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See MORE here: https://karenswain.com/damien-john-nott/ Damien John Nott is one of Australia's leading UFO researchers and documentary personalities, known for his compelling work in the field of unexplained aerial phenomena. Damien started 'AAPI' (Australian aerial phenomena Investigations) back in 2012 to bring together active field investigators from around the country. He has starred in several acclaimed documentaries, including Australien Skies and Making Contact, and has been featured on international platforms such as Ancient Aliens (History Channel), Tercer Milenio (Mexico), Channel 9 The Today show and Mornings, Channel 7 Today Tonight, and the series UFOs Down Under. Episode: 70 on UPRN - ATP Media Awakening Consciousness with KAren Swain Welcomes Damien Knott Host: KAren Swain https://karenswain.com See our links https://linktr.ee/KArenSwain More shows here: https://karenswain.com/listen/ Appreciate KAren's work Awakening Consciousness? THANK YOU for your Support for the content. Share your appreciation on this link https://www.paypal.me/KArenASwain Join our Awakening Empowerment Network Facebook Group / awakeningempowermentnetwork KAren Swain Awakening & Expanding Consciousness

To celebrate Pride Month, we have a special show featuring stories from the Making Contact archives. We'll revisit the Stonewall Uprising with the 1989 audio documentary Remembering Stonewall and then head to the gay rodeo with producer Vanessa Rancaño in a story from 2014.   The post A Making Contact Pride Show! appeared first on KPFA.

To celebrate Pride Month, we have a special show featuring stories from the Making Contact archives. We'll revisit the Stonewall Uprising with the 1989 audio documentary Remembering Stonewall, and then head to the gay rodeo with producer Vanessa Rancaño in a story from 2014. Making Contact Credits Episode host and producer: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Music "Minimal Documentary" by penguinmusic via Pixabay Bleep sound effect by freesound_community from Pixabay Remembering Stonewall: The birth of a movement (1989) Narrated by Michael Schirker Produced by David Isay Distributed by Pacifica Radio Archives All Around Cowboy: Inside the world of queer rodeo" (2014) Story producer and host: Vanessa Rancaño This show was part of a partnership with the [UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism](http://journalism.berkeley.edu/) Special thanks to [Claire Schoen](http://claireschoenmedia.com/) Learn More:  Making Contact homepage | Remembering Stonewall on Pacifica Radio Archives |  Making Contact episode "All Around Cowboy: Inside the world of queer rodeo"  

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Chris Buchanan, David Italiander, Donna Gold and Jill Howell, residents of Searsport and neighboring towns, have been working on efforts to protect Sears Island permanently. They’re here today with an update FMI: Campaign to Protect Sears Island / Wahsumkik Sears Island Stories Friends of Sears Island About the Host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices and Maine Currents, she also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and the First Place 2017 Radio News Award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters. The post Maine Currents 5/28/25: Sears Island Update first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Today back on Sense of Soul we have J.J. Hurtak, Ph.D., Ph.D. and Desiree Hurtak, Ph.D., social scientists, composers, authors and futurists. Dr. J.J. Hurtak is the author of the best-seller The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch®, translated into twenty-five languages. He has Ph.Ds from the University of California and the University of Minnesota.  Together, the Hurtaks are the founders of The Academy For Future Science, an international NGO. They have written numerous books together that include Salvator Mundi, The Seventy-Two Holy Names of The Myriad Names of the Divine Mother, The Overself Awakening, Pistis Sophia: Text and Commentary, a commentary on The Gospel of Mary and more. Drs. Hurtak are co-authors of Mind Dynamics in Space and Time, with the collaboration of world-renowned physicist, Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher, encompassing the rigorous scientific research of remote viewing and consciousness. They are also well known for their inspirational music, including their CD Sacred Name Sacred Codes which is a collaborative music with Steven Halpern, and their latest album with Steven entitled Sacred Cyphers of the Divine Mother. Dr. J.J. Hurtak's work has been performed by the German Symphonic Orchestra of Berlin with the famous singer Jocelyn Smith. Dr. J.J. Hurtak was also cowriter and composer with legendry song writer Alice Coltrane, and their work was presented at the New Jersey Center for Performing Arts where Desiree performed with the chorus. Their music of sacred mantras has been performed and sung throughout Europe and Latin America. Together, Drs. Hurtak continue to introduce music, having over 30 albums to date, to help unify cultures within the larger global society. Drs. Hurtak are also well-known as pioneers in Acoustic Archaeology having done music testing in many of the Mayan Temples, as well as the Great Pyramid of Giza. They were part of the team that discovered the “Tomb of Osiris” on the Giza Plateau in 1997. Their most recent publications to which they have been contributors are, Our Moment of Choice (2020), which includes their insights on consciousness together with those of over forty other internationally respected writers, such as Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Bruce Lipton, and Making Contact (2021) with chapters by Nick Pope and Linda Moulton Howe, and The Holomovement: Embracing Our Collective Purpose To Unite Humanity (2023), which explores various inspirational understandings of the living universe and our integral place in its evolution. J.J. Hurtak was a member of the founding faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Together the Hurtaks have won fifteen awards at national and international film festivals for their numerous animated and graphic arts films regarding the exploration of higher consciousness. Together, they are members of the Evolutionary Leaders group that constitutes a body of speakers and writers from around the world who are shaping the shift in consciousness around the world towards a positive future. keysofenoch.org futurescience.org www.senseofsoulpodcast.com

Today's episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Sasha Lilley speaks with Greg King, an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. King initiated the “redwood wars” following the notorious 1985 takeover of the venerable Pacific Lumber Company by the Houston energy and real estate conglomerate Maxxam. King has spent decades researching redwood logging and preservation efforts and is the author of the book The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods. To support our mission and receive the book The Ghost Forest as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Greg King on the California Redwoods appeared first on KPFA.

Today's episode of Making Contact is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Brian Edwards-Tiekert speaks with photographer and author Josh Jackson, an advocate for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California's unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California's Public Lands. To support our mission and receive Josh Jackson's book The Enduring Wild as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Josh Jackson on California's Incredible Public Wilderness appeared first on KPFA.

