Does noise pollution get under your skin?

Does noise pollution get under your skin? On the next Your Call we'll talk about our increasingly loud world with Garret Keizer, author of The Unwanted Sounds of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise. Noise, defined as unwanted sound, can cause stress, disease, and violence. So what does it say about our society that we keep producing more and more things that keep our ears buzzing?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What rights do we have to make noise? And what rights do we have to the absence of noise? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Garret Keizer, author of The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise.

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Has an Oscar saved Japan's dolphins?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Louie Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove. The film reveals the annual slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in a small town in Japan, a reality that the Japanese government would rather stay hidden. But now the story is out to the world. We had Louie Psihoyos on the show back in August before the film took off. Has anything changed for the dolphins and our oceans since then? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove

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What can economists contribute to public policy?

What can economists contribute to the making of good public policy? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with noted economist Dean Baker, author of Taking Economics Seriously. He tackles entrenched beliefs about bank regulation and health care by asking "What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently?"

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you think economists could help save our economy--if they were taken seriously? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Dean Baker--Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. and author of Taking Economics Seriously

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. We'll have a conversation with award-winning journalist John Nichols, co-author of The Death and Life of American Journalism. He argues that journalism has been overrun by commercialism and special interests, far from its earlier purpose as a tool for democracy and public service. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to transform the media and who's already doing it? It's Your Call, with me Rose Aguilar and you

Guest:
John Nichols, award-winning journalist and author

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What does being a citizen mean to you?

What does being a citizen mean to you? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times. Paul asks "How did so many of us become convinced that we can do nothing to affect the future our children and grandchildren will inherit? And how have others managed to work powerfully for change?" What category do you fall in? And what motivates you? Or what holds you back?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we each make a difference even when the world seems to be falling apart? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times

Angie DeSoto, climate change activist

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What does offshore drilling mean to you?

As one of the country's greatest environmental disasters unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico, what do we need to know about offshore drilling? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the country's oil rigs, how they operate, and the long-term human and environmental consequences of oil spills. Who should be held responsible and what are the politics involved?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Will this latest tragedy change U.S. domestic energy policies? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Riki Ott--marine biologist and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Lisa Margonelli--journalist and author of Oil on the Brain: Adventures from Pump to Pipeline

Troy Wetzel--fishing boat captain from Venice, Louisiana

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What do we owe the wrongfully convicted?

What do we owe people who've been wrongfully convicted? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about people who have been exonerated because of DNA evidence. So far, 251 men have been freed after spending years in prison, according to the Innocence Project. What support should be given to victims of a broken criminal justice system? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Beyond compensation, where do justice and accountability fit in? What would you like to say or do for the wrongfully convicted? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project in Tallahassee, Florida.

James Bain was released from prison in December after serving 35 years for a crime he didn't commit.

Rick Walker was released from prison in 2003 after serving 12 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Kirk Bloodsworth was released from prison in 1993 after serving almost nine years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

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What's the state of the military industrial complex?

What's the state of the military industrial complex and what is its impact on the larger economy? On the next Your Call, we continue our series Agenda for a New Economy by talking about the U.S. military budget. At just over $800 billion, the U.S. spends more on the military than the next 45 countries combined. So where is all of that money going?

Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where's the transparency and where are the calls for cuts? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Martin--Political and Communications Director of Peace Action

John Arquilla--Professor and Director of the Information Operations Center at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the upcoming general election in Great Britain, the human and environmental cost of the oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico and the debate about Wall Street on Capitol Hill. And what was done well? We'll be joined by Propublica's Jake Bernstein, Huffington Post's Marcus Baram and Globe and Mail London Bureau chief's Doug Saunders.

Join us live at 11 or send 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:
Jake Bernstein, author, and an investigative reporter for ProPublica.
Marcus Baram, a news editor at the Huffington Post.
Doug Saunders, the chief of the Globe and Mail's London-based European Bureau.

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How effective are boycotts as strategies for social change?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the history and present use of boycotts as protest. Just last week, Arizona passed a set of new immigration laws that many argue erode the civil rights of immigrants and latinos. Some of those who are outraged by the legislation are calling for protest in the form of a boycott of Arizona. But how effective could that be? Would it help or hurt the people, including immigrants, of Arizona?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How have boycotts succeeded in the past? Would an Arizona boycott work? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lawrence Glickman-- Associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina; Author of Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America and A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society

Linda Herrera--co-founder of Unidos Arizona; grassroots organizer for boycott of Arizona Diamondbacks

Alfredo Gutierrez--former Arizona state senate majority leader; head of Arizona Boycott Committee

Jonathan Day--owner of Jonathan Day's Indian Arts in Flagstaff; creator of "Don't Boycott AZ" Facebook page

Valeria Fernandez--reporter for New America Media based in Phoenix

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Who should have their hands on the global thermostat?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the complex and controversial field of geoengineering. Purposeful intervention to change the earth's natural systems is moving into the mainstream of the debate on climate change. Can any of the geoengineering options help slow or reverse global warming?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the risks of these technologies? And who should have the right to make these decisions about our common destiny? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Pat Mooney--founder and executive director of the ETC Group
Dr. Michael MacCracken--chief scientist of The Climate Institute

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Do you know "a woman like that?"

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Elaine Madsen about her award winning documentary film, I Know A Woman Like That. We will be also speaking with the celebrated author Maxine Hong Kingston and Barbara Hillary, the first known African-American woman to reach the North Pole, at the age of 75 in 2007.

