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Marketing the Military (encore edition)

post thumbnail Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

The United States military has recently been pouring millions of tax dollars into recruitment efforts in an attempt to counteract well-publicized, Iraq war-influenced, recruitment dropoffs.


LGBTQ: On the Streets, In the Schools, Outside the System

post thumbnail Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

On this edition, we’ll hear from the LGBTQ community, on the streets, in the schools and outside the system.


Queer Youth Challenges (encore edition)

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

On this edition, we’ll take a look at the unique perspective of LGBTQ youth on such topics as foster care, childhood sexual abuse, and disability.


The Juvenile Injustice System (encore edition)

post thumbnail Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

On this edition, we’ll hear about scandal-ridden California youth authority, abuses inside one Brazil juvenile detention center, as well as alternative approaches helping troubled kids.


The Juvenile Injustice System

post thumbnail Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

On this edition, we’ll hear about the scandal-ridden California Youth Authority, abuses inside one of Brazil’s juvenile detention centers, as well as alternative approaches to helping troubled kids.


Social Security “Reform”: Rolling Back the New Deal

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

On this edition, we’ll explore the importance of the program to those often overlooked in the current debate over Social Security, like young people, and the disabled.


Queer Youth Challenges

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

On this edition, we’ll take a look at the unique perspective of LGBTQ youth on such topics as foster care, childhood sexual abuse, and disability.


ElectionWatch ‘04 – The Final Choice

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004

On this edition we take a look at an international mission to observe the U.S. elections, look at the impacts of a decade-long Republican-controlled Congress, and hear about an effort in the hip hop movement to persuade young voters to go to the polls.


Reaching for Peace in the Holy Land

Wednesday, September 15th, 2004

On this week’s edition of Making Contact, Israeli women defend Palestinian human rights at military checkpoints near Jerusalem.


Queer Youth Identities

post thumbnail Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

On this edition of Making Contact, a collaboration with KPFA’s Full Circle Apprenticeship Program, we’ll examine how queer identity intersects or collides with racial identity in the activist community and take a look at the fluidity of identity, from labels to families.



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