Making Contact

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Making Contact, is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on over 160 radio stations in the USA, Canada and elsewhere. Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. - Ordinary people talk about how public policy affects their daily lives, families and communities, and share positive ways to solve problems. - Most shows are “evergreen” – can be played any time. See years of archived documentaries are available. - Excellent production quality and customer service.

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Making Contact 
669 Pieces

An international radio program that links people, vital ideas, and important information

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70 Million: Voting from Jail is a Right, and Now a Reality in Chicago
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Talman Anderson votes in the Illinois presidential preference primary from the Cook County Jail, Credit: Photo by Pamela Kirkland
A year ago, Illinois passed a law requiring all jails to ensure that pre-trial detainees have an opportunity to vote. Chicago’s Cook County Jail wa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXDU, and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women Rising Radio: Women Challenge Capitalism
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Series: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio #40 explores the global women's movement to resist the violence and greed of capitalism. A women-led village in Kurdish Syria e...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Domestic Violence in Lockdown: COVID-19 and the UK’s Domestic Abuse Bill
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Domestic abuse affects everyone it touches—intimate partners, children, and elders. COVID-19 created new problems for victims of domestic violence ...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wolves at the Well: The Corporate Grab of Public Water
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Columbia River Valley from the Oregon Shore towards Washington, Credit: Chris Light, Wikimedia Commons
Water is critical to maintaining the balance of life. Some corporations claim ownership of fresh water sources to bottle and sell for profit. Other...

Bought by KVNF, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Essential: Gig Workers and COVID-19 ENCORE
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Gig Workers, driver's for app companies such as Lyft and Uber, are struggling during COVID-19. They're considered essential workers, so they can st...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Frontline East LA: The Chicano Moratorium 50 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chicano Moratorium march, Aug. 29, 1970., Credit: Courtesy of Joe Razo and the publication La Raza.
Fifty years ago, 30,000 people peacefully protested the disproportionate number of Latinos dying on the frontlines in Vietnam. The August 29th Chic...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives
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On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion and intersectionality in the movement for Black ...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Re:Work: [No] Child Left Behind
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Phal Sok - Youth Justice Coalition, Credit: Re:Work Radio
We often see children as innocents who need love, support, and stability. But not all young people are nurtured this way. Too often youth from marg...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Self Care as Selfless Act: Mental Health at the Root of Activism
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Activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles share what they do to take care of their mental health. Self-care becomes a “selfless ac...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Thin Black Line: Press Freedom, Repression, and Surveillance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A U.S. Park Service Police Officer takes video of spectators observing an incident in which the USPP had kettled a group of people at 12th and L NW in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, 2017. , Credit: Douglas Fron
Journalists have been violently targeted by police and arrested alongside demonstrators at Black Lives Matter protests across the country. In this ...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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