Your Call 102108 Is voter suppression widespread?

How widespread is voter suppression? On the next Your Call, we'll have a discussion about tactics used by political parties to discourage or prohibit eligible voters from casting their votes. From voter purges to electronic voting, thousands of voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering. What are voters doing to fight back? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests: Adam Skaggs is counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice and an attorney for the voting rights organizations challenging Florida's "no match-no vote" law.

Bob Schaeffer with Florida's Center for Civic Participation

Tomás Garduño, the statewide organizer for the South West Organizing Project, a non-partisan, non-profit group in New Mexico that educates minority citizens.

Brian Rothenberg, Executive Director of Progress Ohio

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Your Call 102008 The Power of Conversation

Does public dialogue change minds? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Ros Atkins, host of the BBC call-in show, World Have Your Say. Listeners from all over the globe engage in conversations about a variety of topics. How do people from different parts of the world react to important issues of the day? Does public dialogue change minds or at least open minds? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Ros Atkins, host of World Have Your Say

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Your Call 101708 Friday Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable, the day we connect you with reporters to dissect the news of the week. This week, we'll speak with the editors of publications with viewpoints outside of the economic orthodoxy. How does coverage of the economy in the Socialist Worker newspaper and the libertarian magazine Reason differ from the New York Times? Will the mainstream media continue to cover banking only from the view of the banker? Where's coverage of the working poor? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests: TBD

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Your Call 101608 Van Jones

Can we overhaul our economy to save both the people and the planet? On the next Your Call we speak with the visionary activist Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. In his book, Jones lays out his plan to rescue the world from environmental catastrophe and transform the American economy at the same time. What will create the political circumstances to ensure our liberation from lousy energy and lousy jobs? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Van Jones in San Francisco
Civil rights and environmental advocate in Oakland, California, working to combine solutions to social inequality and environmental justice. Jones is the president and founder of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and author of the new book The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. Jones lives in Oakland with his partner Jana and his two little boys Cabral and Mattai.

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Your Call 101508 Wildlands Philanthropy

How can we save the wilderness for public use? On the next Your Call, we'll be joined by philanthropist Kristine Tompkins and Tom Butler, author of Wildlands Philanthropy: The Great American Tradition. The book celebrates natural landmarks by introducing us to the people who transferred privately owned land to the public trust and made much of our park system possible. These are extraordinary people who simply loved the land. How can we work together to carry on their legacies? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Tom Butler in Colchester, Vermont
Author of Wildlands Philanthropy and editorial projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology.

Kris Tompkins in San Francisco
During college she began to work for Chouinard Equipment, the California rock and ice climbing equipment maker that became the global apparel giant Patagonia. In 1979 she became CEO of Patagonia, and 8 years ago she cashed out and used the money to found and endow Conservacion Patagonica. Its goal is the protection and restoration of critical habitats in the Patagonia region of the Southern Cone in South America.

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Your Call 101408 Antonia Juhasz, author of 'Tyranny of Oil'

How did oil companies become so big and powerful? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Antonia Juhasz, author of Tyranny of Oil. ExxonMobil is the most profitable corporation both in the world and in world history. Its profits are larger than the entire economies of ninety-three of the world's nations ranked by GDP. What can citizens do to take the power back? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Antonia Juhasz, author of The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do To Stop It.

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Your Call 101308 Can Obama fix the economy?

Does Barack Obama have the political will to really fix the economy? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Robert Kuttner, author of Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency. Kuttner argues that if Obama wins, he will radically transform America's direction but only if he rejects tired centrist policies of the past and inspires citizens to forge new progressive paths. Do you agree? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Robert Kuttner, author of Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency.

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Your Call 101008 Friday Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. The financial crisis is deepening and many states are running out of money. California needs $7 billion in emergency loans to fund day-to-day government operations. Violence has decreased across Iraq in recent months, but four Iraqi journalists were killed over the weekend. We'll be joined by freelance writer Max Wolff, LA Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Sussman, and The California Progress Report's Frank Russo. Where did you get the context you needed to make sense of the week's news? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Tina Sussman, Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief

Max Fraad Wolff, an economist and freelance researcher/writer. His work regularly appears in Asia Times and Huffington Post.

Frank D. Russo, publisher of The California Progress Report

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Your Call 100808 The View from the Purple States

What did the second McCain-Obama debate look like from the most contested states in this year's election? On the next Your Call we'll speak with voters in Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia and Pennsylvania. New voters, old voters, single moms, and immigrants, we'll hear how the election is shaping up where the outcome is likely to be decided. What does Election 2008 look like from the purple states? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Bob Schaeffer in Florida
Florida director for the Center for Civic Participation, a national non-profit that organizes non-partisan voter registration drives in swing states. They work for groups like the League of Women Voters, ACORN and the NAACP.

Brian Rothenberg in Columbus
Executive Director of ProgressOhio, Founded In 2006, ProgressOhio is like a local MoveOn.

Joanie Rabinowitz in Pittsburgh
Co-Director of Just Harvest, A Center For Action in Pittsburgh.

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Your Call 100708 A New New Deal

What can we learn from the New Deal now? On the next Your Call, we'll spend the hour looking at the history of the New Deal and the US economy in the 1930s. The phrase New Deal has come to symbolize the sweeping legislation that was introduced to lift the country out of recession. Were there solutions back then that would make sense today? How did people at the grassroots come together to help each other as the Great Depression hit? Can we apply some of those strategies today? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests: Peter Rachleff, Professor of History at Macalester College
Paul Boden, Director of Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP)

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Event:
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:00-9:00 pm
Can we talk about issues that matter?
Delancey Street Club Room
600 Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA

Join the Women's Intercultural Network, Marcus Books, and the California Women's Agenda for a conversation on issues that matter: culture, race, oil, peace, energy, immigration, healthcare, water, gender, the economy, voting machines, Afghanistan, Iraq, and more. Be there with Rose Aguilar, Dr. Raye Richardson, founder of Marcus Books, and a panel with diverse points of view, followed by table conversations with community activists.

