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 The German poet Novalis once wrote that the only real temple in this world is the human body. If that is true, Joumana Haddad, who just launched Jasad magazine in Beirut (Jasad means Body in Arabic), is doing her best to restore the body to its rightful place, and raising a lot of eyebrows in the process. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091105k.cfm Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Playing poker was a key networking tool in Barack Obama's early political career. Bill Gates collected many of his business strategies and a sizable fund to start Microsoft from his all-night poker games. Eisenhower and JFK used poker tactics to resolve crises with China and the Soviet Union. How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091104k.cfm Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Although Americans hear about Islam on a daily basis, there remains no clear explanation of Islam or its people. Jean Feraca talks to a scholar of Islamic law about growing up in California and balancing her South Asian, Muslim, and American identities. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090212k.cfm Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Don't believe the hype you hear about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. Minxin Pei, director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, joins us to pick apart this familiar narrative. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090909k.cfm Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Exciting new ingredients are available everywhere, expanding our culinary horizons, and a new culinary world calls for a new cookbook. Ruth Reichl, long-time editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and a best-selling author in her own right, joins us to talk about her new book, Gourmet Today. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091030k.cfm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Keith Terry is a body musician, someone who makes music purely with their body. His obsession runs so deep that last year he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first to go to a body musician. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091029k.cfm Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Words Without Borders devotes its October issue to International Reporting. From the killing fields of Cambodia to the swarming streets of Tehran, on the ground and in the trenches, these writers document the news of the world with artful urgency. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091028k.cfm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Harvard scholar Harvey Cox broke new ground when he published his international bestseller The Secular City in 1965. Now, on the eve of his retirement, he has come out with a new book, The Future of Faith, in which he analyzes why Christian beliefs and dogma are giving way to new grassroots movements rooted in social justice and spiritual experience. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091027k.cfm Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the true account of an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community. William Kamkwamba shares his remarkable story of growing up in Malawi, Africa. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091026k.cfm Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The return of the chicken to American backyards is now no longer an uncertainty. Since the chicken disappeared from urban American settlements half a century ago, city dwellers all over the nation are now re-discovering the advantages and challenges of keeping their own flock in their backyards. What is it about the chicken that makes it the urban bird of the moment? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091023k.cfm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Bill McKibbon and Tim Flannery are two of the world's most renowned conservationists. They are both urging a forceful call to action to end climate change and create a sustainable future. They team up to take us on a guided tour of the environmental challenges we face and the best new ideas to help solve the crisis. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091022k.cfm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Muslims and Christians together comprise over half of the world's population. A group of Muslim scholars and clerics recently sent an open letter to Christians around the world proposing a search for common ground to which a group of scholars at Yale's Divinity School responded. Jim Wallis joins us to talk about this historic encounter and how we can move beyond a polite ecumenical dialogue to make peace between Christians and Muslims. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091021k.cfm Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The world watches as hopes are raised for a restart to talks in the Israel/Palestinian conflict. What age-old mindsets need to shift before a peaceful resolution can be found? Rich Cohen joins us to discuss his new book on the history of the Jewish people, Israel is Real. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091020k.cfm Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 It is hard to overestimate the influence of Mercedes Sosa's music and voice in South America. In a career that spanned over six decades and produced 40 albums, the Argentine folk singer, who died on October 4th, united an entire continent in her ongoing struggle for human rights, peace, and social justice in South America. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091019k.cfm Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Julie and Julia, the new movie that stars Meryl Streep as Julia Child, got its start when Julie Crowell, a frustrated writer working as a claims agent decided to beef up her life by keeping a blog about her attempts to cook all the recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. What's she cooking now? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090814k.cfm Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 When you imagine a green future do you picture backwoods country living or futuristic city dwelling? While green usually brings to mind more natural surroundings, David Owen, author and staff writer for The New Yorker, wants to argue the opposite: it is cities that teach us what a sustainable future looks like. