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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Your CallWhat's at stake for the climate in this election? Over one-third of registered voters in the US are pro-climate voters. What will it take to get them to vote? -
Your CallNearly 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. How did the media cover it? -
Your CallClimate scientists say we must act by 2030. Donald Trump has promised oil companies he will gut Biden's policies in exchange for $1B. What is Kamala Harri's plan? -
Your CallKamala Harris and Donald Trump took part in their first Presidential debate in Philadelphia. Trump made at least 33 false claims, according to CNN. Harris made one. -
Your CallVice President Harris will face off against Donald Trump for the first time since becoming the Democratic nominee. What questions would you like the moderators to ask? -
Your CallMore than 80B animals are slaughtered every year. How Factory Farming Ends, a 10-part Vox series, explores the past and future of the movement against factory farming. -
Your CallLast month, French authorities indicted Telegram founder Pavel Durov on several charges, including drug trafficking and failure to cooperate with French law enforcement. -
Your CallAbortion rights will be on the ballot in 10 states this November. Several states that outlaw most abortions could see those bans reversed if the measures pass. -
Your CallLast Tuesday, armed officers appeared at the homes of at least six Latino activists who register people to vote in Texas. They took cellphones, laptops, and documents. -
Your CallProject 2025 will enable discrimination across society, set polluters loose, undo climate action, make education unaffordable, and more, according to Democracy Forward.
