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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The End of Time: Aging in America
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sharitta Barry and her daughter Ashley Hunter, Credit: JoAnn Mar
In this episode we explore racial disparities in end-of-life care: How mistrust keeps many African Americans away from hospice. And later we examin...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Re:Work Radio: Trafficked, the Journey of Lester Ramos
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Series: Making Contact
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bad Math: the Risks of Artificial Intelligence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We think of Artificial Intelligence as being the stuff of science fiction movies, set far in the future. But it's already having an impact on our l...

Bought by WKMS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WVAS


  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
70 Million: In Miami, Jailing Fewer, Treating More
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Justin Volpe, peer specialist at the Criminal Mental Health Project, delivers medication to program participants in Miami., Credit: Daniel Rivero
Jails in Miami-Dade County double as de facto mental health facilities. But Miami-Dade’s Criminal Mental Health Project has become a national model...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reckonings with Lewis Wallace
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Series: Making Contact
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Lewis Wallace was a reporter at Marketplace. You may have heard his voice on the Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio. That was until h...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Choice, Church and State: Poland, Ireland, the USA : Women Rising 37
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Abortion and reproductive rights for women are being fought over across the globe. Women Rising Radio visits with key organizers of the Polish Wome...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WVAS


  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Legacy of Mistreatment
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Darryl Lester (Larry P.) and wife Cecilia in their Tacoma home., Credit: Lee Romney
African American students across the country are much more likely than any other student group to be placed in special education. This week, we hea...

Bought by WVAS and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
70 Million: How New Orleans could set a new course for bail reform
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Adrian Caliste, lead plaintiff in Caliste v. Cantrell in New Orleans., Credit: Sonia Paul
New Orleans could become the battleground for bail reform. Reporter Sonia Paul digs into how an ongoing lawsuit, pretrial consequences of bail, and...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
I Am Not Your Negro (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
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Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examina...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Afrofuturism: Imagination and Humanity, Ytasha Womack
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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According to Ytasha Womack, use of the imagination for self-development and social change is one of the greatest tenets of Afrofuturism. This show ...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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