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  • Tom 4/3/08: "Loved your show today on the Linguists. Where can I get the film??? Keep up the good work!"
  • Stephen 4/2/08: "THANK YOU JEAN! This is the first time I have heard a truly balanced and intelligent discussion of the pros and the cons regarding Tibet. WELL DONE!"
  • Dave 4/2/08: "I'm sure there some implication regarding this issue in Tibet, but there are implications in countries all over the world that affect all of us. The problem is the mindset that says 'we can't have any implications.' War is never going to to end. There will always be violence somewhere whether done from a good heart trying to be free or an evil heart trying to condemn. I do not believe it is the U.S. place to get involved. A great deal of the time getting involved can cause even more unrest."
  • Steve 3/19/08: "As a member of the armed forces stationed in Korea, I am wholly unable to listen to public radio in the conventional way. Because of the time difference, as well as the fact that I work almost exclusively overnight shifts, I find that the podcast format really helps to pass the long watches of the night with the quirky topics that I've really come to appreciate from your program. Thanks, Jean!"
  • Daniel 3/5/08: "I am a regular listener to 'here on earth' and usually find the interchange between the guest(s) and Ms. Feraca to be fair and cordial. Today's program was very different. Professors Lazreg and McCoy were not allowed to develop their thoughts and even were interrupted by Ms. Feraca 'to defend the US'. I don't expect a host on WPR to 'defend the US' unless it is rhetorical in furthering the guest comments. This was an unusual performance my Ms. Feraca."
  • Bill 3/3/08: "(About the restroom revolution show) For decades, toilets in Japan have featured a spigot and basin on the toilet tank, allowing the user to wash his hands with the same fresh water that refils the toilet. This is an inferior alternative to composting toilets, but a drammatic improvement in water conservation over Western toilets."
  • Ellen 2/28/08: "Thank you for the Silver Lining episode, it was just a wonderful change in news. It also several questions I recently pondered as a child of the 70's and 80's. Have birth rates gone down, what are the numerical results of China's single child policy, and why aren't we starving as people speculated in the 70's. It is nice to see that the progress has occurred."
  • Lori 2/27/08: "I listened to your program on Wednesday and was disappointed that food production, farming, in this country was never addressed."
  • Tracy 2/27/08: "(about the food gap program) I was at the local 'regular joe' supermarket, and was behind a mom with two young children. They were buying all processed foods, boxed macaroni and cheese and frozen pizzas. I can't judge a mom who's tired and wants an easy meal for her family, but I'm not sure it's always lack of food choices and availability that make people choose 'poor' foods. Rather, it seems to be shortage of time and lack of knowledge of how to prepare a quick, healthy meal. We don't have to buy all organic produce or peruse the local farmer's market to prepare a healthy, inexpensive meal. How can we teach people that quick and healthy meals don't have to come from a box?"
  • Shoaib 2/20/08: "Freedom is the essence of democracy. There seems to be a clear contradiction in the basic fundamental of liberty of speech and expression and the ban on head scarf, regardless of the geographical location, i.e. Turkey or France."
  • Jim 2/19/08: "In reguards to change, I don't belive that the average american is going to buy into this 'change' until he has been brought into the idea that s/he owns a piece of 'America'."
  • Jan 2/19/08: "Your guest is masterful in his use of language. No judgmental words or accusatory tones. He is an excellent example of how we should talk with each other. This is especially amazing in today’s environment."
  • Brian 2/19/08: "I respect the premise and mission of Here on Earth. We are surrounded by a culture of war and swim in a sea of right wing radio that more than tips the scales to favor doom and gloom. To borrow a phrase from Spiro Agnew, the world is awash in the spin and vitriol from 'the nabobs of negativism.' Keep up the focus on hope and transformation. The stories of little people fighting back and winning is so important in these times. It uplifts my heart and brightens my day every time I hear about issues like micro credit or the efforts or Sara Chase. Kudos to you and your wonderful staff!!!"
  • Richard 2/18/08: "Your shows are great for the depth, the pushing of the envelope on 'presumptions and assumptions' that are in need of some scrutiny, as do so many of WPR and NPR shows. It is a source of some hope for a better informed and more engaged public to question 'authority' as is often badly needed."
  • Tim 2/6/08: "Thank you for the program today on Germany's relationship with the Holocaust history. I was fascinated by it. I am a lawyer from New Richmond and I have dedicated the greater part of my adult life to Holocaust education. I have given a speech called 'The Holocaust -- Its Relevance Today' approximately 800 times over the past 17 years -- mostly to middle and high school students in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In my message, I use the Holocaust history to ask Americans to identify the "flames" of prejudice, racism, bias, and hate in their communities, schools, families and individual hearts. I firmly believe the Holocaust started in the hearts and minds of millions of German citizens who had tiny 'flames' burning in their hearts against Jews, the Romani, gays and lesbians, etc. I firmly believe that's where it could start again. I have had numerous German exchange students hear my message over the years, and nearly all of them have told me that they learn a great deal about the Holocaust in schools in Germany, but it is never taught to them in the way they see my message -- as a catalyst to examine their hearts and minds for elements of racism and prejudice today. In other words, it is taught in Germany as history -- the exchange students tell me it is never used to ask them to think about issues of prejudice in Germany today against foreign workers, asylum seekers, etc. I have often seen the same thing with Holocaust education in America -- I often say we are learing a great deal ABOUT the Holocaust in America, but I don't feel we are learning FROM the Holocaust. I have been to many of the Holocaust sites in Germany and am deeply moved at the extent to which the German government seeks to preserve and convey the tragic lessons of this part of Germany's history. I know of no other nation that has put such effort into sharing its shame that other might learn -- so that history will not repeat. That is why Holocaust education has become the passion of my life -- to do my part to ensure 'never again.' Thank you for a very interesting program."
  • Natalie 2/4/08: "Wow! The lineup for this year, so far, has been just marvelous. I can't think of another program that deals with such in-depth perspective from other countries and cultures. Well met :)"
  • Susan 1/30/08: "Just finished listening to the discussion with Maryanne Wolf and want to add one more idea. I don't know how other people read books but I really need and appreciate the ability to view the work as a whole. I look at the size of the book. I flip back and forth to read citations in the back of the book, the quotation at the front of a chapter, to re-read a particularly interesting passage or one that I discover is important when reading something later in the book. I am constantly disoriented online. I can not find my place and am driven mad with the thought that I am somehow missing a page of importance. I know my way in a book, how to survey, read, and review as I was taught as a method of deep reading and thinking."
  • Karen 1/25/08: "Thank you so much for the program about the Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. I loved it! It is such an important topic. I would love more programs like this and what we can each do to become involved."
  • Betty 1/25/08: "The program with Satish Kumar was inspiring and oh so true! Thank you--love your programs!"
  • Jim 1/24/08: "Thank you for the wonderful show today with Satish Kumar. We have lost so much of our original relationship with nature, and I was thrilled to hear someone speaking so forcefully for it's value. While it has taken many years for me to appreciate the ability to live in the moment with nature, such moments have become the source of peace and restoration for me. What I have also found is that the closer you can come to being in nature, the less you need travel to find those special places to experience the wonder."
  • Renee 1/23/08: "I was riveted with your interview last night with Carol Schaefer and the other women talking about the grandmother's counsel. I was driving home after spending an evening with my grade school friends and got chills (not from the frigid temps!) when Agnes told how her grandmother gifted her with the 13 talismans for her future."
  • Ruth 1/21/08: "Here On Earth is genuine treasure on Wisconsin Public Radio. The programs are consistently thoughtful and the interviews are brilliant, sensitive and timely. Today's program on International Community School in Atlanta was simply another example. And you didn't have enough time!!"
  • Susan 1/19/08: "I just listened to your program on family meals (yes, I am far behind!). It was delightful and I hope you encore it some rainy day. It reminded me of raising my only daughter. Tuesday was family night. My friend, a single woman who took on the auntie role for my girl, always came with ice cream, a treat I never bought. My daughter helped me prepare dinner, setting the table at age six, making the salad by age 10. We ate and talked about everything from gossip and the environment, from politics to sex. My husband, who can not cook, did the clean-up. There was not time for this every night but that really isn't necessary. Any consistent pattern for the family to converse, to value each other, to enjoy the primal satisfaction of good food together is very good for the family and very good for children."
  • Ryan 12/25/07: "I'd like to thank you for the piece on Primo Levy. I had goosebumps throughout the entire broadcast, and everything stopped to just listen to the program. The package sent to Primo gave an updated sense of what gifts can mean to others. Thank you for such a meaningful Christmas story that brought out such a strong sense of humanity."
  • Ray 12/14/07: "Regarding Primo Levy program: This was a true masterpiece!"
  • Michelle 12/14/07: "I listen to your show while I work in my studio, and I can't imagine afternoons without it. I just wanted to say that you Jean, are one of the most graceful women, and hosts that I have had the priveledge to experience! I am listening to the Primo Levy program, and when your reader or guests cry or become tearful, you answer with your heart, with kindness, thank you! Happy Holidays!"
  • Mary 12/10/07: "Regarding the show about Literary Role Models for Young Girls: There is no shortage of laudable books for teens and preteens, but there is a shortage of children who want to read, and much resistant to reading of any kind. If anything, it is difficult to find short, interesting books for those children who are reading much below grade level. Deborah was correct when she said, in effect, that reading is more important than the quality of material read. Parents and schools should be less concerned with 'safe' books, and more concerned with creating an interest in reading per se. Our public library systems are golden in that regard, and as one listener explained, almost any book is available through interlibrary loan."
