Your Call 051309 Can the special election save California?

Can the special election save California? On the next Your Call we'll speak with John Myers and Trudy Schafer about the upcoming special election. The vote aims to direct emergency funds to the fledgling California Budget but is being ignored by most Californians. Can the ballot measures get California back on track, or do we need to go back to the drawing board? Why should we care about the special election? Join the conversation at 866-798-TALK, that's 866-798-8255. Or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Can the special election avert further crisis? It's Your Call with Ben Temchine and you.

Guests:
John Myers, The California Report's Sacramento bureau chief. He writes the daily newsblog, "Capital Notes," and host a weekly political podcast of the same name.

Trudy Schafer
Senior program director of the League of Women Voters of California

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Your Call 051209 Who are the Hindus?

Who are the Hindus? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Wendy Doniger, author of The Hindus: An Alternative History of Hinduism. With around 890 million practitioners, Hinduism has a rich tradition of texts but just as much history that falls in the cracks between the texts. What are the history and beliefs of Hindus? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How are Hindus changing the American experience? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Suhag Shukla, legal counsel and managing director of Hindu American Foundation

Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago

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Your Call 051109 What's next for the anti-globalization movement?

What is the next step for the anti-globalization movement? On the next Your Call we continue our series Agenda for a New Economy and search for the common interests between workers in the U.S. and those in poor countries. We'll speak with John Jeter, one-time foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, now author of Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Do bad times give us an opportunity to rethink economic development? It's Your Call with Ben Temchine and you.

Guests:
Jon Jeter in Los Angeles
From 1999 to 2003 he was the Washington Post's Southern Africa bureau chief before running the Post's bureau in South America from 2003 to 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer twice, in 2000 for a series he did about AIDS in Africa and for a series on race published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 1991. He is the author of the forthcoming Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People.

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Your Call 050809 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable. This week, U.S. air strikes killed more than 100 Afghan civilians. Some of the nation's largest banks are in need of even more money and single payer activists were arrested during a hearing on Capitol Hill. We'll be joined by Corporate Crime Reporter Russell Mokhiber, the LA Times' Jim Puzzanghera and Naheed Mustafa, producer with CBC Radio. You can join us by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or live at 11 a.m. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did the media fall short? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Jim Puzzanghera, staff writer with Los Angeles Times

Russell Mokhiber, editor of Corporate Crime Reporter

Naheed Mustafa, producer with CBC Radio

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Your Call 050709 How does this Swine Flu outbreak compare to others?

How does the current Swine Flu outbreak compare to others in history? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Philip Alcabes, author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu, and Marc Schenker, chair of Department of Public Health Sciences at University of California, Davis. When it comes to an epidemic, can fear be as dangerous as disease? You can join us by calling in or by emailing feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How should public health and the news media spread information, without spreading panic? What should be done to improve public health? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Philip Alcabes, author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu. He is associate professor of urban public health at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Marc Schenker is a professor of Medicine and Chair of Dept. of Public Health Sciences at University of California, Davis.

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Your Call 050609 What gives your job meaning?

What gives your job meaning? On the next Your Call we'll speak with Paul Buhle and Harvey Pekar about their new graphic novel adaptation of Studs Terkel's Working. 35 years ago Studs published his interviews with parking lot attendants, corporate executives, newsboys, housewives, firemen and sailors about what they did all day and what it meant to them doing it. If Studs wanted to capture working life today, who would he need to talk to? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What do you do all day? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Buhle in Providence, Rhode Island
Senior lecturer at Brown University and an editor of several books of comic art, including Wobblies!, A Dangerous Woman, Students for a Democratic Society, and A People's History of American Empire.

Harvey Pekar in Cleveland, Ohio
Comic-book writer and author of the autobiographical American Splendor series, which was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film. Pekar is also a prolific jazz and book critic.

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Your Call 050509 How do we connect with the mentally ill?

How do we connect with the humanity of the mentally ill? On the next Your Call we'll talk about how movies like The Soloist and the ballot proposition that could divert funds away from residential care impact our understanding and connection to the mentally ill. How far have we come in relating to and understanding the them? What kind of services are needed for them to tell their own stories? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What have you learned from your own experience of mental illness or of friends or family members who are mentally ill? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Karin Tamerius in San Francisco
Karin was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1994 while a graduate student in political science at the University of Michigan. As a result of this experience, Dr. Tamerius entered medical school and is now a Psychiatry intern at UCSF.