Today's episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Christopher Bache, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies, speaks with C.S. Soong about his twenty-year psychedelic journey, which is described and interpreted in his book LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven. To support our mission and receive Christopher Bache's book as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Christopher Bache on the Psychedelic Journey appeared first on KPFA.

Today, we take it for granted that you can buy a home pregnancy test at the pharmacy. Before the end of the 1970s, this was not the case. Then along came Margaret Crane, a young designer working for a pharmaceutical company. Looking at the rows of pregnancy tests in the lab one day in 1965, she thought, “Well, women could do that at home!” But Crane faced an uphill battle to convince the pharmaceutical companies, the medical community, and conservative social leaders that at-home pregnancy testing was safe and necessary.This podcast first aired in 2014, when Margaret Crane's role in the development of the home pregnancy test was eventually recognized. Almost 10 years later, Crane's experience remains relevant as women continue to fight for their reproductive rights. Making Contact is a radio show and podcast from Frequencies of Change Media. For a full list of the episode credits, go to: Buried History: The Feminist Birth of the Home Pregnancy Test. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For AAPI Heritage Month, we bring you an encore of our 2023 episode "Seeing Signs." With help from the Queens Memory Podcast, we'll learn about “Little Manila,” a Filipino neighborhood dating back to the 1970s that still struggles to find its political footing. We also hear from Filipino care workers about their experiences battling COVID 19. This episode first aired on Making Contact in May 2023. Featuring: Potri Ranka Manis: Nurse, Activist and Artist Joey Golja: Community Member Mary Jane de Leon: Community Member John Bahia: Community Member Steven Raga: Assemblymember for District 30, Queens, NY Jaclyn Reyes: Artist, Designer, and Cultural Organizer Gemma Balagtas: Community Member, Nurse Zenaida (Ida) Castillo: Community Member and Owner of PhilAm Food Mart  Making Contact Team: Episode host and producer: Amy Gastelum Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Queens Memory Podcast Team: Producers: Rosalind Tordesillas, Melody Cao, Anna Williams, and Natalie Milbrodt Mixing and editing by Cory Choy Music composed by Elias Ravin Voiceover work by Arianne Arreglado Learn More:  Making Contact homepage | Listen to Season 3 of the Queens Memory Podcast: NYC Libraries | Spotify | Apple Podcasts  

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Other credits: Matt Murphy – Augusta rally Coverage of the April 5th, 2025 “Hands Off” rallies in Augusta and Belfast, Maine FMI: www.handsoff2025.com About the Host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices and Maine Currents, she also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and the First Place 2017 Radio News Award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters. The post Maine Currents 4/9/25: Coverage of “Hands Off” rallies in Augusta and Belfast, Maine on 4/5/25 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Erin from Michigan shares two unsettling tales that prove the paranormal can strike anywhere—whether you're in your cozy hometown basement or away on vacation. When strange footsteps, vanishing items, and a mysterious figure on her bed turn her friend's Metro Detroit home into a battleground of dark energy, Erin attempts a cleansing—only to find the malevolent presence stronger than ever. Later, a trip up north reveals further supernatural surprises, including a puzzling phone call from a house she's hundreds of miles away from. Are these spirits reaching across distance to make contact, or is something even more sinister at play?  This is a daily EXTRA from The Grave Talks. Grave Confessions is an extra daily dose of true paranormal ghost stories told by the people who survived them! If you have a Grave Confession, Call it in 24/7 at 1-888-GHOST-13 (1-888-446-7813) Subscribe to get all of our true ghost stories EVERY DAY! Visit http://www.thegravetalks.com Please support us on Patreon and get access to our AD-FREE ARCHIVE, ADVANCE EPISODES & MORE at http://www.patreon.com/thegravetalks

Debbie Solaris is an ET contactee, interdimensional traveler, and galactic historian. After a fateful extraterrestrial contact experience a few years ago, Debbie awakened to her true star lineage and higher calling. Through her ancestral connection with the Akashic Records, she has been receiving downloads of galactic historical information and universal spiritual knowledge ever since. All of her disbelief changed, however, when in 2012, Debbie had a couple of very intense out-of-body experiences where she found herself in the interior of a huge Arcturian mothership and saw herself interacting and communicating with Arcturian and Pleiadian extraterrestrials, the very ones she previously didn't believe existed. After her visits with the Arcturians onboard their ship, Debbie found that her extrasensory perception had increased exponentially and that she was getting frequent “downloads” of information, mostly on “stuff that I never knew about or would have any exposure to from my schooling during my childhood and college years. She was starting to have visions and old memories resurface about ancient galactic events, stuff that was way older than anything in Earth's history.___________________PODCAST CHAPTERS00:00 - Debbie Solaris Intro03:13 - Encountering Souls from the Future08:15 - The Yael and Asasani: Future Human Hybrids13:26 - Debbie's Galactic Historian Role & Creation Story15:30 - The Universe's Story Begins in Andromeda18:21 - Creation of the Milky Way & Lyra System20:05 - Earth's Return to the Original Human Template25:07 - The Draconians' Origin Story27:48 - Dragons and Mythical Creatures on Earth30:09 - The Role of Elementals in the Universe36:05 - Earth's Ascension & Return to Its Original Template38:09 - Debbie's Awakening and ET Contact 44:22 - Learning About Earth's Illusionary Reality48:22 - Making Contact with Galactic Family51:35 - Service to Humanity as a Path to Connection54:12 - Setting Intentions in the Akashic Records01:04:55 - Lessons from Atlantis and Lemuria 01:09:09 - Advanced Technology of Ancient Civilizations01:14:06 - The Role of Light and Dark in Ascension01:18:32 - Personal Reading: Emilio's Akashic Records01:22:48 - Emilio's Star System Connections01:25:29 - Elemental Beginnings in Lyra01:30:11 - Connection to Shamanism and Community01:34:22 - Emilio's Connection to Lions and Lyra01:35:48 - Navigating New Earth Experiences01:37:48 - Star Genetics and Their Impact on Earthly Life01:40:54 - Integrating Star Knowledge into Modern Life01:42:49 - Galactic Akashic Training01:45:21 - The Final Trio01:48:01 - The Time Capsule Question___________________Guest: Debbie Solaris, Akashic Records ReaderWebsite | https://www.debbiesolaris.com/Training & Webinars | https://www.debbiesolaris.com/trainingsEvents | https://www.debbiesolaris.com/eventsInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/debbiesolaris/YouTube |  @debbiesolarisgalactichistorian  Host: Emilio OrtizInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/iamemilioortiz/Subscribe to YouTube Channel | @EmilioOrtiz Watch Emilio's latest series on 4biddenknowledge TV l https://bit.ly/AwakenThe6thSense___________________Special Offerings to Support the Show:✦ Make a One-Time or Recurring Donation on PayPal

