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.

Pieces

Holding the Thin Green Line II: A View from the Blast Zone
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indigenous leader Paul Che-Oke-tan Wagner (Vancouver Island Saanis), founder of Protectors of the Salish Sea, speaking at a rally on the steps of the Washington State Capitol (Olympia), October 5, 2019, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
This series explores how communities are fighting the fossil fuel industry's push for fracked gas infrastructure projects in Washington and Oregon....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reckonings: From Health Insurance Spin Doctor to Truth Teller
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What happens when a health insurance PublicRelations executive confronts the consequences of his spin? Dive into one man's odyssey from health insu...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Let Them See You Bleed: PERIOD
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Today's show examines the feminist movement through the lens of period activism. We will look at aspects of women’s health and social justice that ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pollution Solutions
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Caption: Kern River Oil Field; view from Panorama Park in Bakersfield, on the blufftop across the river. This is the most densely developed oilfield in California, and the fifth-largest producer (as of 2006) in the US., Credit: Antandrus – Wikipedia administrator, link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Megafarms and oil & gas producers are some of the worst polluters in California’s Central Valley. We’ll hear how Valley residents are pushing back....

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Symbols of Resistance Part Two: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chican@ Movement
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Caption: film cover art, Credit: Freedom Archives
Our radio adaptation of the film Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chican@ Movement, offers a reflection on the untold stories...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Symbols of Resistance Part One: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chicano Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: film cover art, Credit: Freedom Archives
Our radio adaptation of the film Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chicano Movement, offers a reflection on the untold stories...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
70 Million: How Bail Shackles Women of Color
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Series: Making Contact
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Tamiki Banks’ life was turned upside down when her husband was arrested, leaving her the sole breadwinner and caregiver to their twins. More than t...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Recognition: The Ohlone
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Corrina Gould, Credit: Sogorea Te Land Trust and Planting Justice
Our radio adaptation of the film Beyond Recognition by Underexposed films, "After decades struggling to protect her ancestors’ burial places, a Nat...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMPG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KALW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Women Rising. Migrations: Standing in Solidarity With the Desperate
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Women Rising Radio chronicles the rise of three different movements to advocate for immigrant rights in the USA, and to support immigrants and refu...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Guns and Restraining Orders
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: An altar in front of the Isla Vista deli where Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez was shot in 2014., Credit: Monica Lopez
Despite the recent increase in mass shootings, the majority of gun injuries and deaths are in fact a result of suicides, homicides, and domestic vi...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00

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