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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Tent Cities: When Society Fails to House
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicklesville--Seattle, Credit: Sara Bernard
Tent cities have popped up across the country, from New Jersey to Texas to New Mexico. Many are starting to build more permanent living structures....

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Abortion Access Under Attack
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Special edition of Making Contact with guest Host, Rose Aguilar discussing reproductive health and abortion rights 43 years after Roe v. Wade.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women Rising 29: Food Sovereignty
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Kanyon Sayers-Roods
Women Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2015 Year in Review
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From the Fight for 15 campaign to the Syrian refugee crisis, the past year was full of news headlines that were tough to keep up with. Making Conta...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fallen Heroes of 2015
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Juan Evans
Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn t make the he...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Abortion Access and Eroded Rights
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In 1973 the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade established the legal right to abortion in the United States. Since then, state legislative and executiv...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Elusive Neighborhood Cop
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Increasingly, police don’t live in the neighborhoods, or even the cities they patrol. But is that a problem? Law enforcement agencies around the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mutual Support: We do it Together
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Al Sasser
We hear about systems of mutual support; where peers coping with similar struggles like HIV, mental health issues and surviving prison step into th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Resurrected: Formerly Incarcerated Change-Makers
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Series: Making Contact
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On this edition of Making Contact we’ll meet individuals who went to prison, came out, and have since dedicated their life to changing the world.

Bought by WRIR and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.

Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 23

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