  • Anne 12/13/07: "I had the pleasure of being on your show on November 26, and wanted to clarify something for your audience that may have confused them. Mohamed Hassan Osman, the Somali man who was interviewed in the last half of the hour, criticized my film, Rain in a Dry Land, as being 'dramatized' and therefore untrue. In fact, the film is pure documentary and tells the true, undramatized story of two Somali Bantu families who are now in America. Like many Somalis, Mr. Osman wants to deny the rampant oppression of the Bantu in Somalia. In fact the Bantu's third class social status, lack of access to education or enfranchisement, and their history as descendants of slaves are simply historical facts; the families in the film experienced these things in Somalia before fleeing from attacking militias during the 1991 civil war. Even in the refugee camps where the lucky ones managed to escaped, the Bantu were attacked and discriminated against by other Somalis. There are many Somalis in America who have been generous and helpful to the arriving Somali Bantu, but Mr. Osman's attitude of denial is neither helpful nor true."
  • Barb 11/20/07: "I thought your guest Annie Rachele Lanzillotto was wonderful! Such raw talent!! I thought you Jean, you were very mean to the guest. At one point you mentioned that Annie didn't know what you were talking about--'and don't say that you do--because you don't' or something very close to that. What is that about? Who is the guest? I was taken aback on many occasions. Annie had a lot! of very powerful things to say..were you really listening to her? You mentioned the Christ in Concrete idea--interesting I had just been reading about that book on Amazon..and now have ordered it. Annie is not stupid--and many ways I believe she was spoken to, corrected, and interrupted too many times."
          Jean's reply: "Dear Barb, I couldn’t agree with you more –- Annie Lanzillotto is an amazing talent. My whole purpose in putting her on my show was to celebrate how great I think she is and to share her with as many people as possible. I am aggrieved that you mistook my very Bronx way of interacting with her as 'mean.' Mean it was not. A colleague of mine who was also from a Manhattan borough once gave me a tee-shirt that said, 'I AM being nice –- I'm from New York.' There are very distinctive cultural differences between the Midwest and New York City. People from the Bronx have a more spirited, more colorful way of communicating. Sometimes they insult each other as a way of expressing appreciation. What you heard as 'mean' was what Annie and I understand as loving and deeply appreciative. I was showing her off for your benefit and hers, and celebrating my own Bronx roots at the same time. Thank you for writing, and thank you for loving Annie as I do. I hope you’ll come back to Here on Earth where you’ll be hearing more from Annie Lanzillotto, and people like her, people of the heart."
  • Sean 11/18/07: "Thanks for such a great show. I am not as regular a listener as I used to be, but I am now back for the long haul. I caught your interview with Annie Lanzillotto. I loved the way you and she presented Italian Americans as well as her style and passion. I also just heard your piece on Cuba. You do a great job of presenting sides and being respectful of guests. Thanks for the tour around the globe with each new show."
  • Emma 11/17/07: "I listen to your show often and really enjoy it. This program 'When languages die' really cought my attention. My ancesters came from Cornwall and that language nearly died. The good news is they are teaching it again in the schools in Cornwall. This is exciting to me to hear that more people care about this issue."
  • Jerome 11/14/07: "Compelled to comment about today's show. 42 and divorce 8 years ago. Frustrated through dating over the years, reoccuring issue, weight. Women are very sadly driven by our society to be obsessed about the issue. Not attracted to stick figures seen in all advertising. Trying to convince an intimate partner of this at this age causes difficulties beyond explanation. Self perception trumps all flattery that can bestowed by others. When a woman feels she is overweight and unattractive, no amount of love or support can change. Really puts a strain on a relationship."
  • Cheryl 11/14/07: "Regarding today's show: Why are we celebrating people who are killing themselves with obesity? The women in the photos are not going to live a long life because of the effects of being severely overweight. We wouldn’t celebrate the 'beauty' of smokers. The body is not just to look at -– it keeps us alive."
  • Mary 11/9/07: "Thanks for having a show about cheese. I love to make (and have had many compliments) mac & cheese, but after listening to this show, will I am sure make it even better."
  • Mountaga 11/7/07: "Regarding the FGM show: I'm from Mali where 94% of women are excised! Congratulations for your good advocacy job."
  • Zach 11/7/07: "One danger of FGM that often isn't discussed is that the scar tissue that's left is less flexible than the original vaginal skin, and often a smaller vaginal opening is left as well. As a rural health education Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso, I helped with many childbirths that became crises as the woman's vagina simply didn't stretch to allow the baby to exit. Extreme episiotomy was often necessary, and nevertheless the childbirth process lasted much longer than it should have. I'm sure FGM has caused a higher death rate in childbirth in Burkina Faso."
  • Jason 11/1/07: "As much as I have my doubts about the validity of claims of neutrality from any large news organization that derives it's income from mass advertising companies, I am all for BBC World Service America!"
  • Don 10/31/07: "Thanks for your program and especially for the interview with Michael Ratner. I'm reminded that Article VI of the US Constitutiion states that 'this constitution, and the Laws of the United States...and all Treaties made...shall be the supreme Law of the Land....' The US signed the 1984 Convention against Torture, so this, too, is the supreme law of the land, no matter what Pres. Bush might wish, or his Atty. General might contrive to justify."
  • Peggy 10/28/07: "we just returned from a trip to Tuscany and Sicily. We totally agree with Patrick...grill on the wood fireplace with a little olive oil, lemon, and garlic and you have perfection. When we got down to Sicily, we often ate with the family.....ariancini, speidini, mellanzane, gorgeous icecream desserts (purchased). It was all magic. My favorite new discovery, though, was in Taormina when I ordered pasta alla Norma. My husband will have all winter to perfect it and I just found the necessary ricotta saldata at the new Fresh Foods in Brookfield. Thanks for an excellent show that was packed with great memories for us."
  • Kevin 10/26/07: "I very much appreciated your show warning us about the loss of so many of the world's languages. The topic is an important one and Jean managed her four guests and the program's callers in a remarkable way. She seems to elicit from everyone just the right amount of knowledge and topical commentary. Education in an entertaining and companionable fashion."
  • Michael 10/15/07: "Regarding the impact of podcast show: I listen to Here on Earth over the realaudio live streaming. I wish I could afford to receive podcasts, but as an older disabled man who cannot afford a new computer or an iPod I am profoundly aware of the 'digital divide' that seperates the rich who can afford to every new technology up-grade and the poor who can't. I am stranded on the 1998 technology island, and hardly a day goes by that I don't find my island more and more isolated from access to the modern world. I ask -- why are people, even in Public Radio -- so willing to embrace the latest and greatest technology that in the end turns them into just another marketing tool of the companies who benefit most from making older computer technology obsolete."
  • Melissa 10/8/07: "A belated appreciation of your show on The Zookeeper's Wife. My boyfriend and I enjoyed the show so much and felt horribly when you were confronted about your music choices. We so respect your quest for equality and reverence to all cultures that it seemed almost comical that you would be criticized for being insensitive. You and your producers are so conscious of each aspect of the show you deserve only praise. Thank you for a wonderful show about how two people can stand up against the immorality of many."
  • Cynthia 10/6/07: "I listen to your show by podcast. Since I drive at least 2.5 hours to and from work every day, having something interesting to listen to makes a world of difference. Your show is absolutely the best! I subscribe to around 50 podcasts, so when I say yours is the best it really means something. Jean, your enthusiasm and compassion make it a pleasure to listen to you. When I'm not feeling so enthusiastic about what the day has in store for me, listening to your show always perks me up. Thank you so much for everything you contribute to public radio, and to the well-being of those who listen."
  • Anonymous 10/5/07: "I loved Jean's show yesterday with Satish Kumar. I would like a copy and wish I could buy enough of them to send to all of my friends and to everyone running for president! People have to wake up! His message is so important."
  • Nan 9/25/07: "Thank you, thank you, thank you! What a lovely show you just had with one of my favorite singers and human beings, Pete Seeger. It was just great. I will probably listen to it again tonight."
  • Bill 9/13/07: "Loved your show on Pavoratti. What a great ride home."
  • Tod 9/13/07: "(About the show on Pavoratti) The last time he was in minneapolis about 5 or 6 years ago, I was blessed with the oportunity of attending. The feeling I will remember is the oportunity we all had to join in a sing along. I can still hear all the people around us. All relishing our moment to sing with an opera great."
  • Bob 9/12/07: "(About the Mr. Pip show) I grew up in a labor class home where literature was non-existent. I found a collection of classics, The Illiad, Either-Or, Dickens etc. which my folks had used to decorate a bookcase, before it became filled with 'knick-knacks.' I ended up with Ph.D. in Psychology. My parents were mystified. Thanks for that resonance."
  • Cynthia 9/4/07: "(About the show on peace) It was so obvious while listening to your program and hearing the tension in the voices of those opposing the peace movement and the calm, peacefulness in the voices of those who were promoting peace. My final thought was in agreement with your guest, that peace is just that easy. It does come from within and when shared can multiply twofold. Maybe in a million years, if our planet still exists, those of us with a peaceful heart, (women of course :) will finally be in charge of the world and a peaceful resolve to all conflicts will prevail. Jean, I thank you for always being that 'peaceful, calming voice' on the radio."
  • Jane 9/3/07: "(About the show on peace) I think that a 'Department of Peace' has such bad conotations because many connect this type of talk with the hippies of the 1960s. There appear to be many of that 1960s generation who want to relive their "glory days" and who just can't seem to grow out of that ideological fantasyland that was the 1960s. It reminds us of the radicals of that day, the free love that has gotten our society into so much trouble, and the kumbayah attitude of the hippie drug culture. Peace is a wonderful thing -- who wouldn't want it? However, the idea of a 'Department of Peace' is just so yesterday."
