What role should athletes play in our political dialogue?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with former Olympic sprinter John Carlos and sportswriter Dave Zirin about their book, The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World. Carlos is famous for his politically-charged Black Power salute with Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics. How much power does a professional athlete have to speak out to the world beyond sports? And why do we listen? Join us at 10 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Matt Martin, and You.

Guests:
John Carlos, former Olympic athlete and co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World

Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation and co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World

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How did 9/11 change your worldview?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the impact 9/11 has had on our identities and our understanding of the world. From war and heightened security to wire-tapping and Islamophobia, how have the events and reactions of the last ten years shaped us and what's in store for the future? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How did 9/11 affect how you see the world and your place in it? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sandip Roy, journalist based in Kolkata, India. Sandip is on leave as an editor with New America Media and co-host of Your Call. He is currently the Culture Editor for FirstPost.com.

Basma AlKhateeb, women's rights activist in Iraq

Jamilah King, news editor for Colorlines magazine

Elliott Woods, independent writer and photographer; Iraq veteran

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media coverage of the 10th anniverary of 9/11. How has reporting changed in the past decade in the US and abroad? We'll also discuss coverage of President Obama's jobs speech and unemployment. We'll be joined by the Sydney Morning Herald's Paul McGeough, McClatchy's Kevin Hall and independent journalist Aunohita Mojumdar join us from Kabul. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hall, the national economics reporter for McClatchy Newspapers

Paul McGeough, chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald

Aunohita Mojumdar, an independent journalist based in Kabul

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How has Islamophobia changed since Sept. 11, 2001?

As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we'll have a conversation about Islamophobia in the U.S. Recently the Center for American Progress released the report Fear Inc., the Roots of Islamophobia Network. It details how 7 foundations have contributed around 49 million dollars to anti-Muslim Islamophobic movement. Who are these foundations? Join us live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Alia Malek, an author and a civil rights lawyer. Her reportage has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Salon, The Christian Science Monitor, The Columbia Journalism Review, and Washington Post.

Faiz Shakir, Vice President at the Center for American Progress and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org.

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What makes a great protest song?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Dorian Lynskey, author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs. He details 33 songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday crooning Strange Fruit to Green Day raging against the Iraq war. What role does music play in social movements? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are your favorite protest songs? How have they sparked social change? It's Your call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dorian Lynskey, a music writer for the Guardian in the United Kingdom

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How far have women come in the art world?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Lynn Hershman Leeson, director of the documentary !Women Art Revolution, which reveals how the Feminist Art Movement transformed the art and culture of our times. How have women artists changed the art scene in the United States? Join us live at 10 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who are your favorite women artists? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lynn Hershman Leeson, an award-winning artist and filmmaker.

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How must cities adapt as the average age of citizens increases?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about what it's like to age in an urban setting and how cities can evolve to embrace older generations, who are living longer. By 2050, 1 in 5 Americans will be seniors. So how can sectors like the job market, urban design, and health care evolve to meet our changing demographic? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the best ways to integrate elders into daily life in the city? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Allen Glicksman, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging

David Bank, vice president of Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose

Laura Keyes, Senior Principal Program Specialist in the Aging Division of the Atlanta Regional Commission

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Should video games be treated as a form of expression?

Should video games be treated as a form of expression like books and music? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about video games and free speech. The Supreme Court recently struck down a California law that banned the sale of violent video games. Video game advocates celebrated the ruling saying there's more to games than violence. They say they're a form of expression and the law now says they are art. Do you agree? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you play video games? What do you get out of them? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Evan Narcisse, freelance writer who covers comic books, pop culture, and video games

Alan Simpson, vice president of policy for Common Sense Media

Peter Brinson, videogame developer, filmmaker and instructor at the Interactive Media Division of USC School of Cinematic Arts

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What are the realities of same-sex parenting today?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about LGBTQ families. At least 270,000 children under the age of 18 are being raised by gay and lesbian couples in the US. But gay parents still face legal, political and economic obstacles that can complicate their families and sometimes put them at serious risk. If you or someone you know is in a family with same-sex parents, what's your experience? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are LGBTQ families re-shaping our notion of family? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Amie Miller, author of She Looks Just Like You
Judy Appel, executive director of OUR Families Coalition

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What's the role of political satire in tough times?

On the next Your Call, we'll rebroadcast our conversation with three political comedians about the power of humor in a time of crisis. We are faced today with an economic recession, revolutions around the globe, wars, earthquakes, floods and an increasingly divided political landscape. Can political satire help us process the madness? Are there some things we just can't laugh about? Or are we doomed if we can't laugh? Where do you go to get your comic relief? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan.

