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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Misrepresented: Interrupting Muslim & Arab Stereotypes
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Community March Against Islamophobia December 13, 2015, Credit: Under CC Misha Voloaca
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll meet people confronting racist depictions of Muslims and Arabs in pop culture and politics; and two young w...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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A Michigan Mosque, mobilizing civic engagement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Saber and Muzzamil at Saber’s home. She bought a few American flags after 9/11 and put them around her house, Credit: Renee Gross
As anti-Muslim rhetoric has increased, members of the Muslim Community of Western Suburbs in Canton, Michigan are becoming more politically involve...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 3
Vote-less, not voiceless: Dreamers reshape Arizona politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Perez working at City Hall, Credit: Valeria Fernandez
From civil disobedience to civic accountability, youth that can’t vote are making the voice of the Latino community heard in local politics and at ...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 10:06
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From Dreamers in Arizona to Muslims in Michigan: Immigrant Communities Upholding Democracy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Viridiana Hernández lobbying at the Arizona State Legislature against the bill that would ban cities from creating their own city ID if that is extended to undocumented immigrants., Credit: Valeria Fernández
This edition of Making Contact is Part I of our special series examining how immigrants are responding and participating in elections and politics ...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:39
Choreography of Care
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ingrid Tischer, director of development, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) and Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Alice Wong, Credit: Alice Wong
Community Storytelling Fellow, Alice Wong asks, how do people with disabilities who rely on personal assistance negotiate their relationships with ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 11:33
Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alana Theriault, disability benefits counselor in Berkeley, California and Alice Wong, Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Credit: Alice Wong
Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the n...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Unstoppable: The Fight for 15
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Low paid workers tell the story of the “Fight for 15,” the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Life, Breath, and Toxics: Lethal Negligence of Northeast and South L.A.
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Series: Making Contact
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From Norco, Louisiana to Flint, Michigan to Los Angeles, California - environmental racism is real. On this edition of Making Contact, we look at p...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Women Rising 30: International Slavery and Human Trafficking
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Women Rising Radio #30 profiles women fighting slavery, trafficking and forced labor globally.

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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China’s Reproductive Regime: Mei Fong & Barbara Demick on China’s one child policy
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China correspondent Gady Epstein in conversation with author and New America Fellow Mei Fong and journalist Barbara on China’s one child policy.

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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After Disaster: Picking up the pieces in an age of climate change
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Caption: Hwy 175 between Cobb and Middletown, Credit: Laura Flynn
On this edition of Making Contact we explore the social and psychological costs of climate change, and the weight of inaction.

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Returning to the Rockaways, after superstorm Sandy
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The Rockaway Peninsula in Queens New York was one community devastated by Sandy. Making Contact’s Andrew Stelzer brings us this story about how res...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 10:15
Fire fighters respond to psychological after effects of Typhoon Haiyan
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Firefighters in Tacloban, Philippines , Credit: Aurora Almendral
On November 8, 2013, the Philippines was hit with the strongest storm ever to make landfall in recorded history. Typhoon Haiyan left a wake of deat...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 07:43
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Recovery and resilience after the Valley Fire
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hwy 175 between Cobb and Middletown, Credit: Laura Flynn
In California, the four year drought has created perfect conditions for fires. 2015 has proven to be one of the worst years with more than 300,000 ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:34
We Are the Bomb: Boots Riley and Dave Zirin Talk Activism and Politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Boots RIley, Credit: http://nycsocialist.org/
Boots Riley—activist, author, and “The Coup” front man is interviewed by Edge of Sports blogger Dave Zirin

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Nicklesville Pushes Seattle Towards Acceptance of Tent Cities
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicklesville, Credit: Sara Bernard
Seattle is one of the only cities in the nation to have passed an ordinance formally sanctioning tent cities. A lot of that success can be chalked ...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:13
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Tent Cities: When Society Fails to House
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicklesville--Seattle, Credit: Sara Bernard
Tent cities have popped up across the country, from New Jersey to Texas to New Mexico. Many are starting to build more permanent living structures....

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Abortion Access Under Attack
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Series: Making Contact
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Special edition of Making Contact with guest Host, Rose Aguilar discussing reproductive health and abortion rights 43 years after Roe v. Wade.

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women Rising 29: Food Sovereignty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Kanyon Sayers-Roods
Women Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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