Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of Dick Cheney's memoir. What questions should reporters be asking? We'll also consider the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing protests in Chile. We'll be joined by The Nation's John Nichols, Loop21's Brentin Mock and independent journalist Caroline Lewis joins us from Santiago de Chile. Tune in live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Malihe Razazan and you.

Guests:
Caroline Lewis, a Fulbright scholar living in Santiago and researching the formation of news chains among community media outlets in Chile. She has reported on social movements for independent media outlets in both Spanish and English.

John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent

Brentin Mock, senior editor at Loop21.com, a leading African-American website for economic and political news and culture

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Can Mother Earth hold the same rights as people?

Is it possible to grant Mother Earth the same rights as people? And what does that mean? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation on a new law in Bolivia, which redefines natural resources as blessings and gives nature the same rights as human beings. How does it translate into policy? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is it possible to curtail climate change and environmental destruction by giving Mother Earth the same rights as humans? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Wilma Subra, founder and president of the Subra Company of New Iberia and an accomplished environmental scientist who has been on the frontlines fighting for the rights of local communities in Louisiana following the Gulf Spill.

Pablo Solon, Bolivia's Ambassador to the United Nations.

Martin Wagner, the managing attorney at Earth Justice, an organization that works through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, and other parties to ensure government agencies and private interests follow the law.

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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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Your Call 061208 Unsure about UNASUR

Are we on the brink of the United States of South America? On the next Your Call we'll discuss the creation of La Union de Naciones Suramericanas last month in Brasilia. The Constitutive Treaty creates a headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, the South American Parliament in Cochabamba and the Bank of the South in Bogota. How big a deal was the signing? Will momentum for unification weaken when Bush is gone? And why hasn't the agreement garnered more attention in any of the Americas? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nathan Gill in Valparaiso, Chile
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar researching globalization and South American regional integration at the Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile (Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile). He is also the publisher of Southern Affairs, a blog that offers news and analysis of Latin American international relations, and is the government and economy correspondent in Chile for Bloomberg News.

Larry Birns in Washington, D.C.
The director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs since its founding in 1975. A former defense researcher and strategist and member of the Institute for Strategic Studies in London, and the All Souls College, Oxford's military seminar, he was a senior grade public affairs officer for the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America in Santiago, Chile.

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