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091015k.cfm Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Does the Sunni/Shia conflict contribute to the image of Islam as a violent religion? How much does it account for the violence in Iraq? We will look into the origins of the Sunni/Shia split, consider the bombing of the Shia shrine in Karbala, and talk with a Muslim scholar working on promoting intrafaith harmony. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091014k.cfm Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Can meditation make us into world citizens? Richard Davidson thinks so. His findings on the increasing plasticity of the brain combined with long term effects of meditation have led to an intriguing projection: Happiness 2050: Neuroscience, Education, and the Compassionate World Citizen. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091013k.cfm Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Columbus Day: If you have been following Ken Burns' PBS series on our National Parks, here is an interesting contrarian point of view: Mark Dowie is an investigative journalist who reports on the hundred year conflict between global conservation and native peoples in his book, Conservation Refugees. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091012k.cfm Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Every year, Wisconsin's Bayfield Apple Festival heralds the beginning of fall. This Food Friday we will speak to some local and some non-local apple growers about heritage varieties, cider-making, and this year's pick. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091009k.cfm Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 A research professor of anthropology turns her attention to the question that has befuddled humankind since its origins: Why Him? Why Her? Join us for new insights into the essence of dating, love and marriage. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090910k.cfm Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Few of us think too much about where books come from, but amidst poverty and low literacy rates, it is an important question. The Cartonera publishing movement of Latin America addresses poverty and literacy through employing cartoneros, garbage pickers, to collect cardboard to be used as covers for colorful, handmade, and cheap books. UW-Madison holds one of the largest collections of these books and editors from some of the most well-known Cartonera publishing houses will be in Madison this week for the first ever Cartonera Publishers Conference. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091007k.cfm Wed, 7 Oct 2009 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 Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Brother Joe Kilikevice is an itinerant Dominican preacher, who founded the Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality in Oak Park, Illinois, during the 1993 Parliament of World Religions. In his commitment to heal the relationship between Christianity and other world religions, he teaches the Dances of Universal Peace and other forms of prayer and ritual drawn from the wisdom traditions. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091005k.cfm Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Simply wanting to live in a place with the best food in the world, Eric Dregni ended up in Modena, Italy, the birthplace of balsamic vinegar, parmigiano cheese, Ferrari, and Luciano Pavarotti? He joins us to talk about his three years in Italy and his memoir, Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091002k.cfm Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 From the depths of history, to the classroom, to the stage, how do we understand the enduring influence of the story of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl? Francine Prose, adoring fan and author of Reading Like a Writer will join us to discuss the book, the life, and the afterlife. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_091001k.cfm Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Malcolm Garcia had not been a journalist with the Kansas City Star for very long when he packed his bags, jotted down a makeshift will, and boarded a plane for Afghanistan two months after 9/11. From Kabul he launched investigations on what it means to be a privileged Westerner in one of the most destitute places on earth. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090930k.cfm Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, Dao; humankind has gone to great lengths to experience a sacred reality. So why is God so unbelievable in our modern world? This is what Karen Armstrong set out to understand in writing her new book, The Case for God. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090929k.cfm Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 A memorial service in honor of Thomas Berry, the beloved and revered author of The Dream of the Earth and The Great Work will be held this Saturday at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York City. Miriam Macgillis, a Berry disciple and the founder of Genesis Farm, will be in attendance. We talk with Miriam about the life and legacy of the man who called himself a geologian. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090928k.cfm Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year holiday season, is in full swing. We talk about Syrian Sephardic holiday cooking with Jennifer Abadi, author of A Fistful of Lentils. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090925k.cfm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 William Harvey is a young classically trained violinist, but he sees a role for music well beyond the doors of symphony hall. He is the Executive Director of Cultures in Harmony, an organization that uses music as a medium for cross-cultural understanding. And he is heading to Afghanistan. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090924k.cfm Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Alex Kajitani was a struggling new teacher at a tough, inner-city school in San Diego. Fed up with students unable to remember simple math concepts but every word of the latest rap song, he began teaching math through hip-hop. It worked so well that his math rap is now a teaching tool used nationwide. We talk with Alex and other educators about the pros and cons of hip-hop in the classroom. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090923k.cfm Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Rocky Otoo is a sassy high achieving teenager who grows up in the Bronx, rebelling against her mother's strict rules. But it is a case of jumping from the fryingpan to the fire when she ends up living with her father, a chief in Ghana. