Caring Relationships: Jul 27, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity": The vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of f...

Trump's Travel and Refugee Ban: Jul 20, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's travel ban, we'll discuss how the new order impacts people from affected, Muslim-majority countries. We also talk about what's different about the new...

When They Call You a Terrorist: Jul 13, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

This week is the five-year anniversary of the Black Lives Matter movement. We hear from Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, "When They Call You a Te...

Afrofuturism: Jul 06, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

From Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time to Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu, Afrofuturism is gaining popularity. On this episode of Making Contact, authors Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Jewelle Go...

20180601: Jun 01, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

A weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on community and public radio stations in the USA, Canada, South Africa and Ireland. Distributed through the Pacifica Radio Network.

The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising: May 25, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea came together for reunification and an end to an era of martial law imposed by U.S.-backed military dictators. Over the course of ten days, they sta...

She's Beautiful When She's Angry: May 18, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

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...

Mothering, Love on the Front Lines: May 11, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

This special Mother's Day broadcast features a discussion and poetry by women of color writers and editors of the anthology Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines. They dedicate the book to...

Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike: Apr 27, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Specters of Attica": On September 9, 2016, prisoners across the U.S. went on strike. In Michigans low-security Kinross Prison, workers assigned to kitchen duties refused to report for their shifts, w...

Daze of Justice: Apr 20, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Daze of Justice is the intimate story of trailblazing Cambodian-American women who break decades of silence, abandoning the security of their American homes on a journey back into Cambodia's killing f...

The Nakba, the Naksa, and the Future of Palestine: Apr 13, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

In 1948, Zionist militias expelled over 700,000 Palestinians from their villages and towns. The event, and the ongoing destruction and occupation of Palestine, are referred to as the Nakba – the catas...

A Dream Remembered?: Apr 06, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Martin Luther King Jr. and the grassroots civil rights movement. Marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, featuring Gary Younge, the journalist who wrote, "The Speech: T...

The Seekers, Part 1: Mar 30, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"The Seekers, Part 1 – Freedom from Violence": Part 1 of a two-part documentary series that examines the experiences of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the US. El Salvador, Honduras, and G...

When They Call You a Terrorist: Mar 23, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Featuring Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, a meaningful, empowering account of stren...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Mar 16, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, spoke words that are all too relevant today. Mrs. Hamer would have turned 100 years old October 6, 2017. "Mrs. Hamer, Echoes" features archival recordings and exc...

The End of Policing: Mar 09, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Alex Vitale is Professor of Sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College. Vitale's book, The End of Policing, is an accessible study of police history as an...

Ghosts of the Korean War: Feb 09, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

On today's Making Contact, we head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in their 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone from quietly farming to o...

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi: Feb 02, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive an...

Cryptocurrency and Capital Controls in Greece: Jan 26, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Which came first – coin or the ledger? In either case, physical currency or a tally of debts and payments have been the two primary forms of money used throughout history. Today, physical cash is incr...

Wealth Inequity and Universal Basic Income: Jan 19, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, the wealth gap between rich and poor was already very wide. The top 10% of families held 76% of total wealth, with an average...

Reclaiming Gotham: Jan 12, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Journalist Juan Gonzlez discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America's cities — from redlining and racial covenants in the early 20th century...

Youth Poets Changing the World: Jan 05, 2018: 3pm - 3:30 pm

On this edition of Making Contact, we'll examine how young people are using spoken word as a mechanism for social change. The show also will explore how Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Sla...

Fallen Heroes of 2017: Dec 29, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year – people doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn't make the headlines. On this editio...

Parenting from Prison, Inside Out: Dec 22, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

When one or both parents are incarcerated, the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inma...

The Far Right and Antifa: Dec 15, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

In this broadcast we explore the past and present of the far right and anti-fascism. We begin with a story from Athens on the murder and investigation of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas. In the second half...

Ghosts of the Korean War: Dec 08, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Ghosts of the Korean War: Stop THAAD": In this broadcast, we head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in their 70s, 80s, and 90s hav...

A Tale of Two Heights: Dec 01, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Two neighborhoods – Boyle Heights in Los Angeles and Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York – are experiencing the gamut of changes associated with gentrification. And some are pushing back against those...

Fantastic Negrito and the Last Days of Oakland: Nov 24, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist, has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and touring internationally. He's done this by creating a un...

