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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Jul 20, 2010 • 30min
29-10 Oscar Grant and Police Accountability
We take a look at the police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.
Jul 13, 2010 • 30min
28-10 Venezuela: Is the Bolivarian Revolution Working?
Venezuela is undergoing a modern day revolution. Workers, small farmers and the poor consistently vote for socialist President Hugo Chavez. Economically better-off citizens denounce the president as a communist who is destroying the country, but even some on the left criticize Chavez.
Jul 6, 2010 • 30min
26-10 Lessons from Latin America
We'll hear from experts who insist the U.S. has a lot to learn from social movements in Latin America -- especially in times of crisis.
Jun 29, 2010 • 30min
27-10 Crisis as Opportunity: Voices from the U.S. Social Forum
This June, thousands of grassroots activists converged on Detroit, Michigan to attend the 2010 United States Social Forum. We were there and on this edition of Making Contact, we'll bring you some of the local and international voices we found.
Jun 22, 2010 • 30min
25-10 Immigrant Families Behind Bars (encore)
In a special collaboration with “Feet in 2 Worlds,” we hear the story of an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Phoenix, Arizona. And we report on a successful grassroots effort to change policies at “Hutto.”
Jun 15, 2010 • 30min
24-10 Working Beyond Unions
It’s been decades since the U.S. has had a powerful labor movement and recent efforts to revive it have mostly fallen flat. But there is hope for a new labor movement that goes beyond the unions.
Jun 8, 2010 • 29min
23-10 James Lawson: Non-Violent Warrior
An interview with James Lawson, the chief architect of the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins, and confidant to Martin Luther King. Lawson touches on everything from Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez to the modern gay rights and environmental movements.
Jun 1, 2010 • 29min
22-10 Beyond Gay Marriage
For many people in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, the struggle to legalize gay marriage across the U.S. remains the priority political battle. But others in the LGBT community disagree.
May 25, 2010 • 29min
21-10 Art in Action
Art is everywhere...but why do we do it? On this edition we speak with young artists of diverse backgrounds who use their independent experiences and creative impulses to talk about race, identity, and politics...and along the way to self-reflect.
May 18, 2010 • 29min
20-10 The Road to Detroit: US Social forum 2010
This June, the US Social Forum will be held in Detroit, Michigan. We look at how Domestic Workers got organized at the last US Social Forum and we ask, what can we learn from the fall and rise of one of America’s great industrial cities?
