How do you live a good life in the digital age?

On the next Your Call, we'll rebroadcast a conversation we had with William Powers, author of Hamlet's BlackBerry, and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget. Do our digital lives leave us with less time to reflect and relax? Is technology affecting our individuality and creativity? How do virtual relationships affect how we connect in person? What is your relationship with technology? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
William Powers, author of Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age

Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto

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What's in store for the future of the open/free Internet?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by talking about the recent Google-Verizon deal, which would allow Internet service providers to speed up access to some content while leaving the rest behind. How will this change the way you access the Internet and what does it mean for digital democracy? Does the deal mark the beginning of the end of the Internet as we know it? Can it be stopped? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Aparna Sridhar, Policy Counsel with Free Press

Barbara van Schewick, Associate Professor of Law and (by Courtesy) Electrical Engineering and Director, Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll talk about coverage of the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And many in the national media say the oil in the Gulf has disappeared. Locals say the disaster is far from over. We'll also discuss the lack of coverage of the devastating floods in Pakistan. We'll be joined by Brentin Mock, a New Orleans-based reporter with ColorLines, The News International's Riaz Daudzai, and The Times-Picayune's David Hammer. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What caught your attention in the media this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Brentin Mock, a New Orleans-based reporter with ColorLines

David Hammer, staff writer with The Times-Picayune

Riaz Daudzai, a reporter with The News International newspaper based in Peshawar, Pakistan

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What kind of art inspires you?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with a variety of artists about the healing and empowering aspects of art and creativity. The late historian Howard Zinn said the role of the artist is to transcend the world of the establishment and to escape what is handed down by the government and the media. How does art help you cope with our chaotic and unjust world? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What have you seen lately that's inspired you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jo Kreiter, artistic director of Flyaway Productions

Meklit Hadero, Ethiopian-born singer, musician, and cultural activist

Josef Norris, founder and director of Kid Serve

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What's the best approach to border policy?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about U.S. border policy. President Obama's signing of a bipartisan border security bill continues a trend toward more agents, weapons, and technology policing the U.S.-Mexico border. What are the costs of militarizing the border and who pays them? What are the alternatives? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are people at the border affected by today's immigration policy? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Melissa del Bosque, investigative reporter for The Texas Observer; author of the blog, La Linea

Alfredo Gutierrez, former Arizona state senate majority leader; immigration activist; editor of La Frontera Times

Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

Geoff Boyce, No More Deaths volunteer

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What does modern-day mining look like?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about what's being extracted from the earth. New elements are being harvested to make today's technological gadgets. Decades ago, it was silicon. Today, it's lithium. What else is being extracted in the 21st century? How does the extraction process affect the land, workers, the environment, and the economy? Who's profiting? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is it possible to harness the earth's resources efficiently and equitably? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, freelance journalist covering lithium extraction in Bolivia

Robert Moran, hydrogeologist and geochemist

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Are team owners ruining professional sports?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by speaking with The Nation's sports editor Dave Zirin about his new book, Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love. He argues that sports franchise owners are squeezing every last penny out of their fans. Have the rich guys and gals who own sports teams sold out the fans? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
A conversation with The Nation's sports editor Dave Zirin about his new book Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love.

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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 uproar around the mosque in NY City. We will also talk about coverage of the U.S. pulling "combat troops" out of Iraq and the Time magazine cover showing the photo of a disfigured Afghan girl. We'll be joined by investigative journalist John Gorenfeld, McClatchy's Nancy Youssef and independent journalist Alia Malek. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What caught your attention this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nancy Youssef, Pentagon Correspondent with McClatchy Newspapers based in Washington, DC

Alia Malek, a freelance journalist and author based in NY

John Gorenfeld, a freelance writer in San Francisco

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Why is population control so controversial?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about global population and what we should be doing about it, if anything. There are almost 7 billion people on the planet and there could be 9 billion by 2050. What are the primary concerns with population growth? How are they being addressed? And by whom? How have perceptions of population control changed? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do racism, classism, and resource inequalities factor into the controversies over population control? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb

William Ryerson, president of the Population Media Center

Martha Campbell, president of Venture Strategies for Health and Development and global health lecturer in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley

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What do local street food vendors add to our communities?

On the next Your Call, we'll look at the pleasures and problems of street food. The San Francisco Street Food Festival is approaching and curbside cuisine is on the rise. What explains its comeback? How is it regulated? What kind of opportunities does it create? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you love to eat out on the street? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Caleb Zigas, executive director of La Cocina

Matt Cohen, founder of the San Francisco Cart Project, Off the Grid: San Francisco, and Tabe Services

Jessica Phadungsilp, co-owner of Global Soul

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What is the power of a photo?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about photography as social commentary. The Time Magazine cover portrait of an Afghan girl with a mutilated face has been controversial -- especially paired with its caption. How do photographs enhance, alter, or manipulate the "news"? Or vice versa? Do photographs carry more inherent "truth" than words or can they also be spun? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. If you enjoy photography for art, do you also see it as social commentary? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Steve McCurry, world-renowned photojournalist

Ken Light, social documentary photographer; author of Witness In Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers; adjunct professor and curator of the Center for Photography at the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley

Daisy Hernandez, former editor of ColorLines

Trevor Paglen, artist, writer, and experimental geographer; author of Invisible: Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes

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What does AB32 actually do?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series with a conversation about California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, a.k.a. AB32. The opponents of AB32 are introducing a November initiative to suspend it; but what's really in AB32? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does AB32 help California's future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Steven Maviglio, spokesman for California Clean Energy and Jobs, an alliance of companies and environmental groups defending AB32. He is also the publisher of California Majority Report.