Thomas Jefferson in San Francisco
Diagnosed with schizophrenia since the age of 16, he's been in and out of jail as a result of his illness. He was facing a sentence of 25 years to life under California's "Three Strike" law when he entered San Francisco's Behavioral Health Court.

Kathleen Connolly Lacey in San Francisco
Director of University of California San Francisco's Citywide Case Management Forensic Program which provides community-based treatment to 150 mentally ill offenders. She is also a founding member of San Francisco's Behavioral Health Court

Chance Martin in San Francisco
Community Organizer at Western Regional Advocacy Project. From 1999 2006, Chance was the managing editor for STREET SHEET--the oldest continuously-published street newspaper in the world.

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Your Call 050409 Are foreign workers still an economic asset?

Are foreign workers still an asset in a struggling economy? On the next Your Call we'll talk about an increasing unease in the Bay Area about American companies hiring foreign workers or outsourcing jobs. The Bay Area has been a haven for high skilled immigrants and they have returned the welcome by founding half of Silicon Valley's new companies in the last fifteen years. Is the welcome mat about to be pulled back inside? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How will our economy change if foreign students take their diplomas and go home? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Matt Richtel in San Francisco
New York Times reporter, covering technology and telecommunications from the San Francisco bureau. He currently writes the monthly column "VC Nation," about the venture capital industry.

Vivek Wadhwa at Duke University
Fellow with the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and executive in residence/adjunct professor at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.

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Your Call 050109 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable where we discuss how the news was covered in the American media. This week, the World Heath Organization said a swine flu pandemic was "imminent," President Obama marked his 100th day in office and Sen. Arlen Specter defected, pushing the Democratic majority closer to a filibuster-proof 60 votes. We'll be joined by Aaron Glantz, author of The War Comes Home, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! and Will Bunch from the Philadelphia Daily News. 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:
Aaron Glantz in San Francisco
Author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans

Amy Goodman
Host of Democracy Now! She joins us from the middle of her 70 city tour across the country supporting community stations

Will Bunch in Philadelphia
Writes the Attytood column for the Philadelphia Daily News and author of Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future

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Your Call 043009 How healthy are the Monterey and San Francisco bays?

How healthy are the Monterey and San Francisco bays? On the next Your Call we will speak with the superintendent of the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary and the San Francisco Baykeepers about maintaining the bays for future generations. What are the greatest successes of our conservation efforts? How are potential threats from economic activity being mitigated? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What needs to be done to leave our children an ecosystem and an economic asset that is sustainable and healthy? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Michel in Monterey
Superintendent of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the federally-protected marine area that stretches 276 miles from Marin to Cambria. The sanctuary encompasses 5,322 square miles of ocean, extending an average distance of 30 miles from shore.

Sejal Choksi in San Francisco
Director of Programs for San Francisco Baykeeper. Ms. Choksi, an attorney, spearheaded Baykeeper's anti-pesticide campaign to secure the nation's first regulations of agricultural pollution. She is a member of East Bay Municipal Utility District's Blue Ribbon Panel, addressing sewage problems, and served on California's Oil Spill Prevention & Response Advisory Committee. Baykeeper is celebrating their 20th anniversary as the public's watchdog for the health of the San Francisco Bay.

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Your Call 042909 Why does torture capture the public's imagination?

Why does torture capture the public's imagination in a way that death wrought by war does not? On the next Your Call we will discuss the disparity between our national conversation on torture and the relative quiet about the death and destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it easier to imagine ourselves as the tortured, or the torturer, than as a soldier in the field? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Does the scale of war make it harder to fathom, while torture is intimate enough to come alive in the imagination? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Richard Falk in Santa Barbara
Professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, writer (the author or co-author of 20 books), speaker, activist on world affairs, and an appointee to two United Nations positions on the Palestinian territories.

Scott Horton in New York
Professor at Columbia Law School where he teaches law of armed conflict. He is also a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine and writes the No Comment blog

Uwe Jacobs in San Francisco
Clinical director for Survivor's International

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Your Call 042809 How does remote-controlled technology change war?

