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785 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCovering the movements, the issues, and the people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang.
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Special Fund Drive Programming
February 23, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBOn this special fund drive show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert talks with David Walker about Frederick Douglass and about the history of the Black Panther party. The post Special Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.
Giving Bayard Rustin His Flowers (encore)
February 16, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBToday, we continue celebrating Black history and heritage with a special encore episode honoring an often forgotten civil rights figure, Bayard Rustin. The organizer of the 1963 march on Washington, Rustin was a trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a gay man, a pacifist, and a practitioner of nonviolence, Rustin dedicated his life to racial equality, economic justice, and ending warfare. This episode combines film excerpts, insightful inter...
Tulsa’s Black History Saturday School
February 09, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBWhen Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History Saturdays. Now, she says entire families are learning who they are by knowing where they come from. GUESTS: Kristi Williams – Tulsa activist and Founder of Black History Saturdays Bracken Klar – Co-Executive Producer of Focus: Black Oklahoma, Vice-President of Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective Carlos Moreno – member of Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective, journa...
Building Back Black Wall Street
February 02, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBBlack Wall Street, or the historically Black neighborhood Greenwood, Oklahoma is the site of a once prosperous, thriving, Black community. It is also the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a violent attack waged by white supremacists, killing hundreds of residents and leveling homes and businesses. In this, second episode of our three-part Black History Month series, we discuss how the community rebuilt. In fact, Greenwood’s economic heyday came 20 years later, in the 1940s. Then came the ...
Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (encore)
January 26, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIn the first of our three-part series leading up to Black History Month, we discuss how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre. We hear from KalaLea, host of the critically acclaimed podcast Blindspot: Tulsa Burning. This series tells the story of the rise of Greenwood, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as Black Wall Street. We also hear from Bracken Klar and Carlos Moreno of Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective and the radio show Focus: Blac...
Nuclear Colonialism and the Story “Oppenheimer” Didn’t Tell
January 19, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBOppenheimer swept the Golden Globes, but what did it leave out? We talk with Myrriah Gómez, author of the book Nuclear Nuevo México: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos, about the impact of nuclear colonialism on New Mexico. Then we dig into how nuclear testing during the Cold War led to dangerous and lasting contamination in the Marshall Islands and San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. The post Nuclear Colonialism and the Story “...
Denial of the Funk: The Impact of Racism on our Nation’s Health
January 12, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBThe problem in America is, America’s been in denial about its problems. And that’s a problem. America doesn’t have a race problem, in reality we’ve had catastrophes visited on Black people. Catastrophes visited on Indigenous brothers and sisters. Catastrophes visited on Latino brothers and sisters. Catastrophes visited on working people. Catastrophes visited on women of all colors. We can go on and on. This week on Making Contact, we bring you a talk from noted author, scholar, and self-descr...
The Rise of the New Labor Movement
January 05, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBOn the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose workers are starting to organize a union. Then we talk to Robert Chala from the UCLA Labor Center about the rise in unionization efforts among service workers. The post The Rise of the New Labor Movement appeared first on KPFA.
But Next Time, part 4: The Road to Rebuilding and Recovering, Better (encore)
December 29, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this final episode of four-part series, But Next Time, our guest hosts, Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta take us to Houston to continue the story of the housing-justice organizers fighting for a safer, stronger future. The post But Next Time, part 4: The Road to Rebuilding and Recovering, Better (encore) appeared first on KPFA.
But Next Time, part 3: The Fight for Fair Housing in the Face of Climate Change (encore)
December 22, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBToday 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 leaders in Puerto Rico who have been resisting and rebuilding in the wake of ongoing disaster. The post But Next Time, part 3: The Fight for Fair Housing in the Face of Climate Change (encore) appeared first on KPFA.
Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming
December 15, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBToday’s show is preempted by a special holiday fund drive broadcast. Making Contact will resume its usual schedule on December 22, 2023. The post Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.
Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming
December 08, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBToday’s show is preempted by a special holiday fund drive broadcast. Making Contact will resume its usual schedule on December 22, 2023. The post Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.
Gaza, Solidarity, and the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
December 01, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBFor weeks, the world has been witness to Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza. Today, we uncover the military corporations profiting from the war, and we highlight the activism in every corner of the world in support of Palestine. We’ll get insight on the conditions on the ground in Gaza before zooming out to look at Israel’s military industrial complex and how the United States has been enabling genocide, through policymaking and the defense industry. But activists are taking aim and taking actio...