  • Barbara 8/28/07: "I listened to your interview (about family meals) today. Bravo. You did so well. The whole show was so interesting. I never realized that the issue of family dinner had so many dimensions and ramifications. This should be recommended listening for the parents in your school."
  • Tim 8/21/07: "The problems with vertical farming: where do I get an heirloom tomato that has true flavor? Has the price of New York real estate dropped that much that a farmer can build a skyscraper green house on a city block? Do they really think they can keep mother nature away from our food crops, what about the bees??? Can this planet really support the number of humans we are talking about in 50 years, this is a social dilemma that will only be worsened by factory farming in skyscrapers."
  • Jim 8/16/07: "Thanks for your show today (and always). I have walked away from two well-paid positions because I knew success in them would result in personal failure for me. Living a life in ballance is harder in this country then it needs to be, but there are no better options."
  • Milan 8/15/07: "Thank you for standing your ground on unacceptable aspects of cultural relativism in today's program about taboos."
  • Diego 8/12/07: "An American teacher in Turkey was a very interesting program because there are many of us, EFL teachers, around the world who for one or many reason decided to go elsewhere and teach or exchange culture with the country where we reside."
  • Pete 7/23/07: "(regarding the World Eskimo-Indian Alaska Olympics show) Boozhoo Jean, Chi Miigwech (great thanks) for selecting the Inuit/Indian games for your eclectic program. Native people of North America have much to offer contemporary urban society. However our voices are seldom heard and what little "native news" is covered by print and airwave media is usually derogatory. So it is a pleasure to finally hear some positive coverage of Native American traditional activities. Apane minoseyan omaa aking = 'always go along well here on earth' Mii iw (thats it)."
  • Jill 7/19/07: "I sat in my car hoping and waiting for some balance to the program on the Running of the Bulls. I was just disgusted with the direction of the piece. There was the slightest mention of Peta's stance against this torture of animals and there was also a caller who was offended. However the host brushed off all of this and only spoke of the excitement and great fun. I am really tired of one sided programming on this particular program, Here on Earth. This continues to be the reason that I will never donate to NPR."
  • Shaun 7/18/07: "Your show continues to amaze and delight me. Thank you. I would like to contact the people today about their work with Google Earth and Amazon Conservation team ... I am so in admiration of you and your show."
  • Ryan 7/13/07: "I got a chance to hear the last 30 minutes of your segment on Vodka and thought that you might be interested to know that Wisconsin has an award-winning distillery that manufactures/distills premium vodka and gin. Great Lakes Distillery is the first and only distillery in Wisconsin since 1920 (start of prohibition)."
  • Erika 7/13/07: "I'm a minister, preparing a sermon about peace. I used your April program, Is Peace a Dirty Word? to find a balance of arguments, oppositions, and aspirations that would allow me to speak prophetically about the hard, but rewarding, task of creating conditions that lead to peace in our communities and in our world. Thank you for a wonderful mix of guests. I'm glad that I discovered your program!"
  • Allison 7/6/07: "Regarding the show on Kiva.org, I have traveled extensively and often wanted to help. Thanks so much for letting us know about this awesome program. Jean, you remind me that there is GOOD out there and I am very grateful."
  • Jeff 7/6/07: "We've been on Couchsurfing for about 4 years. We have had dozens of people surf our house with nothing but great results. Our daughter traveled completely around the world 2 years ago (age 21) with nothing but a 30 pound pack and her couchsurfing reputation. She spent on average $3.50/day (not counting air travel). Couchsurfing is the greatest thing on the net!"
  • Marco 7/5/07: "I just listened to your wonderful program about Couchsurfing. I would just like to mention a similar organization called BeWelcome, www.bewelcome.org. Keep up the good work!"
  • Alan 7/4/07: "(Regarding the CIA's Family Jewels show) The best way to celebrate the 4th of July is to call us to uphold our ideals. We need to re-read the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. We must remind ourselves of the ways we fall short by electing a president who disdains human rights and terrorizes other countries. It is un-American to say 'I don't want to know what the CIA does.' Our leaders are our servants. That is the American way."
  • Diego 6/28/07: "I'm Colombian and live in Rome, Italy. I found here on earth on the net by mistake as I was searching for podcasts that would really get my attention as I have to commute for an hour and ten minutes to go to work every day. Commuting is not quite the most exciting thing to do but since I've been able to download your podcasts,your podcasts make my commuting enjoyable to the point that I often miss the stop where I have to get off because I'm so immersed in all the inspirational, informative, analytical and interesting topics you bring on the show. your show is indeed a window to a wide world full of people with amazing stories or opinions and all this has helped me have a better understanding of life and people. Keep the good work up!"
  • Scot 6/23/07: "Thank you for the show. I listen to it regularly here in Germany. Keep up the good work."
  • Diane 6/19/07: "I listened to the live feed [of Kiva program] this afternoon and it was EXCELLENT! Very inspirational, especially that serviceman who pulled off the road to gush over what a fantastic idea it was, and how in his experience this is exactly the sort of thing needed by people who live in war-torn regions like Iraq."
  • Doug 6/16/07: "Regarding your show Harry Potter Mania. Last November I went to the Philippines to meet my sponsor child through Save The Children. As a gift I took along 65 books (2 changes of clothes completed my luggage) as a donation to his school library. Included was a complete set of hardcover Harry Potter books (1-6) along with Dr. Suess, Curious George, Laura Ingalls Wilder etc. After finally reaching the end of a boulder strewn road and arriving at Quilling Elementary School I found their library consisted only of mimeographed papers. No books with pictures. Not even a paperback book. Needless to say the books were a great hit. However the biggest surprise was when Paul (my sponsor child) grabbed the complete set of Harry Potter books and while dancing around exclaimed 'I always wanted to read Harry Potter!' I still do not know how Harry Potter was so well known in a remote area on an island in the Philippines. Talk about Harry Potter mania!"
  • Jerry 5/31/07: "Regarding One Perfect Day in the History of Marriage, I am a regular listener to all the hosts of the Ideas Net. This is one of the best shows I've ever heard. Informative, upbeat, analytical, contemporary, important, spontaneous, and extremely well done. I listened to it at 3 and then again at 9 and I'm hoping to get others to listen to it on line. I'm a retired college professor who is a bit ashamed of how many times he got married before finding my perfect mate and she founding hers. This is not to say that marriages don't require effort and readiness. But to add that they also seem to require a good fit to be successful. Even so I've no idea how to explain this to prospective brides and grooms. I might start by suggesting they listen to this show."
  • Frank 5/30/07: "There are too many broadcasts -- too many podcasts which I have yet to listen to. But that's ok, keep them coming because the program is absolutely fabulous. Merci (from France)."
  • Ingrid 5/21/07: "I am listening to your (Armenian Genocide) program, Jean. I was on a tour, with all Americans, in 2000, to southeast Turkey, to the Van region, to towns along the Black sea, and then with return to Istanbul. We were advised never, that is absolutely never, to speak of the Armenian massacre. This tour was prefaced by a reading list; we were readers and prepared to learn the history. There was a 'scholar' accompanying our tour, who gave a couple of lectures, and our group, was told directly by him, that this was not a topic to discuss, he to us, or among ourselves. I found this astonishing and shocking. But even today, there is little known about this massacre. Your program is so important."
  • Roberta 5/18/07: "When visiting Cajun country, the best thing a visitor can do is to stop and talk with the people who live there -- the clerk at the store, the folks at the table next to them in the restaurant, the volunteer manning the local museum. It's the best way to truly experience Cajun culture. I spent a week in the Eunice area several years ago and just by being open to these conversations wound up with invitations to Cajun music jams and a backyard crawfish boil, as well as the idea for a screenplay and several friendships I cherish to this day."
  • Sherry 5/18/07: "I live in Thailand for the last 15 years after starting out in Wisconsin where I listened to you on WPR in the morning, I think. Since mastering the ipod I can now enjoy your daily programs and the one I wish to comment on is the Water for Elephants. ... As for being wonderful, sensitive creatures, I worry that we are Disneyfi-ing things."
  • Brian 5/17/07: "Professor Grandin on your Hugo Chavez program said that Chavez is renegotiating a better deal for Venezuala and private investors still have a place in his scheme. To which I'll point out that it's not negotiation if you're told 'take this deal or I'll steal you blind' as Chavez is doing. And that a private investor would be a fool to invest in such a climate."
  • Judy 5/17/07: "I listen via podcast in Maryville, TN. Love the program!! I'm always a week behind so just listened to the open line comments. My two cents: Love the positive world aspect of the program. Would like to see more joy, more young people, more spiritual ideas and/or info on other religions. I don't listen to 'The News' so you are my only peek at the world happenings and I appreciate the positive strand as there is a lot more good stuff happening than bad stuff in our world."
  • Lane 5/5/07: "I'm trying to catch up on the podcasts and recently listened to the Hybrid Fever and New Breed of Cars. I loved both (as well as Evangelicals Go Green) and would love to hear more shows on sustainability, solar and other ecological trends that don't get enough press. So much advancement in the technology has happened that I think a lot of listeners would be astounded to hear more! Thanks for everything you do!"
  • Barb 5/4/07: "I love the show. Perhaps not every program equally, but that's impossible. The hour on the Thailand Project was breath-taking. I also fondly remember the hour about tomatoes. Keep it up! Thanks."
