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 
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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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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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The Rest of the Story: Indigenous Resistance
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Caption: United States Supreme Court Building, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
We revisit two sites of indigenous resistance we've covered in the past: First we talk to Rebecca Nagle about the Supreme Court ruling upholding th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Inclusion on Purpose
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ruchika Tulshyan left and Ijeoma Oluo.
Thought leaders in our nationwide conversation about race and belonging, Ruchika Tulshyan and Ijeoma Oluo discuss Tulshyan’s book, Inclusion on Pur...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, and KMUN


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Shadow of Nuclear Colonialism
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "The Shadow of Nuclear Colonialism" superimposed on an image of the explosion at 9.0 seconds after the Trinity detonation on July 16, 1945, Credit: Photo Illustration by Lucy Kang, Background image by United States Department of Energy
On today's show, we hear about the impact of nuclear colonialism and the Manhattan Project on the people and places of New Mexico with Myrriah Góme...

Bought by KUNM, KMUN, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
A History of Traditional Root Healing (Encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left is a Mullein Plant and the author, Michele Elizabeth Lee. , Credit: Anita Johnson
In some parts of the world, traditional herbal remedies are the norm. When we think of natural remedies we tend to think of older generations liv...

Bought by KUNM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Toxic Tracks (encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
70 Million - Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sandra Harris, photographed in her home. , Credit: Amarr Croskey
On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting m...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Mexicans Confronting Racism: Aztec myths to modern stereotypes
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ismael Rivera, historian and cultural guide, in front of ancient Aztec ruins in Mexico City. , Credit: Anthony Wallace
Lies the Spanish conquistadors told about the Aztecs have led to racist tropes that still affect brown Mexicans today. Now, brown Mexicans are lead...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Pandemic and Profit (Encore)
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Caption: Caption: Homemade masks made by the Auntie Sewing Squad Alt-text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat , Credit: Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
On today's show, we'll revisit the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic by looking at two alternative supply chains for masks during the fallout fro...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2 (Encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Romantic senior couple celebrating Saint Valentine's Day at home. Woman holding old book and red rose with her husband with wine in background., Credit: shixart1985
We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Criminalized Survival
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Activist, Kim Dadou Brown, Credit: Daniel A. Nelson
In this episode, Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson talk with us about their documentary, And So I Stayed. This award-winning film centers three...

Bought by WUWM, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4

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