How Ollas Populares fed Buenos Aires through a pandemic (encore)
November 24, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes - 31.1 MBToday’s show tells the story of how locals in Buenos Aires came together to feed each other through a pandemic with community kitchens and how innovative architecture can facilitate communal living and modular food preparation. We travel to Buenos Aires with reporter Rosina Castillo who immerses us in the culture of a local community arts organization who saw a need in their community and took action during the height of the pandemic. La Casona de Humahuaca transformed their operations to hos...
Powerlands (encore)
November 17, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBOn this week’s Making Contact, we bring you a special encore of an episode that first aired in June: an extended interview with Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, a queer Din filmmaker and director of the award-winning documentary Powerlands. Powerlands traces how multinational energy corporations extract resources and profits while displacing and harming Indigenous communities around the world. The film follows Indigenous activists in Navajo Nation, Colombia, Mexico, and the Philippines who are fig...
Not Just Speed Traps: Alabama Community Fights Back Against For-profit Policing – A 70 Million Story (encore)
November 10, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBBrookside is a small town in Alabama where police used a civil war-era state loophole to create a traffic ticketing nightmare for residents and generate piles of cash for the local government. After years of abuse, the people are fighting back. Just 20 minutes north of Birmingham on Interstate 22, Brookside is a working-class town with less than 1,300 residents. From 2018 to 2020, income from traffic fines and forfeitures increased 640%, making up 49% of the towns revenue. In 2019, Brookside ...
The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering
November 03, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBAs we head into a ever warming world, some experts and politicians are embracing a possible solution to climate change called geoengineering. Theoretically geoengineering could slow down climate change, stop it, and maybe even remove carbon from the air. It sounds like the perfect answer in for a global political system that just can’t stop burning fossil fuels even if it kills us all. However, it might not be the easy fix we’re hoping for. We talk to scientists and activists about what geoen...
Modern Parenting …The Latino Way
October 27, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBHow do you decide what kind of parent you want to be? Our friends at Pulso Podcast, Maribel Quezada Smith and Liz Alarcón, discuss ways they maintain their children’s cultural identity as Latinos while living in the U.S. They also touch on what they have changed from how their immigrant parents raised them. In the second half, Liz sits down with Latinx parenting coach Leslie Priscilla to talk about her work using an antiracist, anticolonial, and child-centered lens. The post Modern Parenting ...
Whose Point Reyes? Indigenous History and Public Lands
October 20, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBDive into the history of Point Reyes National Seashore with us, an area in northern California known for rugged sweeping beaches and tule elk. We’ll recount the history of this land and the waves of colonization that violently upended the lives of the Coast Miwok peoples who lived there — and one Indigenous woman’s struggle to preserve her family history. The post Whose Point Reyes? Indigenous History and Public Lands appeared first on KPFA.
Saltwater Soundwalk: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle (Encore)
October 13, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this special encore edition of Making Contact, we present Saltwater Soundwalk: Indigenous Audio Tour of the Seattle Coast. Produced by Jenny Asarnow and Rachel Lam, this rhythmic, watery audio experience, streams of stories that ebb and flow, intermixing English with Coast Salish languages. Indigenous Coast Salish peoples continue to steward this land and preserve its language, despite settler colonialism, industrialization, and gentrification. Part story, part sound collage, this piece is...
Making Contact – October 6, 2023
October 06, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – October 6, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – September 29, 2023
September 29, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – September 29, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – September 22, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact – September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – September 15, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact – September 8, 2023
September 08, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – September 8, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
70 Million – Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole – Making Contact – September 1, 2023
September 01, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBOn today’s show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting motorists, and a state-mandated loophole converged to create a nightmare for local residents”and generate piles of cash for the local government. Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for pro...
Making Contact – August 25, 2023
August 25, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – August 25, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact – August 18, 2023
August 18, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – August 18, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2 (Encore) – Making Contact – August 11, 2023
August 11, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIn 2019, a well known romance writer began tweeting about other writers in her community and concerns about racism. It led to a huge reckoning within an organization called the Romance Writers of America, which is still unfolding. And although the online debate seemed to be isolated to a specific community of romance writers and their fans, it was really a microcosm of what’s been happening all over the US. We learn all about romance novels and how newer writers are changing the norms of the ...
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY: RACE AND THE FUTURE OF THE LOVE STORY PART 1 (ENCORE) – Making Contact – August 4, 2023
August 04, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIn 2019 a well known romance writer began tweeting about other writers in her community and concerns about racism. It led to a huge reckoning within an organization called the Romance Writers of America, which is still unfolding. And although the online debate seemed to be isolated to a specific community of romance writers and their fans, it was really a microcosm of what’s been happening all over the US. In this episode we learn all about romance novels and how newer writers are changing th...
Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – July 28, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – July 21, 2023
July 21, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Special Fund Drive Programming – Making Contact – July 21, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore) – Making Contact – July 14, 2023
July 14, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBThis week we hear from artist Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes about The Healing Project, an abolitionist art exhibition. The work explores the structures of systemic racism, particularly the prison industrial complex in the U.S. and takes multiple forms including music, films, community gatherings, and live performances. A digital library of audio interviews centers the project. The stories, experiences, and ideas from intergenerational individuals across the country, including folks who are inca...
What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking – Making Contact – July 7, 2023
July 07, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Silicon Valley Bank collapse brings with it memories of the wider 2008 economic crisis. Jeet Heer and John Nichols from The Nation join us to discuss the 2018 bank deregulations that set the stage for this moment and the risky investment strategy at the bank itself. They argue that bailout and FDIC’s role in the collapse could set the stage for a dangerous economic future. The post What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking – Making Contact – July 7, 2023 appeared first on K...
Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice – Making Contact – June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIn the mid 1990s, the Reproductive Justice movement was formed by Black and indigenous women as a response to the limitations of the “reproductive rights” movement. Movement leaders argue, “rarely do we find ourselves fighting for just one aspect of reproductive justice such as abortion rights” – SisterSong. Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, scholar and writer, joined us to talk about her book Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Frontlines, her experience being a teenager during the formation of the...
Powerlands – Making Contact – June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBOn this week’s Making Contact, we feature an extended interview with Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, a queer Din filmmaker and director of the award-winning documentary Powerlands. Powerlands traces how multinational energy corporations extract resources and profits while displacing and harming Indigenous communities around the world. The film follows Indigenous activists in Navajo Nation, Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines who are fighting back against corporations like Peabody Energy, Glencor...
A History of Development and Disruption – Making Contact – June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBLong Description: This week on Making Contact, we bring you a story of urban planning and how race has shaped American cities. In a new book, Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption, Author Mitchell Schwarzer explores the origins and the lasting impacts of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built environment. Schwarzer, an architectural and urban historian, pulls from his experience as a city planner, and educator to tell th...
The Fight Over the Indian Child Welfare Act Is Not Just A Custody Battle (ENCORE) – Making Contact – June 9, 2023
June 09, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBIt’s a lesser-known case in the docket for the Supreme Court, but if The Indian Child Welfare Act is overturned, it could have massive implications for the laws that govern Indigenous sovereignty in the United States. We talk with author and activist Rebecca Nagle about the case of Baby O and the Librettis and how their story led to Halaand v. Brakeen. But, we also investigate the money and interests behind the lawsuit. There’s a lot at stake. Maybe even the very nature of tribal laws, which ...
Well Nourished: How Mutual Aid is Transforming Food Security for Single Moms in Ohio – Making Contact – June 2, 2023
June 02, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBFederal food programs, like WIC, face big changes coming out of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Meanwhile, a single moms collective in Ohio holds it down for the single pregnant and parenting people in their community. Motherful’s resource pantry serves their 325-strong membership out of a garage three times a week. We talk to members and founders to learn what’s it’s like to participate, how it all started and where food justice is headed for them now and in their...
Making Contact – May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – May 26, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact – May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – May 19, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
70 Million: Grand Juries, The Black Box of Justice Reform? – Making Contact – May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBGrand juries are supposed to safeguard against the government charging people with a crime when it lacks sufficient evidence. But because prosecutors control what happens in grand jury proceedings, they almost always get an indictment. That is, unless the accused is a police officer. This week on Making Contact, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a case of police brutality in Dallas that evaporated after going before a grand jury in an edited version of “Grand Juries, ...
What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking – Making Contact – May 5, 2023
May 05, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Silicon Valley Bank collapse brings with it memories of the wider 2008 economic crisis. Jeet Heer and John Nichols from The Nation join us to discuss the 2018 bank deregulations that set the stage for this moment and the risky investment strategy at the bank itself. They argue that bailout and FDIC’s role in the collapse could set the stage for a dangerous economic future. The post What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking – Making Contact – May 5, 2023 appeared first on KP...
Self-Managed Abortion: Medicine of the Future? – Making Contact – April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBSince Roe V. Wade was overturned last summer, it’s harder than ever to access abortion services. But it’s never been easy in the rural midwest and southern states, even when Roe was the law of the land. We sat down with staff at All Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington, Indiana to talk about how they handle an increase in need for funding the rising cost of abortion. They do a lot, but there’s one thing they can’t do. They can’t talk to clients about self-managed abortion, even th...
Making Contact – April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – April 21, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact – April 14, 2023
April 14, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – April 14, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact – April 7, 2023
April 07, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MBCovering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – April 7, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Making Contact March 31, 2023
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Making Contact March 24, 2023
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Making Contact March 17, 2023
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