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Misrepresented: Interrupting Muslim & Arab Stereotypes
April 29, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBHollywood has had a long history of whitewashing and stereotyping different groups –from brownface to blackface and yellowface. For Arabs and Muslims, persistent clichés throughout Hollywood’s history range from desert scenes with camels and palm trees, and characters cast as barbaric villains, belly dancers, or terrorists among others. On this edition of Making Contact we’ll meet people confronting racist depictions of Muslims and Arabs in pop culture and politics; and two young women evalua...
From Dreamers in Arizona to Muslims in Michigan: Immigrant Communities Upholding
April 22, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBThis edition of Making Contact is Part I of our special series examining how immigrants are responding and participating in elections and politics today. From Dreamers in Arizona to Muslims in Michigan, we’ll meet immigrant communities upholding democracy. We’ll also have a conversation with author of the “Fight to Vote,” Michael Waldman about how immigrants throughout history have expanded the right to vote. Featuring: Elizabeth Perez, co-founder of La Machine; Kate Gallego, City of Phoenix ...
Making Contact – April 15, 2016
April 15, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBCovering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López. The post Making Contact – April 15, 2016 appeared first on KPFA.
Not a Drop to Drink (Encore)
April 08, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBThis is a special encore edition. It’s something many of us take for granted: access to clean drinking water. But for many Americans it’s not something they can rely on. From chemical spills in West Virginia to ecoli in the water on the Texas-Mexico border, to contamination from farming in California. On this edition, we hear what happens when there’s not a drop to drink. Featuring: Angela Walker, Charleston resident; Neena Satija, environment reporter Texas Tribune; Daisy Gonzalez and Vicent...
The true cost of fast fashion: a look inside Los Angeles sweatshops
April 01, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBLos Angeles’ garment district is notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outright theft of earned wages. Yet the name-brand clothes that some of us are wearing right now, may have been produced in factories like these. On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district. Featuring: Irma, garment workers; Eulalia, garment worker; and Marissa Nuncio, the director of LA’s Garment Worker Center. Credits: Host: Monica Lopez Producers: Laura Flynn, ...
Unstoppable: The Fight for 15
March 25, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBIn 2012, fast food workers in NYC kicked off a movement that has exceeded all expectations, and changed the conversation about the minimum wage. On this edition, low paid workers tell the story of the fight for 15, the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages. Featuring: Alvin Major, KFC employee and original NYC striker; Richard Wilson, Walmart employee; Bernardo Monteo, Chanda Roberts, Jayla Mosley; fast food workers; Mary Kay Henry, SEIU President; Ken Jacobs, chair of the UC Berkeley ...
Life, Breath, and Toxics: Lethal Negligence of Northeast and South L.A.
March 18, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBFrom Norco, Louisiana to Flint, Michigan to Los Angeles, California – environmental racism is real. On this edition of Making Contact, we look at polluting industries in Northeast and South L.A. We begin with a story by Making Contact’s Community Storytelling Fellow Ivan Rodriguez, followed by an interview with journalist Aura Bogado and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis. Featuring: Ivan Maceda Rodriguez, Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow; Aura Bogado, Journalist; Hilda Sol...
Women Rising 30: International Slavery and Human Trafficking
March 11, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBWomen Rising Radio #30 profiles women fighting slavery, trafficking and forced labor globally. Featuring: Ima Matul, with CAST LA, was trafficked to Los Angeles, was rescued by the Coalition Against Slavery and Trafficking in Los Angeles, and now heads CAST’s leadership program. Joanna Ewart-James is the executive director of WALK FREE, an online and on-the-ground network battling trafficking, forced labor, and servitude worldwide. WALK FREE is based in London. Elena Uraleva is an independent...
We Are the Bomb: Boots Riley and Dave Zirin Talk Activism and Politics
February 12, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBRapper and grassroots organizer Boots Riley’s recent book is titled “Tell Homeland Security: We Are the Bomb”. Riley appeared at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington DC, where he was interviewed by author and Edge of Sports blogger Dave Zirin. Special thanks to Politics and Prose Bookstore & Coffeehouse Featuring: Boots Riley, “Tell Homeland Security: We Are the Bomb” author; Dave Zirin, “Edge of Sports” blogger More information Tell Homeland Security: We Are the Bomb by Boots Riley Pol...
