http://www.hereonearth.org/ Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and hosted by Jean Feraca, "Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders" is a live cultural affairs call-in talk show that introduces extraordinary people from across the world whose stories instill passion and connect deeply with listeners each weekday. Join us live from 4PM to 5PM Eastern time Monday through Friday. The show is streamed live at hereonearth.org. en-us (C) 2009 Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Radio Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:01 GMT http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/images/hoeSmallNew.jpg http://www.hereonearth.org/ 150 150 Science and religion are often portrayed as being in conflict. But, according to Krista Tippett who hosts the Peabody award-winning program Speaking of Faith heard on Minnesota Public Radio, scientists often find spiritual enlightenment on their way to proving scientific truth. Tippett has a new book, Einstein's God, based on her interviews with scientists. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100208k.cfm Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Reformed picky eater Jill Colella Bloomfield believes that teaching kids to cook is the way to avoid the pitfalls of picky eating. She shares her strategies for helping kids discover there is more to life than peanut butter and jelly. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100205k.cfm Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Christina Ammon inherited a diamond ring worth $22,000 from her grandmother. She did some quick calculations: $22,000 could restore sight to 660 people in Bangladesh, send 133 Nepalese children to school, protect 220 acres of rainforest, or provide 220 micro-loans to women in the Congo. Her question: do I want a diamond ring, or a better world? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100204k.cfm Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 In The Whale, winner of the 2009 BBC prize for nonfiction, Philip Hoare investigates the dark, shadowy beasts who swim below the depths only to surface in a spray of spume to find out what it is about them that exerts such a powerful grip on our collective imagination? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100203k.cfm Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 British husband and wife Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett join forces to show that one common factor links the healthiest and happiest societies: not wealth, not resources, not culture, but the degree of equality among their members. So, by that measure, how does America stack up? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100202k.cfm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Punk astronomer Doug Reilly thinks that you are not spending enough time looking up. He explains why looking up at the awe-inspiring night sky is punk and why it might be the best way for us humans to expand our horizon of possibilities, and our consciousness. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100201k.cfm Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 After the frenzy of holiday cooking, baking, and feasting, and with no major holidays until Easter, it often seems that winter cooking is an afterthought. Anne Bramley, a self-proclaimed lover of winter, disagrees. She shows us that winter is full of inspiration in the kitchen, and that the holidays are not the only reason to look forward to a long cold snap. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100129k.cfm Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 As Google threatens to quit China over censorship, many Chinese citizens pleaded online for the company to stay. Does Google's decision help or hurt the democratization of China? Can a company still do well by doing good? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100128k.cfm Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 In this century, the human species will need to solve some very big problems, but does our changing world demand humans change, too? Bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin joins us to talk about his new book, The Empathic Civilization, which argues that beyond technological innovation, we need to change our consciousness and transform our idea of human nature itself. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100127k.cfm Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The prosecution of Alfred Dreyfus in nineteenth-century France, known as the Dreyfus Affair, exposed misconduct at the highest levels of the French Army and left France painfully divided and disgraced abroad. Author, lawyer, and Holocaust survivor, Louis Begley, transforms this history into lessons and warnings for the United States as it heals itself from the misdeeds of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100126k.cfm Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 After the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Vodou has once again become a part of the public discussion about Haiti. Pat Robertsons remarks are only one of many examples of how the Euro-American perception of Vodou influences the public opinion about Haiti and its people. We talk to Gina Athena Ulysse, Haitian-born anthropologist at Wesleyan University, and to Kate Ramsey, historian of Haiti at the University of Miami, about the complicated relationship between Haiti's history, vodou and the West. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100125k.cfm Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 One in seven people in the world doesn't have enough to eat. What is the key to eliminating world hunger? According to Louise Fresco, the answer may lie in mass-produced white bread. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100122k.cfm Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 As the reality of the earthquake in Haiti sinks in, we take the time to talk about how hard it is just to watch. Scholars and teachers of witnessing join us to talk us through the practice of witnessing, pointing out both the pitfalls and the positive outcomes that can come through witnessing the suffering of others, even from afar. