How Does America Converse After Newspapers?

What does the demise of the newspaper tell us about the future of cities and the way we relate to the people around us? Join Sandip Roy for a wide-ranging pre-recorded conversation about human connection and our changing media with essayist Richard Rodriguez, author of Brown and Hunger of Memory.

Guest:
Richard Rodriguez

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What's Exciting on Stage Right Now?

What's exciting on stage right now? Been to the theatre lately? Have relatives in town you'd like to take out for a show? Join the conversation as we delve into the creative pulse of theatre in Northern California live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's new in live theater? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Karen McKevitt, editor of Theatre Bay Area Magazine
Jolene Change, writer of the blog Saturday Matinee
Stephanie Weisman of The Marsh Theater
Kenneth Kelleher, artistic director of the Pacific Rep in Monterey

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Do You Know Your Online Rights?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how companies and government entities are using the personal data you post online. Can you protect yourself? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the shortcomings of privacy regulations written before the advent of the Internet? And do you have any expectation of privacy when you search the web? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nicole Ozer, Technology & Civil Liberties Policy Director, ACLU of Northern California

Jim Dempsey, Vice President for Public Policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology

Peter Eckersley, Staff Technologist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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What's Left of Health Care Reform?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Monday series Agenda for a New Economy with a conversation with T.R. Reid, author of The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health. How do we get our voices heard as the House and Senate create some kind of compromise bill? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should we expect in the coming months? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
T.R. Reid, a reporter, documentary film correspondent, and author

Noam Levy, Los Angeles Times staff writer

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Media Roundtable

This week we'll discuss coverage of the watered down healthcare reform bill, the climate change conference in Copenhagen, and soaring profits on Wall Street. Where is the money coming from? We'll be joined by the Christian Science Monitor's Mark Trumbull, Circle of Blue WaterNews's Aubery Parker, just back from Copenhagen, and the Huffington Post's Ryan Grim. Where did you see the best reporting this week and where did the media fall short?

Guests:
Mark Trumbull, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Ryan Grim is the senior congressional correspondent for the Huffington Post.

Aubrey Parker, news reporter with Circle of Blue WaterNews and guest blogger for Detroit Free Press at the COP15, the Climate Conference in Copenhagen.

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Want to Give Nothing for the Holidays?

This Holiday season, do you feel pressure to spend more money than you have? Think the national gift giving frenzy is more wasteful than wonderful? Joel Waldfogel agrees. We'll talk with him about his new book Scroogenomics: Why you shouldn't buy presents for the Holidays. When we buy for ourselves, we shop carefully and purchase items that are worth more than they cost. Gift giving is different. We make less-informed choices, and millions are wasted. How did it get this far?

Join the conversation at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why should you give nothing for the Holidays? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
Joel Waldfogel, author of Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays

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Where are You Donating this Year?

Where are you donating this year? And how do you make sure your dollars have an impact? There are lots of new tools for tracking your charitable giving--what's most important to know before you give? If you work at a nonprofit, do you think the measures being used to judge the way you spend your money help you to be more sustainable over the long-term?

Join the conversation at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where are you donating this year? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Sandra Miniutti, vice president of Charity Navigator, America's largest charity evaluator

Carla Dartis, senior vice president of the Tides Center, a San Francisco-based organization which partners with philanthropists, foundations, activists, and organizations to amplify the efforts of donors

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What's the State of the Opposition in Iran?

On the next Your Call, we will have a conversation about the ongoing democracy actions in Iran. During recent Student Day protests, more than 200 people were arrested and many beaten. What are their demands? Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is Iran's protest movement impacting the rest of the region? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Farideh Farhi, an independent scholar and affiliate, Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Kaveh Ehsani, assistant professor of international studies at DePaul University

Sohrab Mahdavi, editor of TehranAvenue.com. He writes about art and culture for different publications.

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Are Food Stamps Enough?

Will the food stamp program be able to meet the rising demand? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about food stamps. More Americans than ever -- one in eight -- depends on food stamps to meet their basic food needs. How does the program work? And who qualifies? Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yorucallradio.org. What can (and can't) you buy with food stamps? If you've hit hard times, how do you know if you qualify? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jessica Bartholow, director of Programs at California Association of Food Banks

Mark R. Rank, Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis

Leo O'Farrell, food stamp program manager for the San Francisco County Department of Human Services

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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 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. What story got the most attention? We'll be joined by independent journalist Mark Hertsgaard in Copenhagen, Allan Woods of the Toronto Star's Ottawa Bureau and Daily Nation's Sammy Cheboi in Kenya. 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. What are you looking for in stories about the environment? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Allan Woods, Toronto Star, Ottawa Bureau

Mark Hertsgaard, an independent journalist and author based in San Francisco

Sammy Kimutai Cheboi, correspondent with the Daily Nation in Kenya

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How does Climate Change Affect Food Security?

Is climate change threatening the world's food supply? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our weeklong series on Copenhagen by talking about global food security in the face of climate change. The UN says we need to dramatically change global agricultural policies to address hunger, poverty and climate change. How do we feed the world and become environmentally sustainable?

Join the conversation at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org? How is climate change threatening food security? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Anuradha Mittal, founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute and a food, agriculture and trade expert.

Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA. Josh has also worked as a shepherd, a teacher, a vegetable farmer, an activist, a fisherman, and a baker.

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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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