Failing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care System (Encore)
February 05, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBNicole Rocke, former foster youth; Kyle Lafferty, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: Linda Bryant, Clinical Professor at New York University’s School of Social Work; Benita Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Family Permanency Services at the Administration of Children’s Services; Lorraine Jacobs, caseworker; Yolanda Vasquez, former foster youth; Adriane Fugh-Berman, Pharmacology Professor at Georgetown University’s Medical Center; Bill Grimm, Attorney at National Cent...
Tent Cities: When Society Fails to House
January 29, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBTent cities have popped up across the country, from New Jersey to Texas to New Mexico. Many are starting to build more permanent living structures. So what are the benefits of living in a cluster of tents? And is this part of a real solution to homelessness? Featuring: Eric Tars, Sr. Attorney with The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty; Jack Tefari, John Reese, Ibrahim Mubarak, Doug, Dignity Village residents; Will, John Derrig, Asa Yoe, Chris Semrau, Nicklesville residents; Sha...
Abortion Access Under Attack
January 22, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBSpecial edition of Making Contact with guest Host, Rose Aguilar discussing reproductive health and abortion rights 43 years after Roe v. Wade. Featuring: Corrine Rivera-Fowler, deputy director of COLOR, the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights; Carol Joffe, professor at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco and author of “Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Cost of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and...
A Dream Remembered?: Martin Luther King Jr and the Grassroots Civil Rights Movement ENCORE
January 15, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBThis is a special encore edition. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King Jr delivered one of the most famous speeches of all time. But it nearly didn’t happen. On this special edition of Making Contact for MLK Day, Gary Younge, author of The Speech talks about Martin Luther King Junior’s Dream and the story behind it. Special thanks to the New School for use of their recording. Featuring: Gary Younge, author of The Speech: Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream a...
Women Rising 29: Food Sovereignty
January 08, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBWomen Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities. Featuring: Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya; Adelita San Vicente Tello, founder of Semillas de Vida; Sage La Pena, Native American, ethno- botanist and food sovereignty activist; Kanyon Sayers-Roods, Native American youth educator. More information: Navdanya fundación semillas de vida The Women’s Herbal Symposium of Northern California I Who are the Teachers Kanyon – Portfolio https:/...
Squatters: Intruders or Innovators (ENCORE)
January 01, 2016 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBRobert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World”, estimates that more than a billion people—that’s 1 in 7–are squatters. This week, we visit squats in Venezuela and the Philippines. We find out why squatters aren’t just tolerated, but are crucial to the growth of major cities and national economies. Featuring: Robert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World”; Filomena Cinco, Barangay captain of Estero de San Miguel; Luz Sud...
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2015 Year in Review
December 25, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBAlicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder; Cat Brooks, Anti Police Terror Project; Antonia Juhasz, Investigative Journalist; Thomas DarDar, United Houma Nation Chief; Mark Miller, Southern Utah University History professor; Sylvia Rivera, Remembering Stonewall oral history project; Michael Schirker, Remembering Stonewall oral history project; Aesha Rasheed, Southerners on New Ground. Host: Jasmin Lopez Producers: Laura Flynn, Andrew Stelzer, and Jasmin Lopez Executive Director: Lisa Rudman ...
Making Contact – The Elusive Neighborhood Cop
December 04, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBWho remembers the local beat cop, who lives in and really knows the community? Increasingly, police don’t live in the neighborhoods, or even the cities they patrol. But is that a problem? On this edition, should police be required to live in the cities they patrol? Law enforcement agencies around the country are struggling for answers to a question that’s about race, class and geography. Featuring: Officer Charles Stone, Sergeant Mildred Oliver, Chief Sean Whent, Oakland police dept.; Bob Nas...
Walking in Two Worlds ENCORE
November 27, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBThis is a special encore edition. We bring you to Alaska’s Tongass Forest, where the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act turned tribes into corporations and sparked a lengthy logging frenzy. In this radio adaptation of the documentary film, Walking in Two Worlds, we meet a Tlingit brother and sister, who are trying to heal both the forest and their native community. Special thanks to Specialty Studios. Featuring: Wanda Culp & Bob Loescher, Tlinget brother & Sister; Peter Coyote, narrator; Mik...
