Making Contact

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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.

In the early 1990s, when conservative talk radio and hosts like Rush Limbaugh were gaining massive popularity, a group of journalists in San Francisco banded together to create a radio show that gave listeners a progressive perspective on current events. “Making Contact” aired in 1995 as a 10-week experiment that has now grown into a podcast and a weekly radio show distributed to over 150 stations nationwide. “Making Contact” is an award-winning radio show and podcast, produced by Frequencies of Change Media (FoC Media), that digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture. Featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews, we cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground, building a more just world.


685 Pieces

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Caption: Dr. Stacey Patton
We speak with author Dr. Stacey Patton about her book, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Won't Save Black America. The book examines the unique cultural...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Michelle Alexander, Mark Lamont Hill and Vonya Quarles discuss the modern prison abolition movement, what's changed in the past ten years, and the ...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pavlos Fyssas, Greek anti-fascist rapper who was killed in 2013 by self-professed member of the Golden Dawn Party
This episode explores the past and present of the far right and anti-fascism. We begin with the murder investigation of anti-fascist rapper, Pavlos...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Heather Booth, founder of the Jane Collective, Credit: from the documentary about her by Lilly Rivkin.
In a special 2 part program by Making Contact we explore new safe at-home abortion options and the growing movement for "self-managed abortions.”

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Floricel Liborio Ramos in Northern California., Credit: 70 Million
A handful of companies are making millions off of ankle monitors strapped to undocumented immigrants in ICE custody. The makers pitch the monitors...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Book Art, Credit: Paul Kivel
We speak with author Paul Kivel about his book, Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice. The discussion offers a framework f...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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There were thousands of organizers, activists and local social justice leaders around the world who died in 2018. As we do every December, we brin...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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America’s unwillingness to assess the ugly truth about systemic inequality has created a perpetual sinkhole of denial. A reality that existed long ...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Thousands of Guatemalans are recovering from the eruption of a volcano called Fuego - Spanish for "fire" - which took place in the summer of 2018. ...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: A bail bonds agency welcomes business next door to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. A federal judge recently ruled the county’s bail practices unconstitutional. , Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
70 Million reporter, Ruxandra Guidi, chronicles how activists and reformers are succeeding in cutting the jail population, diverting drug arrests, ...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: a diagram of sex, sexuality and gender, Credit: Robin Hubbard
I Am Because I Am, explores the expansion of gender identity and presumed roles in our society. A look beyond the socially constructed ideas of wha...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Indigenous Women made their voices heard during California Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit. They rejected Brown’s support for m...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KQED, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: A flag hangs from a highway overpass that reads “Estamos de pie,” in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2017. , Credit: Airman 1st Class Caleb Nunez
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, we'll hear how one community kitchen grew into an island-wide network of mutual aid centers with the aim of re...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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While some Americans are mentally focused on the 2020 presidential election, all eyes seem to be on the rapidly approaching midterm election. With...

Bought by WVAS, WMPG, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Despite the difficult picture painted by the news, there is hope for our planet. We cover several fights against refineries and market based soluti...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we hear from a woman who went to prison under El Salvador’s current abortion laws— some of the strictest in the world. And, one reproduc...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we explore the remarkable communities that arise in the aftermath of natural disasters; namely, Hurricane Sandy, and its impact on the R...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Formerly incarcerated people and officials in Pima County are joining efforts to send fewer people to jail. Meanwhile a federal program at the bord...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Darnell Moore, Credit: www.darnelllmoore.com
Darnell Moore the author of No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America. A story of beauty and hope-and an honest reckoning with...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Uprooting Racism offers a framework for understanding institutional racism. It provides practical suggestions, tools, examples, and advice on how w...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WVAS, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4