Making Contact

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“Making Contact” digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture. Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), the award-winning radio show and podcast examines the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground, building a more just world through narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the environment, labor, economics, health, governance, and arts and culture.

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Making Contact 
686 Pieces

Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture.

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Making Contact (Automated Delivery) 
11 Pieces

Produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture.

Pieces

The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: The Healing Project, Installation View, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2022., Credit: Photograph by Anita Johnson
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, ...

Bought by WXDU, KKGX Palm Springs Community Broadcasting, RadioFreePalmer, and KGLP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity (Encore)
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Caption: Photo of Alice Wong, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, Credit: Alice Wong, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
July is Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the July 26, 1990 anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In honor of the anniversar...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGLP, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice (Encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Book cover of “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.”, Credit: Macmillan Publishers
Raj Patel & Rupa Marya tell us about their book "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice," an investigation into how our deeply unjust...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and WFHB


  • Added: Jul 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Family Matters: What Helps Black Trans Kids Thrive
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Original Art featuring an illustration of two people of color, an adult comforting/embracing a child/young adult. , Credit: Courn Ahn
As political rhetoric & discriminatory laws contribute to poor mental health among LGBTQ+ kids, researchers study what keeps kids healthy, happy, &...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and WFHB


  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Family Matters: How Communities Support Trans Kids in Conservative States
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Caption: Original Art featuring an illustration of two people of color, an adult comforting/embracing a child/young adult. , Credit: Courn Ahn
In the first of this 2-part series on supporting trans kids and their health, the Clawson family tells us how Indiana's new ban on gender affirmat...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Book cover for "The Trauma of Caste.", Credit: Penguin Random House
What is caste? According to author Thenmozhi Soundararajan, “caste is suffering. That one’s worth and fate are determined at the moment of birth." ...

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


  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Disclose! Divest!: Behind the Fight Over College Endowments
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: A child running through the Stanford Divestment Encampment., Credit: Photo by RJ Lozada.
What does it mean to disclose and divest? We take a look at the demands behind the student encampments for Palestine and talk to Kelly Grotke about...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Borders: What are they good for?
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: White text reading "Borders: What are they good for?" superimposed on top of a greyscale background showing the jagged border between two sides of a sand dune., Credit: Original photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash. Digitally altered by Lucy Kang.
What are borders, and why do we have them? And how is violent border enforcement at the US-Mexico border connected to Israel's brutal assault on Ga...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Art of Healing: Finding Strength Through Frida Kahlo
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Outdoor mural featuring Frida Kahlo, Credit: In Confianza, with Pulso
“In Confianza, with Pulso” producer Anthony Wallace brings us the story of Thania Betancourt Alcazar. A member of “The Phoenix Fridas,” Alcazar di...

Bought by KUER, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jenny Odell and Discovering Life Beyond the Clock (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Excerpt from the book cover, reading "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" superimposed on top of orange and pink geological features, Credit: Penguin Random House
This week, we talk to Jenny Odell, about the ideas behind her book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resistin...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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