Your Call

We discuss 836M's Kelp! multi-media exhibition, which highlights California’s endangered kelp forests and the need for solutions on ocean stewardship and environmental equity.

we discuss the the future of the Colorado River, one of the country's most important sources of fresh water.

We discuss the widespread protests in China over the country’s zero Covid policy

We discuss a Propublica investigation about the growing and profitable hospice industry

On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss how the rise of delivery apps has impacted drivers' working conditions. As Uber, DoorDash, and Postmates rake in billions in profits, food delivery drivers in California make just over $22,000 a year. Over half are immigrants, and most are people of color.

How can we support delivery drivers who are organizing for better pay and working conditions?

On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the California Coastal Commission's recent approval of a controversial desalination plant in Monterey County. The plan was approved 9 years after it was first proposed, following a 13 hours of debate at a public hearing.

Proponents pf the plan view desalination and this plant as a critical source of drinking water in a drought-starved region. Environmental justice advocates argue the plant could raise costs for low income residents and harm marine life and other wildlife habitats.

What is the future for desalination in the west, during an era of climate-induced mega-droughts?

On this edition of Your Call, Dr. Ken Duckworth, the chief medical officer at the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will discuss new book, “You Are Not Alone," a mental health guide that includes stories from over 130 people and their caregivers as they find pathways to recovery.

The book includes reflections on how to navigate a number of issues when dealing with mental illness, from dealing with financial and logistical stresses, to handling the emotional challenges of loving someone who is suffering.

What will it take to fix the broken mental health system in this country?

we discuss ConocoPhillips’ massive oil and gas Willow Project in Alaska's fragile western Arctic region

We discuss nuclear power in California, and the federal government's decision to approve conditional funding to prevent the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the central coast

On this edition of Your Call, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Corey Johnson discusses Poisoned, a Tampa Bay Times’ series that exposed how Gopher Resource, Florida’s only lead smelter, endangered hundreds of workers and polluted the surrounding low-income community.

The company extracted lead from used car batteries, melted it down and turned it into blocks of metal to resell. The 18-month investigation found that between 2014 and 2018, eight out of 10 workers had enough lead in their blood to put them at risk of increased blood pressure, kidney dysfunction or cardiovascular disease. How have politicians and government regulators responded to this investigation?