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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Sacrifice Zones - Part 1 and Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mosier Fire, Credit: Paloma Ayala
On Making Contact, we present a two-part series on the pressure to transform a region of iconic landscapes and environmental stewardship into a glo...

Bought by KALW, WRIR, KUNM, and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 04, 2017
  • Length: 57:21
  • Purchases: 4
The Fraught Process Towards Peace: Colombia and the Philippines
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Caption: New People's Army at sunset, Credit: National Democratic Front facebook page
Two of the longest running armed rebellions on opposites sides of the world, the FARC in Colombia and the NDFP in the Philippines are vying for pea...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Brightness of Courage: Regulating Gender in Public Spaces (Encore Edition)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this encore edition of Making Contact we look at some of the struggles and victories in the fight for transgender access to gender-specific spac...

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


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Liberation Theology: A March to Freedom
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Liberation Theology: A March to Freedom explores the conceptual framework of liberation theology. We will examine why Liberation Theology, with its...

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


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Poetic Address to the Nation
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Series: Making Contact
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The Poetic Address to the Nation, brought together poets to speak powerfully against the current administration. Featuring Cam Awkward, Guillermo G...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Look at Labor Organizing, and Worker and Immigrant Rights
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In this edition of Making Contact, we look at how workers are organizing outside of labor unions and where traditional labor could be headed.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Spies of Mississippi
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Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. Directed and produced b...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Beyond Choice: Organizing for Reproductive Justice
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Loretta Ross, Credit: Speak Out
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Conscience and Dissent: Values in Media
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Panelists at the Media Consortium conference discuss the role independent media plays in today’s contentious media landscape.

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


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Cost of War: A Reflection on the United States and Iraq Conflict
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War present at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA. , Credit: Photo by flickr user Brooke Anderson.
Almost 4,500 American soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqis have died since the start of the Shock and Awe campaign. Fourteen years later, we asses...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

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