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July 01, 2016 Straddling Borders
Existing in two worlds can complicate your identity and complete it--whether it’s understanding your medicine man grandfather, to deepening the concept of love through a different tongue, these storytellers takes us around the world from Colombia to Papua New Guinea, seeking definition and connections with presumably different cultures.
Featuring:
Francis Rojas, Jeremiah Barber, William Guillermo Ortiz, Curandero / Medicine Man, Florentina Mocanu-Schendel, Doctoral Candidate at Stanford University, Warama Kurupel, Limol Village Leader, Grace Maher, Robai Reend, Donai Kurupel, Pingam Uziag, Jenny Dobola, Loni Garaiyi, Sandra Dikai, Merol Kwe, Manaleato Kolea
For More Information:
Ingrid Rojas Contreras, San Francisco-based author and essayist [1]
Language Documentation and Revitalization [2]
[1] http://ingridrojascontreras.com/
[2] http://katelynnlindsey.weebly.com/become-a-language-activist.html
30 min
June 24, 2016 Jane Mayer on the Hidden History of America’s Billionaires
Who is Charles Koch–really? Who are the members of “the Network”?—a semi-secret group assembled by the Koch brothers? How are the superrich’s priorities transforming American society? Journalist Jane Mayer spent several years searching for some of those answers, and her new book is titled Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billionaires.
Mayer is interviewed by Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief James Bennet.
Special thanks to Politics and Prose Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
Featuring:
Jane Meyer, author of Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billionaires; James Bennet, Atlantic Magazine editor-in-chief
Host: Andrew Stelzer
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Marie Choi, Jasmin Lopez, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth

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5 min
June 24, 2016 Jane Mayer on the Hidden History of America’s Billionaires
[1]Who is Charles Koch--really? Who are the members of “the Network”?—a semi-secret group assembled by the Koch brothers? How are the superrich’s priorities transforming American society? Journalist Jane Mayer spent several years searching for some of those answers, and her new book is titled Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billionaires.
Mayer is interviewed by Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief James Bennet.
Special thanks to Politics and Prose Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
Featuring:
Jane Meyer, author of Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billionaires; James Bennet, Atlantic Magazine editor-in-chief
Host: Andrew Stelzer
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Marie Choi, Jasmin Lopez, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth

[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/JaneMayer-KochBrothers.jpg
30 min
June 17, 2016 Making Contact – June 17, 2016
Covering 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.
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5 min
June 17, 2016 Making Contact – June 17, 2016
Covering 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.
30 min
June 10, 2016 Choosing Justice Over Fear
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of “Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears.” On this edition of Making Contact she reflects on her personal journey to embrace her identity as a Jewish woman while fighting for human rights for all.
Listen to stories, history and poetry that explore internalized anti-Semitism and racism, victimization and privilege, and Jewish politics around Israel and Palestine.

Featuring:
Penny Rosenwasser, Author, educator and activist with Middle East Children’s Alliance Smadar Lavie, a Mizrahi U.S.-Israeli anthropologist, author, and activist Kate Raphael, writer, feminist and queer activist and radio journalist, Kris Welch, radio producer and host Poem by Aurora Levins Morales

For More Information
PennyRosenwasser.com

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5 min
June 10, 2016 Choosing Justice Over Fear
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of “Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears.” On this edition of Making Contact she reflects on her personal journey to embrace her identity as a Jewish woman while fighting for human rights for all.
Listen to stories, history and poetry that explore internalized anti-Semitism and racism, victimization and privilege, and Jewish politics around Israel and Palestine.