Dr. Flemmie Kittrell was a Black home economist whose research in the field of early childhood education shaped the way we think about child development today. She became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition and contributed immensely to programs like Head Start – even though her name is often left out of the history. We'll hear more about her life and work in a story from the podcast _Lost Women of Science_,_ _hosted by Carol Sutton Lewis and Danya AbdelHameid. Featuring: Dolores Caffey-Fleming, Program director of Project STRIDE, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Allison Horrocks, Public historian Lauren Bauer, fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution  Credits Making Contact Episode host and producer: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: [Jeff Emtman](http://www.jeffemtman.com/)  Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Music Credit:  "Science Documentary" by [Aleksey Chistilin] Lost Women of Science: "Flemmie Kittrell and the Preschool Experiment" Hosted by Danya AbdelHameid and Carol Sutton Lewis Written and produced by Danya AbdelHameid with senior producer Elah Feder Music composed by Lizzie Younan  Episode sound designed and mastered by Alex Sugiura Executive producers: Amy Scharf and Katie Hafner Chief multimedia editor at our publishing partner, _Scientific American_: Jeff Delviscio Learn More:  Making Contact homepage: www.focmedia.org Listen to the full episode from _Lost Women of Science: https://www.lostwomenofscience.org/podcast-episodes/flemmie-kittrell-and-the-preschool-experiment   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.

“Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.”  Leo Buscaglia 1 John 4:7-21 (everyone who loves is born of God and knows God) #IC 120: Making Contact (5/15/13) Leo Buscaglia - Love (special edition)

Today's episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Winter Fund Drive. Paul Reitter and Paul North discuss their translation of Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1, by Karl Marx. To support KPFA's mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.   The post Special Winter Fund Drive Programming: Paul Reitter and Paul North on Capital, by Karl Marx appeared first on KPFA.

In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young designer creating packaging for a pharmaceutical company. Looking at the rows of pregnancy tests she thought, “Well, women could do that at home!” and so she made it a reality for potentially pregnant people to be able to know about and take control of their own lives and bodies.  But while the design of the prototype was simple, Crane faced the issues we continue to fight when it comes to reproductive rights and the health and autonomy of people who give birth: an uphill battle to convince the pharmaceutical companies, the medical community and conservative social leaders that at-home pregnancy testing was safe and necessary. After all this, Crane is only now receiving credit for her contributions to the industry. Featuring: Margaret Crane – Graphic designer and inventor of the first home pregnancy test Wendy Kline – Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine, History Faculty Purdue University Jesse Olszynko-Gryn – Head of the Laboratory for Oral History and Experimental Media at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science  Arthur Kover – Emeritus Professor of Marketing, Fordham University Alexandra Lord – Chair, Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History Credits: Host: Amy Gastelum Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman  Digital Media Marketing: Anubhuti Kumar   Music Credits: Podington Bear, Rhythm and Strings Learn More: National Museum of American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1803285 A Woman's Right to Know, Pregnancy Testing in 20th Century Britain: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262544399/a-womans-right-to-know/ Predictor by Jennifer Blackmer: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/348156/predictor   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.

Today's episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Winter Fund Drive. To support KPFA's mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.   The post Special Winter Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – February 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

This week on Making Contact, we bring you a story of urban planning and how race has shaped American cities.  In his book, Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption, Mitchell Schwarzer explores the origins and the lasting impacts of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland's built environment. Schwarzer, an architectural and urban historian, pulls from his experience as a city planner, and educator to tell the story of a city divided. Like this program? Please show us the love. Click here: http://bit.ly/3LYyl0R and support our non-profit journalism. Thanks! Featuring: Mitchell Schwarzer; Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture at California College of the Arts. He has written books on architectural theory, visual perception, and the buildings of the San Francisco Bay Area. Credits Host:  Anita Johnson Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Interim Senior Producer: Jessica Partnow Engineer: Jeff Emtman Music: Blue Dot Sessions “Bedroll” Blue Dot Sessions “Messy Inkwell” Andy G. Cohen “Our Young Guts” Learn More: Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption Most Segregated Cities 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.

