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Wednesday
9/8/2010
9:00 PM

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It plays a central role in a healthy political sphere. But why does it seem harder and harder to be good at? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the art of Listening.

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Wednesday
9/8/2010
3:00 PM

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Tuesday
9/7/2010
9:00 PM

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The Internet was supposed to be a tool that would open us to the world. But after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest finds it does just the opposite.

Guests: Ethan Zuckerman, senior researcher, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.

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Tuesday
9/7/2010
3:00 PM

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The Internet was supposed to be a tool that would open us to the world. But Jean Feraca's guest, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, finds it does just the opposite.

Guests: Ethan Zuckerman, senior researcher, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.

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Monday
9/6/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, an encore presentation of The Rap Guide to Evolution: Jean Feraca talks with an artist who used his talents to tell the Hip Hop story of evolution.

Guest: Baba Brinkman, Hip Hop artist, "The Rap Canterbury Tales" and "The Rap Guide To Evolution"

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Monday
9/6/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, an encore presentation of The Rap Guide to Evolution: Jean Feraca talks with an artist who used his talents to tell the Hip Hop story of evolution.

Guest: Baba Brinkman, Hip Hop artist, "The Rap Canterbury Tales" and "The Rap Guide To Evolution"

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Friday
9/3/2010
9:00 PM

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It's Food Friday, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca. Play the Food Whiz Quiz with Jean and Barry Levinson, the C-M-O... that’s Chief Mustard Officer... of the National Mustard Museum.

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Friday
9/3/2010
3:00 PM

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It's Food Friday, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca. Play the Food Whiz Quiz with Jean and Barry Levinson, the C-M-O... that’s Chief Mustard Officer... of the National Mustard Museum.

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Thursday
9/2/2010
9:00 PM

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Doing more-with-less is a new design trend in Japan. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest take us on a cutting edge tour of the latest in ultra-small living.

Guest: Azby Brown, architect. Author, "Just Enough Japan".

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Thursday
9/2/2010
3:00 PM

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Doing more-with-less is a new design trend in Japan. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest take us on a cutting edge tour of the latest in ultra-small living.

Guest: Azby Brown, architect. Author, "Just Enough Japan".

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Wednesday
9/1/2010
9:00 PM

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The debate about Stem Cell research has flared up again since a federal judge put a halt to it last week. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the different course of Stem Cell research in different countries.

Guest:
- Dominique Brossard, Associate Professor of Life Sciences and Communication, UW-Madison.

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Wednesday
9/1/2010
3:00 PM

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The debate about Stem Cell research has flared up again since a federal judge put a halt to it last week. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the different course of Stem Cell research in different countries.

Guest:
- Dominique Brossard, Associate Professor of Life Sciences and Communication, UW-Madison.

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Tuesday
8/31/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the biographer of Ameican film icon Charlie Chan, who says we can learn a lot about American attitudes toward China from a fictional Chinese-American detective.

Guest: Yunte Huang, professor of English, University of California. Author, "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History".

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Tuesday
8/31/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the biographer of American film icon Charlie Chan, who says we can learn a lot about American attitudes toward China from a fictional Chinese-American detective.

Guest: Yunte Huang, professor of English, University of California. Author, "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History".

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Monday
8/30/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, it's a encore presentation of Into the Cold. Jean Feraca's guest takes us on a journey to the world's most frigid environments, outlining the history, myth, geography, and ecology of low temperatures.

Guest: Bill Streever, biologist. Author, "Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places" (Little Bronw) www.cold-the-book.homestead.com

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Monday
8/30/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, it's a encore presentation of Into the Cold. Jean Feraca's guest takes us on a journey to the world's most frigid environments, outlining the history, myth, geography, and ecology of low temperatures.

Guest: Bill Streever, biologist. Author, "Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places" (Little Bronw) www.cold-the-book.homestead.com

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Friday
8/27/2010
9:00 PM

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In their widely-loved books of photojournalism, husband-and-wife team Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio have made a craft of celebrating global diversity. This time, in "What I Eat", they've traveled the world to capture on film the modern diets of eighty people from thirty countries. They join Jean Feraca on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, after nine, to share the insights they've gained into what individuals from around the world consume in a typical day.

Guests: Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, photojournalists and co-authors of "What I Eat".

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Friday
8/27/2010
3:00 PM

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In their widely-loved books of photojournalism, husband-and-wife team Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio have made a craft of celebrating global diversity. This time, in "What I Eat", they've traveled the world to capture on film the modern diets of eighty people from thirty countries. They join Jean Feraca on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, after three, to share the insights they've gained into what individuals from around the world consume in a typical day.

Guests: Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, photojournalists and co-authors of "What I Eat".

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Thursday
8/26/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a clinical psychologist describes how he uses principles derived from his monastery training to teach people how to heal from trauma.

Guest: Jim Finley, author, "The Contemplative Heart".

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Thursday
8/26/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a clinical psychologist describes how he uses principles derived from his monastery training to teach people how to heal from trauma.

Guest: Jim Finley, author, "The Contemplative Heart".

