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) 2008 Wisconsin Public Radio Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/images/hoeSmallNew.jpg http://www.hereonearth.org/ 150 150 Can we talk about Vietnam without mentioning the war? National Geographic adventurer Jon Bowermaster was curious about Vietnam and eager to replace the old war images with new ones of today. He thought that by kayaking along the northern coastline, the beach dwellers would be more open to talking with him. He was right. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080904k.cfm Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Her work was once scorned as pseudo science, but Monica Turner never gave up. Her persistence was rewarded just last month when she won a MacArthur award for her pioneer work in the new field of landscape ecology. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080903k.cfm Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 The July issue of Vogue Italia featured all black models and sold out in the United States. But with ads that mostly featured white women, how much impact did it really have? With New York City's fashion week just around the corner, join us for Diversity on the Runway. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080902k.cfm Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 When some Jamaican recording engineers began crafting "dub" music in 1970s, they were initiating a musical revolution that continues to have worldwide influence. Jean Feraca talks to Kwame Dawes about the "dub revolution" and its musical and social significance. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080703k.cfm Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 It is not 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, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Woody Allen sprinkled his early movies with Yiddish; Mel Brooks used it as an insider's joke in movies like Blazing Saddles and The Producers. But how in the world did Yiddish end up in Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080828k.cfm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 China spent a record-breaking $47 million dollars as the host of this year's Olympic games. From the spectacular opening ceremony to the underage gymnasts controversy, round the clock coverage had the whole world watching Beijing. Did the games change your mind about China? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080827k.cfm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Sadia Shepherd grew up in Boston, the daughter of a Protestant father from Colorado and a Muslim mother from Pakistan. Then, when she found out that her grandmother was actually Jewish, the descendent of a community thought to be one of the lost tribes of Israel shipwrecked in India, things really got complicated. So let's see, that makes her a Jewish Christian Muslim Hindu, right? Her parents tell her, "You choose." http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080826k.cfm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 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 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 One has a bum knee, another fell in a fence pole hole, a third is struggling with Lymes disease. They are all artisan cheese-makers, some of Wisconsin's finest. Join us for the hazards and challenges of farmstead cheese-making. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080822k.cfm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Refered to as the Saudi "Sex and City," a novel about four upper-class Sunni Muslim women caused a furor in the Middle East. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to the author of the novel. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080821k.cfm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 How's this for a get-rich quick scheme: buy a clunker of a car, in this case a 1988 Mercedes, drive it across the Sahara and try selling it for a killing in a market where jalopies still rule. Talk about an innocent abroad. And this guy isn't even American! Join us for the ultimate road trip. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080820k.cfm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 What Bush Got Right! International Correspondent John Nichols weighs in on the Bush legacy and which aspects of his foreign policy each of our presidential candidates is most likely to follow. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080819k.cfm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 The term "world music" used to mean something crafted and performed by indigenous musicians of a particular region. Today, you can start with a solid grounding in your own country's sound, and then incorporate other rhythms, modes and instruments. From bagpipes in Russia to Turkish reggae, the sky's the limit when it comes to a world beat. Esty Dinur, the director of the Madison World Music Festival, gives us an introduction to the broad range of sound that now is called "world music." http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080818k.cfm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Do you have a deli man? I do. My deli man can tell me the difference between three different kinds of pancetta. He hands out old family recipes to his customers as readily as he gives out free samples. He is passionate about olive oil and makes his own sausage. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080815k.cfm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Is sailing around the world high on your Bucket List? Beth Leonard, author of Blue Horizons, which just won the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award, shares insights that have come from a deeply felt and fully-lived life circumnavigating the globe on a sailboat, not just once, but twice. She joins us from Patagonia! http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080306k.cfm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to Satish Kumar, one of the world's leading spiritual thinkers, about rediscovering nature and finding inner peace. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080124k.cfm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Twenty years ago Jerry White lost his leg when he stepped on a land mine while camping in Israel 20 years ago. Now he is the head of Survivor Corps, a global network of people helping each other overcome the effects of war and violence. His motto: Rise Above. Give Back. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080812k.cfm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 An American student in Egypt used Twitter to send a single-word message, "arrested," through his cell phone. He was rescued. A hate message circling in a social network in Sydney led to a 2-day riot against the city's Lebanese community. What are the promises and perils of Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking media? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080811k.cfm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 The Olympics start today, but is everything really going as smoothly as it seems? Chinese-American food writer and founder of Black Sesame Cooking school, Jen Lin-Liu, joins us from Beijing to talk about the China you won't see on TV, new food regulations, and her book Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080808k.cfm Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Author Richard Ellis introduces us to a fish that can weigh in at 1500 pounds and speed up to 55 miles per hour. An Atlantic northern bluefin can travel from New England to the Mediterranean, then turn around and swim back. In this hour of Here on Earth, find out how one of the biggest, fastest and highly evolved marine animals is now hovering on the brink of extinction. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080807k.cfm Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 After decades of harassment, there are signs that transgender communities in India and Cuba are finally getting accepted. India has a transgendered TV talk show host, and in Cuba, gender reassignment surgeries are being routinely performed. Progress? You decide in this hour of Here on Earth. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080806k.cfm Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Five centuries ago, slaves from West Africa who ended up in Brazil practiced capoeira as a martial art, a game, and a way to keep their native cultures alive. Since then it's been spreading like a fever through the forests of Brazil, and landing in places as distant as Berkeley, California and Madison, Wisconsin. But as capoeira gets farther and farther from home, is it still recognizable? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080805k.cfm Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Get ready for the wild and wooly world of Stan Brock, who was once seen wrestling an anaconda on ABC's Wild Kingdom! Now he flies portable medical clinics and teams of volunteer doctors to set up portable medical clinics in third world countries including, and guess which country just joined his list? the United States! Next stop? Tennesee. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080804k.cfm Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Forget the cookbooks and the recipes, you have to be really creative to cook at the South Pole where ingredients take at least a week to thaw and foods like pasta turn to instant mush. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080801k.cfm Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 If you take a look at the U.S.'s first Olympics in St. Louis in 1904, you'll find a lot of the same rhetoric being used in Beijing today. According to Susan Brownell, who has lifelong experience in Chinese sports as an athlete and anthropologist, the Chinese government is using the Olympics as a model to build a fair and powerful nation. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080731k.cfm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 In the fifties, Kafka was all the rage, followed by Sartre and Camus. Another great wave of translations swept over the US with the advent of Latin American fiction when everybody was reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Right now we are witnessing another sort of boom: fiction from China. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080730k.cfm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 When Elizabeth Pisani is asked what she does for a living, she replies, "sex and drugs." As an epidemiologist who has studied AIDS for the past fourteen years, she knows her stuff. Elizabeth Pisani joins us to talk about international AIDS prevention and her new book, The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080729k.cfm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Regarding Barack Obama's international tour, some are hailing it a global victory lap; others say it was a big mistake. John Nichols weighs in and we have a journalist from Germany joining us as well. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080728k.cfm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 In order to save an endangered species, you have to eat it! Or so says the coalition of groups behind Renewing America's Food Traditions, a project committed to restoring the unique foods of North America as elements of living cultures and regional cuisines. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080725k.cfm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 "I don't believe the solutions ... will come from the left or the right ... They will come from islands of people with integrity who want to do something," so said the founder of The Natural Step, a program for sustainability based on the laws of thermodynamics that was founded by Swedish scientist Karl-Henrik Robert. Followers include Whistler, BC, IKEA, and groups in Eugene, Oregon, and Madison, Wisconsin. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080724k.cfm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Life is good for Binti, a young girl living in Malawi. She has a role on a radio play and goes to a prestigious school. But when her father dies of AIDS and she's sent to live with resentful relatives, Binti has to find a way to remake her life. You might recognize this plot from The Heaven Shop, the latest book from Canada's award-winning children's author, Deborah Ellis. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080723k.cfm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Imagine an American summer camp where no one speaks English and you can't either. Welcome to the world of language camps, where traditional activities like canoeing and hiking are conducted completely in Spanish, Chinese, or even Arabic. