Making Contact

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Making Contact, is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on over 160 radio stations in the USA, Canada and elsewhere. Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. - Ordinary people talk about how public policy affects their daily lives, families and communities, and share positive ways to solve problems. - Most shows are “evergreen” – can be played any time. See years of archived documentaries are available. - Excellent production quality and customer service.

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672 Pieces

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


Pieces

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Making Contact's Andrew Stelzer speaks with author, analyst, and oil industry expert Antonia Juhasz. She's been following BP since even before the ...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 16:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Reporter Anna Simonton takes us down to Southern Louisiana, where the Houma people have been battling BP--and the entire oil industry--for decades,...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Louisiania bayou
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal.” On this edition, we follow BP’s trail fro...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it's also having a more surprising influence on the country's tigers. ...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Nicaragua plans to build a $50 billion canal to connect the Caribbean and Pacific. Supporters argue it will create more than 250,000 jobs. But smal...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Squatters' settlement along a Manila, Philippines waterway , Credit: Aurora Almendral
Reporter Aurora Almendral visits one squatter settlement in the Philippine and finds out how one community leveraged their political power into hom...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: View of Torre de David, Credit: JoséMa Orsini
Reporter Andrew Rosati takes us to what's known as the world's tallest squat, the Torre de David, in Venezuela to see how the residents there are d...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
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Caption: Robert Neuwirth, Credit: kris krüg
Interview with Robert Neuwirth author of "Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World." He estimates that more than a billion people--tha...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 13:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Strawberry field in Watsonville, California , Credit: SGrace via Flickr
We follow Dr. Ann Aurelia Lopez as she shows us the reality of farm workers' lives in the United States and Mexico. Dr. Lopez founded the Center fo...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1