In Episode 2 of “Exposed”  from our friends at San Francisco Public Press, we explore a little-known chapter in San Francisco's nuclear era: human experiments carried out to assess the health effects of radiation. Scientists from the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, located at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, designed and executed at least 24 experiments that involved gathering data from humans — in some cases, injecting test subjects with radioisotopes or having them ingest fluids laced with trace amounts of radioactive materials. Even football players from the San Francisco 49ers were enrolled as test subjects in these so-called tracer studies. We hear from military veterans who were sent on a mysterious mission to spread radioactive substances onto rooftops at an Army base near Pittsburg, Calif., for an experiment the radiation lab played a role in designing. Some recount experiences of witnessing nuclear bomb blasts in the Nevada desert. We also examine a national pattern of human radiation experiments revealed by Eileen Welsome, the author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation, who shined a light on similar practices conducted by government facilities, hospitals and other institutions.   Featuring: Eldridge Jones, served in the military and was part of Operation Stoneman; Merle Votaw; a Navy veteran who participated in Operation Stoneman II; Eileen Welsome, author of "Plutonium Files"; Holly Barker, Anthropologist and professor at the University of Washington who studied the Marshall Islands. Credits: San Francisco Public Press: Reporting: Chris Roberts and Rebecca Bowe Editing: Michael Stoll and Liz Enochs Research Editing: Ambika Kandasamy Web Design: John Angelico Copy Editing: Kurt Aguilar, Michele Anderson and Richard Knee Archival Research and Illustration: Stacey Carter Audio Editing: Liana Wilcox, Mel Baker and Megan Maurer Sound Gathering: Justin Benttinen Photography: Sharon Wickham, Yesica Prado and Guillermo Hernandez Graphic Design: Reid Brown Fact Checking: Dani Solakian and Ali Hanks Proofreading: Lila LaHood, Noah Arroyo, Zhe Wu and Sylvie Sturm Special thanks to Alastair Gee and Danielle Renwick at The Guardian and Ben Trefny at KALW Public Radio, and to Laura Wenus and Amy Pyle Making Contact: Host: Salima Hamirani Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: [Jeff Emtman](https://www.jeffemtman.com/) Digital Media Marketing: Anubhuti Kumar Music Credits: Midday, by the Blue Dot Sessions Sweet Leilani, by Bing Crosby   Learn More   Learn More:  Exposed full investigation Exposed Part 2 Exposed Part 2 on Making Contact   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.

Today we present the first half of a two-part radio documentary from our friends at SF Public Press, “Exposed,” opening a window into the little-known history of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The sprawling abandoned naval base, in San Francisco's southeast waterfront Bayview neighborhood, is currently the site of the city's largest real estate development project. The base played a key role in the Cold War nuclear era, when it housed a research institution known as the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, which studied the human health effects of radiation. In Episode 1 of the podcast, we trace the radioactive contamination found in the shipyard soil today back to its origins, with nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands. We also hear from environmental justice advocates, including one who led a health biomonitoring survey revealing that nearby residents have toxic elements stored in body tissues that match the hazardous chemicals of concern identified at the shipyard. Featuring: Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, community advocate and medical doctor Michelle Pierce:, Executive director of Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates Leaotis Martin, resident of Bayview Raymond Tompkins, community advocate, chemist and former member of the Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration Advisory Board Daniel Hirsch, president of Committee to Bridge the Gap; Derek Robinson; Navy representative. Credits: San Francisco Public Press: Reporting: Chris Roberts and Rebecca Bowe Editing: Michael Stoll and Liz Enochs Research Editing: Ambika Kandasamy Web Design: John Angelico Copy Editing: Kurt Aguilar, Michele Anderson and Richard Knee Archival Research and Illustration: Stacey Carter Audio Editing: Liana Wilcox, Mel Baker and Megan Maurer Sound Gathering: Justin Benttinen Photography: Sharon Wickham, Yesica Prado and Guillermo Hernandez Graphic Design: Reid Brown Fact Checking: Dani Solakian and Ali Hanks Proofreading: Lila LaHood, Noah Arroyo, Zhe Wu and Sylvie Sturm Special thanks to Alastair Gee and Danielle Renwick at The Guardian and Ben Trefny at KALW Public Radio, and to Laura Wenus and Amy Pyle Making Contact: Host: Salima Hamirani Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Anubhuti Kumar Music Credits: Midday, by the Blue Dot Sessions Sweet Leilani, by Bing Crosby Learn more: Exposed full investigation Exposed Part 1 Making Contact Exposed Part 1 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.

Patrick is joined by Experiencer James Iandoli, host of the ‘Engaging The Phenomena' Podcast, for a a second time to discuss the latest in UFO current events and his inside knowledge of Whistleblower Jake Barber and the impact that will have in the coming months.

Drzewa, które uznajemy za stare zaczęły rosnąć kilka wieków temu. Niektóre z nich są jeszcze starsze i liczą sobie kilka tysięcy lat, natomiast rekordzistą jest osobnik, którego historia rozpoczęła się około 80 tysięcy lat temu. I wciąż rośnie. Można uznać, że to najstarszy żywy organizm na naszej planecie. Czy jego życiowe doświadczenie może nas czegoś nauczyć? Dlaczego niektórzy filozofowie w drzewach widzą organizmy bardziej zaawansowane niż ludzie? I czy za 50 lat w naszych lasach wciąż będą rosły pospolite dziś sosny czy świerki? (00:00:00) Powitanie (00:00:45) Rozmowa (01:06:30) Podziękowania Autor Brzmienia Świata dziękuje Jeffowi Rice'owi z Ecosystem Sound oraz organizacji Friends of Pando za możliwość wykorzystania w odcinku #238 fragmentu jego nagrania “Making Contact”. Więcej informacji można znaleźć na stronach: www.ecosystemsound.com www.friendsofpando.org --- ✅ Wspieraj Brzmienie Świata na Patronite:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://patronite.pl/brzmienie-swiata⁠⁠⁠⁠ FB:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/brzmienieswiata⁠⁠⁠⁠ IG:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/brzmienieswiata⁠⁠⁠⁠

