Making Contact
Frequencies of Change Media
"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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Mar 29, 2017 • 29min
Conscience and Dissent: Values in Media
Panelists at the Media Consortium conference discuss the role independent media plays in today's contentious media landscape.
Mar 22, 2017 • 29min
The Cost of War: A Reflection on the United States and Iraq Conflict
Given Trump's massive military budget proposal and the 14th Anniversary of the United States war in Iraq, we bring you this program from our archives with the voices of U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis reflecting on the costs of war.
Mar 14, 2017 • 29min
Reclaiming Public Schools: Education in the Trump Era
In this edition of Making Contact, we look at two major changes to statewide curriculum in California, and where schools nationwide may be headed under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Mar 8, 2017 • 29min
Women Rising Radio 33: With Healers At Standing Rock
Women Rising Radio profiles three healer activists, two M.D.'s and an indigenous healer/psychologist, caregivers for the Water Protectors at Standing Rock, and witnesses to the violence of police, sheriffs and private security forces hired by Energy Transfer Partners - the fossil fuel giant building the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Mar 1, 2017 • 29min
Paris: Responses to Terror, and the Experiment in Mixité
Paris is in flux. How are Parisians-native and immigrant, still dealing with terrorist attacks? If mixite, or social mixing, provides an answer, what does that look like, especially when immigrant, capitalist, and the hip are housed together?
Feb 22, 2017 • 29min
Long Distance Revolutionary
"Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal" a film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of the former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Feb 13, 2017 • 29min
Building Resistance: Japanese Imprisonment and the Fight Against a Muslim Registry
As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads. First, the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans 75 years ago. Then, how people fought to stop the Muslim registry after 9/11.
Feb 8, 2017 • 29min
11 Million Undocumented: A Look at Sanctuary and Immigration Policy in the Trump Era
11 million. That's the estimated number of people living in the US who are undocumented. In this show we'll look to previous administrations to see how former Presidents treated people who were undocumented, and how immigrant movements of the past responded.
Jan 31, 2017 • 29min
Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity ENCORE
Whether you're a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the nature of the working relationship depends on mutual respect and dignity. On this edition of Making Contact, we'll explore the dynamic and complex relationship of care receiving and giving.
Jan 23, 2017 • 29min
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation"
On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. Dr. Taylor most recently wrote, "From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation." We'll be sharing a talk with Dr. Taylor's insights on Black Liberation as framed through this most recent election.
