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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665 Pieces

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


Pieces

Caption: Artwork by Phil Wrigglesworth
On today's show we learn about worker cooperatives: what are they and can they offer an alternative to the dominant capitalist mindset? Our partner...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: An unhoused man who goes by “Si Pues” sits with his belongings after moving them around the block during a sweep in Van Nuys, Calif. on July 29, 2022. Once the sweep was finished he will move back to the same spot., Credit: Alisha Jucevic
This week on Making Contact we continue with our look at a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California and how they were f...

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles and how they ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Thousands of social justice leaders in communities all over the world passed away this year. We're closing out the year, as we usually do, with in...

Bought by WXDU and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Wilson Dairy Restaurant / Helen Zia as baby with Mom Bing
In the midst of our stress and trauma dealing with the sometimes harsh realities of life, its hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell ...

Bought by WFHB and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we explore an often-overlooked issue in the Arab world; racism towards Black Arabs. In this episode, Kerning Culture reporter Ahmed Twai...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Members of the single moms collective, Motherful, gather for a photo, Credit: Motherful
Ohio's single mom collective, Motherful, shows what it's like when pregnant and parenting people make decisions for themselves.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What does food mean to identities struggling against colonialism and displacement? First, we visit the Blackfeet Nation in Montana as members of In...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Digital Security Best Practices by Digital Defense Fund, Credit: Hazel Mead
Mutual aid efforts to provide pregnancy prevention and medical abortion in post-Roe southern United States.

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our friends from the podcast The Response bring us their piece Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe Landscape, plus a quick updat...

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1