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Wednesday
8/25/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the proposal to build an Islamic Community Center that includes a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. It has roused a hornet’s nest of controversy. Nine years after 9/11, what does it tell us about the state of American values, the purpose of a public monument, and the level of Islamaphobia?

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Wednesday
8/25/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the proposal to build an Islamic Community Center that includes a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. It has roused a hornet’s nest of controversy. Nine years after 9/11, what does it tell us about the state of American values, the purpose of a public monument, and the level of Islamaphobia?

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Tuesday
8/24/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation about the rise of the middle class in the Middle East. Is it a force for change as entrepreneurs, investors and consumers create a mobile middle class? Is it the key to tipping the scales of power away from extremism?

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Tuesday
8/24/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation about the rise of the middle class in the Middle East. Is it a force for change as entrepreneurs, investors and consumers create a mobile middle class? Is it the key to tipping the scales of power away from extremism?

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Monday
8/23/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with former First Lady Rosalynn (ROZ-ill-inn) Carter about her crusade to improve the lives of Americans with mental illness. In her new book, Within Our Reach, she says we still have a long way to go to remove the stigma.

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Monday
8/23/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with former First Lady Rosalynn (ROZ-ah-lynn) Carter about her crusade to improve the lives of Americans with mental illness. In her new book, Within Our Reach, she says we still have a long way to go to remove the stigma.

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Friday
8/20/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a biochemist who is also an Egyptian cook. He shares his complex earthy comfort foods, based on the recipes, techniques, and ingredients he learned in his mother's kitchen.

Guest: Nabil Seidah, biochemist. Egyptian cook.

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Friday
8/20/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a biochemist who is also an Egyptian cook. He shares his complex earthy comfort foods, based on the recipes, techniques, and ingredients he learned in his mother's kitchen.

Guest: Nabil Seidah, biochemist. Egyptian cook.

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Thursday
8/19/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest take a look at one of Europe's all time favorite comic strips, "The Adventures of Tintin". Generations grew up with the young Belgian reporter hero and his dog Snowy.

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Thursday
8/19/2010
3:00 PM

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Wednesday
8/18/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about his interfaith congregation in Seattle. He is a Muslim Sufi minister and one of the Interfaith Amigos.

Guest: Jamal Rahman, author, "The Fragrance of Faith: The Enlightened Heart of Islam".

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Wednesday
8/18/2010
3:00 PM

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Tuesday
8/17/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about the book, "Born to Run." It's a wild narrative full of insane characters, extreme sports, and one crazy idea: running barefoot is the answer to safe, pain-free endurance.

Guest: Christopher McDougall, journalist, former war correspondent. Author, "Born to Run."

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Tuesday
8/17/2010
3:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about the book, "Born to Run." It's wild narrative full of insane characters, extreme sports, and one crazy idea: running barefoot is the answer to safe, pain-free endurance.

Guest: Christopher McDougall, journalist, former war correspondent. Author, "Born to Run."

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Monday
8/16/2010
9:00 PM

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The world was shocked when the Vatican recently equated the sin of pedophilia with the sin of women's ordination. In spite of the ban, the ordination of Roman Catholic women priests goes on unabated. On Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests will critique the Vatican's ban on women's ordination.

Guests Roy Bourgeois, Maryknol priest and activist Reverend Alice Iaquinta, Regional Program Coordinator for Roman Catholic Women Priests

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Monday
8/16/2010
3:00 PM

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Friday
8/13/2010
3:00 PM

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How do you preserve the bounty of Summer, and store vegetables for the rest of the year? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Lori Skelton and her guest discuss the best way to preserve vegetables... from canning... to drying... and freezing.

Guest: Monique Hooker, chef, author and teacher.

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Thursday
8/12/2010
9:00 PM

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Court's newly sworn-in Justice Elena Kagan both support the practice of looking abroad for legal inspiration. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the history of turning to foreign law for good ideas.

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Thursday
8/12/2010
3:00 PM

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Court's newly sworn-in judge, Justice Elena Kagan, both support the judicial practice of looking abroad for legal inspiration. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the history of turning to foreign law for good ideas.

Guests: TBA

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Wednesday
8/11/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a rabbi who teams-up with a catholic priest to promote an interfaith dialogue.

Guests:
- Rabbi Sigal Brier, M.A. founder, Institute for Religious Leaders. Founder, Integrated Judaism and Integrated Practice: The Art of Moving Through Prayer.
- Father Tom Ryan, CSP, director, Paulist North American Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, Washington D.C. Author, "Prayer of Heart and Body: Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practice".

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Wednesday
8/11/2010
3:00 PM

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Tuesday
8/10/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation with the director of an award-winning documentary film about the psychological world of the driver and bodyguard of Osama bin Laden.

Guest: Laura Poitras, filmmaker and director/producer, "The Oath".

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Tuesday
8/10/2010
3:00 PM

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Monday
8/9/2010
9:00 PM

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An ancient Greek general and playwright depicted the timeless psychological wounds inflicted by war upon warriors in his plays. On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss the Theater of War project, where actors and actresses read the ancient plays to active service members and their families in military sites.

