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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Brightness of Courage: The Fight for Transgender Access to Gender-Specific Spaces
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Caption: Parents of transgender children became active in the 2000's
On this edition of Making Contact we look at some of the struggles and victories in the fight for transgender access to gender-specific spaces and ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 45:14
  • Purchases: 1
Fallen Heroes of 2016
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Thousands of social justice workers and scholars passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party
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Caption: Refa Senay
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
The Murder of Fred Hampton
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The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film on Hampton and Illinois Black Panthers, but midway through the shoot, Chicago police murdered Hampton. F...

Bought by WVAS and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Native Power: Language, Land, and Water NoDAPL
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oceti Sakowin Camp, Credit: Bo Hakala
The actions at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline continue, We share interviews from the Voices of Standing Rock. Vincent Medina is a...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women Rising 32: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists Part 2
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, Credit: photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org via Twitter @RNCV1
Women Rising Radio presents Part Two of our miniseries on global activists fighting for a phase-out of nuclear weapons and energy. Part Two focus...

Bought by Radio Catskill and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Greg Palast on Voter Suppression, and Buying Democracy
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Greg Palast, is an investigative reporter and documentary filmmaker. His new film, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: a Tale of Billionaires and Ba...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Immigrants & Elections Pt. 2: Barriers to Voting
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Joseph & Florita Campbell support different candidates for President, Credit: Valeria Fernandez
The right to vote in the US is one of its most cherished and hard-fought rights. But not everyone has equal access to the polls. In this Immigrants...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women Rising 31: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, Credit: photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org via Twitter @RNCV1
Women Rising Radio takes us inside the movement for nuclear disarmament, to meet the women on the frontlines of the fight for a future free of nucl...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXDU, XRAY.fm, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Demographic Danger: A Look at Maternity Wards and Segregation in Israel
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Faces, Credit: Shaina Shealy
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem was founded on a promise to serve all patients with the same, excellent care. This week, against the backdrop of mil...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00

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