  • Shavonne 5/2/07: "I want to express how important your show is to me. It is one of my favorite times of the day. I stop everything at work, to open up Media Player and tune in. Your personality and sincerity about your work really shine as you work with your guests to inform your listeners. I've learned so much tuning in to your show. Thank you for what you do!"
  • Andy 5/3/07: "What I get out of the show is the opportunity to listen to diversity of thought and experience. It is presented in an intimate, personal and congenial manner, and it allows me to hear things on the radio that I will hear nowhere else. It allows me to become educated in a very direct way about other people's culture and customs. It feeds my desire to know how other people live, and to a certain extent, how that shapes their thoughts. I can't stress this enough -- you have things that no one else has on the radio, and I consider that a very good thing. ... It is worth noting that Here on Earth is not your usual call-in policy debate show. ... It is a story-telling show of discovery. ... I don't think Here on Earth is intended for people who view the world through a narrow lens, so to speak. It is intended for open minds and thirsty brains. I think if that is its mission, it has certainly met it for me."
  • Leslie 5/3/07: "I am a long time listener to your program. I love the focus of your program and have found the dialogues very compelling and informative. I love hearing from people all around the world doing such wonderful things! I wish there was more of it! Sometimes when you have more than one person on, it feels like they aren't utilized to the fullest, like the surface is just scratched. It seems to me that when the guest gets into something, then it's time to hear some music, or a sound bite or an announcement. I find myself holding the thought during the interruption and sometimes I make it to the other side and sometimes not. I'd love to hear more of the speaker or speakers. This aspect is what I miss most about your previous style of interviewing when you were on in the mornings. I love to hear the depth of the subject, the heart of it. When you ask for responses from the audience with questions, I find that to be a distracting interruption, also. I find it distracting and hard to hear when music is played on top of talking, when the interludes are to happen. I find your speakers very easy to understand! Thank you so much for all your creative effort and wonderfully insightful program! It's a breath of fresh air!"
  • David 5/3/07: "I think you do a good job. You are interesting, articulate, and a breath of fresh air ... I liked the program on Cuban health care, except I was a bit exasperated by the guest biography rather than the actual workings of their system."
  • Karen 5/3/07: "I think it would be nice to reach a level of intellect and education where the only people one can converse with are of world renown. It would be nice to be above the ordinary. That is one form of extraordinary. This, however, excludes most of us. A radio audience that consists only of other professors is probably not enough to sustain a show. Plus the word 'snobbery' keeps coming to mind. It feels as though you are having a very important conversation and we should get out of the way. So we do. We get out of the way. We do something else. We turn the tuning knob. We go where we can feel happy instead of feeling bad about ourselves."
  • Diane 5/3/07: "I have listened to you forever and I fully support your 'Here on Earth' mission. I remember your show after 9-11 and you were really trying to make sense of it all and bring reason into play. I love your new show and felt some of the comments on your 'open line' were very self-serving. I think it was a way for some of the commentors to promote their own agendas, i.e. animal rights, legalizing heroin... You never used to have many shows on books! The xenophobic comments make it doubly important to keep going with your wonderful show. YOU ARE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD!! Peace on earth."
  • Wayne 5/2/07: "I was a consistent listener to Jean's former program during it the entirety of her 13-year tenure. ... I had a friend in southern Wisconsin who would tape the show's rebroadcast during the evening. The tapes would then be sent to her daughter residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After she listened to them, they would be sent on to me. I would listen to them in my car, as I was traveling a great amount for business. ... As I recall many of those programs, it strikes me that every author/guest/expert was challenged to establish a certain level of credibility, not only with Jean, but with the listeners as well. ... I do not see that happening with as much frequency in the present format. ... To a degree, the quality that I sorely miss in your present programming, is what so distinguished the first 13 years in the previous format: the intimacy the listener felt while listening, whether participating directly in the discussion, or not. Your real strength is in that ability to make the listener feel that she or he a true participant, not simply a spectator. ... I know that what I've suggested is not easily accomplished. Knowing how difficult it is to coordinate even the most rudimentary communications internationally, crossing time zones, language differences and cultural/political perspectives, I can appreciate that the task you have set for yourselves is daunting. ... Good luck and keep working to improve your effort."
  • David 5/2/07: " I think your positive enlightening subjects are a great value to the airwaves. A lot of Americans could stand to be exposed to different ideas and cultures, whether they like them or not. We have a tendency to be very myopic on this side of the world, and Here on Earth is a great counter to that. Keep up the great work!"
  • John 5/2/07: "As I have mentioned to you in the past, I think Here on Earth is one of the finest, eclectic, intelligent, topical, etc. radio programs I have ever listened to. I am a radio geek who has been listening to the radio for over 50 years. Unfortunately, I have been unable to listen to your fine program for at least a year or so because some moron decided to remove it from WHHI in Highland, Wi."
  • Carol 4/30/07: "I am a First responder with a rescue squad and we are have difficulty getting manufacturers to get specifics of their vehicles to groups who need to make the rescues. We are VERY reluctant to work on hybrids in crashes. They can be lethal to the rescuers. How can we get them to be more cooperative? I'd love a hybrid, but not until their is more cooperation with the rescurer groups."
  • James 4/26/07: "I was intrigued by your Is Peace a Dirty Word? program. I was struck by how inclusive the female guest was, correcting the host that those who disagree with her and her peace club were not their 'enemies.' She then went on to say that those who disagree with her were 'good, decent folks,' who have the same goal, but just approach reaching that goal differently. She advocates proactively addressing violence; the male guest wanted to fight; both wanted 'peace.' To me (also a male), her approach seemed the more well-reasoned and effective approach. Thanks for an entertaining show."
  • Loretta 4/24/07: "In order to understand Cuba's health care system, you need to understand its founding. Che Gueverra has not been mentioned so far on the program. He, if you recall, was a medical physician. The first act he took after Castro took over the Cuban government was to begin to reorder the health care and health care training system of Cuba. If folks can set their cynicism aside for a bit and understand that Che Gueverra, as a very young person, took a tour around the continent of South America and was apalled by the health condition of poor people. The culminating part of this motorcycle tour, memorialized in his journal and the movie 'The Motorcycle Diaries', was a lengthy visit to a leper colony during which he provided medical care to the patients. He emerged from this experience with the resolve to relieve the suffering of the poor people of South and Central America. In reordering the medical training in Cuba, Che Gueverra established free training for doctors with the condition that they must serve in the Cuban provinces for a couple of years. Later, the policy of providing health care was extended to poor developing nations throughout the world."
  • James 4/13/07: "(Regarding the culinary tourism show) My girlfriend and I went on a trip to the west of Ireland, one year ago this month, with Fabulous Food Trails and had a wonderful time. We laughed and learned about Ireland, about food and wines and their preparation, about oysterbeds at an early hour on a raw Irish morn, about fishing from a fishing boat off Clifden, and much more. Our guides were knowledgable and full of mischief Every day was interesting and joyous. The hotels were first class and the food even more so. Everybody had a ball and, after a few days together, were 'friends for life.' In a word, it was a 'hoot'."
  • Carolyn 4/11/07: "(Regarding the culinary tourism show) I do adore looking at things in foreign supermarkets and when I moved from Ohio to Australia I had to learn the new names for things (bologna is devon) and things available here not common in Ohio. There is so much Asian food widely available in the mass market supermarkets but some things do just not exists here. The seafood and fresh produce are outstanding. But nearly every cut of meat has a different name here which I had to learn and to cultivate a butcher to get what I needed. No bratwurst! No crispy bacon!"
  • Bruce 4/6/07: "My wife and I just got time to listen to the program with John Nichols on the French election. we go to France for a month every year and I read Le Monde every day on the web, and John is poorly informed about France. He doesn't know what he doesn't know, and he talks anyway. The most dangerous kind of ignorant person. I recommend that you get better informed guests."
  • Carolyn 3/30/07: "(Regarding the family cooking show) We have discovered upon returning from a foreign venture that the best way to share the flavor of the places we have visited is not with trinkets or souvenier gifts. We purchase wines, oils, seasonings, Vino Santo, edible rice paper, Yucatan achiote, and prepare a feast representative of Asia, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Latin America for our family to enjoy. Even the youngest enjoy the vicarious cultural, culinary experience. We have also learned that scouring the supermarkets, markets and shops, and exhibiting a genuine interest in the culinary life style of a country is a great way to get to know the local people who are most pleased that an American respects, enjoys and becomes participatory in their life style. There is a saying that in order to enter the home of another, one must speak their language. We believe it is more related to entering the kitchens of the world and appreciating the cooking going on there."
  • Kay 3/22/07: "My sister just recently sent me your radio broadcast about Oaxaca, Mexico and I just wanted to tell you how much I thoroughly enjoyed it! Listening to your broadcast, I relived my time there with the foods and customs and traditions and it made me miss Oaxaca even more than I do now."
  • Matt 3/21/07: "'The church of Goth is a broad house.' Yeah, I guess most people need some kind of church. Too bad. Much rather spend my time with happy anarchists. No time to wallow in depression and navel gazing introspection when the times demand action. Grab even a small handful sand from the earth at your feet, which exists in such great abundance that even the poorest of the poor can have as much as they desire, and toss it with glee into the gears of the machinery of institutional (artificial, hierarchal) society. And then take a moment to rejoice and celebrate the self-organizing, 'progressive' tendencies of man free of the yoke of coercive collectivism."
  • Paul 3/19/07: "The devastating impact of the Iraq war on the Baghdad Zoo is one of a thousand examples of the indirect costs of war that are never tallied in monetary-based estimates. I appreciate that your guest has been able to make some lemonade out of the lemons of war. But more importantly, I appreciate that your guest and your program increase our awareness of the peripheral consequences of war. I think we are incapable of understanding the many aspects, and the true cost."
