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

Unstoppable: The Fight for 15
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Low paid workers tell the story of the “Fight for 15,” the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Life, Breath, and Toxics: Lethal Negligence of Northeast and South L.A.
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From Norco, Louisiana to Flint, Michigan to Los Angeles, California - environmental racism is real. On this edition of Making Contact, we look at p...

Bought by KVNF and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women Rising 30: International Slavery and Human Trafficking
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Women Rising Radio #30 profiles women fighting slavery, trafficking and forced labor globally.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
China’s Reproductive Regime: Mei Fong & Barbara Demick on China’s one child policy
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China correspondent Gady Epstein in conversation with author and New America Fellow Mei Fong and journalist Barbara on China’s one child policy.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
After Disaster: Picking up the pieces in an age of climate change
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Caption: Hwy 175 between Cobb and Middletown, Credit: Laura Flynn
On this edition of Making Contact we explore the social and psychological costs of climate change, and the weight of inaction.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Returning to the Rockaways, after superstorm Sandy
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The Rockaway Peninsula in Queens New York was one community devastated by Sandy. Making Contact’s Andrew Stelzer brings us this story about how res...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 10:15
Fire fighters respond to psychological after effects of Typhoon Haiyan
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Caption: Firefighters in Tacloban, Philippines , Credit: Aurora Almendral
On November 8, 2013, the Philippines was hit with the strongest storm ever to make landfall in recorded history. Typhoon Haiyan left a wake of deat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
Recovery and resilience after the Valley Fire
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hwy 175 between Cobb and Middletown, Credit: Laura Flynn
In California, the four year drought has created perfect conditions for fires. 2015 has proven to be one of the worst years with more than 300,000 ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:34
We Are the Bomb: Boots Riley and Dave Zirin Talk Activism and Politics
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Caption: Boots RIley, Credit: http://nycsocialist.org/
Boots Riley—activist, author, and “The Coup” front man is interviewed by Edge of Sports blogger Dave Zirin

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nicklesville Pushes Seattle Towards Acceptance of Tent Cities
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicklesville, Credit: Sara Bernard
Seattle is one of the only cities in the nation to have passed an ordinance formally sanctioning tent cities. A lot of that success can be chalked ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 2

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