Let's get out the vote and frame an agenda for 2009!

Your Call 100608 Can birds and humans coexist?

How can birds and humans coexist? On the next Your Call, we'll explore the adventurous world of bird migration and what role humans play in preserving these seasonal voyages. Each fall, millions of birds travel south compelled by changes in food availability, habitat and weather. Healthy waterfowl habitats are critical for this passage to remain uninhibited. What are the conditions of these habitats and how can we create a world where human activity does not disrupt this natural flow? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests: Beth Huning, Coordinator, San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

Brad Bortner, Chief, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Migratory Birds and Habitat Programs

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Do you have friends in swing states?

If you have relatives or friends in the states that are toss-ups in this election, we want to know what they think. Next Wednesday, after the second debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, we'd love to hear from your swing state friends and relations. So if you know people in Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida who'd give their reaction to the debate drop us an e-mail at feedback@yourcallradio.org so we can either get them on the show, or have you on to let us know what they had to say when you checked in with them.

Your Call 100308 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin squared off in the only Vice Presidential debate of the campaign. Did the coverage you saw focus on issues that actually matter to you? What do you think of the coverage of the few interviews Palin actually did this week? We'll also discuss coverage of the bailout bill and the ongoing economic crisis. Did you get the context you needed to make sense of the week's news? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Peter Waldman in San Francisco
Senior writer at Conde Nast Portfolio;

David Folkenflik in New York
Media reporter for NPR

Shannyn Moore in Anchorage
Host of "Blue State of Mind" on KUDO 1080AM in Anchorage

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Special Request: Do you have friends in swing states?

If you have relatives or friends in the states that are toss-ups in this election, we want to know what they think. Next Wednesday, after the second debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, we'd love to hear from your swing state friends and relations. So if you know people in Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida who'd give their reaction to the debate drop us an e-mail at feedback@yourcallradio.org so we can either get them on the show, or have you on to let us know what they had to say when you checked in with them.

Your Call 100108 Governing through Crime

What would a progressive response to crime look like? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Jonathan Simon, associate dean at Berkeley's School of Law and author of Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear. After the New Deal coalition fell apart in the 60s, Simon argues that civil rights and economic equality advances were reversed by a national obsession with personal safety. How is that playing out today? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy.

Guest: Jonathan Simon, associate dean at Berkeley's School of Law and author of Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear

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Your Call 093008 Global capitalism and its discontents

What is capitalism? And how is the current crisis changing the way you understand the basic structure of our economy? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about economic crisis in the US and its long-term effect on capitalist economies. The current financial meltdown has sparked a debate on whether capitalism is the ideal methodology for wealth creation. What do you think? Is this the end of global capitalism, as we know it? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Robert Brenner is the director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA, and the author of The Boom and the Bubble.

J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley

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Your Call 092908 Barriers to Democracy in America

How open is the American political system? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Harper's publisher John MacArthur. He is out with a new book entitled You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. With Barack Obama and Sarah Palin on the big party tickets, are we closer than ever to a nation where anyone can aspire to be president? How democratic is our presidential politics? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: John MacArthur, Harper's publisher, and author of You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America

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Your Call 092608 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll spend the hour with journalist Ron Suskind, author of The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Suskind's explosive charges about the misuse of prewar intelligence and an alleged forgery scheme have received widespread coverage, but has anything changed as a result? Suskind says impeachment should be on the table. Will anyone ever be held accountable? We'll also speak about economic coverage with David Cay Johnston, author of Free Lunch. Where did you see reporting that put the economic crisis in context? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests: Ron Suskind, journalist and author of The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism.

David Cay Johnston, former investigative journalist for The New York Times and author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).

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Your Call 092508 Big Oil with author Antonia Juhasz

What's in store for the future of big oil? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Antonia Juhasz, author of the forthcoming book, The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry -- and What We Must Do to Stop It. Juhasz investigates the true state of the U.S. oil industry by uncovering its global power, influence over our elected officials, the truth behind $150-a-barrel oil, and the highest profit in corporate history. Who's really controlling the prices? How much oil is even left? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest: Antonia Juhasz is a policy-analyst, author and activist living in San Francisco.

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Your Call 092408 A People's History of Sports

How do sports and politics intersect? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Dave Zirin, author of A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play. Sportswriter Zirin examines sports as a reflection of the political conflicts that shape American history. He profiles sports stars who have stoked the fires of war, corporate control, racism, sexism, and homophobia. What are the main differences between mainstream sports history and yours? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy.

Guest: Dave Zirin is the author of three books and a regular contributor to The Nation, SLAM, and the Los Angeles Times.

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Your Call 092308 What's ahead for our economy?

What's ahead for the U.S. economy? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with investigative journalist Danny Schechter, author of Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Sub-prime Scandal. Last week, the Treasury Department called for $700 billion to stabilize volatile financial markets. What's in the plan? Is there any transparency? And who's benefiting? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest: Danny Schechter, a television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic.

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Your Call 092208 'The Body Toxic' by Nena Baker

How do toxins affect the human body? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Nena Baker, author of The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being. Almost everything we encounter, including soap, computers, and clothing, contains a dizzying amount of chemicals. Scientists call it a "chemical body burden." How can we lower our exposures to harmful chemicals? And what's the government's role in protecting the public? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Nina Baker, former investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic and The Oregonian and author of The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being.

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