Making Contact – November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBCovering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López. The post Making Contact – November 20, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.
Resurrected: Formerly Incarcerated Change-Makers
November 13, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBIn order to reduce prison over-crowding the Justice Department is releasing about 6,000 non-violent inmates early. Darris Young is working to make sure upon release individuals can successfully transition after incarceration. On the Next edition of Making Contact we’ll meet more individuals like Darris who also went to prison, came out and dedicated their life to making a positive difference. Featuring: Frankie V. Guzman, Attorney at the National Center for Youth Law; Frederick Hutson, Founde...
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
November 06, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MB2016 marks 50 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party-a group that’s took the world by the storm, but is still widely misunderstood. There’s a new documentary film that’s trying to set the record straight. On this edition of Making Contact, journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution. Featuring: Stanley Nelson, Director of Black Panthers: vanguard of the Revolution; Eric Arnold, journalist The post The Black Panther...
Concussions: Your Brain or the Game?
October 30, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBThis is a special encore edition. They say a smart athlete will use their head. But what if using your head cost you everything? That’s a question being asked in locker rooms the world over. Whether it’s boxing, hockey, or soccer, it seems that head injuries are finally being taken seriously. In the United States, lawsuits brought by players, as well as a body of scientific evidence, has lead to growing awareness about the impact American football has on players’ brains. And now a similar deb...
Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows
October 23, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBMillions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. They’re often not even thought of as legitimate work. On this edition of Making Contact, we’re going to meet people making work where there is no work for them. From recyclers, to border couriers, to waste pickers, we’re exploring the informal labor sector and what some are doing to gain greater recognition, protections, and rights. Featuring: Landon Go...
WOMEN RISING RADIO XXVIII: Global Community
October 16, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBEver since the presidential campaign of 2008, there’s been a lot of interest in what community organizers do… Women Rising Radio 28 profiles global community organizers – whose work is based in their compassion and common sense, and whose organizing is making a worldwide impact. Featuring Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service (USA); Amber Khan, Women For Women International (USA); Zainab Salbi, Emerita, Women For Women International (USA); Martha Karnga, Executive Director, Bassa W...
Guns: An American Tradition
October 09, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBLove em or hate em, they’re an ever present part of American culture. And they’re not going away anytime soon. On this edition, we talk guns…from the shooting range, to the black panthers, to red state America. The people behind the trigger are probably not who you’d assume. Featuring: Matt Knox, gun owner; Ed & Dave, gun owners; Huey Newton, Black Panther; Tamu Mcfalls, former member of the communist party More information: Black Panther Party history Communist Party USA Gun Control ProCon ...
Not Throw Away Women: Black and Indigenous Women Disrupt Violence (Encore)
September 11, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBThis is a special encore edition. On today’s show we’re exploring how some women have been dehumanized to the point of indifference. We ll learn how one community is undoing the silence around the violence women of color face. We ll also hear about how serial killers were able to hunt down mostly Black women for three decades in South Los Angeles. Then we ll take you to the Yucatan where pregnant indigenous women struggle under a health care system failing to provide proper medical care. Fea...
Bipolarized: Rethinking Mental Illness
September 04, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBRoss McKenzie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but after 15 years on Lithium, he wasn’t getting any better. He decided to take matters into his own hands, get off the drug, and find out why so many people are being told they have mental illnesses. This week on Making Contact, we bring you an abridged version of the film Bipolarized; Rethinking Mental Illness, chronicling McKenzie’s journey. Special thanks to Specialty Studios Featuring: Ross McKenzie, diagnosed with Bipolar disorder; Ros...
Getting Out
August 28, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBNationally, American prisons release more than 650,000 people into society every year. That’s equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Boston. On this edition, producer Aaron Mendelson followed ex-prisoner Kevin Tindall on his journey out of prison. Special thanks to Claire Schoen and the University of California Berkeley, School of Journalism. Featuring: Gordon Brown, ex-prisoner; Monta Kevin Tindall, ex-prisoner; Jerry Elster, ex-prisoner; Tom Gorham, Program Director Options Recov...