On today's show, we look at how art can highlight the struggles of incarcerated women, build solidarity with them across prison walls, and fight against the erasure and censorship inherent to incarceration.  First, we'll hear about a dance performance called "If I Give You My Sorrows" that's built around the complex ways that incarcerated women relate to their beds. Then, we'll learn about an art exhibition, "The Only Door I Can Open," that's curated and created by incarcerated artists, writers and poets inside Central California Women's Facility. Featuring Jo Kreiter, artistic director of Flyaway Productions and creative director of If I Give You My Sorrows Betty McKay, formerly incarcerated advocate and organizer Tomiekia Johnson, incarcerated writer and co-curator of The Only Door I Can Open Chantell-Jeannette Black, incarcerated artist and co-curator of The Only Door I Can Open Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, executive director of Empowerment Avenue Credits Making Contact Team Episode Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman  Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Special thanks to Christine Lashaw from Empowerment Avenue for recording interviews with Tomiekia and Chantell that were part of this show. Music The music in this episode was excerpted from compositions for If You Give Me Your Sorrows. “Skewed” Carla Kihlstedt – voice, music box, field recordings Elijah Oberman – voice, synths Music/sound design – Carla Kihlstedt & Eli Oberman “Where Betty Can Go Find Betty”  Pamela Z – voice, processing, MIDI instruments Vocal samples excerpted from an interview with Betty McKay Music by Pamela Z “Closure” Cole Kamen-Greene – trumpet Carla Kihlstedt – voice, violin Devin Ray Hoff – bass Matthias Bossi – percussion Music by Carla Kihlstedt (with structural advice from Elijah Oberman) “Prayer” Carla Kihlstedt – voice Music by Carla Kihlstedt “Salve” Kalyn Harewood – spoken voice (excerpted from an interview with Tomiekia Johnson) Carla Kihlstedt – violin, nyckelharpa, marxophone, voice Elijah Oberman – violin, sound design Jeremy Flower – synth programming Jon Evans – bass, guitar Matthias Bossi – percussion Music by Carla Kihlstedt   The Only Door I Can Open and If I Give You My Sorrows presented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2025: www.ybca.org/event/the-only-door-i-can-open and www.ybca.org/event/if-i-give-you-my-sorrows The Only Door I Can Open virtual exhibition hosted by MoAD: www.moadsf.org/virtual-exhibition Empowerment Avenue website: www.empowermentave.org Flyaway Productions: www.flyawayproductions.com Museum of the African Diaspora: www.moadsf.org The music featured in If I Give You My Sorrows is available for purchase: http://ifigiveyoumysorrows.bandcamp.com Petition for Tomiekia Johnson's request for commutation https://www.change.org/p/gavin-newsom-grant-commutation-for-incarcerated-survivor-tomiekia-johnson 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.

What are borders, and why do we have them? And how is violent border enforcement at the US-Mexico border connected to Israel's brutal assault on Gaza? And what happens when borders cross living land and communities? We'll dig into these questions on this week's episode with the help of Heba Gowayed, sociology professor at CUNY Hunter College and Graduate Center. And then we'll hear a story brought to us by In Confianza, with Pulso about one time when the natural boundary between two countries changed – and what happened to the people caught on the other side. Featuring: Heba Gowayed, sociology professor at CUNY Hunter College and Graduate Center and author of "Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential" and the forthcoming "The Cost of Border" Credits:  "The Border is Alive!" from In Confianza, with Pulso** Written and produced by Charlie Garcia  Edited by Liz Alarcón Original Music by Julian Blackmore Audio engineering and mixing by Charlie Garcia and Julian Blackmore Special thanks to Gina Hernandez at Chamizal National Memorial Making Contact Staff: Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: [Jeff Emtman](http://www.jeffemtman.com/)  Digital Media Marketing: Anubhuti Kumar Music Credits: "Documentary" by AlisiaBeats via Pixabay Learn More:  Making Contact website: [www.radioproject.org](http://www.radioproject.org/) Heba Gowayed: www.[hebagowayed.com](http://hebagowayed.com/)  In Confianza, with Pulso: [www.projectpulso.org/tag/podcast](http://www.projectpulso.org/tag/podcast) URL: https://focmedia.org/2024/05/borders-what-are-they-good-for/ 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.

What the hell is up? This week, author, researcher and abductee Alan Steinfeld joins me to talk all things extra terrestrials. Who are they? Why are they here? And should we be afraid? Alan describes how his love of science fiction as a child turned into reality when he was abducted by aliens in Arizona. Decades of research, conversations with others who've had similar experiences, cattle mutilations, crop circles, uncovering hidden government files, and UFO sightings have led him to one undeniable conclusion: The Aliens are here. But why? His book, "Making Contact" explores humanity's profound connection with extraterrestrial life, the implications of their presence, and how we can prepare for a future shaped by these extraordinary encounters. In this episode, I challenge Alan to reflect on the parallels between the experiments aliens conduct on humans and the ones we perform on non-human animals. If we wouldn't want it done to us, should we be doing it to them? Enjoy the episode!

On this week's episode, we dive into the hidden biases of the digital age with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, author of the groundbreaking book, _Algorithms of Oppression._ Dr. Noble unpacks how search engines, often seen as neutral tools, can reinforce harmful stereotypes and limit access to critical knowledge. Join us as we explore the forces shaping our digital experiences and discuss the urgent need for accountability in technology. Featuring: Dr. Safiya U. Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the Director of the Center on Race & Digital Justice and Co-Director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). She currently serves as Interim Director of the UCLA DataX Initiative, leading work in critical data studies for the campus. Making Contact Team: Episode Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Music credits: Xylo-Ziko - Phase 2 Audiobinger - The Garden State Learn More:  Dr. Safiya Noble  Dr. Safiya Noble  Algorithms of Oppression  Watch Dr. Noble discuss the themes of her book in this lecture. 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.

