All Pieces for Making Contact
WABE reporter Jim Burress takes us to ‘The Bluff’, a neighborhood in Atlanta where a needle exchange program has become a vital part of a strugglin...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio
- Added: Mar 23, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Before it was legal in the United States, some doctors would risk arrest to provide women with access to safe abortions. When that wasn’t possible,...
- Added: Mar 07, 2014
- Length: 29:00
While many schools across the country are facing budget cuts and teacher layoffs, students at highly reputable universities are signing up in drove...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXDU
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 11:18
- Purchases: 2
Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 07:10
In California a surprising trend is taking place, one that is threatening precisely what makes community colleges unique – their accessibility to a...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 10:58
On this edition of Making Contact we'll explore how the privatization of public education is playing out across the country and how students and te...
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 29:59
From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat. We all want the freedom and opportunity to choose what ends up on our plate- but wh...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
They may not have made it to the Superbowl- but the “Washington Football team” has gotten a lot of attention this season- not so much for their per...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Drone attacks. Black sites where prisoners are tortured. Guantanamo is still in operation. As we enter the 6th year of Barack Obamas presidency, I...
- Added: Jan 14, 2014
- Length: 29:00
The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 03, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
When you call 911, who answers the phone? How do they decide who to send to the scene, and how fast will they get there? We bring you a 2-part spec...
- Added: Dec 26, 2013
- Length: 58:59
A topic that we covered more than a year ago, but was just as relevant in 2013 is fire, more specifically wildfires. When we aired our show, The Bu...
Bought by KHNS
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 08:37
- Purchases: 1
In August we brought you one of our most popular shows of the year: Low Power (Radio) to the People. In October, the Federal Communications Commiss...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 07:20
Up until fairly recently, the public knew very little about what happens to a woman when she lands in jail and is pregnant. What prenatal services ...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 10:30
The half a million Palestinians living in Syria have a short list of countries that will open their doors. So when word got out that Palestinians ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 07:59
When it comes to embracing refugees, Sweden is known to be among the friendliest countries in the EU. The problem is getting all the way to Sweden....
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 07:59
- Purchases: 1
The refugee crisis in Turkey has reached unprecedented proportions, with more than half a million Syrian refugees streaming across the border. But ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 07:32
We bring you up to date on our most compelling and resonating stories of 2013. From pregnant women in prison who’ve been mistreated; to the tomato ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Over 2 million Syrians have been displaced by that country's ongoing civil war. Neighboring countries are overwhelmed with refugees. So where else ...
- Added: Dec 10, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Years of campaigning for basic human rights for people caught up in America's criminal justice system may finally be paying off. 2013 saw significa...
- Added: Nov 29, 2013
- Length: 29:00