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

The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Incarcerated mother in Decatur Prison’s Nursery Program and Reunification Unit. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Shannon Heffernan http://www.timeontheoutside.com/prison-nursery
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Drips of Change: Preserving Our Freshwater
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tom Ries in Cockroach bay, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
40 years after the Clean Water Act became law, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed, and regulation is being framed by some as an...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction
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Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food, Justice and Sustainability
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Michelle Obama’s plan to eliminate obesity includes partnering with major retailers like Walmart to bring affordable, healthy food to neighborhoods...

Bought by WCSU-FM and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How to Occupy the Economy, According to Richard Wolff
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Deepa Vanra at Occupy Wall Street West, Credit: Lisa Rudman
Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the mov...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Who Controls Black Women's Bodies? (encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rally in support of the Ohio Prevention First Act, Credit: creative commons Flickr user ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
How to Change a System: Occupy and the Question of Non-Violence
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A debate from Oakland, California between practitioners of non-violence, versus those who believe a diversity of tactics is what Occupy needs to mo...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tariq Ali on the Rise of the "Extreme Center"
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tariq Ali in Madrid, Spain. , Credit: Flickr user: Cordoba 2016
As the U.S. prepares for another presidential election, journalist Tariq Ali says the ‘choices’ don’t present much in the way of options. On this e...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Inside the Syrian Uprising
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As the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues, reporter Reese Erlich is one of the few foreign reporters who got into Syria to in...

Bought by WRIR and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

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