Rose Aguilar
Host, Your CallRose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.
Rose has written for Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. In 2014, Flyaway Productions turned her Nation cover story about older homeless women into a dance performance.
She's a member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.
In 2005, Rose took a six-month road trip through the so-called red states to learn about why people vote the way they do (or not). She wrote about her journey in Red Highways: A Journey into the Heartland.
Before joining KALW, Rose published a newsletter about women's issues and was a reporter and weekend host for CNET Radio, where she covered technology's impact on society. In college, she ran the TV and radio news departments and DJ'd a heavy metal show.
Rose's interests include hiking, vegan living, live music, and spending as much time underwater as possible.
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Judith Enck discusses her new book, "The Problem with Plastic," and the Trump regime's decision to repeal the government's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. -
We mark the 50th anniversary of Mother Jones and the launch of The Tenderloin Voice, a new newsroom serving San Francisco’s Tenderloin community. -
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine provides $15,000 grants to farmers who want to grow fruits and vegetables, while phasing out animal agriculture. -
As outrage over deadly ICE shootings grow, there is still no accountability. Former agent Jenn Budd says violence and impunity are ingrained in Border Patrol culture. -
The 2025 election not only saw the highest voter turnout in NYC in 50 years, but mobilized young and South Asian voters in record numbers to secure Mamdani’s victory. -
In 2024, the removal of four dams on the Klamath River marked a historic victory for an Indigenous-led movement, achieving the largest river restoration project in history. -
On February 3, The Nation's website only ran stories by people who are in or from Gaza. A Day for Gaza includes pieces exposing the hollowness of the ceasefire. -
Productions of Dan Hoyle’s Takes All Kinds at The Marsh, M. Butterfly at the SF Playhouse, and The Cherry Orchard at Marin Theatre, shed light on this political moment. -
In "American Carnage," The Nation’s Sasha Abramsky follows the stories of eleven of the over 300,000 federal workers who lost their jobs because of Trump, Musk, and DOGE. -
According to Giffords, 46,000 people die from gun violence each year. As Trump has dismantled federal gun regulations, experts are pushing for stricter state legislation.