Guests:
Dean Obeidallah, a comedian, former attorney, and co-creator of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival

Katie Halper, a comic, writer, blogger, satirist, filmmaker, and founder of Living Liberally

Seth Reiss, a senior writer/associate sports editor at The Onion and a performer with the sketch comedy group, Pangea 3000

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What's your definition of family in the 21st century?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Melissa Fay Greene, author of No Biking in the House... Without a Helmet. Greene, a journalist and writer from Atlanta, Georgia, is the mother of 9 children--4 biological and 5 adopted from Bulgaria and Ethiopia. Her memoir paints a funny and moving portrait of the adoption process and raising a nontraditional family of nine. What does family mean to you? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Melissa Fay Greene, journalist, mother of nine, and author of No Biking in the House... Without a Helmet

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What happens between middle age and old age?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Marc Freedman, author of The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife. The average U.S. life span is getting longer, people are working past the traditional retirement age, having children later in life, and seeking fulfillment beyond their first careers. Freedman says, "We need a new map of life." But what should this map look like? And how do we create it? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is the "new middle age" an individual matter or a societal concern? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Marc Freedman, author of The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Mid Life

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What's the problem with pink?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. How is the image of the princess or ballerina bathed in pink related to girl power, feminism, and our culture's complicated relationship to girls and their sexuality? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Has there been a resurgence of girlie-girl culture? And if you're you one of the parents who resists it, why? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture

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Who are history's unknown heroes and heroines?

On the next Your Call, we'll read between the lines of history and talk about the men and women who changed the world around them, but who are mostly unknown. We'll speak with David Talbot, author of the book series, Pulp History, and Belva Davis, San Francisco's first black female broadcast journalist. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What unsung historical and contemporary heroes and heroines do you think deserve recognition? It's Your Call, with Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:

David Talbot, co-founder of Salon.com and author of Devil Dog in the series, Pulp History

Belva Davis, San Francisco's first black female broadcast journalist and author of Never in My Wildest Dreams

Karen Korematsu, co-founder of the Korematsu Institute and daughter of Fred Korematsu

Betty Reid Soskin, ranger at the Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park

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Who owns yoga?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the practice and the business of yoga in the West. The Hindu American Foundation has launched a campaign to take back yoga, which they say has been stripped of its Hindu roots. But does something like yoga belong to anyone at all? How do we decide if culture belongs to a particular nationality or religion? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who should determine who has access to yoga? Or who can profit from it? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Katchie Ananda, yoga teacher and co-founder of Yoga Sangha

Richard Rosen, yoga teacher and co-founder of Piedmont Yoga Studio

Suhag Shukla, co-founder and managing director for the Hindu American Foundation

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What was your reaction to the horrific shootings in Arizona?

On the next Your Call we'll open the lines to get your views about today's political climate. Jared Loughner, 22, opened fire at a meet and greet hosted by Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. She remains in critical condition. Six people, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl have died. How should the media and politicians respond? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. This is not an isolated incident as many have suggested. Where should the conversation go from here? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chip Berlet, senior analyst at Political Research Associates and co-author of Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort

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

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What does food 'safety' mean to you?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about the Food Safety Modernization Act that would give the FDA broader scope of regulation over the nation's food growers. Consumer advocates are celebrating the bill as a way to prevent food-borne illness. But some small scale farmers say it will drown them in paperwork and fees and will lead to more sterilized--but not necessarily safer--food and soil. What is the best way to keep our food supply safe? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dave Runsten, policy director with Community Alliance for Family Farms

Ken Kimes, owner of New Natives farm in Aptos, California

Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food and Water Watch

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Why are Americans wasting so much food?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food (And What We Can Do About It). Every day, Americans waste enough food to fill the Rose Bowl--while one in seven Americans go hungry. He says current rates of waste and population growth can't coexist for much longer. It's already turning into a serious environmental hazard, so what can we do about it? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food (And What We Can Do About It)

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What is the women's movement today and how did we get here?

On the next Your Call, we begin a two-part special about the state of the women's movement, how we got here, and where we're going. What were the feminists of the 70s fighting for? What gains have women made? And what have they lost? How do you measure progress for women? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. We'll have an intergenerational conversation. What can the older generation of women's rights activists teach to the younger generation? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Loretta Ross, national coordinator of SisterSong

Norma Swenson, professor of women and health at the Harvard School of Public Health and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves

Mariam Saeed, student of political science at SF State University and intern with Your Call

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How have Hollywood's images of Native Americans changed?

How have Hollywood's images of Native Americans changed -- and how has the public consciousness changed with it? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the changing ways Native Americans have been portrayed in popular culture. The 35th American Indian Film Festival opens in San Francisco on Friday. What are the images -- and stereotypes -- of Native Americans in media and film? How have they changed? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where does your understanding of Native Americans come from? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Smith, founder and president of American Indian Film Festival

Jack Kohler, director of "Behind the Door of a Secret Girl"

Ernest Webb, president of Rezolution Pictures and producer of "Reel Injun"

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