On today's show, we look at how art can highlight the struggles of incarcerated women, build solidarity with them across prison walls, and fight against the erasure and censorship inherent to incarceration.  First, we'll hear about a dance performance called _If I Give You My Sorrows _that's built around the complex ways that incarcerated women relate to their beds. Then, we'll learn about an art exhibition, _The Only Door I Can Open, _that's_ _curated and created by incarcerated artists, writers and poets inside Central California Women's Facility. Featuring: Jo Kreiter, artistic director of Flyaway Productions and creative director of _If I Give You My Sorrows_ Betty McKay, formerly incarcerated advocate and organizer Tomiekia Johnson, incarcerated writer and co-curator of _The Only Door I Can Open_ Chantell-Jeannette Black, incarcerated artist and co-curator of _The Only Door I Can Open_ Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, executive director of Empowerment Avenue **Making Contact Team:** Episode Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: [Jeff Emtman](http://www.jeffemtman.com/)  Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain **Music credits: ** The music in this episode was excerpted from compositions for _If You Give Me Your Sorrows._ "Skewed" Carla Kihlstedt – voice, music box, field recordings Elijah Oberman – voice, synths Music/sound design – Carla Kihlstedt & Eli Oberman "Where Betty Can Go Find Betty"  Pamela Z – voice, processing, MIDI instruments Vocal samples excerpted from an interview with Betty McKay Music by Pamela Z "Closure" Cole Kamen-Greene – trumpet Carla Kihlstedt – voice, violin Devin Ray Hoff – bass Matthias Bossi – percussion Music by Carla Kihlstedt (with structural advice from Elijah Oberman) "Prayer" Carla Kihlstedt – voice Music by Carla Kihlstedt "Salve" Kalyn Harewood – spoken voice (excerpted from an interview with Tomiekia Johnson) Carla Kihlstedt – violin, nyckelharpa, marxophone, voice Elijah Oberman – violin, sound design Jeremy Flower – synth programming Jon Evans – bass, guitar Matthias Bossi – percussion Music by Carla Kihlstedt   Learn More:  Making Contact:  The Only Door I Can Open and, If I Give You My Sorrows_ presented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2025 The Only Door I Can Open_ virtual exhibition hosted by MoAD:  Empowerment Avenue website Flyaway Productions:  Museum of the African Diaspora: [www.moadsf.org](www.moadsf.org) The music featured in _If I Give You My Sorrows_ is available for purchase here:  Petition for Tomiekia Johnson's request for commutation: 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.

Today's episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2024 Holiday Fund Drive. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.   The post Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

There's an idea in Mexico that racism doesn't exist, that all Mexicans are “mestizo” – a homogenous blend of Spanish and indigenous. But cultural worker José Antonio Aguilar says racism is lived by Black and brown Mexicans in many ways. He founded Racismo MX, an organization which seeks to dismantle racism, after coming to terms with his own racial reality as a “prieto” – a brown man. We also hear from anthropologist Ismael Rivera and Aztec expert Camilla Townsend as they unravel lies the Spanish colonizers told about ancient Aztecs that still feed racist tropes today.   Featuring: José Antonio Aguilar – Racismo MX, Founder and Director Ismael Rivera – Anthropologist, Historian, Cultural Guide Dr. Camilla Townsend, P.h.D. – Rutgers University, Professor  **Making Contact** Host: Amy Gastelum Freelance Producer: Anthony Wallace Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: [Jeff Emtman](https://jeffemtman.com/) Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain **Music** Nahuales Negros – Chinampa, Cempasúchil, Barcos A Lo Lejos, Mixquic, Teponaztli, Danza A Pakal Learn More:  Ismael Rivera Tours Racismo MX [Camilla Townsend ](https://history.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/details/188-townsend-camilla) Making Contact is a 29-minute weekly program committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. On the web at www.focmedia.org.

In this episode Jef coaxes Josh and Brian into watching a mystery movie together. Not sure what their fate holds they agree although slightly weary of the 90's pick they are sure is coming. However once all together Jef poses a question: What if there was a horror movie that was like ET & Poltergeist smooshed together, would Josh and Brian be interested? Without thinking too much the answer would always be a resounding hell yes! But is there such a movie? Who would dare create such a Frankenstein mashup of all the things the FM3 loved as children of the 1980's? Sure enough there is such a flick, a literal blender spilling over with nostalgia and maybe a teaspoon of failure. That movie is 1985's "Making Contact" and the Forever Midnight boys are forever blown away that this bootleg messterpiece was ever made. Get ready as Jef, Josh and Brian talk about this wild ride written and directed by Roland Emmerich.  Check out this movie here for free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juclw7dtbRk 

Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2 The post Making Contact – December 6, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

We're closing out the year with an episode from our friends at Making Contact: As graduation approached this year, students around the country began protests after calls for divestment from Israel were initially ignored by university leadership. The campus encampments were met with physical violence and the mainstream press dismissed the students' demands as naive and immature. But, it turns out that there's a lot we should be asking about college endowments. We take a look at what an endowment is and how they're invested. Then we learn why transparency around the endowment (and divestment!) might actually benefit the entire college community. We talk to Kelly Grotke, a financial researcher from Pattern Recognition, a research collective focused on financialized higher education. And, with Andrea Pritchett, we look at the links between the encampments today, and those from the 80s, when students protested South African Apartheid. Episode Credits: Host: Salima Hamirani Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Anubhuti Kumar Learn more about Making Contact at https://focmedia.org/

Jonathan talks with Connor Ryan, Ryan McClure, and Isaiah Branch-Boyle about their powerful new film, Surviving Our Story. This film is a ‘must watch' for anyone who backcountry skis, splitboards, snowmobiles — or does any form of backcountry travel on snow.RELATED LINKSGet Yourself Covered: BLISTER+TOPICS & TIMES:Conditions That Day (4:45)1st Slide (10:34)2nd Slide (14:07)Making Contact with Ryan (23:03)Isaiah's Perspective (26:52)Ryan's Femur (28:49)Search and Rescue (32:32)‘Perfectly Bad' Tourniquet (37:38)Choosing The Focus of the Film (40:11)Rescue Logistics & Costs (44:10)The Importance of Story Telling (51:45)Update on Ryan (56:16)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, we take a look at how over six decades after the Korean War,  South Korea processed the most international adoptions in history and how the demand for a "domestic supply of (adoptable) infants" may be playing a role in increasing threats to autonomy over pregnancy in the US.   Featuring: Independent Producer and Founder of Rowhome Productions, Alex Lewis Producer, Schuyler Swenson Registered Midwife, Lydia Doublestein Making Contact Team: Episode Host: Amy Gastelum Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Guest Producers: Producer/Reporter, Anne Noyes Saini Producer, Schuyler Swenson   Music:  *Andy G. Cohen, "Bumbler"  *Zé Trigueiros, "Big Road of Burravoe", "Ponto"  *Hogan Grip, "Stance Gives You Balance"  Music was changed only in length and volume levels and can be found here: http://www.freemusicarchive.org/. 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.

Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes author, researcher and experiencer Kathleen Marden to the show! Kathleen Marden's insatiable interest in UFOs and ET contact began in 1961, when her aunt and uncle Betty and Barney Hill had a close encounter and UFO abduction in New Hampshire's White Mountains. As a family member, Kathleen gained firsthand knowledge of Betty's and Barney's UFO encounter on the day they arrived home and two days later she, her parents, and siblings visited the Hill's home. She has devoted years to painstaking investigation of the Hills' anomalous events and archival research on their UFO abduction case. As the trustee of Betty's estate, she selected files from Betty's personal archival collection for a permanent collection at the Milne Special Collections Library, UNH Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. You will find her case study of the evidence in her book with Stanton Friedman, “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience” (Updated in 2021). Since 1991 she has volunteered for the Mutual UFO Network in various positions such as Director of Field Investigator Training and Founder/Director of MUFON's Experiencer Resource Team. Over a ten-year period, Kathleen expanded her ERT team from three members to forty-five trained, seasoned specialists and attracted PhD and MD psychological and research consultants. Additionally, she sat on the Edgar Mitchell Free Advisory Board. In this period, she worked on three studies on nearly 5,000 experiencers (Marden-Stoner, Edgar Mitchell FREE, MUFON ERT). She is presently working on the “Marden-Barton Survey of Religious Belief and Extraterrestrial Life,” which is available on her website. She has appeared as an on-camera commentator on fifty-five television and video productions. Additionally, she has spoken on innumerable radio shows and podcasts and has lectured across the United States and to audiences in foreign countries. She has authored and coauthored numerous books and articles in UFO magazines and journals. Two of her books are available in foreign languages. She is the recipient of two major awards (MUFON and the International UFO Congress), for her years of dedicated work. Her books also include, The Alien Abduction Files, Forbidden Knowledge, Extraterrestrial Contact, Science Was Wrong, Fact, Fiction and Flying Saucers, True Stories of Alien Abduction, Making Contact and more. Some of her co-writers include Denise Stoner and Stanton Friedman.

In this episode of Making Contact, we sit down with Kev Choice, a classically trained pianist, rapper, composer, and educator, who has reshaped the Bay Area music scene. Raised in Oakland with San Francisco roots, Kev blends hip-hop, jazz, soul, and classical music into a unique sound. His latest EP, All My Love, explores themes of love, vulnerability, and human connection, with soulful melodies and reflective lyrics capturing the complexities of relationships. Through music and mentorship, Kev uses his platform to inspire change and elevate consciousness. Kev Choice is a pianist, rapper, composer, and educator from Oakland, California, known for blending hip-hop with classical, jazz, and funk influences. His music is celebrated for its thought-provoking lyrics, intricate musical arrangements, and powerful live performances. Kev's versatility as both a trained musician (with a degree in Piano Performance) and a hip-hop artist allows him to create a unique sound that transcends genre boundaries. Episode Credits: Host: Anita Johnson Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: Jeff Emtman  Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Music: Kev Choice "All This Love" Kev Choice "Congratulations" Kev Choice "Searching for a Feeling Kev Choice "Fresh Fade" Kev Choice "International Blvd" Kev Choice "God" Kev Choice "Feel What I Feel Learn More:  https://kevchoice.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kevchoice/?hl=en https://westcoaststyles.com/interviews/2024/04/kev-choice-love-liberation/ https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/artist/kev-choice/  

We're in the homestretch to Election Day 2024, and you know what that means: 24/7 coverage of the political horse race through tv, radio and social media. But voters are also getting exposed to false information. In today's show, we'll dig into election mis- and disinformation and why so much of it is targeting immigrants this year. Amber Boydstun, professor and co-chair of the political science department at University of California, Davis Jaime Longoria, manager of research and training for the Disinfo Defense League Shiu-Ming Cheer, deputy director of immigrant and racial justice at the California Immigrant Policy Center Making Contact Team: Episode Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman  Digital Marketing Manager: Lissa Deonarain Music credits: "Road to Sunset" by Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay  "Clear Ideas (This Comedy Funny) by AlexGrohl from Pixabay "Drums" by Andrew Faid from Pixabay "Radio.wav" sound effect by davidou from Pixabay Learn More:  Making Contact: www.focmedia.org Disinfo Defense League: https://www.disinfodefenseleague.org California Immigrant Policy Center: https://caimmigrant.org/ Making Contact is a 29-minute weekly program committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. On the web at www.focmedia.org.

In this episode of Dreamland, guest host Kelly Chase converses with UFO researcher and podcast host James Iandoli. Known for his podcast Engaging the Phenomenon and his work on the Anomalous Experience conference series, Iandoli shares his journey into the world of ufology, sparked by his early encounters with anomalous experiences.

In this episode of Dreamland, guest host Kelly Chase converses with UFO researcher and podcast host James Iandoli. Known for his podcast Engaging the Phenomenon and his work on the Anomalous Experience conference series, Iandoli shares his journey into the world of ufology, sparked by his early encounters with anomalous experiences.

It's been one year since October 7th, 2023 and the start of Israel's brutal assault on Gaza. On today's show, we hear from journalist Rami Almeghari and other Palestinians about their experiences living through the war. Then, we dive into a conversation with Norman Solomon, author of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine, about what mainstream coverage of the war is leaving out. Featuring: Rami Almeghari, Palestinian journalist in Gaza Norman Solomon, activist and author of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine Tarneem, Ahmad and Hamza Jaber, Palestinian siblings from Gaza  Special thanks to Mohammed Naeem Imad, for reporting and fact-checking support Audio excerpts featuring Tarneem, Ahmad and Hamza Jaber are from the series Great Love: The Gaza Monologues from ASHTAR Theatre Revisited on The Heart podcast, created and hosted by Kaitlin Prest Making Contact Staff: Episode Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Marketing Manager: Lissa Deonarain   Music credits: "Documentary Piano Ambient" by Bohdan Kuzmin (BoDleasons) via [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/users/28047609/) Learn More:  The Jaber siblings featured in this episode are fundraising for their living costs and to continue their education in Cairo. You can find their campaign here: Journalist Rami Almeghari is currently in Gaza, and he is fundraising to support his family during this time. You can find his campaign here:   ASHTAR Theatre, which created The Gaza Monologues:    [Great Love: The Gaza Monologues from ASHTAR Theatre Revisited](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_25_025f9e65-6631-4120-a9e0-a20b80edc5aa&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.theheartradio.org%2FTheHeartRadio) _on _The Heart_ podcast Making Contact is a 29-minute weekly program contextualizing the narratives that shape our culture. On the web at www.focmedia.org.

