How Do We Break the Silence Around Domestic Violence?

How do we break the silence around domestic violence? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Olivia Klaus, director of Sin by Silence, a documentary about incarcerated women speaking out against domestic violence. We'll also be joined by Brenda Clubine. She spent 26 years in prison and founded Convicted Women Against Abuse to change laws and raise awareness. Why is it still so hard to talk about domestic violence?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we break the cycle? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Olivia Klaus--Director and producer of Sin by Silence, a documentary about domestic violence

Brenda Clubine--Founder of Convicted Women Against Abuse; spent 26 years in prison

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What's Left of Health Care Reform?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Monday series Agenda for a New Economy with a conversation with T.R. Reid, author of The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health. How do we get our voices heard as the House and Senate create some kind of compromise bill? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should we expect in the coming months? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
T.R. Reid, a reporter, documentary film correspondent, and author

Noam Levy, Los Angeles Times staff writer

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Who's Talking About AIDS?

Has a new silence developed about the global HIV-AIDS epidemic? On the next Your Call, we mark World AIDS Day by having an intergenerational conversation about HIV-AIDS. What's being done to educate and help HIV positive teens and adults in the Bay Area? How much progress has been made since the 80s? Join the conversation live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What explains the continuing silence about epidemic? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sergio Mendoza, a staff writer for Beyond the Odds. He was diagnosed with having HIV in December of 2008.

Anita Johnson, a nationally recognized, award winning broadcast journalist and producer. She is executive producer of Beyond the Odds.

Matt Sharp, director of Treatment and Prevention Advocacy at Project Inform

Lina Sheth, director of Community Development & External Affairs at Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center

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What Do You Want to Know About the Swine Flu Vaccine?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the controversial vaccination. The United States has ordered 195 million doses, and public health officials have to make tough choices about who should be vaccinated. Some states are mandating the vaccine for health workers. Are you planning to take the vaccine?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How should we balance the risks of an epidemic versus individual choice? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Art Reingold, professor and head of the Division of Epidemiology at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Christian Sandrock, assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC Davis School of Medicine

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Your Call 081009 Agenda for a New Economy: Depression & the Depression

On the next Your Call we continue to discuss an Agenda for a New Economy: Depression & the Depression. What's the psychological impact of the economic collapse? How do we weather a national storm of anxiety and depression? What's the effect on families and kids? And what resources are available for people whose change in economic circumstances has led to depression or worse?

We'll be joined by Dr. Harvey Brenner, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Dr. David Spiegel, director of the Center on Stress and Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How is the recession affecting us emotionally and what can we do about it? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you. Join the conversation at 866-798-TALK, that's 866-798-8255.

Guests:
Dr. Harvey Brenner, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and at the School of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of North Texas. Dr. Brenner has written extensively on the relationship between the economy and our emotional well being.

Dr. David Spiegel is the director of the Center on Stress and Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Your Call 062309 Who is Running the Health Care Reform Debate?

Who are the major players in the health care debate? On the next Your Call we start the first of a series of programs on health care reform. News coverage about the legislative process covers the ins and outs of the national debate with nearly microscopic detail, but often missing is a sense of how the process works, who the major players are and where the real work is getting done. We'll speak with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent with Kaiser Health News, and take your questions. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Who has the biggest megaphone in the health care reform debate and whose voice needs to be heard? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Mary Agnes Carey in Washington DC
Senior correspondent with Kaiser Health News (no relation to Kaiser Permanente). Ms. Carey has covered health policy for more than decade. Before joining Kaiser Health News, she reported for Congressional Quarterly and Dow Jones Newswires.

Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access

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Your Call 061109 How can we best care for the ground beneath our feet?

How can we best care for the ground beneath our feet? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our series on the commons by focusing on dirt, an invaluable substance we mostly take for granted. We'll speak with Gene Rosow, producer & director of Dirt! The Movie. The film tells the little known story of the relationship between dirt and humans. What can we do to preserve one of our most precious natural resources? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What are you doing to enrich your soil? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gene Rosow in Los Angeles
Director of Dirt! The Movie, an official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Gene wrote, produced and directed more than 20 documentaries including Doctora for Channel 4 England, Routes of Rhythm with Harry Belafonte for PBS, and Knights for Canal+ France. His feature film credits include the lovable family film Zeus and Roxanne for MGM, among others. On top of a Ph.D in History, Gene relishes his year of post-graduate work in Ecology, Biochemistry, Cellular Physiology, and Parisitology.

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Your Call 060309 How do we support access to abortion services?

What can be done to support access to abortion services? On the next Your Call we'll talk about guaranteeing the legacy of Dr. George Tiller, assassinated in his church for providing abortions to women who wanted them. Eight abortion providers have been killed in the last thirty years and 87 percent of U.S. counties have no abortion provider. What is it like to provide women with constitutionally protected health care? What help do providers need? Join us live at 11 am or send us an email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can this tragedy be transformed into an opportunity to strengthen the pro-choice movement? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gloria Feldt
Former national president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Michelle Goldberg in New York
Author of The Means Of Reproduction: Sex, Power, And The Future Of The World

Jennifer Baumgardner in New York
Author of Abortion And Life

Merle Hoffman in New York
Director of CHOICES Women's Medical Center on Long Island

Megan J. Peterson in Boston
Deputy director of the National Network of Abortion Funds

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Your Call 050709 How does this Swine Flu outbreak compare to others?

How does the current Swine Flu outbreak compare to others in history? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Philip Alcabes, author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu, and Marc Schenker, chair of Department of Public Health Sciences at University of California, Davis. When it comes to an epidemic, can fear be as dangerous as disease? You can join us by calling in or by emailing feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How should public health and the news media spread information, without spreading panic? What should be done to improve public health? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Philip Alcabes, author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu. He is associate professor of urban public health at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Marc Schenker is a professor of Medicine and Chair of Dept. of Public Health Sciences at University of California, Davis.

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Your Call 050509 How do we connect with the mentally ill?

How do we connect with the humanity of the mentally ill? On the next Your Call we'll talk about how movies like The Soloist and the ballot proposition that could divert funds away from residential care impact our understanding and connection to the mentally ill. How far have we come in relating to and understanding the them? What kind of services are needed for them to tell their own stories? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What have you learned from your own experience of mental illness or of friends or family members who are mentally ill? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Karin Tamerius in San Francisco
Karin was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1994 while a graduate student in political science at the University of Michigan. As a result of this experience, Dr. Tamerius entered medical school and is now a Psychiatry intern at UCSF.

Thomas Jefferson in San Francisco
Diagnosed with schizophrenia since the age of 16, he's been in and out of jail as a result of his illness. He was facing a sentence of 25 years to life under California's "Three Strike" law when he entered San Francisco's Behavioral Health Court.

Kathleen Connolly Lacey in San Francisco
Director of University of California San Francisco's Citywide Case Management Forensic Program which provides community-based treatment to 150 mentally ill offenders. She is also a founding member of San Francisco's Behavioral Health Court

Chance Martin in San Francisco
Community Organizer at Western Regional Advocacy Project. From 1999 2006, Chance was the managing editor for STREET SHEET--the oldest continuously-published street newspaper in the world.

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Your Call 031909 How do drug companies market medication?

How do drug companies market medication? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds. Every day drug companies subject us to barrage of advertisements. Nearly 65% of Americans are taking prescription drugs. Why are we prescribed so many pills? Join the conversation by email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does the FDA regulate drug companies? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription

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