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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An Unusual but Legal Trade: the “Mule Women” of Morocco
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Border crossing , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
Moroccan markets sell goods imported from Spain at a discount for buyers. But that discount comes at a price -- for the Moroccan women who bring th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Woman waiting to cross the border into Morocco carrying imported goods from Spain , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. On thi...

Bought by KALW, WCPN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
WOMEN RISING RADIO XXVIII: Global Community
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Series: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio 28 profiles global community organizers - whose work is based in their compassion and common sense, and whose organizing is ma...

Bought by WCPN and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Do We Need Guns For Radical Social Change?
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Huey Newton
The Black Panthers weren’t the only ones arming themselves in the 60s and 70s. And as Making Contact producer George Lavender found, not everyone h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
A Red State Gun Owner Who's Not so Red
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Matt Knox, Credit: Amy MArtin
We go to Montana, where Making Contact Producer Amy Martin spent some time with a guy that you might think of as the stereotypical American gun own...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 3
Guns: An American Tradition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Matt Knox, Credit: Amy Martin
Love em or hate em, they’re an ever present part of American culture. And they’re not going away anytime soon. On this edition, we talk guns…from...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch: Global Taxi Driver
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Series: Making Contact
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It’s one of the most dangerous jobs in America: taxi driving. In this special joint episode from ReWork and Making Contact, we’ll hear a radio adap...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ruben Salazar: Man in the MIddle
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Series: Making Contact
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A radio adaptation of the documentary Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle. This documentary examines the life and mysterious death of pioneering Mexic...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bipolarized: Rethinking Mental Illness
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Ross McKenzie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but after 15 years on Lithium, he wasn’t getting any better. He decided to take matters into hi...

Bought by KPVL, WRIR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Changing Communities, Imminent Threats: Katrina's Legacy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Ten years later, it’s estimated there are nearly 100,000 fewer Africa...

Bought by KWMR, WXDU, WRGY, KPVL, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6

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