan to spray pesticides over 12 Bay Area counties to help destroy the light brown apple moth. The state says the moth must be eradicated to avert billions of dollars in crop losses. Critics say the chemicals haven't been tested. Four bills have been introduced in the state legislature to slow or prohibit the spraying. What do you think of the plan? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. James Carey, professor of entomology at the University of California at Davis.

Daniel Harder, executive director of UCSC's arboretum. He conducted a study in New Zealand in January focused on the country's two major agricultural regions, which haven't been treated with moth-controlling pesticides since the mid-1990s.

Caroline Cox, Research Director at Center for Environmental Health based in Oakland

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Your Call 032608 What is the state of our economy?

What is the true state of U.S. economy and how did we get here? On the next Your Call, we'll take a look at the current U.S. economic crisis. By the end of this year, 20 million Americans could have mortgages worth more than the value of their homes. 63,000 jobs were lost last month, the biggest drop since July 2003. And the U.S. dollar continues to weaken. Has the economy slipped into recession? How are you being impacted by the economic crisis? And what are the solutions? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Rep. Barbara Lee

Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Robert Pollin, professor of economics and founding co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

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Your Call 032508 Unmarketable

What does integrity mean when everything is for sale? On the next Your Call we welcome Anne Elizabeth Moore, author of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity. Moore writes that even advertisers know the Internet generation is impervious to traditional ad campaigns. So now they're out to infiltrate your friendships, invade your passions and own your love. And it's working. If all the world's an advertisement and we are merely players, how do you find space to track your own loves and interests? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Anne Elizabeth Moore in Chicago
Author of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity. She is the co-editor of Punk Planet, The Best American Comics series editor and the author of Hey Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People.

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Your Call 032408 Sandip Roy hosts a special show from India

On the next Your Call, we continue our series connecting with our neighbors across the Pacific. Sandip Roy hosts a special show from his hometown of Calcutta, India to discuss the Indian and American workforces. This global drama stars American companies outsourcing jobs to Bangalore and beyond, American workers competing with Indian workers, and a new generation of well educated Indians who stay or move back to their country. How are these issues playing out today and what can we expect in the near future? It’s a special edition of Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

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Your Call 032108 The Iraq War Five Years On- Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we're focusing on the disappearing coverage of Iraq. In 2002, when most mainstream newspaper reporters failed to question the Bush administration's claims about weapons of mass destruction, Knight Ridder proclaimed "Troubling questions over justification for war in Iraq." Knight Ridder reporter Jonathan Landay joins us to discuss the methods he used to get the story right the first time. We'll also be joined by the Boston Globe's Anna Badkhen. Some of the few major newspaper reporters to cover Winter Soldier, she's also reported from Iraq. Why has Iraq disappeared? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Anna Badkhen, correspondent for the Boston Globe

Jonathan S. Landay, National Security and Intelligence correspondent with McClatchy

Zuhair Jezairy, editor in chief of the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq

Click to Listen: The Iraq War Five Years On- Media Roundtable

Your Call 032008 The Iraq War Five Years On– Justice and Healing

On the next Your Call, we continue our Iraq series by focusing on justice and healing. What needs to be done to help a country devastated by two wars and years of international isolation move forward? What would be just? Beyond saying "troops out" or "end the occupation," what else needs to happen next? And what can we, as Americans, do to make it happen? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Raed Jarrar, Iraq consultant with the American Friends Service Committee.

Dahlia Wasfi, Iraqi American activist.

Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence

Sara Rich, the mother of Suzana Swift who went AWOL after charges of sexual harassment and assault went un-addressed by the military

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Your Call 031908 The Iraq War Five Years On– Rebuilding

On the next Your Call, we continue our Iraq series by focusing on justice and healing. What needs to be done to help a country devastated by two wars and years of international isolation move forward? What would be just? Beyond saying "troops out" or "end the occupation," what else needs to happen next? And what can we, as Americans, do to make it happen? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Faleh Jaber - on phone from Beirut
*Iraqi historian and Director of the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies.

Yahia Said - on phone from London
*Middle East Director of the Revenue Watch Institute.
*Left Iraq with his family in 1979, but now returns to Iraq 3-4 times a year.

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Your Call 031808 Coming Home

The Iraq war has had a transformative and sometimes devastating effect on communities. In Iraq, entire neighborhoods have been destroyed by bombing and street fighting; and even when the houses remain standing, in many places, a whole new group of people now lives in them. In the U.S., soldiers with serious wounds - physical and mental - have returned to their families and communities, but often had a hell of a time putting the pieces back together. Are there similarities in what they need to heal and move forward? Who should be held accountable for what's happened to them?

Guests:
Laura Gomez
Operation Iraqi Freedom Returning Veterans Coordinator for the Veterans Administration hospital in Palo Alto.

Dana Graber in Amman, Jordan
From the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Ramon Leal
Served two tours of duty in Iraq

Harb al Mukhtar
Journalist in Baghdad

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Your Call 031708 How have women been affected by war in Iraq?

How have women been affected by war in Iraq? On the next Your Call, we begin a weeklong series to commemorate the 5-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion. Women in Iraq have endured decades of war and sanctions and on the American side, women now make up 15 percent of active duty forces, four times more than the number of women serving in the Gulf War. So what impact has the war had on both Iraqi and American women? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Basma AlKhateeb, Iraqi AlAmal Association, Baghdad

An Iraqi professor living in the Bay Area: anonymous

A veteran with Iraq Veterans Against the War: Name to be confirmed

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Your Call 031408 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable where we discuss how the news of the week was covered. With every lead story focusing on New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's sex life, what stories are we missing? This week, Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News joins us as the national media prepares to cover the Pennsylvania primary. Donna Ladd, editor of Mississippi's only alternative, The Jackson Free Press, just watched the media fly in and fly out and she wasn't impressed. Where did you see solid reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Donna Ladd in Jackson, Mississippi
Donna is one of the founders and the editor of the Jackson Free Press, the sole alternative weekly in Mississippi. She used to write for the Village Voice and also helped start the Colorado Springs Independent.

Will Bunch in Philadelphia
Will is the Pulitzer Prize winning senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, its former political writer and the author of Daily News' blog, Attytood.

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