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080722k.cfm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Samuel Johnson once said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. With Democrats and Republicans waging a war of words over which candidate is the true patriot, how do you weigh in? Join us for a lively discussion about the nature of patriotism and its place in this year's presidential election. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080721k.cfm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 The Paris Tasting of 1976 is a landmark event that transformed the wine industry. At this legendary contest, a blind tasting, a panel of top French wine experts shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Lori Skelton and her guests retrace the story of the entrepreneurial spirit of the new world conquering the old and its impact today. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080718k.cfm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 In a quiet monastery deep in the Vienna woods, the monks suddenly found themselves have become a pop sensation after their album of Gregorian chant shot to number 7 this spring in the British pop chart, outselling Amy Winehouse and Madonna. Why did they enter the music business? What made the thousand-year old chanting in Latin so appealing to the secular modern audience? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080717k.cfm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 In this first summer post-Harry-Potter, are you looking for books for your children? We have some great recommendations. They are not only fun, but also give young minds an early start on becoming a world citizen. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080716k.cfm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 When John Hemming was just 26, his first expedition to the Amazon was cut short when its leader was ambushed and killed. In the 50 ensuing years, he has attempted to end the centuries old cycle of violence and become a powerful advocate for the rain forest and its peoples. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080715k.cfm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 One of the rising movements in American indie-rock comes from western Africa. Obscure recordings from the seventies are finding new fans in record stores and on-line. So why are white hipsters listening to old school African funk? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080714k.cfm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. For an expedition through the fascinating world of fruit, Jean Feraca talks with Adam Gollner, the author of "The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession." http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080711k.cfm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 In Salman Rushdie's latest wild and whirling novel, The Enchantress of Florence, a refugee from Florence ends up in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar: A Muslim vegetarian, a warrior who wants only peace, a philosopher king and the first great Indian secularist. Jean Feraca talks with Salman Rushdie this hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080710k.cfm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 A law student at the University of Miami and native speaker of Pashto, Afghan-American Mahvish Khan was the perfect candidate to work as a translator for Guantanamo Bay detainees. But she could never have anticipated the stories that she would bring back from trips to Cuba. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080709k.cfm Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Building on the success of his last book, The Ethical Brain, neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga now turns his attention to the highly social nature of our species and the mystery of what makes us who we are. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080708k.cfm Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Vying with bearded Hizbollah commanders for the hearts and minds of Middle Eastern youth is a well-funded and altogether better looking army: a gang of half naked girls. Can the clash between conservative Islam and porno devils produce a third way in the Arab world? Jean Feraca talks with the author of Muhajababes. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080707k.cfm Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 How has German "hamburg steak" evolved into hamburgers, an American icon? Jean Feraca and her guest trace how the hamburger has gone from a little-known, greasy-spoon treat sold at fairs and carnivals to a mass-produced mammoth that is almost omnipresent across the globe. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080704k.cfm Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 When some Jamaican recording engineers began crafting "dub" music in 1970s, they were initiating a musical revolution that continues to have worldwide influence. Jean Feraca talks to Kwame Dawes about the "dub revolution" and its musical and social significance. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080703k.cfm Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Jean Feraca talks to a young Belarusian poet who is hailed as a risen star in the international poetry world. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080702k.cfm Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Canada Apologizes to its Native Peoples for its Boarding School Policy, following Australia's example. So what about us? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080701k.cfm Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 00:52:35 Since 1970 the lands and waters of Lake Superior's Apostle Islands have been protected by the federal government as the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, thanks to Gaylord Nelson, father of Earth Day. But thirty-five years ago, people said this could never happen. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, an environmental success story. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080630k.cfm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders 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