Well Nourished: How Mutual Aid is Transforming Food Security for Single Moms in Ohio (Encore)
Federal 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,...
Queens Memory Podcast: Seeing Signs
This episode is also available in Tagalog / Mapapakinggan din itong episode sa Tagalog: Today’s episode debuts our partnership with the Queens Memory Podcast, a project archiving stories from the most diverse community in the U.S., Queens, New York. “Little Manila” is a Filipino neighborhood dating back to the 1970s, but it still struggles to find its political footing. The community’s presence is strengthened through...
The Nakba: 75 Years On
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the “catastrophe” in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947, when Zionist militias expelled over 700,000 Palestinians from their homes, and the ongoing destruction and occupation of their lands. Today, Palestinians continue to commemorate the Nakba by reclaiming their history, resisting the occupation, and calling for their right to return. We start...
70 Million: Grand Juries, the Black Box of Justice Reform?
Grand 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...
What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking
The 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. Like this program? Please show us the love. Click...
Open Call for Pitches
Making Contact accepts freelance pitches on an ongoing, rolling basis, so we encourage you to get in touch if you have a story that fits our show! ABOUT MAKING CONTACT Making Contact is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly documentary-style public affairs program heard on over a hundred radio stations in the United States and across the world. Making Contact tells stories that go beyond the breaking news to showcase voices and...
Call for Pitches – December 2022
ABOUT MAKING CONTACT Making Contact is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly documentary-style public affairs program heard on over a hundred radio stations in the United States and across the world. Making Contact tells stories that go beyond the breaking news to showcase voices and perspectives often excluded by corporate media. We focus on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events through a...
Call for pitches: Call for pitches – Environmental Justice in Washington or California
We are seeking pitches from freelancers on the specific topic of Environmental Justice in either California or Washington state. Please send ideas to pitches@radioproject.org and include links to 2-3 examples of your previous audio work. In the subject of the email write Pitch: Environmental Justice. Pay rate is $1200 for a 13:30 minute segment. More on rates and the types of stories we accept below. Please submit pitches by email...
Welcome Producer Amy Gastelum!
We are so excited to welcome Amy Gastelum to our production team this month. Amy is a radio producer and reporter, public health nurse, audio storytelling instructor and mother. She’s lived and worked in Indianapolis, New York City and Providence. Gastelum earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Indiana University in 2008. She began her nursing career on the antenatal unit at the county hospital in Indianapolis and has...
Pitch us your stories!
Making Contact is once again accepting pitches on an ongoing basis! In 2020, the producers of Making Contact took a hiatus from accepting freelance pitches. That hiatus is over. Do you have a story pitch that: Links grassroots issues and human realities to national or international trends? Gives listeners a historical, political, or social context of major national and international events? Sheds light on social and economic...
