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

Reclaiming Public Schools: Education in the Trump Era
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Series: Making Contact
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In this edition of Making Contact, we look at two major changes to statewide curriculum in California, and where schools nationwide may be headed u...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXDU, XRAY.fm, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Women Rising Radio 33: With Healers At Standing Rock
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Women Rising Radio profiles three healer activists, two M.D.'s and an indigenous healer/psychologist, caregivers for the Water Protectors at Standi...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVNF, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Paris: Responses to Terror, and the Experiment in Mixite
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Paris is in flux. How are Parisians-native and immigrant, still dealing with terrorist attacks? If mixite, or social mixing, provides an answer, wh...

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


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Long Distance Revolutionary
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“Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal” is a film that chronicles the life and revolutionary times of the former death row in...

Bought by WRIR, WXDU, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Building Resistance: Japanese Imprisonment and the Fight Against a Muslim Registry
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Japanese Internment Camp, Credit: Densho Archives
As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads. First, th...

Bought by WCPN, KVNF, WRIR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
11 Million Undocumented: A Look at Sanctuary and Immigration Policy in the Trump Era
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: View from City Hall, Women's March Los Angeles, 2017, Credit: Monica Lopez
Eleven million. That's the estimated number of people living in the U-S who are undocumented. In this show we'll look to previous administrations t...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation”
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Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universit...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mirrors of Privilege
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Series: Making Contact
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“Mirrors of Privilege” is a film and conversation guide designed to help bridge the gap between good intentions and meaningful change. From Shakti ...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Men, Women, and Guns: Toxic Masculinity in Mass Shootings
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Series: Making Contact
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After a mass shooting, two common responses are to examine gun laws and mental health services. In this show, we revisit the tragedy in Isla Vista ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Long Ride Home: Get on the Bus, and Incarcerated Families
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ciara G. wakes up at dawn on her way to visit her mother who is currently incarcerated., Credit: R.J. Lozada
The Get on the Bus program provides support and free transportation for children and families throughout California to visit their mothers and fath...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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