Changing Communities, Imminent Threats: Katrina’s Legacy
August 21, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBOn August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Ten years later, it s estimated there are nearly 100,000 fewer African Americans living in the city of New Orleans. Drawn by reconstruction work, the number of Latino immigrants has nearly doubled. Reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina drew thousands of people from India, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, and other Latin American countries. Workers were charged with pulling dead bodies from abandoned homes and rebuilding N...
Making Contact – August 14, 2015
August 14, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBCovering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López. The post Making Contact – August 14, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.
Thwarting Democracy, the Battle for Voting Rights (Encore)
August 07, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBSince the 2013 Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, many states have pushed changes to voter laws that raise disturbing connections to the past. On this week’s show, we’ll hear about hard fought battles for voting rights and the implications of new laws. Featuring: Reverend Tyrone Edwards, civil rights historian in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana; Tyrone Brooks, Georgia State Representative; Clifford Kuhn, Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; JT Johnson, civil righ...
Making Contact – July 31, 2015
July 31, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBCovering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López. The post Making Contact – July 31, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.
Living Downstream ENCORE
July 24, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBThis is a special encore edition. Renowned biologist Sandra Steingraber has made fighting environmentally induced cancers her lifes work. Steingraber’s book, Living Downstream, has been turned into a movie chronicling a year in her life trying to create a world free of cancer causing toxics. On this edition, we hear excerpts of the documentary film, Living Downstream. Special thanks to The People’s Picture Company for allowing us to excerpt the film ‘Living Downstream’. Featuring: Sandra St...
Why We Owe: David Graeber on the Origins of Debt
July 17, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBFrom unpaid bills to entire governments facing bankruptcy, debt is never far from our minds or the news. It’s deeply embedded in our lives: our language, culture, even major religions. It’s also at the heart of many of our most pressing political debates. But have you ever thought about where debt comes from? On this edition of Making Contact we hear from Anthropologist David Graeber, author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years.” Graeber traces the history of debt and asks what might we learn from...
My Body, My Message (Encore) – July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBThis is a special encore edition. The female body as medium, and as message. How can a woman determine how she is perceived by the world, and even by herself? On this edition, we hear stories of women who are using their bodies for political protest, and as tools of self-empowerment…forcing everyone to reevaluate their perspectives on the female form. Featuring: Neda Topaloski & Xenia Chernyshova, Femen members; Galia Ackerman, author of the book “Femen”; Catherine King, International Museu...
Bodily Safety: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Shootings
July 03, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBWhen journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates set out to write about police killings he went to visit Mable Jones. Back in 2000, Jones’ son, a friend of Coates from their time at Howard University, was shot and killed by police in Virginia. He was twenty-five years old. Written in the form of a letter to his own teenage son, Coates’ book “Between the World and Me” puts police shootings in a wider context. Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke as part of the Lannan Foundation’s Pursuit of Cultural Freedom Series. Featuri...
Not Throw Away Women: Black and Indigenous Women Disrupt Violence
June 26, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBOn today’s show we’re exploring how some women have been dehumanized to the point of indifference. We’ll learn how one community is undoing the silence around the violence women of color face. We’ll also hear about how serial killers were able to hunt down mostly Black women for three decades in South Los Angeles. Then we’ll take you to the Yucatan where pregnant indigenous women struggle under a health care system failing to provide proper medical care. Featuring: Rochelle Robinson, Making C...
Failing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care System
June 19, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBThis show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric medications in California’s foster care system. Special thanks to the Bay Area News Group. Featuring: Nicole Rocke, former foster youth; Kyle Lafferty, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: Linda Bryant, Clinical Professor at New York University’s School of Social Work; Benita Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Family Permanenc...
Making Contact – June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBCovering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López. The post Making Contact – June 12, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.
Beyond Stonewall: The Push for LGBT Civil Rights
June 05, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBWe go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today’s show we’ll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBT civil rights. The first Pride parades took place in June 1970 marking the 1st anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Michael Schirker and David Isay bring us an oral history Remembering Stonewall: The Birth of a Movement. Editor at large of the Huffington Posts’ Gay Voices Michelang...
