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 5, 2018 • 29min
Afrofuturism: 3 Women You Need to Know
Afrofuturism is a growing genre-movement that spans literature, art, music, and film. It provides radical alternatives to dominant Western narratives by drawing on traditions from Africa and the diaspora.
Jun 28, 2018 • 29min
Beyond Stonewall: The Push for LGBT Civil Rights
We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBTQ rights movement. On this episode, we'll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBTQ civil rights.
Jun 20, 2018 • 29min
Your Home, Your Right… or My Business?
The stage is set for a battle between two world-views. Is housing a human right, or a commodity? And where on that continuum is California's common ground? This week, we look at the fight over rent control, and police policies that affect the homeless.
Jun 13, 2018 • 29min
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system" and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish.
Jun 6, 2018 • 29min
The Cost of Deportations
This week, Making Contact looks at The Cost of Deportations through the lens of one Central American nation that sends migrants north— Guatemala. Will Guatemala and the other countries these migrants left be prepared for an influx of returnees?
May 30, 2018 • 29min
Finding Home: Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California (Encore)
On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California— three cities grappling with evictions, displacement, and homelessness.
May 23, 2018 • 29min
Korea: The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising (ENCORE)
On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea rose up for reunification and an end to U.S.-backed military dictatorships.Their actions changed the course of Korean history. We hear from survivors of the Gwangju Uprising about how they took on the tasks of history and the lesson they carry.
May 16, 2018 • 29min
She's Beautiful When She's Angry – The Personal Is Political
For this edition of Making Contact, we'll present the documentary, "She's Beautiful When She's Angry," a reflection on the rise of the women's liberation movement in the United States, between 1966 and 1971. She's Beautiful explores the emergence of political thought that challenged systems of patriarchy.
May 9, 2018 • 29min
SPECIAL FOR MOTHER'S DAY-Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
For Mother's Day: we bring you a discussion by women of color writers and poets who contributed to the anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines. You'll also hear about a recent investigation into Black maternal and infant mortality.
May 2, 2018 • 29min
Protecting People and Water in Mexico City
Fresh water is one of our most precious natural resources. This week contributor Maria Doerr looks at what's being done to protect the watersheds of Mexico City-- natural water systems that provide water to one of the largest metropolises in the world.