How does remote-controlled technology change the nature of war and surveillance? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about unmanned aerial drones. They're being used to drop bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to track smuggling on the borders with Canada and Mexico, to find survivors after disasters, and for domestic surveillance. Who is piloting these drones? You can join us by calling in or by emailing feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is the world better or worse off with this technology? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Peter Singer, senior fellow and director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution and author of Wired for War

Eric Stoner, a freelance journalist based in New York, and a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus

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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 042409 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 South Africans went to the polls, the Justice Department released its memos authorizing torture and President Obama gave a speech at the CIA. We'll be joined by independent reporter Dahr Jamail and, from South Africa, Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dahr Jamail in Texas
Independent reporter who writes about the Middle East for Inter Press Service, Le Monde Diplomatique, and many other outlets

Tom Ricks in Washington DC
Former Defense reporter for the Washington Post, now a writer at Foreign Policy magazine, where he writes the Best Defense blog. He's authored two best-selling books about the war in Iraq, Fiasco and The Gamble.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Former correspondent for the McNeil-Lehrer Report, she now files stories for NPR from South Africa, and authored New News Out Of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance.

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Your Call 042309 Commons - Where can we find silence in our lives?

Where can we find silence in our lives? On the next Your Call we will talk with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, author of One Square Inch of Silence. Hempton has been an advocate for the dwindling number of places where no man-made sound intrudes. How can we preserve and create silent spaces? Should we be creating sanctuaries of silence? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How do you find or create the silence you need? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Gordon Hempton in New York
Acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award-winning sound recordist, author of One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World.

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Your Call 042209 What can mothers tell us about the politics of war and terror?

How is California funded, and how should it be? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California's upcoming special election. On May 19, Californians will vote on six ballot propositions intended to close the 42 billion dollar budget gap. What's in these propositions? You can join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we have a more fair and stable way of paying the state's bills - and what can we learn from other states? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Mary Tillman, mother of NFL star Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, and author of Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman

Event -- An Evening with Military Mom Susan Galleymore and Mary Tillman
MotherSpeak: Book Launch Celebration! With Music, Art, Poetry, and Refreshments
Tuesday, April 28th
Reception at 6:30 pm; Event begins 7:00 pm
Grace Cathedral's Gersham Hall, San Francisco

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Your Call 042109 How is California funded, and how should it be?

How is California funded, and how should it be? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California's upcoming special election. On May 19, Californians will vote on six ballot propositions intended to close the 42 billion dollar budget gap. What's in these propositions? You can join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we have a more fair and stable way of paying the state's bills - and what can we learn from other states? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Steve Maviglio, the principal of Forza Communications, a Sacramento-based public affairs/campaign firm. He writes for California Majority Report.

Brian Leubitz with Calitics, California Politics Blog

Michael Cohen, deputy legislative analyst with California Legislative Analyst's Office

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Your Call 042009 A New Deal With China?

Is it time for a new deal with China? On the next Your Call we'll discuss new visions of a trans-Pacific economic arrangement. We are continuing our series on creating the economy we want (not just complaining about the one we have). Can we make out the broad strokes of an economic relationship that helps China create the tens of millions of new jobs they need each year, supports the American working people and does both in an ecologically sustainable way? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Can the relationship between the U.S. and China change in a way that helps workers on both sides of the Pacific? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sasha Gong in Northern Virginia
Essayist and author of one of the most widely read Chinese language blogs. Gong, a native of China, got her PhD in sociology from Harvard in 1995 and is a former senior program officer of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, AFL-CIO.

Ted Fishman in Chicago
Author of the international best-seller China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World, which has been published in twenty-five languages. Fishman is a former commodities trader and journalist who has been published in the NY Times Magazine, the Times of London and Harper's.

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Your Call 041709 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 the captain of an American freighter was freed from Somali pirates, layoffs were announced at the Chronicle and Wednesday was tax day. We'll be joined by Pulitzer Prize winning tax reporter David Cay Johnston; Joe Garofoli, media reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and Peter Waldman from Portfolio 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:
Joe Garofoli in San Francisco
Staff reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle where he covers media

David Cay Johnston in LaGuardia
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, former New York Times tax reporter and author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) now out in paperback

Peter Waldman in San Francisco
Contributing Editor for Portfolio Magazine

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Your Call 041609 Who controls the means of reproduction?

Who controls the means of reproduction? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Michelle Goldberg, author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World. Botched abortions kill 70,000 women every year worldwide. What's being done to protect them? You can join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is the religious right curtailing women's reproductive health around the world? And who's fighting that powerful force? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Michelle Goldberg, a journalist and the author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World

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