Featuring:
Penny Rosenwasser, Author, educator and activist with Middle East Children’s Alliance Smadar Lavie, a Mizrahi U.S.-Israeli anthropologist, author, and activist Kate Raphael, writer, feminist and queer activist and radio journalist, Kris Welch, radio producer and host Poem by Aurora Levins Morales

For More Information
PennyRosenwasser.com [1]

[1] https://www.akpress.org/hope-into-practice.html
30 min
June 03, 2016 The Nakba, the Naksa, and the Future of Palestine
In 1948, Zionist militias expelled over 700,000 Palestinians from their villages and towns. The event, and the ongoing destruction and occupation of Palestine are referred to as the Nakba – the catastrophe. How did the events of 1948 shape Palestine and its diaspora? And generations later, how are Palestineans fighting to return home?
On this edition of Making Contact we reflect on the Nakba, the Naksa, and the future of Palestine.
Featuring:
Rami Almeghari, FSRN reporter; Ghazi Misleh, author of I Am from There and I Have Memories, Rabab Abdulhadi, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Senior Scholar of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative at San Francisco State University; Dina from Rammun, Mohannad from Ramle, Remi Kanazi, poet and author of Before the Next Bomb Drops.
Credits
Host: Marie Choi
Producers: Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, Jasmin Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
For more information
Rami Almeghari, Free Speech Radio News, “Profile: Refugee documents razed village’s history through memory of its displaced”
Nakba Survivor, testimonials
Remi Kanazi, poet and author of Before the Next Bomb Drops
Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural, Art Forces, Estria Foundation, NorCal Friends of Sabeel
Institute for Middle East Understanding, “Nakba Museum Exhibit Opens in D.C.”
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5 min
June 03, 2016 The Nakba, the Naksa, and the Future of Palestine
[1]In 1948, Zionist militias expelled over 700,000 Palestinians from their villages and towns. The event, and the ongoing destruction and occupation of Palestine are referred to as the Nakba – the catastrophe. How did the events of 1948 shape Palestine and its diaspora? And generations later, how are Palestineans fighting to return home?
On this edition of Making Contact we reflect on the Nakba, the Naksa, and the future of Palestine.
Featuring:
Rami Almeghari, FSRN reporter; Ghazi Misleh, author of I Am from There and I Have Memories, Rabab Abdulhadi, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Senior Scholar of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative at San Francisco State University; Dina from Rammun, Mohannad from Ramle, Remi Kanazi, poet and author of Before the Next Bomb Drops.
Credits
Host: Marie Choi
Producers: Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, Jasmin Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
For more information
Rami Almeghari, Free Speech Radio News, “Profile: Refugee documents razed village’s history through memory of its displaced” [2]
Nakba Survivor, testimonials [3]
Remi Kanazi, poet and author of Before the Next Bomb Drops [4]
Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural, Art Forces, Estria Foundation, NorCal Friends of Sabeel [5]
Institute for Middle East Understanding, “Nakba Museum Exhibit Opens in D.C.” [6]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Palestinian_refugees.jpg
[2] https://fsrn.org/2015/05/profile-refugee-documents-razed-villages-history-through-memory-of-its-displaced/
[3] http://www.nakbasurvivor.com/
[4] http://remikanazi.com/
[5] http://artforces.org/projects/murals/usa/oakland-palestine-solidarity-mural/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_J85_f3-WI
[6] http://imeu.org/article/nakba-museum-exhibit-opens-in-dc
30 min
May 06, 2016 After Disaster: Picking up the Pieces in an Age of Climate Change (Encore)
This is a special encore edition.
Among the effects of climate change are more extreme weather events, such as Typhoon Haiyan, Superstorm Sandy, and a severe drought stretching across much of the Western United States. On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take a deeper look at the social and psychological impacts of climate change, and the weight of inaction.
Featuring:
Niki Stanley and Derice Klass, Far Rockaway residents; Zardos V. Abela, firefighter for the Bureau of Fire Protection inTacloban, Phillipines; Abigail Gewirtz, psychologist at the University of Minnesota; Stephan Wasik, Valley Fire survivor; Jeff Keenan, Valley Fire survivor; Erica Petersen, Valley Fire survivor; and Manuel Orozco, Behavioral Health Fiscal Manager, Lake County Behavioral Health.
Please call us if you carry us-510-459-8558-and we will list your station on our website. If you excerpt, please credit early and often.
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5 min

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