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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Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Refa Senay
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
The Murder of Fred Hampton
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Series: Making Contact
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The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film on Hampton and Illinois Black Panthers, but midway through the shoot, Chicago police murdered Hampton. F...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Native Power: Language, Land, and Water NoDAPL
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oceti Sakowin Camp, Credit: Bo Hakala
The actions at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline continue, We share interviews from the Voices of Standing Rock. Vincent Medina is a...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women Rising 32: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists Part 2
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, Credit: photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org via Twitter @RNCV1
Women Rising Radio presents Part Two of our miniseries on global activists fighting for a phase-out of nuclear weapons and energy. Part Two focus...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Greg Palast on Voter Suppression, and Buying Democracy
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Greg Palast, is an investigative reporter and documentary filmmaker. His new film, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: a Tale of Billionaires and Ba...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Immigrants & Elections Pt. 2: Barriers to Voting
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Joseph & Florita Campbell support different candidates for President, Credit: Valeria Fernandez
The right to vote in the US is one of its most cherished and hard-fought rights. But not everyone has equal access to the polls. In this Immigrants...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women Rising 31: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, Credit: photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org via Twitter @RNCV1
Women Rising Radio takes us inside the movement for nuclear disarmament, to meet the women on the frontlines of the fight for a future free of nucl...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXDU, XRAY.fm, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Demographic Danger: A Look at Maternity Wards and Segregation in Israel
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Faces, Credit: Shaina Shealy
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem was founded on a promise to serve all patients with the same, excellent care. This week, against the backdrop of mil...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Retaining Rondon: Creole Food in a Changing World
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rondon, a traditional Creole dish, Credit: Maria Doerr
On the Eastern Coast of Nicaragua, palm plantations are taking over land traditionally used for growing coconuts. How are Creole people resisting ...

Bought by KRVS and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Occupy: 5 Years Later
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September marks the 5 year anniversary of Occupy. We go to Zuccotti Park, and Oakland to talk to individuals that were part of Occupy Wall Street a...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Rosa Brooks on How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
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The US military didn’t shrink much under President Obama, and our perpetual state of war has barely waned since 9-11. Author Rosa Brooks says the c...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
15 Years After 9/11, Still Searching for Monsters to Destroy
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A new era began on September 11, 2001 - one marked by an unending War on Terror, dragnet surveillance, and attacks on people perceived to be Muslim...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Documenting ‘FREDY’: Eight Years After the Shooting in Montreal
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Fredy Villaneuva was playing dice in a park in Montreal North when police officers arrived. In less than a minute, the 18-year-old was fatally shot...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
#SayHerName: Black Love in Action
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jamison and Yuvette at the BART Station going to Disney on Ice, Credit: Photo provided by Jamison Robinson
Jamison Robinson, Yuvette Henderson’s brother, talks about the difference it makes when a community comes together to demand justice after the poli...

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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Straddling Borders
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rafael Contreras business card., Credit: Image provided by Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
Whether it’s understanding a shaman grandfather, or deepening love via another tongue. These stories from around the world are about personal histo...

Bought by KQED, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jane Mayer on the Hidden History of America’s Billionaires
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How are the superrich’s priorities transforming American society? Journalist Jane Mayer’s new book is Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billion...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Choosing Justice Over Fear
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Historical photo is of Penny Rosenwasser's granddaddy Moishe’s (far left) dry goods store in Denmark, SC in the 1930s-40s.
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of “Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears.” On this edition of Making Co...

Bought by KUNM, KZYX, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Nakba, the Naksa, and the Future of Palestine
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural, Credit: Art Forces, Estria Foundation, NorCal Friends of Sabeel http://artforces.org/projects/murals/usa/oakland-palestine-solidarity-mural/ Artists: VYAL and Emory Douglas, Photo by Hilary Hacker
On this edition of Making Contact we reflect on the Nakba, or the catastrophe. It refers to both the events of 1948, when Zionist militias expelle...

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  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Waiting for Home: the Refugee and Immigrant Experience
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The root causes of migration vary widely. Some people migrate and return to their homes depending on the season. While others migrate and never ret...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: May 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Iran Belongs to Its Youth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Veteran journalist Reese Erlich takes us to Iran, where young people, who make up over 40% of the country’s population, are looking toward the futu...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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