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. Making Contact digs into the story beneath the story—contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture. Our team produces stories on critical issues, including the environment, racial and political justice, LGBTQI+ rights, and reproductive justice. Our mission is to use audio storytelling to inspire a more just world. As a journalism organization committed to truth, we honor the rich wisdom and lived experience of historically oppressed and marginalized communities. Through our radio show and podcast, Making Contact, we challenge harmful power structures and move toward the future we envision.

 

 

Series

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678 Pieces

A radio program that links people, vital ideas, and important information

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2 Pieces

A radio program that links people, vital ideas, and important information. This is the automated delivery version.


Pieces

Caption: Wilson Dairy Restaurant / Helen Zia as baby with Mom Bing
In the midst of our stress and trauma dealing with the sometimes harsh realities of life, its hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell ...

Bought by WFHB and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we explore an often-overlooked issue in the Arab world; racism towards Black Arabs. In this episode, Kerning Culture reporter Ahmed Twai...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Members of the single moms collective, Motherful, gather for a photo, Credit: Motherful
Ohio's single mom collective, Motherful, shows what it's like when pregnant and parenting people make decisions for themselves.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What does food mean to identities struggling against colonialism and displacement? First, we visit the Blackfeet Nation in Montana as members of In...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Digital Security Best Practices by Digital Defense Fund, Credit: Hazel Mead
Mutual aid efforts to provide pregnancy prevention and medical abortion in post-Roe southern United States.

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our friends from the podcast The Response bring us their piece Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe Landscape, plus a quick updat...

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Neighbors line up for a hot meal at La Casona de Humahuaca's olla popular during pandemic lockdowns.
Groups all over Latin America turn to the age-old practice of communal cooking to feed citizens during pandemic lockdowns. A Buenos Aires arts orga...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Making Contact - with assistance from our podcast partners, 70 million - we head to the state of Alaska, where rising violent crime an...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We talk to Raj Patel and Rupa Marya about their new book "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice."

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In today's episode, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells the birth story of the book she co-edited with China Martens and Mai'a Williams, Revolutionary M...

Bought by KVNF and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2