Guests: Bryan Doerries and Phyllis Kaufman, director and producer of Theater of War

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Monday
8/9/2010
3:00 PM

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Friday
8/6/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca speaks with author Kathryn Borel, who never understood her father until she went on a father-daughter road trip with him through the vineyards of France.

Guest: Kathryn Borel, author of "Corked".

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Friday
8/6/2010
3:00 PM

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Thursday
8/5/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the history and cultural diversity of the idea of "heaven."

Guest: Lisa Miller, Religion Editor, Newsweek. Author, "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife"

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Thursday
8/5/2010
3:00 PM

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Wednesday
8/4/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation with poet Nick Lantz about his new book, which is both meditative... and piercingly political.

Guest: Nick Lantz, Poet.

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Wednesday
8/4/2010
3:00 PM

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Tuesday
8/3/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with inter-species musician David Rothenberg about his collaborative jam sessions with whales around the world.

Guest: David Rothenberg, professor of philosophy and music, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Author, "Thousand Mile Song"

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Tuesday
8/3/2010
3:00 PM

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Monday
8/2/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the global spread of the Western notion of mental illness.

Guest: Ethan Watters, Author, "Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche".

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Monday
8/2/2010
3:00 PM

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Friday
7/30/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, it's The Best of the Inside Islam Series. Today, the religious practice of fasting. Why is fasting common to nearly all faiths? Why do Muslims the world over look forward with joy to a month of fasting? And what are the special challenges American Muslims face?

Guests:
- Naeem Randhawa, Director, American Ramadan.
- Souheila Al-Jadda, Producer, Ramadan Primetime.

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Friday
7/30/2010
3:00 PM

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On Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, it's The Best of the Inside Islam Series. Today, the practice of fasting. Why is fasting common to nearly all religions? Why do Muslims the world over look forward with joy to a month of fasting? And what are the special challenges American Muslims face?

Guests:
- Naeem Randhawa, Director, American Ramadan.
- Souheila Al-Jadda, Producer, Ramadan Primetime.

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Thursday
7/29/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, it's the best of the Inside Islam series. Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the life of The Prophet Muhammad, and his continuing significance today as hero and nation builder.

Guest: Omid Safi, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Author, "Memories of Muhammad."

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Thursday
7/29/2010
3:00 PM

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Wednesday
7/28/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, from the best of the Inside Islam series, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss Islamic Feminism, and how it's developed from within Islam.

Guests:
- Sumbul Ali-Karamali, scholar of Islamic law. Author, "The Muslim Next Door"
- Areej Zufari, Professor of Humanities, Valencia College.

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Wednesday
7/28/2010
3:00 PM

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Tuesday
7/27/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, from the best of the Inside Islam series, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the art of reciting the Qur'an. (kor-RAHN)

Guest: Anna Gade, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Author, "The Qur’an: An Introduction".

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Tuesday
7/27/2010
3:00 PM

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Monday
7/26/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, it's the best of the Inside Islam series. Jean Feraca's guest tells the story of the rise of Islam through the eyes of Aisha (EYE-sha), the Prophet Muhammad's youngest wife, one of the most influential women in Islamic history.

Guest: Kamran Pasha, Author, "Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam"

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Monday
7/26/2010
3:00 PM

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Friday
7/23/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss how, for immigrants in the kitchen, food holds the power to recreate a lost world.

Guest: Lynne Anderson, adjunct Professor of English, Boston College and Bunker Hill Community College. Author, "Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens".

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Friday
7/23/2010
3:00 PM

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Thursday
7/22/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the recent legalization of gay marriage in Argentina, and what it means for the global movement.

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Thursday
7/22/2010
3:00 PM

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Wednesday
7/21/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, the growing rift between Turkey and Israel... and what Turkey might look like in the future.

Guest: Seyla Benhabib, Turkish Jewish philosopher. Author. Professor of political science and philosophy, Yale University.

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Wednesday
7/21/2010
3:00 PM

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Tuesday
7/20/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, the fateful story of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.

Guests: Norma Claire Moruzzi, director of International Studies, University of Illinois.
- Cyrus Nowrasteh, Director, "The Stoning of Soraya M."

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Tuesday
7/20/2010
3:00 PM

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Monday
7/19/2010
9:00 PM

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On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation on American writer Pearl Buck, her bi-cultural life, and her now largely forgotten literary work.

Guest: Hilary Spurling, biographer and author, "Pearl Buck: Journey to the Good Earth".

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Monday
7/19/2010
3:00 PM

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Friday
7/16/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, it's Food Friday on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca. Learn how to master the Chinese cooking method of stir-frying... and about one of its essential ingredients... Soy Sauce.

Guest: Grace Young, Author, "Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories"

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Friday
7/16/2010
3:00 PM

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After three, it's Food Friday on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca. Learn how to master the Chinese cooking method of stir-frying... and about one of its essential ingredients... soy sauce.

Guest: Grace Young, Author, "Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories"

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Thursday
7/15/2010
9:00 PM

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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca, a look at how global espionage has changed in the 21st century... while our fascination with 20th century spy stories lives on.

Guests: Richard Power, Distinguished Fellow, CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University. Co-author, "Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost: Preventing Economic Espionage & Intellectual Property Theft in the 21st Century".

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