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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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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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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In September of 2014, Women rising radio rode the People’s Climate train coast to coast, with over 200 activists heading to New York City to join t...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Karkuk kurdistan Oil, Credit: Jan Sefti
The United States has embarked on a bombing campaign targeting Islamic State forces inside Iraq and Syria. Independent producer Reese Erlich report...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In her new book: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate”, Naomi Klein argues that while it’s too late to stop climate change, we can ...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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The last mass lynching in the U.S. took place back in 1946 in Monroe, Georgia. The case remains open, but one group stages an annual re-enactment i...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bloody Sunday-Selma, Alabama
It’s election season! But since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, many states have pushed changes to voter laws that raise di...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Felix Smith, Credit: Kerry Klein
Kesterson Wildlife Refuge had a little known problem back in 1982: selenium contamination was leading to birth defects and death in fish and birds....

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A deformed baby duck found at Kesterson NWR, Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
The internet has put whistleblowers in the public eye, and the government’s crosshairs. The world’s biggest institutions are running scared and cra...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Microphone, Credit: Grant https://www.flickr.com/photos/visual_dichotomy/
What do our voices say about us? On this edition we explore voice and identity. We'll hear from someone who nearly lost their voice as well as the ...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Beck Eldridge, Credit: Laura Flynn
Making Contact partnered with the 2014 National Poetry Slam to produce this special open mic highlighting the power of thoughtful, truth telling, c...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, yet in pop culture accurate portrayals of real people’s stories are rare. In this show we...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2