Episodes: 25
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 4.6k subscribers
Publicly listed emails
makingcontact@radioproject.org
web@kpfa.org
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Amy Gastelum - Host of a public-affairs program covering social justice movements, issues, and community advocates.
Salima Hamirani - Host of a public-affairs program covering social justice movements, issues, and community advocates.
Anita Jonhson - Host of a public-affairs program covering social justice movements, issues, and community advocates.
Lucy Kang - Host of a public-affairs program covering social justice movements, issues, and community advocates.
Jimmy Perez - Veterans’ Transition From Military Service And Access To Benefits And Support.
Thomas Brother Woods - Veteran-led Support, Transition Challenges, And Access To Services.
Charles Gonzales - Veterans’ Experiences With Post-service Benefits And Support Systems.
Shalimar Cabrera - Veterans’ Transition Challenges And The Delivery Of Housing And Support Services.
Sam Corbett - Veterans’ Experiences Accessing Housing And Post-service Support.
Making Contact – The Power of Music
October 16, 2026
Freedom Needs a Soundtrack tells the story of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts: co-founder Erin Potts on how music made her an activist, and former political prisoner Ngawang Sangdrol on the freedom songs nuns sang inside Drapchi Prison. Notes: Making Contact is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world. Coverin...
Making Contact – Making Contact – Making Contact: Is Southeast Louisiana Doomed? [Encore]
September 18, 2026
A study published in May in the journal Nature Sustainability reports that the shoreline could eventually sit some 30 miles north of New Orleans. The finding does not come from a model. The authors dated a buried ridge north of the city and identified it as a shoreline from the last interglacial period, the last time global temperatures were about where they are now. Three quarters of Louisiana’s remaining coastal wetlands are projected to be gone or going by around 2070. Two river diversion ...
Making Contact – Making Contact: Is Southeast Louisiana Doomed?
September 11, 2026
A study published in May in the journal Nature Sustainability reports that the shoreline could eventually sit some 30 miles north of New Orleans. The finding does not come from a model. The authors dated a buried ridge north of the city and identified it as a shoreline from the last interglacial period, the last time global temperatures were about where they are now. Three quarters of Louisiana’s remaining coastal wetlands are projected to be gone or going by around 2070. Two river diversion ...
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