Best Making Contact" By National Radio Project Podcasts (2024)

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The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore) 29:18

26m ago29:18

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Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of systemic racism and the prison industrial complex. This story first aired February 2023. Pinderhughes and The Healing Project takes action towards abolition with forms such as …

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Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity (Encore) 29:15

3d ago29:15

29:15

The vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of family care and paid assistance, or exclusively paid formal care. Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a l…

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Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice (Encore) 29:15

11d ago29:15

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Inflammatory diseases are on the rise around the world, and when left unaddressed can turn chronic. Now, doctors are finally starting to pay more attention. But why & when does a beneficial part of our immune system turn against us? Raj Patel & Rupa Marya think it has a lot to do with the world we live in. They talk about climate change, ecological…

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Family Matters: What Helps Black Trans Kids Thrive 29:17

22d ago29:17

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Kids are coming out as LGBTQ+ younger than ever before, making their identities more politicized than ever before. Hateful political rhetoric and discriminatory laws are likely contributing to the poor mental health documented among LGBTQ+ kids. In an effort to combat these struggles, researchers are studying what works to keep kids healthy, happy,…

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Family Matters: How Communities Support Trans Kids in Conservative States 29:17

25d ago29:17

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In 2023, Kirin Clawson’s endocrinologist placed a puberty-blocking implant in her arm, a medical intervention that is associated with improved mental health for many trans kids with gender dysphoria. In February, Indiana joined several other conservative states banning this treatment for minors. In the first of a 2-part series, we hear from the Cla…

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The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation 29:17

1M ago29:17

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Caste—one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world—is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. The average age of death for Dalit women is just 39. And the wreckages of caste are replicated here in the U.S., too—er…

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Disclose! Divest!: Behind the Fight Over College Endowments 29:16

1M ago29:16

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As graduation approached this year, students around the country began protests after calls for divestment from Israel were initially ignored by university leadership. The campus encampments were met with physical violence and the mainstream press dismissed the students' demands as naive and immature. But, it turns out that there's a lot we should b…

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Borders: What are they good for? 29:17

2M ago29:17

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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? And what happens when borders cross living land and communities? We'll dig into these questions in this week's episode with the help of Heba Gowayed, sociology professor at CUNY Hunter College and Gr…

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The Art of Healing: Finding Strength Through Frida Kahlo 29:18

2M ago29:18

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This week on Making Contact we take a look at one of the most prolific Mexican artists, Frida Kahlo, and how she inspired the Latina artist collective, “The Phoenix Fridas.” “In Confianza, with Pulso” producer Anthony Wallace brings us the story of Thania Betancourt Alcazar. A member of “The Phoenix Fridas,” Alcazar discovered a lifeline in the art…

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Jenny Odell and Discovering Life Beyond the Clock (Encore) 29:16

2M ago29:16

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Have you ever really considered how we view time as a society? From work to leisure to appointments, we schedule every minute of our days, but how often do we think about why we treat time the way we do, our relationship to it, and why we value productivity over all else? This week, we talk to Jenny Odell about the ideas behind her book Saving Time…

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Uncovering the Refugee Experience & Healing Through Storytelling (Encore) 29:18

2M ago29:18

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This week's Making Contact episode is about two strong women who survived historic trauma, and the stories they later told their families. We start with the story of Katie Wilson. Born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Kiev, Ukraine, she grew up safe and comfortable - until the Russian Revolution. After holding it close for years to protect the next …

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Survival for All: Securing Vaccines for the Global South 29:16

3M ago29:16

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At the beginning of the pandemic, we reported on the extreme inequality of the vaccine rollout to low income countries. Their access was hindered because of a Western patent system which was imposed globally through the WTO. At the time, activists tried to pass the TRIPS (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Waiver, w…

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You Can Still Have An Abortion 29:16

3M ago29:16

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How does anyone make sense of abortion access these days? We sat down with All Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington, Indiana to talk about what’s changed since Indiana’s full abortion ban went into effect last August. Local abortion funds like All Options do a lot, but they can't talk to clients about self-managed abortion, even though …

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The Coast Miwok Peoples, Colonization, and the Preservation of Indigenous History (Encore) 29:45

3M ago29:45

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Dive into the history of Point Reyes National Seashore, one of the most iconic parks in northern California, with us. Known for rugged sweeping beaches and the famous tule elk, we'll recount 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 fam…

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America's Black Capital 29:44

3M ago29:44

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America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy” chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. Alongside author Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, in …

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The Origins of Zionism 29:16