The documentary features women passionately engaged in spirited endeavors at a time when the world expects them to be in their rocking chairs. Is there an older woman in your life who counters stereotypes about growing old? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we do to honor "older people?" It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Maxine Hong Kingston, an eminent Chinese American author and Professor Emeritus at the University of California.

Elaine Madsen, an Emmy Award winning writer producer, director, playwright, poet and documentary maker.

Barbara Hillary, the first known African-American woman to reach the North Pole, at the age of 75 in 2007.

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Could Financial Reform Curb Wall Street?

Will the financial reform plan that's currently on the table prevent another economic crisis? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by looking at financial reform. Will it fundamentally change the way Wall Street operates? Will it end bank bailouts? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What laws do you think should be put in place to protect citizens? Is it even possible to get a good bill with Wall Street and Washington so closely aligned? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Kevin Hall--National Economics Correspondent for McClatchy newspapers

Rob Johnson--Director of the Project on Global Finance at the Roosevelt Institute

Mary Bottari--Director of the Center for Media and Democracy's Real Economy Project and editor of the www.BanksterUSA.org site for bank-busting activists

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the SEC accusing Goldman Sachs of defrauding its investors, financial reform, the People's Summit on Climate Change in Bolivia, and the fate of Guantanamo detainees. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. We'll be joined by ProPublica's Dafna Linzer, Time Magazine's Jean Friedman-Rudovsky -- she just returned from Bolivia -- and the Washington Independent's Annie Lowrey. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Annie Lowrey covers the economy for The Washington Independent. During the 2008 presidential campaign, she worked on the editorial staff of The New Yorker in the Washington bureau.

Dafna Linzer, a national security reporter with Propublica.

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, a freelance journalist in La Paz, Bolivia, where she reports for Time magazine. She is the co-founder of Ukhampacha Bolivia, an online journal covering political and social movements in Latin America.

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What have we done to protect our Mother Earth?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to local environmental activists about their efforts to clean up our act on this planet. April 22, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day as a national holiday. What environmental achievements do we have to celebrate?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are you celebrating Earth Day? Who are your Earth Day heroes? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Kevin Connelly, associate director of the Earth Island Institute in Berkeley
Marie Harrison, community organizer with Greenaction in Bayview/Hunter's Point
Terranisha Nathaniel, a junior at Excel High School in West Oakland
Sandy Saeteurn, community organizer in Richmond
James Walker, a local city equipment services worker and member of SEIU Local 1021's Richmond Chapter.

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Are We Ready for the Next Big Quake?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about what it takes to prepare your neighborhood or community for a natural disaster. Seismologists have predicted that a major earthquake is likely to hit the San Francisco Bay Area within the next 30 years. How can we be ready to come together effectively when disaster strikes? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What lessons can we take from past disasters and recent earthquakes? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Mike Conrad--Aptos Fire Department CERT program

Lyz Luke--events director for The Big Rumble SF

Emily White--director of earthquake preparedness at Bay Area Red Cross

Lt. Erica Arteseros--Program Coordinator of San Francisco Fire Department NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams) Training

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How do the Drug War and NAFTA Affect Mexico?

How is the so-called "war on drugs" and NAFTA affecting Mexico? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with journalist Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. In 2009, 23,000 people were killed in drug-related violence in Mexico, 4,300 of them in Ciudad Juarez alone. What explains the rise in drug violence?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's driving the so-called "war on drugs" and who's benefiting from it? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Charles Bowden, a veteran journalist who has been reporting on Juarez for fifteen years. He is the author of a new book, Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields.

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How can Unions Shape the U.S. Economy?

How can unions shape the U.S. economy? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our series Agenda for a New Economy by looking at the state of labor unions today. Andy Stern, the controversial head of the Service Employees International Union who challenged the leadership of the AFL-CIO, is stepping down. Did Stern's emphasis on national political clout and aggressive grassroots organizing make a difference?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you think re-organizing labor could create a better economy? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Bill Fletcher--labor organizer and author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice

John Logan--researcher for UC Berkeley Labor Center and Director of Labor Studies at SF State University

Dave Regan--an executive vice president at SEIU and SEIU-UHW trustee

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week taxes got a lot of attention, Obama hosted world leaders at a nuclear summit in Washington, and the Center for Investigative Reporting revealed the relationship between Goldman Sachs and Meg Whitman, Republican front-runner for governor. We'll be joined by freelance journalist Martha White, CIR's Lance Williams and tageszeitung's Anreads Zumach.

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

Guests:
Martha White, a freelance writer based in NY.

Lance Williams, investigative reporter with the Center for Investigative Reporting

Andreas Zumach, a journalist. He works for the German newspaper "tageszeitung" (taz) based in Geneva

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How Do People with Mental Illness Experience the World?

How do people with mental illness experience the world? How does the world respond to them? How helpful is it to label mental health struggles as illnesses? How helpful are medications? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about mental health--as it is experienced by those with imbalances, as it is viewed through psychiatric medicine, as it is portrayed through art. Do you or does anyone you know wrestle with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do we as communities provide support? And can we redefine the way we regard mental illness? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ken Paul Rosenthal--director of the documentary film, Crooked Beauty

Ashley McNamara--co-founder of the Icarus Project, a network of people living with and/or affected by experiences that are commonly diagnosed and labeled as psychiatric conditions.

Dr. Bradley Lewis--clinical psychiatrist

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