Making Contact

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

Making Contact is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program, heard on more than 190 radio stations in the USA, Canada and South Africa. Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news.

Showcasing voices and perspectives not often heard in mainstream media, Making Contact focuses on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive, creative and grassroots ways to solve problems.

Making Contact's first broadcast was in 1995.


665 Pieces

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Justice For Sale: Glenn Greenwald on the Rule of Law
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Author Glenn Greenwald talks about his book, ‘With Liberty and Justice for Some.’ Americans claim to live under the rule of law; that no one is abo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Chec...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
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...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 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...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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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)
From: Making Contact
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...

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  • 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...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tariq Ali on the Rise of the "Extreme Center"
From: Making Contact
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...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Inside the Syrian Uprising
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Series: Making Contact
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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...

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  • 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 ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cornel West & Carl Dix: Pursuing Justice in the Age of Obama
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cornel West and Carl Dix, Credit: Revolution Books
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melissa Harris-Perry: Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, Credit: Melissa Harris-Perry
On this edition, author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts o...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Gang Injunctions Arrive in London
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Series: Making Contact
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It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:36
Gang Injunctions: Problem or Solution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sagnicthe Salazar , Credit: Oakland Local/EKAphotography
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Occupy: From Encampments to a Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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‘We are the 99 percent’ has become a rallying cry for people uniting to change a system based on greed and exploitation. We’ll look at what it’ll t...

Bought by KHNS and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Uyen Nguyen, owner of Isabella Nail Bar, Credit: Pauline Bartolone
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Words as the Way to Freedom: Jimmy Santiago Baca
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jimmy Santiago Baca
He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and C...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ali Abunimah on ‘Delegitimizing’ Israel
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ali Abunimah
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Veterans of Occupation: From Iraq to Wall Street
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Veterans Join Occupy Wall Street, Credit: Iraq Veterans Against War
On this edition, we bring you the voices of Veterans from Occupy Wall Street and a special report on veterans returning home from war and the strug...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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