# George Lavender

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Making Contact – July 31, 2015

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. The post Making Contact – July 31, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.

Living Downstream ENCORE

This is a special encore edition. Renowned biologist Sandra Steingraber has made fighting environmentally induced cancers her lifes work.  Steingraber’s book, Living Downstream, has been turned into a movie chronicling a year in her life trying to create a world free of cancer causing toxics.  On ‮…

My Body, My Message (Encore) – July 10, 2015

This is a special encore edition. The female body as medium, and as message. How can a woman determine how she is perceived by the world, and even by herself?  On this edition, we hear stories of women who are using their bodies for political protest, and as tools of self-empowerment…forcing every‮…

Making Contact – June 12, 2015

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. The post Making Contact – June 12, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.

Coffee: Trouble Brewing?

It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe. Featu‮…

Making Contact – All the Presidents’ Bankers

Nomi Prins, journalist and a former managing director of Goldman Sachs, discusses her book All the Presidents’ Bankers, the hidden alliances that drive American power. Prins retraces the relationship between American financiers and presidents stretching more than a century. From family friends, tr‮…

Making Contact – The Burning Issue: America’s War on Fire

This year it made major news, but every summer wildfires torch thousands of acres of land. The National Forest Service rushes to the rescue; to save lives, homes, and communities. But is the agency’s approach to fire doing more harm than good?  On this edition, producer George Lavender takes a clo‮…

Making Contact – Prison Crisis: Local Solution?

The United States imprisons more people than any other country.  But In California, the money is finally running short, and a new policy aims to reduce the number of people in state prison.  It’s called ‘re-alignment’ and the state says its working.  On this edition, Making Contact producer George‮…

A Dream Remembered? Martin Luther King Jr and the Grassroots Civil Rights Movement (Encore)

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th 1963, at the March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most famous speeches of all time. But it nearly didn't happen. On this special edition of Making Contact, Gary Younge, author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Marti‮…