3M ago29:16

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For the last 6 months, the world has been witness to a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Outsized, and unprecedented attacks on the people of Gaza, and support from western countries for these Israeli attacks have led to a situation where Gaza is being referred to as the world’s largest open-air prison. In this episode with Gaza-based reporter Rami Alme…

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No, COVID Isn’t “Over,” and the Need for Continued Community 29:15

4M ago29:15

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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 hands. On today's show, we look at two groups steeped in the values of community care. First, we'll hear about the Auntie Sewing Squad, which distributed over 350,000 hand-sewn m…

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Reproductive Justice: The Ongoing Struggle for Bodily Autonomy (Encore) 29:08

4M ago29:08

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Today we share excerpts from “She's Beautiful When She's Angry,” a documentary filled with stories that still resonate today as women face new challenges around reproductive rights and sexual violence. The documentary tells the stories of the activists of the Women’s Liberation Movement that gained traction in the late 1960s and led to social and p…

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Who’s Afraid of DEI?: Interrogating Gender & Race in the Workplace (Encore) 29:16

4M ago29:16

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“There was not a moment that I came into the workplace and thought that I would belong or be treated properly or equally.” Ruchika Tulshyan, a workplace inclusion expert, paraphrases an interview with Ijeoma Oluo, a thought leader on race in America, for Tulshyan’s book, Inclusion on Purpose. In the conversation featured in this episode, these two …

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The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore) 29:11

4M ago29:11

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Geoengineering is defined as some emerging technologies that could manipulate the environment and partially offset some of the impacts of climate change. Seems like the perfect solution for a consumerist society that lives on instant gratification and can’t stop polluting even at the risk of our futures, right? Well, let’s slow down. Today we’ll di…

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The Feminist Birth of the Home Pregnancy Test 29:17

5M ago29:17

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In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young designer creating packaging for a pharmaceutical company. Looking at the rows of pregnancy tests she thought, “Well, women could do that at home!” and so she made it a reality for potentially pregnant people to be able to know about and take control of their own lives and bodies. But while the design of the protot…

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Jenny Odell on Saving Time 29:16

5M ago29:16

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On this week's episode, we take a critical look at productivity culture and the idea that time is money by speaking with Jenny Odell, acclaimed author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. We dig into the ideas behind Saving Time, which gives a panoramic overview of how the ways …

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Giving Bayard Rustin His Flowers (Encore) 29:12

5M ago29:12

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Today, we continue celebrating Black history and heritage with a special encore episode honoring an often forgotten civil rights leader. We take a look at the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, a central figure in and the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was a trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and Dr. Martin Luther…

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Tulsa's Black History Saturday School 29:11

5M ago29:11

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2021 marked the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre - a horrific attack white people waged against Greenwood, a once prosperous Black neighborhood in north Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also in 2021, state legislators passed a law that limits how race is discussed in classrooms. Tulsa activists say HB 1775 prevents descendants of those who built Greenwood fro…

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Building Back Black Wall Street 29:15

5M ago29:15

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Black Wall Street, or the historically Black neighborhood Greenwood, Oklahoma is the site of once a 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 the second episode of our three part Black H…

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The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore) 29:18

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Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity (Encore) 29:15

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Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice (Encore) 29:15

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Family Matters: What Helps Black Trans Kids Thrive 29:17

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Family Matters: How Communities Support Trans Kids in Conservative States 29:17

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The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation 29:17

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Disclose! Divest!: Behind the Fight Over College Endowments 29:16

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Borders: What are they good for? 29:17

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The Art of Healing: Finding Strength Through Frida Kahlo 29:18

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Jenny Odell and Discovering Life Beyond the Clock (Encore) 29:16

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Uncovering the Refugee Experience & Healing Through Storytelling (Encore) 29:18

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Survival for All: Securing Vaccines for the Global South 29:16

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You Can Still Have An Abortion 29:16

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The Coast Miwok Peoples, Colonization, and the Preservation of Indigenous History (Encore) 29:45

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America's Black Capital 29:44

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The Origins of Zionism 29:16

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No, COVID Isn’t “Over,” and the Need for Continued Community 29:15

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Reproductive Justice: The Ongoing Struggle for Bodily Autonomy (Encore) 29:08

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Who’s Afraid of DEI?: Interrogating Gender & Race in the Workplace (Encore) 29:16

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The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore) 29:11

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The Feminist Birth of the Home Pregnancy Test 29:17

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Jenny Odell on Saving Time 29:16

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Giving Bayard Rustin His Flowers (Encore) 29:12

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