  • Paul 3/16/07: "Regarding the Irish importing the American custom of St. Patrick's Day celebration: Although I live now in Wisconsin, I am a native Chicagoan of entirely Irish descent. One of my elderly Irish American friends had been a Chgo police Captain with a brood of nine children, all of whom entered city service as cops, firemen, or city work--involving one son who came to oversee the dyeing green of the Chicago River. He was hired ten years ago by the Dublin County Council to go to Ireland to teach them how to dye the River Liffey green, since the Irish had never tried it before. A Chicago-born fellow, like me, of entirely Irish descent. What a wonderfully strange world!"
  • Linda 3/7/07: "I have been practicing Yoga for over 30 years. ... Because I have had the opportunity to travel to places like Hawaii, Australia and Stevens Point WI to share in yoga with people all over the world, I have found there is a peaceful presence surrounding people whoever practice Yoga. Yoga is opening up all over the world bringing more self-confidence, better balance, and so much more. Thank you so much for this very interesting hour of WPR on radio."
  • Pete 2/26/07: "Finally, a whole hour WPR program devoted to our Indiginous People, notably in the Pre-American civilization era."
  • Ronn 2/26/07: "I heard your intro to Craig Childs and the part where you asked listeners if they liked looking for arrowheads and other artifacts. Please remind your listeners that removing ANY found items (even fragments of pots) from an historical site is considered to looting, and a person can be fined and/or jailed for doing so. It might also be desecration of a holy site.There are resources (mainly through the University of New Mexico) to volunteer to work on archaeological digs if you are into the hunt. But if you want a pot, go to a reservation and buy one from the potter. You will be helping an artisan and will not be breaking the law. Thanks for an interesting show. Chaco Canyon is truly awe-inspiring."
  • Carol 2/13/07: "Enjoyed the program about citrus. Having lived in the true citrus state (Florida) and I can attest to the heaven of driving thru grove in bloom. Here in Australia growers have been ripping up their trees because the US has flooded our markets with cheaper fruit. Maybe too soon? I also share a favourite recipe for honey-lemon jelly: 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice, 2 1/2 cups honey and Certo liquid pectin (the brand is important as it won't set with other brands). Australian eucalypt honey is to die for."
  • Ruth 2/13/07: "Today's program on Evangelicals and environmental concerns was wonderfully revealing of the twisted logic Evangelicals go through to view everything through the Bible. Precious!"
  • Andre 2/13/07: "(About the Evangelicals Go Green show), I'm a sceptic who sees this as a plot to bring certain scientists back into deitism or keep them in deitism for the god-users to keep social controllatism alive and well!"
  • Sara 2/13/07: "I left the evangelical church after the 2000 election. The final straw was the claim that Al Gore was not a Christian. Joining the green movement is great. But unfortunately, it is another example of the evangelicals being pulled by culture instead of being a leader."
  • Eva 2/12/07: "Thanks so much for the program about Thomas Merton with Parker Palmer. It is shows like this that made people arrange their days around her program time slot. To hear about the world is grand but not at the exclusion of our own happenings and people, not movie stars and superstars, not nit picking politicians or another struggling single mom but the ones that make us think deeper in order to understand and have the patients for the rest."
  • Linda 2/4/07: "Jean, your show makes me feel fully alive and connected. Thank you for being out there and bringing us the world in a way only you can."
  • Harini 1/29/07: "I am happy to note that there is some, albeit minimal, media coverage being devoted to understanding the role of India as an important democratic ally for the US, perhaps the only one in the region. I hope to see more media coverage in the American media that highlights the new India which is committed to the peace process with Pakistan as well as nuclear non-proliferation rather than the outdated view of India as the land of the caste system and the Kama Sutra."
  • John 1/26/07: "Enjoying the show on Potato. As a transplanted Canadian who grew up in Quebec with the ubiquitous chip shops on every corner. The one thing I miss is REAL FRESH CUT FRENCH FRIES (patate Frites). In fact the first thing our family almost always does when crossing the border to Canada is to head to the closest chip shop. Quebec created a wonderful concoction called a poutine, which is fresh cut fries with cheese curds and sauce. Delicious but no doubt goes straight to the coronaries (good reason to drink more red wine). I've been constantly in search of real fries in Northern WI where I live. There are 3 places the make fresh cut fries, A bright yellow chip shop in Ashland (next to the Mcdonalds that serves YUCK econsitituted mash potates which they call french fries), The Log Cabin Restaurant in Crandon and Hoggie Doggies in Minocqua. Sadly none serve poutine..... enjoy your show."
  • Carol 1/12/07: "I share your pleasure in achieving the spirit of your program in today's Oaxaca topic. I too was discouraged from travelling to Oaxaca but after hearing today's program I'm eager to make plans."
  • Iddi 1/9/07: "Words cannot express my joy listening ton the professor relate the stories in South Africa. I was born in Northern Ghana and this hour has transported me back the hazy lazy days of the dry hamattan season between September and March when farm work was done and the work left in the home… mainly shelling peanuts and corn from the cob. As little boys, we would roam the village and look for the house with the best story tellers in the evenings. In front of a roaring fire and food, the story teller would regale us with stories of our history and we would shell away. We did this every evening throughout the hamattan season. Thank you for transporting me home."
  • Kevin 12/19/06: "Well done! I enjoyed hearing the conversation and questions with Steve Georgiou today. Topics twisted and turned with each comment - and that's how it should be with interesting guests and animated hosts who are making live radio that reacts to the comments of its listeners - and all in real time."
  • Adrienne 12/14/06: "Thank you for this wonderful show. I am a Lyric Soprano and grew up in Shorewood, WI, a predominantly Jewish community. Although I'm not Jewish, I fell in love with this type of music and frequently told my classmates that it was my intention to become a Cantor! I was always admonished that not only was I not a Jew, I was a woman, so I would never be a Cantor. But I've never lost my love for your music."
  • Lynn 12/11/06: "I just wanted to let you know that the parishes where I am from never really lost the Mary devotion and in some ways it is coming back even stronger. All our churches have statues of Mary and even separate devotional areas for her both inside the church and out."
  • Patty 12/8/06: "I just wanted to tell you I was moved to tears last night by the exchange between the WWII soldiers -- the Japanese-American soldier who was wounded and the man from the unit rescued by the wounded man's company. The whole program was wonderful. Congratulations. It was radio at its finest."
  • Morgan 12/7/06: "The internment of Japanese-Americans is still relevant to us today because it's a good example of reparations. When I visited the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle and saw a photo of an elderly Japanese-American receiving a payment and apology from Pres. Reagan, but know that African-Americans have yet to receive reparations--and those who support reparations for African-Americans are even sometimes thought of as 'wingnuts.'"
  • Sharon 12/7/06: "I am listening to your guest talking about his experience during World War II. I am in no way defending FDR's policy regarding the Japanese during the war. However, I do believe one must remember that we WERE attacked and that the Tojo government was very fanatical. That your guest was, and possibly still is, so bitter toward the US that he had no desire to fight for this country, does not sit well with me. We had many Native Americans and African-Americans whose treatment by the US was much worse, and for much more than 4 years, and they still served this country with passion."
  • Julie 11/30/06: "My husband told me about your internatinal adoption program. I thought you'd be interested to hear that I am part of a group in the Fox Valley that is planning an African Heritage Camp next fall. The primary purpose is to expose children adopted transracially to their black heritage, but it will also be open to any family wanting to explore black culture in the United States. It's for the entire family. We will have sections for the parents dealing with everything about preparing their children to deal with racism to hair and skin care. The kids will be exposed to art, rituals, and music. We plan on having adult adoptees talk about their experiences once they left the "safety" of their homes. We're working through the multicultural center in Appleton. It's something I'm pretty excited about. I want my kids to be proud of the heritage of their birth parents. With the help of some wonderful people I hope to instill that in them."
  • Clarence 11/28/06: "I would listen to Al-Jazeera because I like to hear the other side, knowing full well that it would be slanted to the Muslim perspective, just as I listen to WPR, knowing that it's slanted to the liberal side. I might very well disagree with most of what they have to say but I respect their right to say what they want."
  • John 11/27/06: "Thank you for a very interesting discussion about a very sad period of history. I believe I was next after Julie with a couple of comparison points on the show's comments. (1) A recent article in the Financial Times compared Holocaust survivors in the Netherlands with Denmark. NL has been more vociferous at the help they gave the Jewish popn. DK less so. However more Jews actually survived in DK than the NL. The hypothesis was that in the NL there is more of an emphasis to conform. The Jews they helped were maybe helped more because they were seen to be Dutch rather than Jewish. In DK it was mentioned they are more into keeping unique aspects of cultural groups and were more willing to save these people as Jewish people who were Danish citizens. (2)Summing up the show I recall a famous quote that has the gist of, 'first they came for the politicians and no one complained, then they came for the gypsies and no one complained, then they came for the Jews and noone complained, then they came for me and there was no one left to complain.' Very sad we feel this was a concequence of a 'man' made disaster more alarming that there have been repeats situations and sadly a strong chance of more in the future. The key as Jonathan had mentioned was to collectively strive for cooperation cross culturally and maintain as much hamony through talking and not fighting."
  • Amos 11/22/06: "Your show tonight 'Lost Boys of Sudan' was wonderful. Thank you Jean."
