Oakland-based social justice and environmental activist Van Jones joins us to talk about his new book, "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems." Jones is founder and president of Green For All.
Host: Michael Krasny

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Amid the continuing chaos on Wall Street, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo said it would acquire Wachovia Corp, beating out a competing offer from Citigroup. We look at what the deal might mean for the bank's local customers and for the industry as a whole.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• Jim Wilcox, professor in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley
• Jon Fisher, professor at the University of San Francisco and former CEO of Bharosa, acquired by Oracle in July 2007
• Mark Calvey, senior reporter covering banking and finance for the San Francisco Business Times

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A record number of Latinos are expected to vote in November, according to one recent survey. We talk to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other experts about the potential impact of the Latino vote on the presidential election -- and on state ballot measures and races.
Host: Scott Shafer
Guests:
• Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles
• Efrain Escobedo, senior director of civic engagement for the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)
• Karthick Ramakrishnan, associate professor of political science at UC Riverside
• Mark Hugo Lopez, associate director of the Pew Hispanic Center
• Pilar Marrero, political editor for La Opinion

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. As the stock market continues to decline, we take a look back at the government's response to the Great Depression through projects in California and nationwide.
Host: Scott Shafer
Guests:
• Bill Shields, chair of labor and community studies at City College of San Francisco
• Gray Brechin, project scholar for the Living New Deal Project and historical geographer
• Scott Myers-Lipton, associate professor at San Jose State University

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With the ailing economy dominating the presidential campaign, less attention has been paid to climate change and other pressing environmental issues. We drill down on the environment with advisers from the McCain and Obama campaigns.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• James Woolsey, energy adviser for the McCain campaign, former director of the CIA and a partner and senior adviser to Vantage Point Venture partners
• Tim Carmichael, environmental policy adviser for the Obama campaign and senior director of policy for the Coalition for Clean Air

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