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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Special for Mother's Day, Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
From: Making Contact
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For Mother's Day: we bring you a discussion by women of color writers and poets who contributed to the anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on ...

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting People and Water in Mexico City
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Water barrels in an indigenous community within the Water Forest. Some residents wait up to two weeks for water trucks to appear., Credit: Maria Doerr
Fresh water is one of our most precious natural resources. This week contributor Maria Doerr looks at what's being done to protect the watersheds o...

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  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Specters of Attica: Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike
From: Making Contact
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On the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, hundreds imprisoned inside Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility refused to report to wor...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Daze of Justice
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Series: Making Contact
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Daze of Justice is the story of trailblazing Cambodian-American women who break decades of silence, abandoning the security of their American homes...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Seekers, Pt. 1: Freedom from Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Albertina Gutiérrez and her 8-year-old son, Lester display photos of relatives., Credit: Maria Martin
The Seekers is the first in a two-part documentary series that examines the experiences of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the US. In t...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, “When They Call You A Terrorist”
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter reflections on humanity, the end of policing and her new book, WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORI...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Spirit of Viet Nam Is Stronger Than U.S. Bombs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Colonialists, International Traitors, Think Carefully Before You Take Vietnam, Credit: To Lien (1978), Courtesy of Vietnam Victory Coalition
Fifty years ago, the Vietnamese Liberation Front inspired people of color around the world who were building movements for self-determination. Tod...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women Rising Radio: Guardians of the Amazon Rainforest
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sápara indigenous leader, Gloria Hilda Ushigua Santi, speaks out against Ecuadorian government plans to drill for oil on their Amazonian territory., Credit: Amazon Watch
Gloria Ushigua and Aura Tegria, two legendary indigenous heroines of the Amazon rainforest, tell us about their activism to keep big oil and other ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The End of Policing, Alex Vitale
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Alex Vitale’s The End of Policing is a critical examination on the history of the police, and the police’s evolution as a tool for social control t...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Breaking Protocol: Blockchain and Capital Controls in Greece
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Cash is increasingly being replaced with cashless systems including cryptocurrencies. This week, we hear about the political economy of blockchain....

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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