Heyy (: It's been awhile. Here's a little update from us -- you can check out our new air sensor map here (Newport News) and here (Lambert's Point). We'll have more for you soon, but til then, check out our friends at Making Contact! From Frequencies of Change Media.

Today's episode of Making Contact is preempted by fall 2024 special fund drive programming.   The post Special Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

Get ready for a disturbing pale crawler encounter, Hollywood ghosts, a caller who made contact with a shadowy entity, and much more. Tonight we are unlocking the Beyond portions of Sn. 17 Ep. 4 and Sn. 17 Ep. 7. Keep it spooky and enjoy!  Season 17 Episode 21 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Factor Meals - Head to FactorMeals.com/MAU50 and use code MAU50 to get 50% off your first box + 20% off your next month. Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more) on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcast MAU Merch Shop - http://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shop RENT or BUY Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle - https://www.borregotriangle.com/ New Black Eyed Kids MAU Halloween T-Shirts - https://monstersamonguspodcast.com/shop/bekhalloween Our new spin-off for kids and teens, Monsters Among Us Junior (listen wherever you get your podcasts) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-among-us-junior/id1764989478 Kentucky Meat Shower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbdl1XeCbz8 Pee Wee Herman's House - https://nypost.com/2024/05/31/real-estate/pee-wee-herman-actor-paul-reubens-la-home-lists-for-4-99m/ Music from tonight's episode: Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypse CO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Music by White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio White Bat Audio Songs: Nebula Nostalgic

Get ready for a disturbing pale crawler encounter, Hollywood ghosts, a caller who made contact with a shadowy entity, and much more. Tonight we are unlocking the Beyond portions of Sn. 17 Ep. 4 and Sn. 17 Ep. 7. Keep it spooky and enjoy!    Season 17 Episode 21 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves. SHOW NOTES: Tonight's Sponsor - Factor Meals - Head to FactorMeals.com/MAU50 and use code MAU50 to get 50% off your first box + 20% off your next month. Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more) on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcast MAU Merch Shop - http://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shop RENT or BUY Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle - https://www.borregotriangle.com/ New Black Eyed Kids MAU Halloween T-Shirts - https://monstersamonguspodcast.com/shop/bekhalloween Our new spin-off for kids and teens, Monsters Among Us Junior (listen wherever you get your podcasts) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-among-us-junior/id1764989478 Kentucky Meat Shower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbdl1XeCbz8 Pee Wee Herman's House - https://nypost.com/2024/05/31/real-estate/pee-wee-herman-actor-paul-reubens-la-home-lists-for-4-99m/ Music from tonight's episode: Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypse CO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Music by White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio White Bat Audio Songs: Nebula Nostalgic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Science journalist Sarah Scoles has written extensively about astronomy and the UFO community, including in her 2021 book They Are Already Here. She joined David Priess to discuss how scientists look at ETs, pop cultural takes on first contact with extraterrestrials, the incredible influence of Carl Sagan's Contact, the Allan Hills meteorite, the evolution over time of beliefs about aliens contacting humans, how the Roswell myth emerged, the International UFO Congress, the Mutual UFO Network, UFO investigators, seeing lights around Area 51, SETI salvationalism, extraterrestrial-visitation belief as a religious movement, and more.Works mentioned in this episode:The book Contact by Carl SaganThe movie ContactThe book Making Contact by Sarah ScolesThe book They Are Already Here by Sarah ScolesThe book Countdown by Sarah ScolesThe event "UAP: The Search for Clarity," at the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security, November 15, 2023Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Jay Venables of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Science journalist Sarah Scoles has written extensively about astronomy and the UFO community, including in her 2021 book They Are Already Here. She joined David Priess to discuss how scientists look at ETs, pop cultural takes on first contact with extraterrestrials, the incredible influence of Carl Sagan's Contact, the Allan Hills meteorite, the evolution over time of beliefs about aliens contacting humans, how the Roswell myth emerged, the International UFO Congress, the Mutual UFO Network, UFO investigators, seeing lights around Area 51, SETI salvationalism, extraterrestrial-visitation belief as a religious movement, and more.Works mentioned in this episode:The book Contact by Carl SaganThe movie ContactThe book Making Contact by Sarah ScolesThe book They Are Already Here by Sarah ScolesThe book Countdown by Sarah ScolesThe event "UAP: The Search for Clarity," at the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security, November 15, 2023Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Jay Venables of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode of Making Contact is preempted by a 2024 fall fund drive special.   The post Special Fall Fund Drive Programming appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Making Contact, our friends from the podcast, Kerning Cultures, bring us “Black Panthers in Algeria.” It's the story of when Elaine Mokhtefi landed in newly independent Algeria in the early 1960s and quickly found herself at the center of a special period in the country's history, at a time when Algiers welcomed liberation groups from across the world – earning a reputation as the “Mecca of revolution." In this unlikely setting, Elaine moved in the same circles as world famous radicals, ragtag political parties, spies and military leaders. And she became an unlikely sidekick to one of the most iconic liberation groups of our time, just as it was beginning to fall apart.  Credits - Kerning Cultures: This episode was produced by Deena Sabry and Alex Atack, and edited by Dana Ballout. Fact checking by Eman Alsharif, sound design by Mohamad Khreizat, Paul Alouf and Alex Atack. Our team also includes Zeina Dowidar, Nadeen Shaker and Finbar Anderson. Making Contact Team: Host: Anita Johnson Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonrain  Learn More:  Algiers: Third World Capital [https://bookshop.org/a/84225/9781788730006] Revolution or Death: The Life of Eldridge Cleaver [https://bookshop.org/a/84225/9781613739112] Kerning Cultures [https://kerningcultures.com/]