KPFA - Making Contact

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August 17, 2007 Making Contact – August 17, 2007 at 1:30pm
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August 10, 2007 Making Contact – August 10, 2007
Musicians, Migrants and All That Jazz
On the next Making Contact…Musicians have always been the heart and soul of New Orleans. And like everyone else in the flood damaged city, they’re struggling to survive. On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn how the historic New Orleans music scene plays on and how new influences are bringing hope to the
struggling city.
Musicians have always been the heart and soul of New Orleans and like everyone else in the flood damaged city, they’re struggling to survive. Two years after the disaster, only half of the residents have returned, and large swaths of the region remain as uninhabitable as the day the levees broke. And yet the bands play on.
On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn how the historic New Orleans music scene endures and how new influences are bringing hope to the struggling city.
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July 27, 2007 Making Contact – July 27, 2007 at 1:30pm
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July 20, 2007 Making Contact – July 20, 2007 at 1:30pm
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July 13, 2007 Making Contact – July 13, 2007 at 1:30pm
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July 06, 2007 Making Contact – July 6, 2007
Women Rising IX: International Changemakers Honoring Elder Women Activists (encore edition)
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June 29, 2007 Making Contact – June 29, 2007 at 1:30pm
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June 22, 2007 Making Contact – June 22, 2007 at 1:30pm
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June 15, 2007 Making Contact – June 15, 2007 at 1:30pm
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June 08, 2007 Making Contact – June 8, 2007
New Orleans is the largest construction site in the United States, and is being rebuilt by an immigrant and migrant workforce that is mostly new to the area. Some them bet their futures on the
promise of work and fair pay. The work is here, but too often the pay is
not. We’ll hear from the people on the ground making a difference in the
lives of these workers and from the workers themselves.
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