Susanne Rust, an investigative reporter for California Watch focused on the environment

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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 trial of Guantanamo Bay's youngest detainee. Also this week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined the U.S. military strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, and in the midst of massive flooding, Pakistan shut down two TV stations. We'll be joined by Pakistan's Geo TV reporter Sami Ibrahim, Propublica's Chisun Lee, and McClatchy's Jonathan Landay. What grabbed your attention this week? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Jonathan Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent with McClatchy

Sami Ibrahim, Geo news TV correspondent based in New York

Chisun Lee, a reporter for ProPublica

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Can we imagine a world free of nuclear weapons?

On the next Your Call, we ask, are we on the path to global nuclear disarmament or not? President Obama is going to spend 80 billion dollars to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenals, starting with 8 billion this year. What does modernizing actually mean? And what is the state of U.S. nuclear capability? Are we moving towards nuclear escalation rather than disarmament? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. If we aim for a nuclear-free world, what steps need to be taken? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Kawika Martin, political & communications director with Peace Action

Scott Yundt, staff attorney with Tri-Valley CARE

Darwin Bond-Grahm, sociologist and researcher with the Los Alamos Study Group

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What does leaving Iraq really mean?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Andrew Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, and Iraqi historian Thabit Abdullah. President Obama has promised to pull out all but 50,000 troops by the end of this month. How many contractors will be left? How will this affect Iraqis? What is life like in Iraq today? Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is the Obama administration's plan for the future of Iraq and the surrounding region? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Andrew Bacevich, retired U.S. army officer, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, and author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War

Thabit Abdullah, associate professor of Middle East history at York University

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What do you want from Your Call?

On the next Your Call, we'll check in with you, our listeners, to find out what you love about the show and what you think could improve. Whether you've tuned in once or listen regularly, how could Your Call have a broader and deeper impact on the community? If you have guest or show ideas, questions, comments, or constructive critiques, join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What inspires you to participate? What holds you back? Now's your time to be heard. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
You!

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How has Social Security changed since its creation?

How has Social Security changed since its creation 75 years ago? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by talking about Social Security. Ninety percent of Americans over the age of 65 receive Social Security benefits. Do you rely on social security? A coalition of fifty organizations recently joined forces to save Social Security from privatization. Do you think yours will be there when you retire? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Eric Kingson, professor of social work at Syracuse University's School of Social Work.

Paul Van de Water, a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where he specializes in Medicare, Social Security, and health


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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, President Obama announced plans to change the military mission in Iraq from combat to support. How did the media cover his promise? We'll also discuss the Sacramento Bee's investigation that found widespread suppression of inmates' rights. And we'll talk about the launch of KALW's The Informant, which focuses on criminal justice coverage. We'll be joined by the Sacramento Bee's Charles Piller, New Internationalist's Hadani Ditmars and KALW's Rina Palta. What grabbed your attention this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Charles Piller, staff reporter with Sacramento Bee
Rina Palta, a reporter with KALW News, Cross Currents
Hadani Ditmars, a co-editor of New Internationalist and author of Dancing in the No Fly Zone

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Are we coming to the end of wild seafood?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Greenberg, author Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. We harvest 90 million tons of wild fish and shell fish each year. What does our over-fishing say about our relationship to the ocean and our planet's natural resources? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you eat fish? And how concerned are you about the effects of overfishing? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Paul Greenberg, a writer for the New York Times, National Geographic, and GQ. In 2005, his New York Times Magazine article on Chilean Sea Bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals' award for excellence in food journalism.

Tom Worthington, owner of Monterey Fish Market in San Francisco

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How are teachers preparing for the new school year?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to California school teachers about their hopes, their fears, and their jobs as they anticipate coping with a dwindling education budget, growing class sizes, and strict standardized testing expectations. Thousands of teachers have been laid off this year. How will ones who are left meet rising demands for accountability in the classroom without additional resources? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do we support teachers under today's pressures? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Susan Scott, 5th grade teacher at Joaquin Miller in Oakland
Kelly Clark, 5th grade teacher at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in San Francisco
Cherese Young, 1st grade teacher at Evergreen School District in San Jose


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How do you get your congressmember's attention?

How do you get your elected representative to pay attention? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the most effective ways to get through to Congress. Do you write letters? Make phone calls? Attend Town Hall meetings? Stage sit-ins? what really works? Next week, House and Senate members will return to their Districts for a month recess. While they're home, how do you make them listen? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What makes an effective letter or call to a representative's office? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Codepink and Global Exchange
Pat Alviso, organizer for Military Families Speak Out
Craig Mehall, policy counsel for Public Citizen
Lynn Woolsey, California Representative for Sonoma and Marin counties

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Are worker co-ops making a difference?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by looking at how collectively owned businesses operate and how they are faring in today's economy. The co-op business model is gaining popularity from grocery stores to bakeries, preschools to house-cleaners. Do you work or shop at a co-op? What makes it different? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are co-ops one solution to our economic woes? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dan Thomases, worker/owner of Box Dog Bikes and board member of Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NO BAWC)

John Kusakabe, worker/owner of Arizmendi Bakery

Hilary Abell, executive director of Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES)

Jim Hightower, keynote speaker at National Worker Cooperative Conference 2010

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