What's your Biggest Worry About Climate Change?

What's your biggest worry about the effects of climate change? And what needs to come out of the meeting in Copenhagen to make you feel more hopeful? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the impact of climate change for different countries and what they are doing to reverse the trend.

Join the conversation at 11 am or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What needs to come of Copenhagen for you to consider it a success? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Leah Wickham, a 24-year-old environmental activist from Fiji

Kristine Holten-Andersen, a 27-year-old architect and volunteer with Klimaforum09

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Has Climate Change Met its Match in California?

Is California showing the way on reversing climate change? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our weeklong series on Copenhagen by talking about California's role in the global fight against global warming. Has California followed through on its commitments to reduce greenhouse gases any better than the nations who signed on to the Kyoto Protocol? Join the conversation at 11 am or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does California need to do to curb CO2 emissions? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Erin Rogers, Western Region Manager, Climate and Energy Program at Union of Concerned Scientists

William Julian, public policy director for an assembly member in Sacramento. He served as Legislative Director and Commissioner Legal Advisor for the California Public Utilities Commission from 1999 through 2004, including the acute period of the California Energy Crisis.

Fran Pavley, State Senator, and author of AB 32, the "Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006"

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Can We Afford to Stop Global Warming?

What's the cost-benefit analysis for slowing climate change? On the next Your Call we'll kick off our weeklong programming on climate change, with a conversation on the economic impacts of global warming. Opponents of legislation to combat global warming point to the toll it will take on the economy, but what are the economic risks if we continue on the current path? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feeback@yourcallradio.org. Which of the proposed solutions might actually have economic benefits? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Frank Ackerman is a research fellow at Global Development and Environment Institute and a senior scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute-US Centre, both at Tufts University. He authored Can We Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World.

Matthias Ruth, Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics,Director, Environmental Policy Program, and Co-Director, Engineering and Public Policy Program at Center for Integrative Environmental Research at University of Maryland

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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 U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan, the healthcare debate on Capitol Hill and the lucrative healthcare industry. We'll be joined by Market Watch's Russ Britt, McClatchy's David Lightman and independent journalist Pratap Chatterjee. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us your comments and questions to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Russ Britt, bureau chief and consumer editor with Market Watch
David Lightman, Washington Bureau correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers
Pratap Chatterjee, independent journalist and managing editor of CorpWatch

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Do you Know Cornel West?

On the next Your Call, we'll play an interview Rose Aguilar recently did with Princeton Professor Cornel West. After several books about race and democracy, Dr. West shares his personal story in a new memoir called Brother West. He writes about how education transformed him from a "gangster with raw rage" into a civil rights activist. Dr. West will talk about moving to an all white neighborhood in Sacramento, California in 1967, meeting Ronald Reagan for the first time, and the continuing struggle for social justice. That's on the next Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Cornell West, author of Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir

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Did Obama Make his Case?

What do you make of the course Pres. Obama set out in his address on Afghanistan? On the next Your Call, we want to know what you think of the new plan, and what it says about Obama's use of American military power. Who was he talking to in his address and who had his ear as he made the decision? Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does history tell us about the best-laid plans of occupying armies and can the people who put Obama in office still influence his foreign policy? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Nancy A. Youssef, Pentagon correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, journalists and authors of Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story

Kamran Ali, associate professor of anthropology and acting director of the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas-Austin

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Who's Talking About AIDS?

Has a new silence developed about the global HIV-AIDS epidemic? On the next Your Call, we mark World AIDS Day by having an intergenerational conversation about HIV-AIDS. What's being done to educate and help HIV positive teens and adults in the Bay Area? How much progress has been made since the 80s? Join the conversation live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What explains the continuing silence about epidemic? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sergio Mendoza, a staff writer for Beyond the Odds. He was diagnosed with having HIV in December of 2008.

Anita Johnson, a nationally recognized, award winning broadcast journalist and producer. She is executive producer of Beyond the Odds.

Matt Sharp, director of Treatment and Prevention Advocacy at Project Inform

Lina Sheth, director of Community Development & External Affairs at Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center

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Does the State Budget Crisis Move You to Act?

Is the budget crisis in California creating a movement for fundamental change? On the next Your Call, we continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by talking about the reaction to the devastating budget cuts. Has the shock of budget cuts in the midst of a recession moved you from dissatisfaction to action? Join us at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are the range of people activated by the state's crisis making connections? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Blondell Rice, a San Francisco home care worker
Reuben Caneda, UC Berkeley student
Ethel Long-Scott, executive director of The Women's Economic Agenda Project

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Media Roundtable

What's in store for the future of the media? On the next Your Call, we'll have a special pre-taped Friday Media Roundtable with Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media and author of The Chaos Scenario, and Jessica Clark, author of the forthcoming book, Beyond the Echo Chamber. Can anything good come from a media industry in disarray? Is there an emerging news media we can feel thankful for? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jessica Clark, author

Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media

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Read a Good Book Lately?