  • Adele 11/18/06: "Jean, This was a great program. My husband and I are returned volunteers from Cameroon (1962-5) and I had a story to share with you. We were married on Jan 21, 1961, the day John Kennedy was inaugurated as president. As I was dressing to go to the church that afternoon, I heard him speak and was moved about his proposals to send young Americans to the developing world. My husband-to-be heard the same words by the new president as he prepared for our marriage at a separate location. We had no time to speak to each other until well after the ceremony, but when we had time to share our thoughts, a decision was made that we would make an application to join this exciting new program. The bureaucracy moved slowly, but a year later we were selected to join a group of teachers going to Cameroon where we stayed three happy years. We have often wondered how many folks make such a life-changing decision on the day they are married. Thanks for such a wonderful program (among many others we also enjoy on WPR). You are right about the Wisconsin connection to the Peace Corps. We are both U. of W. graduates."
  • Theresa 11/8/06: "I heard the energy program yesterday. It was great to hear the caller that has participated in KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program). You can read more about the program at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/ or feel free to contact any of the staff people. Also check out this site about the Midwest Renewable Energy Association in Custer, WI. Thank you for the great show!"
  • Amy 10/31/06: "Last night I came home to my husband standing in the kitchen mesmerized, listening to the Here on Earth repeat. He had tears in his eyes and was too choked up to even tell me what they guest was saying. The guest was Dheera Sujan, and he was finally able to tell me she was changing the world. I was so touched with how the show moved him!"
  • Michelle 10/18/06: "This has been a fabulous show - on so many levels. As my 8th grade daughter got in the car, she immediately said, 'Oh, we read a story about Sor Juana last year!' She is now in her final year of a Dual Language program (English-Spanish) in a Kenosha public middle school. The story was part of her Spanish Language Arts class (in Spanish) so at least some of our youth are learning about this amazing Latin American woman."
  • Mohamed 10/13/06: "First I would like to thank you for your program on Ramadan. Secondly I would like to invite you and your family to break the fasting with us at our home."
  • John 10/9/06: "The BEER program was one of the most FUN times!!!! BECAUSE, maybe, it was the way my dad poured that beer into a special 'beer glass' after work, and then cracked an egg into it, that endears me to BEER."
  • Jill 10/5/06: "I am listening to your show on the Meru Hospital with special interest. I visited Meru in August with a group from Green Bay called KenyaHELP (www.kenyahelp.net). The group is a grass roots organization based in Green Bay and Meru whose mission is to help talented, yet impoverished children in Meru Kenya attend high school. In Kenya, families must pay tuition for children to attend high school. KenyaHELP sponsors many students whose families have been affected by HIV/AIDS. The work that that Meru Hospice is doing is VERY important to the Meru Community. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is overwhelming and tragic in Kenya. I truly appreciate HERE ON EARTH exploring these issues on WPR."
  • Yvonne 10/5/06: "I want to thank the doctor from Meru Kenya for his informative talk. My husband and I sponsor a little girl's education through the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging. She lives in Meru, Kenya. The doctor's talk helped me to understand her culture better. She writes me wonderful letters from a child's point of view. I didn't understand the stigma attached to persons with terminal illnesses. (She doesn't have one but I had written to her about a member of my family being ill). Very interesting topic! Hospice is great."
  • Maureen 10/4/06: "About the Prisoners program, so Zionists are one brother and Arabs are the other in the alleged 'sibling rivalry?' If my brother came to live in my house in need or desire of my sharing and had an agenda unknown to me to bring all his friends here or burned down my livelihood (olive groves) and drive me into another state would I forget we were siblings? Giving a face to the enemy may not be enough if the oppressor is in pursuit of his naked self-interest and if he has the power to enforce it. Unfortunately, no mutual self-interest keeps aggression in control in the oil rich Middle East when the U.S. is behind one 'sibling' for its own self-interest. No Arab took part in the Holocaust. Blood may be thicker than water but not oil."
  • Gina 10/2/06: "I just listened to your show on Chavez with great interest. I frequently speak to people who live in Venezuela, and most of what I hear is more in agreement with your caller who talked about the crumbling infrastructure and disappearance of the middle class. The highway he mentioned is the main access to the international airport. The main access to the tunnels recently collapsed, making a 45 minute trip into a 4 1/2 hour trip! The aspect he did not mention was the serious limitations to freedom of speech. Speaking out against Chavez and his government can have serious repercussions. I think it would be very interesting to have a follow-up program with speakers from Venezuela, if they are able or willing to risk speaking openly on the radio."
  • Babette 10/2/06: "It was refreshing to hear a more unbiased account of Pres. Chavez's speech at the UN which included more of the context. As someone with a history degree, I was glad to hear John Nichols mention that Pres. Chavez often mentioned historical figures in his talks. It is something that the press seldom mentions. When I went this past week to hear him in New York at Cooper Union, he mentioned quotes from Lincoln, Mark Twain and various other leaders. At Harlem's Mt. Olivet church he mentioned Dr. Martin Luther King and others. He seemed like a preacher, perhaps because of his liberation theology background and a consummate politician. I visited Venezuela with the Labor Exchange back in late 2004 and had the chance then to meet with the UNT and its various unions and to see the Missions such as Franscisco Miranda which deals with education. I was very impressed and when I came back, I started working on various solidarity projects for Venezuela. I am currently involved in working toward a Sister City for Milwaukee---Carora, Venezuela. Thanks again for your program on Chavez and on Venezuela."
  • Steve 9/29/06: "I listened to the program last night on the bioneers. I was surprised to hear Jean say that nothing like this is happening in the midwest. The native plants movement which Jean has repeatedly dismissed is healing the earth in a more important way than just painting a mural where a river used to flow. By studying the patterns of native plant ecosystems and trying to learn how to replicate those patterns true healing is occurring. There are people throughout the midwest experimenting in there own back yards on how to resurrect these patterns. It is a true act of thinking globally and acting locally."
  • Jeff 9/29/06: "Jeff from the Museum of Beer & Brewing here (www.brewingmuseum.org). About the beer show, we've now got over 85 (and 5 more coming) breweries and brewpubs in Wisconsin. In the 60's, FOUR of the largest breweries in the world were in Milwaukee. During prohibition, home brew beer used sugar for fermentation, causing sweetness. When post-pro beer returned, the brewers modified to the public taste. American beer has emulated, embellished and recreated German, British, and especially Belgian beers. These are ALL fantastic beers."
  • Diane 9/29/06: "About the beer show, in rural America there is at least one bar for every church. You have 'your church,' 'your bar' or both! The bars were the hub of the social world. It was not a stigma to take your children to the bar, every bar had something for kids to do."
  • Sven 9/28/06: "About the Pioneer show, water units us all and will be the ONLY way forward for the planet. Dip your fingers in the fountain at the State Capitol and think of all of our futures ... it's a sort of 'folly' but the principals embodied in it are constant and true. Thanks for your searching work Jean, you are a beacon of searching light with an infectious laugh."
  • Karen 9/27/06: "Thank you for focusing on our work yesterday! For all those people trying to draw attention to Darfur, don't give up. Think about the work that went into South Africa. For more info, see www.savedarfur.org. "
  • Dan 9/27/06: "About the show on fundamentalism, every time politics, philosophy or ethics came up, a professor who almost became my father-in-law used to wag his finger at me and say 'your line of reasoning opens the door to relativism; human civilization needs absolute principles that cannot be revoked or reinterpreted.' I remain intrigued by his pursuit of the ultra-modern study of electrical engineering and his devotion to the extremely traditional practices of Islam and the Jesuit school where he taught. Now the question: Would fundamentalism (or any other form of absolutism) be less troubling if it weren't so hard to change directions when we get something absolutely wrong? Doesn't any form of absolutism require a measure of faith that proponents are absolutely right and opponents are absolutely wrong? Whether it's religious, political, ethnic, or cultural, doesn't any form of absolutist thinking threaten non-adherents? Does this argument make me an absolutist in my relativism (or a fundamentalist atheist as my almost-father-in-law called me)?"
  • Amos 9/27/06: "I think that you and your guest's acceptance of Bush's 'Axis of Evil' [in the show] in describing nations such as Iran or Cuba was flatly one of the most obscene things I have ever heard on your show in the 20 yrs I have been listening to you. You have used your power as a radio host to validate a highly evil and dangerous term, however cute and catchy you and your clueless guest may think the term is, a term which is CLEARLY designed to demonize whole nations of people and to justify the murder of thousands or even millions of people in the future. I consider myself about as far from being politically correct as one can get, but words do have meaning, and if you can tell me one which is more insidious and loaded today than the 'Axis of Evil' I'd like to know what it is. I have always pegged you as being one of the people at WPR who understands the power of words, and how you of all people can sit in your cozy studio at WPR and justify using this term except to analyze and discredit it, is completely beyond me. If and when US bombs start killing children in Iran in large numbers, maybe you will then have the decency to go on the air and apologize to your listeners for serving as an agent back in Sep 2006 for the hateful propaganda which allowed this to be justified to the American people. TOTALLY disgraceful, nearly as disgraceful as the actions of the editor and publisher of this book, as well as the writers who agreed to remain part of this anthology after learning what the title would be."
  • Lisa 9/26/06: "While driving home from Madison yesterday, I happened across your show. I was so riveted that when the WHAD signal faded I seriously considered pulling off the expressway and heading back to Wisconsin. You asked intelligent questions of both the WWB editor (Alane Mason) and the translator (Khaled Mattawa) and graciously guided the conversation while still letting them speak at length. It was a pleasure to discover a whole hour devoted not only to literature but literature in translation from pariah nations. I will ask my local public radio station (WBEZ) to carry your program through the Ideas Network. Thank you!"