Making Contact – Walking in Two Worlds – May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBWe bring you to Alaska’s Tongass Forest, where the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act turned tribes into corporations and sparked a lengthy logging frenzy. In this radio adaptation of the documentary film, Walking in Two Worlds, we meet a Tlingit brother and sister, who are trying to heal both the forest and their native community. Special thanks to Specialty Studios. Featuring: Wanda Culp & Bob Loescher, Tlinget brother & Sister; Peter Coyote, narrator; Mike Jackson, Tlingit tribal historia...
States of Censorship: Journalism Under Attack
May 01, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBImprisonment, oppressive laws, and harassment of journalists – these are just a few means of censorship around the world. The use of these repressive tactics threaten freedom of expression and the public’s right to information. On this edition, we hear from journalists in Ecuador and Mexico, and learn about the most censored countries from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Featuring: William Morocho, Page Designer with Diario HOY; Jaime Mantilla, Director of Diario HOY newspaper; Carlos O...
The Power of Poetry ENCORE
April 24, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBMaking Contact partnered with the 2014 National Poetry Slam to produce this special open mic highlighting the power of thoughtful, truth telling, community focused poetry. Featuring: Chris Cuadrado; Lindsay Stone; Jared Paul; Caitlin Clark; Queen T, spoken word poets. More information: http://nps2014.poetryslam.com/ Full Length recording of the 2014 social justice open mic https://soundcloud.com/makingcontact/2014-national-poetry-slam-social-justice-open-mic The post The Power of Poetry ENCOR...
BP Five Years Later: Deepwater Horizon and the Cost of Oil
April 17, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBFive years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal”. On this edition, we follow BP’s trail from the bayous of Louisiana to the fine art galleries of London. Featuring: Antonia Juhasz, investigative Journalist; Monique Verdin & Beau Verdin, Houma tribe members; David Gauthe, community organizer; Thomas DarDar, United Houma Nation Chief; Mark Miller, Southern Utah University History professor; Mel Evans, author of Artwash: Big Oil and the ...
Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise
April 10, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBClimate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it’s also having a more surprising influence on the country’s tigers. On this edition of Making Contact, reporter Daniel Grossman takes us to India in Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise. Heat of the Moment was originally produced for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and WBUR. Featuring: Pranabes Sanyal, former park director for the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve; Amit Mallick, Sundarbans resident and man attacked b...
The Controversial Nicaragua Canal
April 03, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MB1895 Nicaragua Canal Cartoon Officially opening in 1914, the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific creating a short-cut for ships. It was the biggest infrastructure project of its time. But originally the United States wanted to build the canal in Nicaragua. The plans shifted largely after French engineer Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla convinced U.S. lawmakers otherwise. Well now the Nicaragua canal plans are back on the table. Nicaragua plans to build a $50 billion canal to connect th...
Coffee: Trouble Brewing?
March 27, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBIt’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe. Featuring: Jairo Martinez, Mariana Cruz, Suzana Angarita, coffee farmers; Jeff Goldman, former executive director Fairtrade Resource Network, Jeff Chean, Principal and Chief Coffee Guy Groundworks Roasters...
Fighting Goliath (Part 2) Encore
March 20, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBThe Canadian Tar Sands is the largest industrial project on earth. And the potential environmental consequences have brought together citizens from across borders, to fight its rippling effects. On this edition, the second of a two part special, on the growing resistance to the tarsands. Fighting Goliath produced by Barbara Bernstein. Featuring: Kevin Lewis, Idaho Rivers United conservation director; Linwood Laughy, writer & historian; Borg Hendrickson, Clearwater Country co-author; Andrew N...
Fighting Goliath (Part 1)
March 13, 2015 15:30 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBThe Canadian Tar Sands is the largest industrial project on earth. And the potential environmental consequences have brought together citizens from across borders, to fight its rippling effects. On this edition, the first of a two part special, on the growing resistance to the tarsands. Fighting Goliath produced by Barbara Bernstein. Featuring: Kevin Lewis, Idaho Rivers United conservation director; Linwood Laughy, writer & historian; Borg Hendrickson, Clearwater Country co-author; Andrew Ni...
Making Contact – Krip Hop – January 30, 2015 at 3:00pm
January 30, 2015 15:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post Making Contact – Krip Hop – January 30, 2015 at 3:00pm appeared first on KPFA.