Are U.S.-Israel Relations at a Turning Point?

On the next Your Call we'll be joined by Joel Schalit, author of Israel Versus Utopia, to discuss the future of Israel. Israel is the number one recipient of U.S. economic and military aid, but its right-wing Likud government has bristled at Obama Administration calls for an end to illegal settlements. Meanwhile, the J Street Project is setting a new course for the Jewish-American relationship with Israel. Could a new U.S.-Israeli relationship emerge? And will any of it make real change for the Palestinians?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the future of US-Israel relations? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Joel Schalit, author of Israel Vs. Utopia

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Can an Official Apology Right an Historic Wrong?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about what Native Americans say about the Senate's passage of a resolution apologizing to Native Americans for the federal government's record of "violence, mistreatment, and neglect." Is it a meaningful step for Native Americans?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. If President Obama followed the Senate's lead, could it help this country confront its past -- and appreciate the continuing importance of Native Americans? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Smith, founder and director of the American Indian Film Festival

Nataani Graycloud Guthrie, student and healthcare volunteer at the Native American Health Center

Kateri Walker, actress in Kissed By Lightning and panelist for "Native Women vs. Hollywood Stereotypes" at the American Indian Film Festival

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Where is Health Care Reform in Washington Headed?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the health care reform proposals – from House and Senate Democrats, as well as the Republicans, what's in them? How far do they go in tackling issues of access and cost?

Listen live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we assert our interests as the deals are cut on Capitol Hill? It's Your Call, with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Henry Abrons, retired physician who is on the Board of Physicians for a National Health Program and its CA chapter, California Physicians Alliance.

Ezra Klein covers domestic and economic policy for the Washington Post.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of midterm elections, the investigation into Goldman Sachs's secret bets against the housing market and the anti-government protests in Iran on the 30th anniversary of the siege of the U.S. embassy. We'll be joined by The Nation's John Nichols, McClatchy's Greg Gordon, and The Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fassihi. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Nichols, the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine
Farnaz Fassihi, the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal
Greg Gordon, an investigative reporter with McClatchy Newspapers

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Does Breast Cancer Awareness Month Work?

Does breast cancer awareness month work? Every October, millions of Americans take part in events to raise money and consciousness about breast cancer. But how much do we know about where the money goes, and is it bringing us closer to a cure? If you wear a pink ribbon or take part in a breast cancer walk, what change do you hope to make?

Join us live at 11:00 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What the best way to promote breast cancer awareness? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Barbara Brenner, director of the Breast Cancer watchdog group, Breast Cancer Action.

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Can the U.S. Lead the Climate Conference in Copenhagen?

Can the U.S. lead at the climate conference in Copenhagen? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the key commitments the U.S. must make to slow global warming. If there's no bill from Congress, will President Obama even show up? How can concerned citizens make their voices heard in the next month?

Join us live at 11:00 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Can the U.S. lead on climate change? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Jim Ayers, vice-president of Oceana Pacific, who will be attending the Copenhagen summit next month.

Mark Hertsgaard, a journalist who covers climate change for Vanity Fair, The Nation, Time and others.

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What's Obama's Grade in Foreign Policy?

How would you grade Obama's foreign policy record so far? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about changes in U.S. foreign policy since Obama took office. Middle East expert Juan Cole says the president deserves good marks for his work on Iran, Pakistan and Iraq -- do you agree?

You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the criteria we should use to judge Obama's foreign policy as he moves toward his sophomore year? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Harry Kreisler is executive director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and executive producer and host of "Conversations with History."

Juan R. I. Cole, professor of modern Middle East and South Asian history at the University of Michigan

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How Does Unemployment Insurance Work?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Unemployment Insurance benefits. With unemployment in California at its highest rate since 1940, lots more people are learning how the system works and where it falls short. What can we learn from the way other states and countries handle unemployment insurance?

You can join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. If you're grappling with the current system, what do you think needs to change? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Maurice Emsellem, the National Employment Law Project's (NELP) Policy Director

Olga Pierce, a Fellow at ProPublica

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the coverage of the violence in Iraq, the House and Senate health care bill and the future of newspapers. We'll be joined by David Baker of the S.F. Chronicle, The Huffington Post's Danielle Ivory, and The Guardian's Martin Chulov in Iraq. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting?

You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Baker, San Francisco Chronicle staff writer
Danielle Ivory, Huffington Post Investigative Fund staff reporter
Martin Chulov, Iraq correspondent for The Guardian and The Observer

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What Makes Women Prisoners Different?

What makes women prisoners different? California is home to the world's largest women's prison, and the women are the fastest growing segment of the prison population. Why are so many more women going to prison? What is the impact of women's imprisonment on our communities? And are the strategies for cutting women's prison populations different, too?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What makes women prisoners different? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Beverly Henry, longtime member of the California Coalition for Women Prisons and Justice Now, an advocacy organization for women prisoners, who was recently released from prison.

Hafsa Al-amin, development director for the California Coalition for Women Prisoners.

Victoria Law, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women.

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What's the Best Path to Gay Rights?