  • John Drury 9/23/06: "The poetry circle show was wonderful, and I got a real kick out of hearing my poem read so beautifully both in English and Spanish. The comments you made were great. I certainly did know the derivation of 'ash' and have related it to my students many times. I also remember the occasion when I first learned it--in Richard Howard's seminar ('Disclosure and Disguise') at Johns Hopkins. But I really wasn't thinking about it consciously when I wrote the poem. I was thinking of Lava soap! Jean's insight about the first stanza being Protestant, the second Catholic, and the third a mix sounded exactly right, although I hadn't thought of that consciously either, although the 'canton of exclusion' is modeled on John Calvin's Geneva, seen though a dream lens. Thanks so much for picking my poem to discuss!"
  • Ingrid 9/21/06: "I so enjoy Here On Earth, and, I hear the broadcast, in the day's replay, in the evening, never miss it, actually. I heard last night, September 20th, and now, this moment, Thursday, September 21st, after my supper, I am listening to the broadcast, via the Internet WPR site, your Camus program a second time. I want so very much to have a more robust understanding of Albert Camus. Merci beaucoup for your broadcast."
  • Jim 9/20/06: "About the Camus program, doesn't it strike anyone as strange that the White House is bragging that the president of the United States is reading a book that is read in the senior year in many high schools?"
  • Marcy 9/20/06: "Your show on heirloom tomatoes was wonderful. They taste better than anything commercially available, but they are indeed weird: soft, poor shelf life, strange shapes, hence the high price at local farmer markets (and well worth it). My advice to folks who have to buy tomatoes at the local grocery, is to buy those with the weirdest shapes, and imperfections, for the best flavor."
  • Malissa 9/13/06: "Thanks for a great show about the Baraka school. When I saw it come on PBS last night I had to keep it on to watch with my 17-year-old sister. She couldn't believe that it was an accomplishment that 75% of the students went on to finish high school. I rooted for Richard and Romesh the whole time, and was so sad how it ended up for them. Thanks for opening my eyes and providing a forum for global communities."
  • Barb 9/13/06: "I thank you so much for this wonderful program. So much variety, some shows require rethinking of how to view the world. I find myself crying listening to stories from guests, laughing at times, and enthralled with a new form of music or idea. Since the time change, I thought of calling in since I am not listening to rebroadcasts, but I enjoy her guests and topics so much, I don't want to interrupt!!"
  • Maureen 9/11/06: "Michael Radner and Tina Foster surely informed us of the sad reality we need to be in touch with to dig our way out and back to what our country stood for until we lost our soul for a fear based power structure that stole our decency."
  • Henry 9/11/06: "Your show on 9/11 about Guantanamo and torture, what to do? Join the National Guantanamo Teach In on Oct. 5th. So far over 150 colleges and universities have done so, including three in Milwaukee. Come to a campus event or tune in the live webcast. For more information: www.guantanamoteachin.com"
  • Eric 9/8/06: "We are here right now boxing up over 500 boxes of 25 varieties of Heirloom tomatoes for farmers market, including several varieties from Seed Savers Exchange. The flavor and beauty of heirloom tomatoes is unsurpassed in the vegetable world. I think that the major farms and food companies have done us all a disservice by breeding bland tomatoes in the name of profits, but thankfully, people like Diane are here to help save us from a flavorless world."
  • MColfax 9/7/06: "During the show on honor Jean asked what we are teaching our kids about honor. I'm not sure I talked directly about honor but must have in general. I would like to share a note written in my Father Days card this year. 'You have been a father looking at a son for 21 years, now let me tell you about a son looking at a father. I see a man that will do what ever it takes to complete what ever goal that is in front of him. I see someone who does things the right way, even though it may not be the easy way out. But most of all I see a father who has done nothing more than inspire his son to make him proud.' I think he understands honor."
  • Jennifer 9/6/06: "About ten years ago my very religiously and politically conservative sister-in-law went through an unexpected divorce. She shared with me her expectation that my husband or their younger brother would come to her rescue and stand up to her former husband when they were engaged in a conflict. She felt they were not fulfilling their duty. She believed that had her father not been dead, he would have 'fought for her'. In his absence her perception was that her brothers should defend her honor. I was shocked at her expectations. It would not have crossed my mind - nor did it cross my husband's mind that her 'honor' needed a male defense system. I think this is a continued perpetuation of the honor culture -- perpetuated more in conservative ideology than progressive. I was shocked to see that she didn't believe her honor was her own - to defend or to develop. Ultimately it made me sad to realize her lack of independence and more importantly her inability to see herself and her brothers as inferior to the group as a whole. Also, to see the importance she placed on the expectations she had of her brothers rather than on their relationship with her. In this case love was not enough unless they towed the line of honor defense."
  • Matt 9/5/06: "I am listening from NYC and enjoy the enemy combatant show. I agree with Mr. Begg that the fundamental causes of terrorism need to be addressed at the grassroots level."
  • Jesse 9/4/06: "I totally agree would Salman Ahmad being a cool guy, and a whole lot more. What an amazing accomplishment to have audience with those who suspect him. This second listening brought up even more emotions and responses than the first one."
  • Mac 9/4/06: "You show is the most daring and innovative to come out of WPR. While others ask the question 'will the government take care of us' your shows demonstrate that non-institutional solutions best effect general happiness and welfare. Your recent positive comments about the Quaker system of collective decision making by consensus, identifying such as 'true democracy,' are a refreshing departure from the degraded idea that has come to be know as democracy, but which is really a thinly disguised form of coercive collectivism that places faith in authoritarian leadership and institutions."
  • Benjamin 9/3/06: "I want to express my sincere thanks for your excellent show. It brings new and diverse perspectives into all our lives, and I am certain we are better people for it. I grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, and my parents would occasionally listen to WPR in the car, but I was never very interested. However, after attending UW-Madison for anthropology and molecular biology, I found myself riveted to the station, to the point of making my friends irate by refusing to change the channel in the car. Yours and Ira Flato's Science Friday were and are my favorite programs, as I could relate to them most closely from my academic and intellectual interests. However, I recently started medical school at the University of Rochester in New York, and am unable to listen live on the radio, not to mention my class schedule interfering. Fortunately I have an iPod and can simply subscribe to your podcasts through iTunes. Thank you so much for that! I generally listen while exercising, either weightlifting or road biking, and so I feel I am expanding my mind and body at the same time (I have different activities like kendo to integrate them). What strikes me is that there is at least one point in every show that I wish I could call in with a question or relevant comment, but I have to remind myself that it's not live."
  • Jean 9/2/06: "Thanks for airing this non-violence show. Again, I'd like to see more. You could do so much more on nonviolence. What could be more important?"
  • Maureen 8/30/06: "A mediator and a visitor to India 30 years ago, I loved your program (of Durga court)."
  • Greg 8/25/06: "I had to wait a few days to write about your show with the poets talking about war. I was so angry, I couldn't even talk. Your two guests have never been in combat. How can they tell me what I feel now or should have felt then. As a Vietnam Vet, I know what horror of war is. I feel that this show dishonored all veterans."
  • Shaun 8/26/06: "I was riveted listening to your show about corn ... I take dairy producers to Mexico to meet the families of their employees. It is a very cool experience. We normally go to very rural areas, way off the beaten path. I have seen so often in these rural villages the women making tortillas and mesa. There is nothing that tastes quite like a freshly made tortilla right out of the hands of these women. I have tried several times to do it myself, and it is not that easy!! I think there is magic in their hands. Many of these women speak Nahuatl, and very little Spanish. The connection still to their roots is very direct."
  • Ruth 8/24/06: "I need to tell our turtle story. Thirty or so years ago on a beautiful warm sunny April Saturday, my husband was returning from a trip to the dump, the Saturday before Easter. He had two rattling trash cans in the back of a small Datsun station wagon. It had snowed a lot the day before. As he drove, John saw a large Snapping Turtle crossing the road. He decided the children would like to see it and let it crawl into one of the trash cans. As he came close to home he felt something on his shoulder and heard a hiss. Knowing it was the turtle, he leapt over the gear shift into the passenger seat. The car ran into a telephone pole. A couple driving behind saw only a man drive into the pole and stopped to see if he was really crazy. John explained the problem, asked the couple to go into our kitchen where I was frantically polishing silver in preparation for a large group on Easter. He wanted them to explain the event, saying that his wife would never believe his story that there was really a turtle in the driver's seat. We then received calls from the police, the telephone company, the insurance company, and the newspaper. All were laughing mightily. We were amused, but not as much as they. The car cost $400 to repair, so John decided that we should have turtle soup. Revenge, I guess. When the turtle was finally in small pieces to be placed in the soup, the meat was still pulsating. Our four children and I left the kitchen vowing never to return and to have nothing whatever to do with the soup. Later at a wild game dinner at a friend's home, and after a couple of glasses of wine, I declared the soup simply delicious."
  • Brian 8/24/06: "I love the show and think it's a model for what the world could be."
  • Charlotte 8/23/06: "Thanks for doing the show on Mexican elections, it was about time that someone did it. I was waiting for you or Tom Ashbrook (On point) and I was glad that at least you did it. You should talk more about what is going on in Mexico, after all we are neighbors and it is hard to get news about my country in the USA. No wonder why some Americans think that we are only a spring break country or the place where most immigrants come."
  • Leah 8/19/06: "I'm also very happy that your show has been moved to every day at 3:00. It was very hard to be able to listen on Saturdays. You have really opened my eyes to the rest of the world with your show, and I truly thank you for your hard work."
  • Jesse 8/18/06: "I DID listen to species extinction show and it was excellent! Very stimulating. Thank you!"