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100121k.cfm Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Religious conservatives often reject evolution, religious liberals incorporate it, and secularists embrace it. But there is a little-recognized, rapidly growing fourth reaction to the Darwinian revolution. It is emerging from those engaged in what we might call nature spirituality, or nature religion. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100120k.cfm Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Almost one in four Americans has a tattoo today. Gone are the days when only bikers, sailors and self-declared rebels displayed their tattooed arms; today, even academics are getting into the act by tattooing their favorite formula or graph on their bodies. We explore the history of this phenomenon and the reasons for this increased popularity with UW-Madison Professor of Anthropology, Neil Whitehead. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100119k.cfm Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Composer Bruce Adolphe and librettist Carolivia Herron wrote the one-act opera Let Freedom Sing: The Story of Marian Anderson to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial Concert, organized after she was denied the right to sing in Constitution Hall. Today we celebrate the story and song of this civil rights veteran. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090827k.cfm Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Despite a reputation for austerity, some of the best food and wine in the western world is produced by monks and nuns living in monasteries. That was true in the fourteenth century and it is still true today. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100115k.cfm Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 We talk with Jaron Lanier, father of virtual reality, about his new manifesto, You Are Not A Gadget, and why we should not put our technology on a pedestal above our selves. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100114k.cfm Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Here is something new and refreshing; a team of scientists (Steven Pinker, Paul Ekman and Michael Pollan among them) focused on exploring the deep roots of human goodness. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100113k.cfm Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 For a talented group of Iranian poets and composers enjoying fame, the Iranian revolution of 1979 extinguished hopes, dreams and careers. After first encountering their silenced music in 2003, singer Monika Jalili turned her career and life around to bring it back to life. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100112k.cfm Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light? In Diane Ackerman's latest book, Dawn Light, she asks, Do you see? Do you hear? Do you smell and taste and touch everything the light reveals? What better way to get a fresh start on the new year. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100111k.cfm Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Laid off from her job and forced to tighten her belt, author Suzan Colon found solace in the most unlikely of places: her grandmother's Depression-era recipe book. As Colon recreated the recipes, she learned her family's stories and how cooking can get you through hard times. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100108k.cfm Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Kapka Kassabova escaped from Communist Bulgaria as a 17 year old. After the fall of the Iron Curtain, she returned to the country of her childhood and was forced to face the emotional consequences of growing up in Bulgaria's repressive regime. Her book, A Street Without A Name, tells the story of her return to Bulgaria. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100107k.cfm Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 In his new book, Yours Ever, Thomas Mallon explores this endangered literary genre with letters from Florence Nightingale, Henry Miller and the Duchess of Windsor. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100106k.cfm Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Two decades ago, Fatuma Gwao, a single Tanzanian mother of four, started a day care for orphaned children in her own living room. Today, with the help of an American woman and students from Dartmouth College, she runs a school that offers education, health services and opportunities to children who would otherwise have no one to turn to. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100105k.cfm Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 G. A. Bradshaw marshals research from neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior to argue that the mind of the elephant is remarkably similar to our own. The shock of violent death,the grief of losing an infant, and the loss of freedom affect them in much the same way as people. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091006k.cfm Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 In the wake of the French Revolution, Madame Clicquot became a widow and single mother at age 27. But widowhood also gave her social permission to run her own business. And she started building a champagne empire and a legacy. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090116k.cfm Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 How many ways are there to say "believe me" in the world? In English, we say "I'm not pulling your leg." In Russian, the phrase is "I'm not hanging noodles from your ear." Author Jag Bhalla collects this and other amusing, often hilarious phrases that provide a unique perspective on how different cultures perceive and describe the world. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090624k.cfm Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The year 2009 that brought the first African-American to the White House, gave us a world-wide financial crisis, scaled down the war in Iraq, scaled up the war in Afghanistan, passed a health care bill and got serious about climate change. John Nichols joins us for a look back and a look forward. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091230k.cfm Wed, Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Inside Islam, our interactive series on Muslim issues and ideas recently received a Brass Crescent Award. But we want to know what you think about it. Are we hitting the mark? Are your questions and concerns about Islam being addressed in this series? Join us for a mid-year open line with Inside Islam producers and advisors. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091229k.cfm Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Global economic recession, climate change, the war in Afghanistan: it is easy to name the stories that defined 2009. But what about the people behind the news? We sit down with the Managing Editor of Foreign Policy to talk about their special end of the year issue: The 100 Top Global Thinkers of 2009. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091228k.cfm Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Santa Claus has not always been the jolly round bearded fellow we know today. His family tree goes back to Turkey. He has been a wanderer, a bishop, and a warrior. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, a biography of Santa Claus. And what does Waukesha, Wisconsin have to do with his landing in America? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_071218k.cfm Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The great Italian humanist, Primo Levi, much to his surprise, received a package of goodies for Christmas while he was in Auschwitz. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_071214k.cfm Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Hope Edelman's daughter had an imaginary friend that no one else could see. When the friend became aggressive and destructive, Edelman and her husband made the unlikely choice to bring their daughter to a Mayan healer in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help them banish this uninvited visitor from their lives. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091223k.cfm Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Nothing divides Italians as much as their Prime Minister. Silvio Berlusconi has had a firm grip his country for almost two decades. From his conflicts of interest as a powerful businessman to his alleged ties with the mafia to numerous sex scandals, everything in Italian politics is about him. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091222k.cfm Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 On December 3rd, thousands of religious and spiritual leaders and practitioners convened in Melbourne for the 7th gathering of the Parliament of the World's Religions. We talk to two attendees (one Pagan, the other Muslim) about the visions of justice, peace, and sustainability that the Parliament hopes to bring about. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091221k.cfm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 When it is cold outside, few things warm up the kitchen better or more deliciously than Christmas cookies. Tom LaPierre, baking and pastry instructor at the Milwaukee Area Technical College shares his favorite holiday recipes during our annual Christmas cookie show. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091218k.cfm Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Olly and Suzi are London-based artist-explorers who have portrayed wild dogs and lions in Tanzania, killer whales in Norway, polar bears and Arctic foxes in Siberia, and many others. The artists collaborate with one another and induce wild creatures to interact with their canvases. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091217k.cfm Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Would it surprise you to learn that there are singing contests in Afghanistan and poetry contests in the United Arab Emirates that look a lot like American Idol? We speak with cultural diplomacy scholar Cynthia Schneider about the universal appeal of talent competitions and how they differ from culture to culture. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091216k.cfm Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 You might say that President Obama's pro-war speech that he gave in Oslo was something of a brain-twister. We talk with a rhetorician who can untwist it for us. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091215k.cfm Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Does hunting encourage violence or can it teach empathy and compassion? Randall Eaton is a behavioral scientist with an international reputation in wildlife conservation who teaches boys how to hunt in the Native American way. He is the author of From Boys to Men of Heart. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091214k.cfm Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 On Dec. 24, la vigilia di Natale, Guissepe Scarlata's family will sit down in their home in Trapani to a seven course fish feast: marinated octopus and squid salad, smoked swordfish and thin slices of cured tuna. And that's just for starters. Join us for Christmas Eve in Sicily. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091211k.cfm Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Dr. Bradd Shore wants to debunk the idea that rituals are only powerful in the exotic sphere of The Other. He says, for Americans, the most meaningful rituals may very well be the hidden ones we most easily overlook. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091210k.cfm Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 How would you turn Alaska into a piece of music? A glacial tempo, filled with cold motifs and melodies or something grand and imposing? Composer John Luther Adams answers this question every time he steps into his studio. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080825k.cfm Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 More and more people are learning Arabic these days. We talk with the authors of the most popular Arabic textbook in the world, the husband and wife team, Kristen Brustad and Mahmoud Al-Batal who insist it is not all that hard after all. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091208k.cfm Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Shortly after becoming the president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela found an unusual cause to unite the country after the apartheid: rugby. How did he turn a white supremacist team into a world champion and symbol of unity? Learn about the true story behind the film, Invictus. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091207k.cfm Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Learn what the Here on Earth show brings you from the world. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/podcast.cfm Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:00:01 GMT Here on Earth 00:00:30