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Recent Pieces from Lucy Kang
![Caption: White text reading "Borders: What are they good for?" superimposed on top of a greyscale background showing the jagged border between two sides of a sand dune., Credit: Original photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash. Digitally altered by Lucy Kang.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/918031/Borders_What_are_they_good_for_square.png)
Borders: What are they good for?
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
What are borders, and why do we have them? And how is violent border enforcement at the US-Mexico border connected to Israel's brutal assault on Gaza? We'll dig into these ...
![Caption: Excerpt from the book cover, reading "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" superimposed on top of orange and pink geological features, Credit: Penguin Random House](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/915743/Saving_Time__1__square.png)
Jenny Odell and Discovering Life Beyond the Clock (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
This week, we talk to Jenny Odell, about the ideas behind her book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. We ...
![Caption: A tule elk in Point Reyes in 2015., Credit: Austlee via Wikimedia Commons, under a CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed license. Image is unaltered.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/910457/tule_elk_square.jpg)
The Coast Miwok Peoples, Colonization, and the Preservation of Indigenous History (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
On today's encore episode, dive into the history of Point Reyes National Seashore, an area in northern California known for rugged sweeping beaches and tule elk. We'll ...
![Caption: On an orange background, six black line illustrations depicting: a COVID-19 virus, a face mask, a lung filled with COVID viruses, a person's head tilted back with a nose swab, a swab in a test tube, and a rapid antigen test. In between these illustrations, Credit: Original image by jKartak from Pixabay. Digitally altered by Lucy Kang.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/907601/Why_we_still_need_pandemic_solidarity_square.png)
No, COVID Isn’t “Over,” and the Need for Continued Community
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
March marks four years since the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health failures and government inaction have forced communities to take matters into their own ...
![Caption: Excerpt from the book cover, reading "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" superimposed on top of orange and pink geological features., Credit: Penguin Random House](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/901040/Saving_Time_square.png)
Jenny Odell on Saving Time
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
We speak with Jenny Odell, author of "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock," about how the ways we think about time shapes our lives. A critical look at ...
![Caption: Image of the explosion after the Trinity detonation on July 16, 1945, Credit: United States Department of Energy](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/894747/Trinity1_square.jpg)
Nuclear Colonialism and The Story “Oppenheimer” Didn’t Tell (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
Oppenheimer swept the Golden Globes, but what did it leave out? We talk about the impact of nuclear colonialism on New Mexico with Myrriah Gómez, author of “Nuclear Nuevo ...
But Next Time Part 3: The Fight for Fair Housing in the Face of Climate Change (Encore)
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
Today in Houston, Texas we meet a group of moms who stand up for local housing policies that keep families of color trapped in unsafe homes for years. Then we hear from ...
![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)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/887845/gaza_making_contact_square.png)
Gaza, Solidarity, and the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
(29:00)
From: Making Contact
For weeks people around the world have been witness to Israel's deadly assault on Gaza. Today, we uncover the military corporations profiting from the war, and highlight the ...
![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.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/879046/tule_elk_square.jpg)