  • Sarah 8/15/06: "I think your guests had a very narrow view of responsible travel. Many poor countries depend on money from tourism, so maybe sitting on the beach and buying a margarita benefits that country more than one's personal enlightenment. I want to like the idea of reality tours, but it seems like such a self-serving concept, and does reality really NEED to be so expensive?!"
  • Duane 8/11/06: "Charcuterie is the ultimate in convenience food and yet 'fast food.' All the work is done upfront. All the enjoyment can be had with the flick of a knife. Yum."
  • Mike 8/11/06: "Thanks to you and Brian for this wonderful show (about charcuterie). I live in rural Sauk County in an area that is dominated largely by Germans, and every fall and spring myself and quite a few other locals get together to make various kinds of sausages, smoked meats and jerky. Primarily venison, but also get into varying kinds of pork sausage including liver sausage and sulze. Often times our local tavern will have something of a pot luck dinner for Packer games etc. We all bring our various types of sausage and compare. All are edible - some are very good. If it's just edible it's a great way to use up your supply. If it's very good you get bragging rights."
  • Janet 8/11/06: "I listened to the (South African) show. There was much reference to the value of people to people interaction. We in our culture do not have that to the degree to be useful. Called 'social capital' (book BOWLING ALONE). Our culture will only turn around by the people like Jean being willing to discuss concepts and actions that are necessary. We do not have enough social capital because we do not have PLACES where this can occur, like 'lighted schoolhouse,' etc. Our education system is a military system that indoctrinates in separateness and gives 'credit for time' rather than 'credit for education.'"
  • Elizabeth 8/10/06: "Thanks for such a lovely program (about South Africa). It was lovely, informing, enriching and exciting. Your guest reminded me of all the time I spent in Grahamstown, a small town in the Eastern Cape. You have to be there to feel intensity of oneness of the people. I was impressed with their ability to talk to one another. I always felt welcome , their smiles and gregarious laughter.

    "There are movies that have been made in South Africa, check Tsotsi or Yesterday. I think Yesterday captures the beauty and greatness of these peoples traditional culture. Watch the women doing their laundry, listen to their singing as they are busy with their chores. Look at what they do when they meet one another, their willingness to share even with the strangers, (not here in Milwaukee). Your guest Sivuyile talked about forgiveness, watch the main character in the movie, how she forgives and treats her husband who had been abusive, how she forgives those who were discriminating against her.

    "I wanted to hear more about their songs especially the battle and freedom songs. I wanted to hear more about ceremonies where you see the generosity, that we are together mentality and willingness to share of these people.

    "I know for sure that South Africa is where I will settle, live and die. I wish our people (African American) can have a taste of the life of these people. Is there a way this brother can address school kids?"
  • Jane 8/4/06: "Just listening (to the Scavenger's Cuisine program) and just could not resist a note. My husband is a hunter, mostly hunts deer with a long bow which was made for him by a good friend. We live and work on a 2200 acre family farm in central Wisconsin. He returned home after earning a master's degree in art. So, we run a grain farm and make art. We live in two worlds, rural and urban. What I want to share with you is that my husband loves to cook wild game and fish. He loves his own food and is always challenging himself to prepare it better. Of course, he thinks cooking and food are an art medium and, of course, that's true. His pet peeve is over cooked BBQ'd or stewed venison. He feels it is an indication of bad meat or someone that does not know how to cook. He cooks and eats heart usually as a sandwich meat. That is not something I enjoy. But, he prepares venison carpaccio that is fabulous and I love it."
  • Jude 8/3/06: "The best (of the schedule change is) the return of JEAN FERACA to daily broadcasts of "Here on Earth". Like many of her dedicated listeners, I have missed the sound of her raw silky voice since she shifted to weekend programming; even though I frequently heard them while driving across Wisconsin on weekends, I GREATLY APPRECIATE her return to my every day life. Jean is consistently one of the best interviewers anywhere, and I sincerely tell you that this program, "Here on Earth", brings me some of the few hopeful moments I yet feel for this sad world. Nearly everything we hear, even on WPR, spells gloom for our future ... but Jean has shown a knack for finding uplifting experiments, focusing on positive steps private citizens are finding success in. What a balm to the spirit! When I hear her voice, and this particular program, sometimes I feel: there is hope."
  • Susan 7/30/06: "Here on Earth is splendid as you are. I'm still getting used to tuning you in at 3PM but when I do, it's a joy! I listened on Friday to the journalist who spent six years working with a mad butcher, cook, etc. It was wonderful. I thought you interviewed him so well and that at times, he was a bit taken back at your excellent and insightful questions and comments and kind of downplayed them in order to stay in control I suppose. But I did enjoy the hour and will stay tuned. I also listened to the program on the Irish Pubs which was delicious. I love the way you put it all together with music, melody, interesting references and beginnings. It's almost to my ears like the beckoning scent of a great dish cooking in the oven -- sit down and enjoy."
  • Irene 7/26/06: "Really enjoyed the show on video gaming! Very thought provoking and I couldn't help but think of educational applications, too. Keep up the good work. I always enjoy your interviewing style and the range of topics that you cover. Compliments, too, to Wisconsin Public Radio. Makes it a joy to turn on my car radio."
  • John 7/19/06: "I think the Simpsons Cartoon demonstrates to the world that Americans have an insight into what's dysfunctional in our own culture by allowing the world to laugh with us at our beer guts and lazy intellect."
  • Thomas 7/19/06: "Your show on the Calabash Festival was pure delight. As a Jamaican, I did not totally agree with some of the assumptions made by you and your guests; nevertheless, the program was very delightful. I commend Colin and Quamie for the very insightful venture and hope that some Jamaican writers will seek them out and become part of the festival. Jean keeps up the good work, and I am happy to have you on in the afternoon on weekdays. I thoroughly enjoy your show, as you seem to make even the most mundane subject exciting."
  • Bruce 7/13/06: "I was just listening to the show in my car and what I heard from the readings was a pathetic blathering of Marxist brainwashing. The poor young woman exhibits an intense indoctrination in Uncle Ho's ideology. Please remember she was part of the North Vietnamese Invasion of another country, a pure and simple power play on the part of North Vietnam."
  • Mary 7/6/06: "What an awesome gift you give your listeners in this wonderful program! I am continually inspired by the content, depth and quality of your interviews - thank you for the vision it took to make the show a reality."
  • Erik 7/5/06: "'How Orwellian Are We?' was an excellent show. Thanks and keep up the great work."
  • Patrick 6/29/06: "I really enjoyed your show on Kenny Solway. The world needs his type on inspiration to live closer to the land."
  • Missy 6/22/06: "I am so excited that your show will be on throughout the week. I am an active listener and greatly appreciate the quality of programming that is provided through your show. My family is relocating from Wisconsin this summer but I will continue to keep tuned in to your show!"
  • Anna 6/19/06 from South Africa: "Great selection of interesting info - happy to have discovered your site ... Looking forward to the new programs and cannot wait to have some time to listen to previous shows."
  • MBR 6/12/06: "Jean, I am so glad to hear you are coming back to weekday radio. I loved to listen to your previous program, I also love HEAR ON EARTH, but find it hard to listen on weekends. When you start broadcasting on weekdays, I will be there!"
  • Lois 6/12/06: "As a nurse-midwife who has worked both in Milwaukee and in three countries in Africa, thanks for the program. However, nurse-midwives do not do home deliveries in this country but function within the existing medical system. Having taught midwives, I have a real appreciation for the knowledge, skills and abilities of local midwives in Africa."
  • Jeanne 6/11/06: "Walter Wink wrote THE POWERS THAT BE, which includes a criticism of the literature and films we tend to gravitate toward that carry the myths we believe, we agree with. This is the myth of retributive justice, which is different from Christianity. Bond seems to fit into this retributive justice, glamorizing blood justice with courtly manners. Have we moved forward through James Bond? There is no peacemaking there? He is very different from Christ or Gandhi."
  • John 6/11/06: "As far as the appeal of James Bond, it was not his 'conquests,' but the archetype of masculinity he represented. What I have found is that the villains of the Bond books and movies, especially Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE, are perfect metaphors for the Bush regime and its supporting 'Neocons,' the Carlyle Group, etc., the truest archfiends today who are attempting to control the planet."
  • Nate 6/6/06: "Thank you so much for the show, all of them. It gives me inspiration and hope for the world, not just the subject of each show, but the fact that it's still going on! Keep on."
  • Mary Kay 5/29/06: "As a general rule your show has filled me with hope - a welcome dose of the warm fuzziness in a world gone mad. ... But What Would Jesus Drive: Evangelicals on Global Warming left me with the same sense of despair and disorientation ... Where in the name of good common sense did you dig up Beisner? ... I came away from your program burning with rage - disgusted, and churning with frustration. Good grief, couldn't you have found someone who at least sounded sane to argue the 'other' side of Global Warming? The guy sounded like a raving lunatic. The 'positive' side of Global Warming? Good grief."
  • Arrie 5/22/06: "I am a displaced Wisconsinite living in Charleston, SC. Looking to return home. Am overjoyed that I can listen to my MOST favorite radio on my computer. Hooray!"
  • Timothy 5/20/06: "I am a relatively new listener (about 6 months), and thoroughly enjoy the show, because of the wide range of topics. I think Jean is an excellent host."
  • Margaret 4/25/06: "I thought your show today with Joseph Q about his work in Thailand was outstanding. I plan to have my daughter who is studying art in New York listen to it as a way to encourage her to incorporate social justice in her work."
  • Sallie 4/22/06: "Jean, your program is often so spiritually moving with its content and variety. Thank you for providing this global learning experience!"
 

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