Intersections of Faith and Reproductive Justice: Nov 17, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Ee rarely hear the words "faith" and "reproductive justice" in the same sentence. Instead, we associate faith with the belligerent protester outside an abortion clinic or sex ed curricula that shame y...

James Baldwin, "I Am Not Your Negro": Nov 10, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original wor...

The Poetic Address to the Nation: Nov 03, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

November 8 marks one year since Donald Trump won the US presidency. One year later, Gallup puts the President's approval rating at 33%, an all-time low. The Poetic Address to the Nation on March 11, 2...

Language Is Life, Land Is Sacred: Sep 29, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generation...

Trump's Travel and Refugee Ban: Sep 22, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"The Arrival": Leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Trump's travel ban, we'll hear about the order's impact on people from affected, Muslim-majority countries, and how advocacy groups like...

The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising: Sep 15, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea came together for reunification and an end to an era of martial law imposed by U.S.-backed military dictators. Over the course of ten days, they sta...

Women of Doctors Without Borders: Sep 08, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Women Rising Radio: Rescuing the Isolated and Displaced, Women of Doctors Without Borders": Most of the world simply has no health care…vast tracts of land and vast populations of people don't have d...

Staying Rooted in the Community: Sep 01, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Community Focused Economic Models, Cooperative Housing, and the New Economy Coalition": Today we're visiting community-rooted enterprises where people are rethinking power and participation in their...

Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible: Aug 25, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Mirrors of Privilege is a remarkable and engaging film that explores stories from white men and women about their journeys in overcoming issues of unconscious bias and entitlement. From Shakti Butler,...

On Historical Amnesia and Fighting White Supremacy: Aug 18, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

We are nearing seven months under President Donald Trump, and many of us who have been paying close attention – and maybe even those of you who haven't been aware – have been hitting extreme poles of...

Reclaiming Public Schools: Aug 11, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Education in the Trump Era": Access to a quality education means different things to different people. Some families are willing and able to pay top dollar for a private school, other children are ho...

Stories of Indigenous-Led Resistance to Oil and Waste: Aug 04, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

On this edition of Making Contact, we'll meet people challenging polluters in their own backyard not to push hazardous industries into another neighborhood. Instead, they're developing visionary solut...

The Aftermath of the Ghost Ship and San Pablo Fires: Jul 21, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

On this edition of Making Contact, we'll explore the aftermath of the Ghost Ship fire and the battle to preserve living/work spaces, and then we look at the San Pablo fire in Oakland, CA that displace...

Finding Home: Jul 14, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California": On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California – three cities grappling with...

Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Jul 07, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation": On this edition of Making Contact, we rebroadcast a speech contextualizing the election results from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Associate Professor in t...

The Draft, Duty, and Dissent: Jun 30, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"The Draft, Duty, and Dissent: G.I. Resistance to War." It was the 1960s, and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice ab...

The Fraught Process Towards Peace: Colombia and the Philippines: Jun 02, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Two of the longest running armed rebellions on opposites sides of the world, the FARC in Colombia and the NDFP in the Philippines are vying for peace but several elements—government, paramilitary, and...

Brightness of Courage: May 26, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Regulating Gender in Public Spaces. In this encore edition, we look at some of the struggles and victories in the fight for transgender access to gender-specific spaces and programs. Produced by Natio...

Liberation Theology: A March to Freedom: May 19, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

"Liberation Theology: A March to Freedom" explores the conceptual framework of liberation theology – a branch of theology developed by Catholics and Christians looking to examine the church's role in...

Get on the Bus and Incarcerated Families: May 12, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

The Get On The Bus program, coordinated by the Center for Restorative Justice Works, offers support and free transportation services to families affected by the criminal justice system by bringing chi...

The Poetic Address to the Nation: May 05, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

The Poetic Address to the Nation was an event that brought together poets to speak out against the current administration. The event featured poets Cam Awkward, Guillermo Gomez Pea, Michelle Mush Lee,...

A Look at Labor Organizing, and Worker and Immigrant Rights: Apr 28, 2017: 3pm - 3:30 pm

In this edition of Making Contact, we look at how workers are organizing outside of labor unions and where traditional labor could be headed. Produced by National Radio Project.