Do you have a great book to recommend? On the next Your Call, we'll ask Green Apple Books's Pete Mulvihill and the Booksmith's Rachel Meier to share their recommendations for the best books of the year. Do have friends or family members who you'd love to get a book for -- if only you had some recommendations? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or tune in live at 11. What's your book gift idea? And what are you reading? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Pete Mulvihill, co-owner, Green Apple Books and Music

Rachel Meier, manger and book buyer at Booksmith in San Francisco

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Has Your Past Determined Your Present?

Has your past determined your present? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how the decisions of our ancestors shaped who we are or hope to be. If you've made the decision to connect with your family history, what have you learned that changed the way you see yourself? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. With many family gatherings for the holiday weekend, how can you start the intergenerational conversations that allow you to understand where you come from? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alia Malek, an author and civil rights lawyer.

Bonnie Tsui, a freelance writer and a frequent contributor to The New York Times.

Connie Alvarez, director of Volunteer Services at KCRW; producer, KCRW's Good Food and part of Story Corps Historias

Nancy Loughridge, an 81-year-old mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was interviewed by her daughter for StoryCorps.

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Agenda for a New Economy -- Who Wins the Credit Card Game?

How has the credit card industry remained so profitable during the downturn? Join us for a short course on the industry that lives in all of our wallets, with the Frontline team that created The Card Game: An investigation of the consumer loan industry. Who's regulating the big credit card companies? What shows up on your monthly bill? And what are the basic reforms that could make a big difference?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the credit card business getting away with? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Oriana Zill de Granados, co-producer of Frontline's The Card Game and award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Dan Hirst, journalist with Frontline, and associate producer of The Card Game.

Gail Hillebrand, Financial Services Campaign Manager at the Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.

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Friday Media Roundtable

This week, we'll discuss coverage of President Obama's visit to China, protests on UC campuses, and the state of media in Mexico. We'll be joined by The Daily Planet's Riya Bhattacharjee, Mexico City based journalist Franc Contreras and New America Media's Vivian Po. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us your comments and questions to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Riya Bhattacharjee, staff writer at The Berkeley Daily Planet
Vivian Po, staff writer at New America Media
Franc Contreras, journalist based in Mexico City

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What's your Wish List for China?

President Obama just left China, after negotiating a relationship that will define our economic and political reality in the coming decades. Yet most progressives are hazy about what they wanted Obama to tell Hu Jintao. Is it all about the economy? Should environmental degradation and global warming be the top priority? Or do democratic reform and freedom to dissent come before for everything else?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the progressive agenda for China? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ling-Chi Wang, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley and a US-China relations expert.

David Gordon, executive director of Pacific Environment.

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Does our Economy Need to Crash?

Why is our capitalism so prone to crash? On the next Your Call we talk with author John Cassidy about how markets crash. Is it about greed and groupthink? Or something more fundamental to our economic system? And what does the way we answer these questions mean for financial regulation? A conversation with New Yorker economics and finance reporter John Cassidy, author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities.

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do markets fail? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
John Cassidy, an economics and finance reporter for the New Yorker and author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities.

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What Do Young People Say about the Richmond High Rape?

How are young people around Northern California responding to the gang rape of a Richmond High student outside the homecoming dance? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with a panel of students about how they can they help us understand about how it happened. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How we can stop it from happening again? It's Your call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Renee Caridan, senior at De Anza High School in Richmond

Timothy Jackson, executive director of the Bay Area Stop Hating Movement

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Can Capitalism Redeem Itself?

Is a better capitalism possible? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked. He argues that the global financial system needs to be remade from the ground up. But where do we start in building a more just and sustainable system?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. In a globalized economy, are the incentives for gluttony and graft simply too great? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Perkins, an economist and author. His best-known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of Afghanistan, the Fort Hood Shooting and veterans, and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We'll be joined by The Nation's Betsy Reed and journalist and author Mark Danner. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us your comments and questions to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Mark Danner, a writer and reporter who for twenty-five years has written on politics and foreign affairs, focusing on war and conflict.

Betsy Reed, the executive editor of The Nation.

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Update: Mark Danner is speaking TODAY
3:00pm "Now That We Know: Obama, Terror and the Politics of Dirty Hands"
University of California, Berkeley
Wheeler Auditorium, Maude Fife Room 315
Free and open to the public
Book signing to follow

7:30pm Book signing, The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117

Are Cars Going Extinct?

What's the future of personal transportation? A big chunk of the federal stimulus plan supports the building, repair and expansion of roads at the same time climate scientists tell us fossil-fueled cars are pushing us more quickly toward catastrophe. Are we at a point where personal transportation might come into question? What does your car mean to you? And what would it take for you to pull it off the road for good?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the future of the car? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Patricia Monahan, director of the California office of the Union of Concerned Scientists and deputy director for the Clean Vehicles program.

Carli Paine, transportation director for Transform

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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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