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090922k.cfm Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 On Monday, the United Nations International Day of Peace, we will talk with the former prime minister of Norway. As the Founder/Director of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, and a Lutheran minister, he has been working with Ayatollah Khatami and other world religious leaders to resolve conflict. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090921k.cfm Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 What do you eat when no one is watching? Fried spam with grape jelly? Left-over spaghetti sandwiches? A glass of zabaglione? Cookbook author Deborah Madison has been collecting answers to that question and the results are surprising. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090918k.cfm Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 When it comes to cultural preferences for body shape and size, the evidence stands against the world being flat. While American women starve themselves and suffer from anorexia, In Mauritania women are force-feed to make them fat. Join us for the World has Curves. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090917k.cfm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Juan Gabriel Vasquez is the first Columbian novelist since Gabriel Garcia Marquez to start a literary buzz. His debut novel, The Informers, explores the dark history of Nazism in post-World War II South America. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090916k.cfm Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tracy Kidder's latest book, Strength in What Remains, is the story of a young medical student named Deogratias who narrowly survives civil war and genocide in Burundi before arriving in New York City with no English and $200 in his pocket. Two years later he's enrolled in Columbia University. The storyline might be a bit cliched, but what's really illuminating is the way Deo manages his post-traumatic stress syndrome. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090915k.cfm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 When Georgia Weithe's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1997, she approached his impending death with absolute terror. To her great surprise, the experience deepened her life in ways she could not have anticipated, and she came to the conclusion that death is a teacher and a friend. Georgia is the author of Shining Moments: Finding Hope in Facing Death. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090914k.cfm Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 He loves his mother's Chinese dishes; she craves her father's Italian pasta; He eats meat and doesn't say grace; she doesn't eat meat and does say grace. Can this marriage of two foodies be saved? Join us for The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love by Michelle Maisto. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090911k.cfm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 A research professor of anthropology turns her attention to the question that has befuddled humankind since its origins: Why Him? Why Her? Join us for new insights into the essence of dating, love and marriage. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090910k.cfm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Don't believe the hype you hear about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. Minxin Pei, director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, joins us to pick apart this familiar narrative. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090909k.cfm Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 When the World Health organization rated the national health care systems of 191 countries, the US ranked 54th. How is it that all the other industrialized democracies provide health care for everyone at a reasonable cost, except the US? We will ask T.R.Reid, author of The Healing of America. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090908k.cfm Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Mark Johnson and his film crew traveled to four continents to capture the power of music. Musicians from South Africa, New Orleans, Barcelona, India and elsewhere all singing the same song in the film and CD, Playing for Change. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090421k.cfm Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 It isn't just in France that chefs are working to create healthier and cheaper school lunches. Alice Waters has schoolkids growing their own vegetables. In Wisconsin chefs are passing out pizza with ratatouille and doing apple tastings with middle school kids. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080829k.cfm Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 We talked with one of the gurus of permaculture in the Midwest during our broadcast from the Energy Fair earlier this summer. In this follow-up program we explore with Mark Sheperd what it's like to be a permaculture farmer. Mark Shepard's New Forest Farm in southwestern Wisconsin was one of the very first examples of permaculture farming in the United States. Can you design a farm to be as self-sufficient as a forest? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090903k.cfm Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 This just in: President Obama is close to brokering an Israeli-Palestinian deal that is likely to reinvigorate the long-stalled Middle East peace talks before the end of next month. We get an update on the status of West Bank settlements and the climate for negotiation with Jewish-American activist, author of "Witness in Palestine." http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090902k.cfm Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Why is fasting common to almost all faiths? Why do Muslims the world over look forward with joy to a month of fasting? What are the special challenges that American Muslims face? And what are the Ramadan specials that Arab Muslims are watching on satellite TV? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090901k.cfm Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Just when bullfighting per se is going out of fashion, along comes this POV documentary about female matadors. In Ella Es el Matador (She is the Matador), Spanish filmmakers Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco discover a long and surprising history of women with a passion for this theatrical and bloody ritual. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090831k.cfm Mon, 31 Aug 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