Now that the LGBT movement has an ally in the White House, how are activists gearing up to push for real change rather than feel-good rhetoric? What's the best strategy for advancing gay rights today? The state LGBT marriage equality movement seems bitterly divided on whether to challenge Proposition 8 in 2010 or 2012. Are we ready for that fight again? Is there enough money to be raised in a recession? And how would this battle in California affect the push for equality in Washington DC?

Join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the best strategy for advancing gay rights today? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Rick Jacobs, founder and chair of the Courage Campaign, an online organizing network pushing for progressive change in California.

Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, which works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for LGBT people.

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Has Obama Repaired our International Image?

How is it different to be an American abroad now that President Obama is in the White House? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the experiences Americans have when traveling overseas. The Bush Administration's policies severely tarnished the U.S. image globally. That has changed with President Obama in office and the House has passed a bill to launch a campaign promoting travel to the U.S. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What travel experiences stand out for you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Mike Barish, a freelance writer specializing in travel

Robert Reid, Lonely Planet's U.S. Travel Editor and spokesperson

John Vlahides, travel writer, co-founder of 71Miles.com, & TV host of National Geographic Adventure

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Manufactured in America?

Can you have a healthy economy without manufacturing? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how recession has accelerated the departure of manufacturing jobs from the U.S. How does that change our economy? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Should restoring manufacturing jobs to the U.S. be a priority? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Bacon, San Francisco labor journalist

Harley Shaiken, professor of labor and global economics at UC Berkeley

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it is our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the FCC's Ruling on Network Neutrality and the Goldstone report regarding the assault in Gaza. As CNN is airing "Latinos in America," a number of groups are asking CNN to dump Lou Dobbs. Do these campaigns affect coverage? Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Matt Smith, SF Weekly Writer

Tim Karr, Campaign Director for Free Press and coordinator of the
SaveTheInternet.com Coalition

Jordan Flaherty, an editor of Left Turn Magazine

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Spreading the Atheist Gospel?

Evangelizing for atheism? You've seen the ads on the Muni buses: "Imagine no religion" and other quotes from famous non-believers promoting the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It's part of a small wave of pro-atheist media that's risen over the past few years. Is the campaign a sign of a broadening public discourse about faith and the lack of it? Or does it insult religious people and widen the divide between people of faith and their non-believing neighbors?

Join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you think of the rise of Athiesm? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Reverend Scotty McLennan, dean of Religious Life at Stanford.

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Will Young People Save the Earth?

What can we learn from the next generation of environmental activists? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with winners of this year's David Brower Youth Awards, which honors young people for their achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. Do you know a young person who's inspired you to do more to protect the environment?

Join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is there a heightened environmental consciousness in the next generation? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Sharon Smith, program director for the Brower Youth Awards & New Leaders Initiative

Robin Bryan, a 21-year-old student from Canada whose project protects 1 million acres of forest in Canada from industrial logging.

Alec Loorz, a 15-year-old student from Southern California, who initiated Kids vs. Global Warming and is the youngest presenter of Al Gore's "The Climate Project."

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What's the State of the Arts in the Arab World?

What's the state of artistic expression in the Arab world? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with three filmmakers at this year's Arab Film Festival. What are the boundaries of free expression in the Arab world and how do they differ from one country to the next? What can we learn about the Middle East through cinematic narratives? Join us live at 11 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What impacts have political and economic change had on what artists can put into the public realm? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michel Shehadeh, executive director of the Arab Film Festival

Ibrahim El-Batout, an Egyptian filmmaker based in Cairo and director of Ein Shams (or Eye of the Sun)

Kalthoum Bornaz, Tunisian filmmaker and director of The Other Half of the Sky

Najwa Najjar, Palestinian filmmaker and director of Pomegranates and Myrrh

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Agenda for a New Economy: Does public housing have a future?

The federal government has destroyed tens of thousands of public housing units in the last decade and is considering a plan that would push more people into the private housing market with vouchers. Why have even liberals turned their back on building housing for the poor? And what are the results for the people who depend on the government for a place to live? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's future of public housing? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tiffany Gardner, the director of the Human Right to Housing Program at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

Ethel Long-Scott, executive director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project

Robbie Clark, organizer with Just Cause Oakland

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it is our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the healthcare bill and whether California is a failed state. We'll be joined by Gail Chaddock of Christian Science Monitor, McClatchy's Nancy Youssef and Calitics' Brian Leubitz. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor staff writer

Nancy Youssef, McClatchy's chief Pentagon correspondent

Brian Leubitz, publisher & editor of Calitics.com, a news and commentary site about California politics from a progressive perspective

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What does our food media say about who we are?

What does our food media say about who we are? Is it about great recipes, or something more? Iron Chef, Rachel Ray, The Minimalist, Hells Kitchen, Martha Stewart and Julie and Julia, the Food Network--what do they all mean about our relationship to food, and who we are? Can learning about food take us somewhere beyond the kitchen? If you subscribe to a cooking magazine or watch food shows on TV, what are you looking for? Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does our food media say about us? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jane Goldman, editor in chief of Chow.com

Lisa Jervis, founder of Bitch Magazine and author of Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Local, Healthy Eating

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