Making Contact

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“Making Contact” digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture. Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), the award-winning radio show and podcast examines the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground, building a more just world through narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the environment, labor, economics, health, governance, and arts and culture.

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Making Contact 
687 Pieces

Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture.

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Making Contact (Automated Delivery) 
12 Pieces

Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture.

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Jerusalem Calling from Kerning Cultures
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Series: Making Contact
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We bring you a piece from our partner Kerning Cultures about the Palestine Broadcasting service. We revisit the history of the station and its role...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Escaping The Narcissism of The American Dream
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tiffanie Drayton, Credit: © Marcus Duncan 2021
Next, a conversation with Tiffanie Drayton, author of the new book Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of The American Dream. Drayton e...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KVSC


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Pseudo-Science of Whiteness: Biology as a Social Weapon (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, filmmaker Stephanie Welch explores the role that racist, unscientific propaganda has played in promoting white supremacy in the U.S. She...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
re:Work - Redemption
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This episode explores the story of Billy Taing, a Cambodian refugee who got caught up in the US criminal justice system at a young age.

Bought by KALW and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Operation Boulder from Kerning Cultures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Since 9/11, US governmental agencies have poured millions of dollars into spying on Arabs, Muslims and Arab Americans. Their surveillance has chang...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Unequal Justice: the Criminalization of Black Youth
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Series: Making Contact
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Nearly two thirds of all children in the U.S. juvenile justice system are kids of color. That’s according to a report by the Children’s Defense Fun...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
70 Million: When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime
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Series: Making Contact
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A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Hernandez and other tenants protest rent hike , Credit: Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment Action
While wages have flatlined for most working class people, rents have reached new highs, leaving most people struggling. But it’s not just in the US...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Generation Putin, Ten Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sasha Krizhanofsky reads his 1990 letter to Jessica Partnow in Korsun-Shevchenkivs'kyi, Ukraine, 2012.
This week, Making Contact’s Jessica Partnow offers a look at the state of Russian youth activism from 2012 to today. She revisits her reporting fro...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Juristac and the Amah Mutsun: Indigenous Resistance and Regeneration
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Series: Making Contact
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The Amah Mutsun Ohlone are fighting to save their most sacred Indigenous site — a place called Juristac. Contributors Robert Raymond and Della Dunc...

Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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