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 
685 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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10 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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But Next Time Part 1: California Wildfires and Protecting Our Farmworkers (Encore)
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Caption: KBBF board President, Alicia Sanchez prepares a recording for the station., Credit: Amanda Lopez
As fires ravaged California’s wine country in 2017, farm and service workers, especially non-English speakers, were some of the hardest hit. Hear m...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gaza, Solidarity, and the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
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Caption: Demonstrators call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to US military aid to Israel at the Port of Oakland in November 2023., Credit: Brooke Anderson (photo has been cropped from original)
For weeks people around the world have been witness to Israel's deadly assault on Gaza. Today, we uncover the military corporations profiting from ...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How Ollas Populares fed Buenos Aires through a pandemic (Encore)
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The story of how locals in Buenos Aires came together to feed each other through a pandemic with community kitchens (ollas populares), and how inno...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering
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Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
In recent years, scientists have begun testing geoengineering technologies to slow down or even stop global warming. But, is geoengineering safe? A...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Modern Parenting...The Latino Way
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Maribel Quezada Smith and Liz Alarcón discuss ways they maintain their children’s latinidad while living in the U.S., and what they’ve changed from...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Whose Point Reyes? Indigenous History and Public Lands
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Caption: Caption: A tule elk in Point Reyes in 2015., Credit: Credit: Austlee via Wikimedia Commons, under a CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed license. Image is unaltered.
Dive into the history of Point Reyes National Seashore with us, an area in northern California known for rugged sweeping beaches and tule elk. We'l...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Rest of the Story: Indigenous Resistance
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Caption: United States Supreme Court Building, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
We revisit two sites of indigenous resistance we've covered in the past: First we talk to Rebecca Nagle about the Supreme Court ruling upholding th...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Inclusion on Purpose
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Caption: Ruchika Tulshyan left and Ijeoma Oluo.
Thought leaders in our nationwide conversation about race and belonging, Ruchika Tulshyan and Ijeoma Oluo discuss Tulshyan’s book, Inclusion on Pur...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Shadow of Nuclear Colonialism
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Caption: The text "The Shadow of Nuclear Colonialism" superimposed on an image of the explosion at 9.0 seconds after the Trinity detonation on July 16, 1945, Credit: Photo Illustration by Lucy Kang, Background image by United States Department of Energy
On today's show, we hear about the impact of nuclear colonialism and the Manhattan Project on the people and places of New Mexico with Myrriah Góme...

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
A History of Traditional Root Healing (Encore)
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Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left is a Mullein Plant and the author, Michele Elizabeth Lee. , Credit: Anita Johnson
In some parts of the world, traditional herbal remedies are the norm. When we think of natural remedies we tend to think of older generations liv...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5

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