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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From Montgomery to Ferguson
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Credit: http://www.apbspeakers.com/
Some call it a new civil rights movement. Others simply call it “black lives matter”. We hear a conversation about waging strategic non-violence be...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Motherhood by Choice not Chance ENCORE
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Series: Making Contact
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This is a special ENCORE edition. Before it was legal in the United States, some doctors would risk arrest to provide women with access to safe abo...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Krip Hop
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Leroy Moore
You’ve heard of Hip-Hop, but what about Krip-Hop? That’s the name for the international movement of disabled artists, poets, musicians, and MCs. On...

Bought by WRIR and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
My Body, My Message
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Femen North America, Credit: Femen North America
How can a woman determine how she is perceived by the world, and even by herself? On this edition, we hear stories of women who are using their bo...

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Dream Remembered?: Martin Luther King Jr and the Grassroots Civil Rights Movement
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Series: Making Contact
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Gary Younge, author of "The Speech" talks about Martin Luther King Junior's Dream and the story behind it.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, WVAS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 14
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2014 Year in Review
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Protest at Levi Stadium before 49ers game against the "Washington NFL team", Credit: Laura Flynn
On this show we bring you an update on some of the stories we’ve covered this year. We’ll go to a protest to talk to advocates calling for an end t...

Bought by WRIR, WCSU-FM, and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Fallen Heroes of 2014
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Yuri Kochiyama, Credit: Bob Hsiang
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irrep...

Bought by WNJR and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Divest: Pulling the Plug on Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Student divestment campaigners at CU Boulder, Credit: Hannah Leigh Myers
Fossil fuels are a trillion dollar industry but environmentalists say they have a plan to pull the plug on the industry: divestment. The campaign t...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Deadly Divide: Migrant death on the Border
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: One of the few remaining unknown markers left in the county cemetery in Falfurrias, Texas, Credit: Brandon Thibodeaux
Over 6,000 migrant deaths were recorded on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico between 1998 and 2013. This documentary travels to the desert ra...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Making Contact’s 20th Anniversary
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Series: Making Contact
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A 20th anniversary edition of Making Contact. We hear the story of the program’s creation by volunteers, and how this little radio show became part...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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