Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we discuss coverage of massive protests in France over the government's plans to raise the retirement age. We'll also discuss media coverage of voter suppression across the country and candidates' positions on reproductive rights. We'll be joined by RH Reality Check's Jodi Jacobson, The National Journal's Eliza Carney and The Independent's John Litchfield, who joins us from Paris. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Litchfield, Paris Correspondent for The Independent

Eliza Newlin Carney, a contributing editor for National Journal, where she writes in-depth features on Congress, politics and campaign finance reform

Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check

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What's at stake in the Senate race between Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer?

On the next Your Call, we continue our special California election series by discussing California's U.S. Senate race. Carly Fiorina, a tea party Republican and the former CEO of Hewlett Packard is running against long-time Democratic incumbent, Barbara Boxer. What do you want to know about where they stand on the issues that matter to you? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's at stake in this race? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Barbara O'Connor, director emeritus for the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media

Carolyn Lochhead, reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle's Washington Bureau

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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's your choice for Governor?

How are you planning to cast your vote for governor this November? On the next Your Call, we'll kick off our special California election programs with a debate between two third-party candidates running for governor: the Green Party's Laura Wells and the American Independent's Chelene Nightingale. What do you want to ask them? What issues matter most to you? Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want from the next Governor of California? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chelene Nightingale, an American Independent Party Candidate for California Governor

Laura Wells, a Green Party Candidate for California Governor

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we continue with our coverage of the expanding oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, US plans to pursue UN sanctions against Iran, and Midterm Election Primaries. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Marcus Baram, freelance journalist Reese Erlich and The American Independent News Network's editor John Amick.

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Marcus Baram, a news editor at the Huffington Post
Reese Erlich, an investigative reporter, and broadcast journalist
John Amick, an editor with The American Independent News Network

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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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