What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean?

What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean to the world today, after ten years of the so-called "War on Terror"? On the next Your Call, we'll open the lines to talk about the significance of Osama bin Laden's death. His body has reportedly been buried at sea. What do you think about President Obama saying we brought Osama bin Laden to "justice"? How will this impact people in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is bin Laden's legacy? How did he change the world? And how did the US shape him as a symbol by framing him as terrorist #1? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Aunohita Mojumdar is a freelance journalist currently based in Kabul. She has reported from the South Asian region for 19 years.

Ali Kamran Asdar, associate professor of anthropology, Middle East Studies and Asian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.

Paul Fitzgerald is co-author of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire.

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Your Call 012109 How can we kill the Bush power grab?

How can we kill the Bush power grab and know that it is truly dead? On the next Your Call we'll mark the first day of the Obama Administration by taking a hard look at the office Bush left him. The Bush administration conducted a very public power grab for the executive branch: signing statements, suspending habeas corpus, torture and warrantless wire-tapping are just a start. As a Senator, Obama introduced a resolution requiring that "any offensive military action taken by the United States against Iran must be explicitly authorized by Congress." Will he stick by his demand for humbler executive? Does not using these powers render them off-limits to future presidents? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Julian Zelizer in Princeton

Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the author and editor of many books and is working on four more: A look at the presidency of Jimmy Carter, a history of National Security Politics since World War II, a history of the Reagan Revolution and an edited volume about former President George W. Bush.

Charlie Savage in Washington DC

Charlie Savage is Washington correspondent for the New York Times. He was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for his work uncovering the Bush administration's use of Presidential signing statements. He is the author of Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency & the Subversion of American Democracy.

Gene Healy in Washington DC

Vice President at Libertarian think tank the Cato Institute and author of The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power

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Your Call 012009 How should your government and Your Call change?

It's Inauguration Day. What do you make of the changing of the guard? And how should we change accordingly? On the next Your Call, we want to hear from you. Every Your Call we've ever done has been under President Bush; as of noon on Tuesday, we will be covering a whole new administration. How do you reflect on the past eight years? What are your expectations of the next four? How should your media change now that the leadership has changed? And what do you want from Your Call? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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Your Call 102908 The Shadow Factory

When you start a secret program to spy on everyone, how can you ever be sure it's been unplugged for good? On the next Your Call we'll be joined by James Bamford, who has done more to pull back the curtain on the ultra-secret National Security Agency than anyone else. Bamford's new book The Shadow Factory recounts how the Bush Administration transformed epic failures by American intelligence agencies into arguments for massively increasing their power. How does the NSA skim the emails, faxes, phone calls and Internet traffic of the entire world? What is the NSA listening to right now? It may be Your Call, with me, Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: James Bamford in DC
Our nation's chronicler of the dark side. He's a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Harpers and his article in Rolling Stone "The Man who Sold the War" won the National Magazine Award for Reporting. Mr. Bamford joins us from DC.

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Your Call 090908 Will Your Vote Count?

Do you believe your vote will be counted in November? On the Next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Dorothy Fadiman about her new film Stealing America: Vote by Vote, and Richard Hayes Phillips about his new book, Witness to a Crime. Nearly 30 percent of voters will use touch-screen machines in November. Last year, an independent review panel found that California's electronic voting systems were vulnerable to attacks. How are you voting in November? And how can we be sure our votes will be counted? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Richard Hayes Phillips, author of Witness to a Crime: A Citizen's Audit of an American Election

Dorothy Fadiman, producer and director of the documentry film Stealing America: Vote by Vote

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Your Call 080808 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week is the one-year anniversary of the murder of Oakland reporter Chauncey Bailey. We'll speak with the Bay Guardian's Tim Redmond about the Chauncey Bailey Project. We'll also discuss coverage of Ron Suskind's new book, which reveals that the Bush administration engaged in a "disinformation campaign" by forging documents in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. What did you think of the coverage? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Tim Redmond in San Francisco
Executive Editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian

Nathan Guttman in Washington DC
Staff writer for the Forward

Eve Fairbanks in Washington DC
Associate editor of The New Republic.

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Your Call 080708 The Dark Side of the War on Terror

Who should be held accountable for violations of international and domestic laws against torture? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with investigative journalist Jane Mayer about her new book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. In the name of the "war on terror," the United States has become a country where people are detained indefinitely without charge, and subjected to abuse and humiliation. Will the Bush administration ever be held responsible? How do we pull back from a culture of impunity? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest:
Jane Mayer, investigative journalist

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Your Call 062308 What was the Supreme Court's most important decision lately?

What was the Supreme Court's most important decision in the current session? On the next Your Call, as the Supreme Court wraps up its term, we'll take a look at some of its rulings. From Guantanamo to the death penalty to age discrimination, the Court has decided over 80 cases. What effects have President Bush's conservative appointees had on this session? Were you closely following the cases? And what's the future like for Supreme Court? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Waldman is director of the Brennan Center for Justice, an institute at New York University School of Law.

Professor Neil Kinkopf of the College of Law at Georgia State.

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Your Call 053008 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week President Bush's former press secretary Scott McClellan just came out with a tell-all book. The U.S. Senate passed a $165 billion war-spending bill with no timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. We'll talk to independent journalist Anna Badkhen who has just returned from Iraq, John Nichols from The Nation and Richard Gizbert from Al Jazeera Television Network. Where did you see the best reporting? It's Your Call with guest host Ben Temchine and you.

Guests:
John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine.

Anna Badkhen, a Massachusetts-based freelance reporter and a former foreign and national reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Richard Gizbert, the host for The Listening Post, Al Jazeera's weekly program that focuses on the media.

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Your Call 010808 The Christian Right and the Neocons

What's in store for the Christian right and the neoconservatives? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with investigative journalist Craig Unger about his new book, The Fall of the House of Bush. In the book, Unger focuses on the history of the Christian right and the neocons. What brought this unholy alliance together? What impact have they had on U.S. policy? And more importantly, what impact will they have on the next U.S. President? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Craig Unger is an award winning investigative reporter and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine. He is out with a new book The Fall of the House of Bush.

David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of the upcoming book The Politics of Freedom.

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