All Pieces for Making Contact

 
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KOSU and KVSC


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Two Revolutions, Many Secrets
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left: Wilson Dairy Restaurant Right: Helen Zia as baby with mom
In the midst of our dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell our children and grandchildren. T...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
COVID-19 Pandemic Capitalism and Bonds
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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By mid-April over 22 million Americans had filed for unemployment benefits. And it’s unclear whether jobs and businesses that people left behind wi...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
On the Brink: Homelessness before and during COVID-19
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Most of us have a home to shelter in place during COVID -19. But what about the homeless? We take a look at life on the street before COVID-19, fol...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Witch Hunts and Enclosures: Bodies, Land and Women
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Silvia Federici
Today, witch hunts are still happening, in places like East Timor, India and Cambodia. Federici, who never really left the subject of witch hunts, ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
COVID-19 and Lessons from the Spanish Flu
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Glenbow Flu 1918
In 1918, humanity faced a deadly global pandemic-- the Spanish Flu. How did those who lived a century before us respond to the crisis, and what we ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bio Hackers versus Big Pharma: Tackling the Rising Cost of Insulin (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many Americans are worried about their health insurance. The cost of treating the illness, if a patient en...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
The Great Divide: Racism, Wealth Inequality, and Elections
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ian Haney López, Credit: YouTube
On this edition of Making Contact, acclaimed author Ian Haney López talks about his new book - Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Women Rising Radio: Election Protection and Democracy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Virginia voter gets election materials from polling station worker before voting in US presidential election, Nov. 8, 2016., Credit: D. Block / VOA (Public Domain)
Election protection is increasingly seen as a critical issue in the US. From gerrymandering and voter purges, to precinct closures and problems wit...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Who Bombed Judi Bari?, explores Judi Bari’s bold activism to save the Redwood Forest in the face of corporate gre...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bad Math: the Risks of Artificial Intelligence (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We think of Artificial Intelligence as being the stuff of science fiction movies, set far in the future. But it's already having an impact on our l...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 30:03
The Response: Reimagining Paradise in an Age of Disruption
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week on Making Contact, we bring you a story about resilience and rebuilding after a megafire decimated parts of Northern California. This is ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
70 Million: The Work of Closing a Notorious Jail
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Inex Bordeaux holds up a sign while doing street outreach in north St. Louis to raise awareness about the Close the Workhouse campaign., Credit: Carolina Hidalgo
Five years after Michael Browns death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they're gaining s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Utopian Dinner Table: How to feed the world in 100 years
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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You'll hear about ongoing food insecurity issues from food scholar Raj Patel, and hopeful solutions from families in the Black Creek community gard...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Lift
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Carver Elementary students line up to begin the school day at the campus in San Francisco's Bayview district., Credit: Lee Romney / KALW
Meeting family needs in a city of widening wealth gaps is a big lift. Studies show that when parents are engaged in their kids’ education, it has a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
John Carlos Frey on America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: John Carlos Frey, Sand and Blood, book cover art, Credit: John Carlos Frey
On today's program, John Carlos Frey, author of Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border, explores increased militarization at th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Best of Making Contact
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: best of making contact
We look at our favorite shows from 2019. From Artificial Intelligence, to the stigma around women's periods, from guns and restraining orders to th...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
One Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration Camps
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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"Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Response: Fighting Misinformation in the Aftermath of the Mexico City Earthquake
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Verificado 19 Mexico City, Credit: Kane Lynch, illustrator
In the aftermath of a disaster, information can mean the difference between life and death. After the earthquake hit in Mexico City, it wasn’t just...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
50 Years Later: Remembering Fred Hampton
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, The Murder of Fred Hampton, produced by filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk, provides a glimpse into the life of ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00

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