Who are the billionaire Koch brothers?

Who are the billionaire Koch brothers and how much are they spending on the tea party, right-wing causes, and California's Prop 23? On the next Your Call, as the election season kicks into high gear, we'll talk about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent to influence state and national races. Join us at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Spending by outside groups has exploded since the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United. How transparent is this and what does this mean for the future of campaign finance reform? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jim Hightower, a radio commentator, writer, and author

Peter Stone, who covers a wide array of lobbying and campaign finance issues in Washington for Center for Public Integrity

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Who are the Tea Partiers?

Beyond contempt for government--the current administration in particular--what exactly is making this party tick? And how unified are its members? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the Tea Party. Is it fueled from the ground up or from the top down? How should progressives respond? And how are Republicans reacting? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want to know about the extreme Right in this country? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jonathan Raban--Author and contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Independent.

Thomas Frank--Weekly opinion columnist with the Wall Street Journal; Author of "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation"

John Guerrero--Fremont Tea Party leader

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Your Call 082709 What is the right response to hate speech in the media?

On the next Your Call we'll try to define the line between appropriate and inappropriate statements on the airwaves. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has called on the FCC to investigate hate speech in the media. What effect will that have? Email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What exactly qualifies as hate speech? And when hateful words go viral online, do broadcast regulations still matter? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Rory O'Connor in New York
Journalist, blogger, filmmaker and media critic. He's the author of Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio and is a contributing columnist to Alternet and MediaChannel. Rory's also the president of the media firm Globalvision Inc. and the author of the blog Media is a Plural.

James Rucker in Berkeley
Co-founder and executive director of Color of Change, an online activist organization that strives to strengthen the voices of African Americans. James has also served as director of Grassroots Mobilization for MoveOn.org.

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