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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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Tuesday
12/8/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
More and more people are learning Arabic these days. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the authors of the most popular Arabic textbook in the world, who insist the language is not all that hard-to-learn after all.
Guests:
- Kristen Brustad, associate professor of Arabic, University of Texas at Austin.
- Mahmoud Al-Batal, associate professor of Arabic. Director, Arabic Flagship Program, University of Texas at Austin.
- Co-authors, "Al-Kitaab Fii TA Callum Al-Carabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic".
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Tuesday
12/8/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
More and more people are learning Arabic these days. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the authors of the most popular Arabic textbook in the world, who insist the language is not all that hard-to-learn after all.
Guests:
- Kristen Brustad, associate professor of Arabic, University of Texas at Austin.
- Mahmoud Al-Batal, associate professor of Arabic. Director, Arabic Flagship Program, University of Texas at Austin.
- Co-authors, "Al-Kitaab Fii TA Callum Al-Carabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic".
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Monday
12/7/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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? Join Jean Feraca and her guest to learn about the true story behind the film, Invictus, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest:
John Carlin, author of Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
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Monday
12/7/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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? Join Jean Feraca and her guest to learn about the true story behind the film, Invictus, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest:
John Carlin, author of Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
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Friday
12/4/2009
3:00 PM
091204K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Interested in a diet that's not just better for you... but the planet, too? Join Jean Feraca and her guests from the Moosewood Restaurant, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guests:
- Nancy Lazarus, President, Moosewood, Inc.
- David Hirsch, Co-Owner, Moosewood Restaurant.
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Friday
12/4/2009
9:00 PM
091204K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Interested in a diet that's not just better for you... but the planet, too? Join Jean Feraca and her guests from the Moosewood Restaurant, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guests:
- Nancy Lazarus, President, Moosewood, Inc.
- David Hirsch, Co-Owner, Moosewood Restaurant.
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Thursday
12/3/2009
3:00 PM
091203K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
President Obama has outlined his strategy for the war in Afghanistan. How are Afghan people responding? Join Jean Feraca and her guest, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest:
John Nichols, associate editor, The Capital Times. Washington correspondent, The Nation magazine.
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Thursday
12/3/2009
9:00 PM
091203K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
President Obama has outlined his strategy for the war in Afghanistan. How are Afghan people responding? Join Jean Feraca and her guest, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest:
John Nichols, associate editor, The Capital Times. Washington correspondent, The Nation magazine.
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Wednesday
12/2/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Jean Feraca for a journey on The Silk Road with the curator of a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
Guest: Mark Norell, curator, "Traveling the Silk Road" exhibit, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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Wednesday
12/2/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Jean Feraca for a journey on The Silk Road with the curator of a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
Guest: Mark Norell, curator, "Traveling the Silk Road" exhibit, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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Tuesday
12/1/2009
3:00 PM
091201K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the authors of the book, "Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide".
Guests: Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed columnist, New York Times; and Sheryl WuDunn, former New York Times correspondent - Co-authors, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide".
Guest: Tererai Trent, one of the women featured in the book.
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Tuesday
12/1/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the authors of the book, "Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide".
Guests: Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed columnist, New York Times; and Sheryl WuDunn, former New York Times correspondent - Co-authors, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide".
Guest: Tererai Trent, one of the women featured in the book.
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Monday
11/30/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, with Jean Feraca
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talk about how she taught herself to make soap and then started teaching soap-making in African countries where soap is power!
Guest
* Melinda Coss, author of The Handmade Soap Book
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Monday
11/30/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, with Jean Feraca
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talk about how she taught herself to make soap and then started teaching soap-making in African countries where soap is power!
Guest
* Melinda Coss, author of The Handmade Soap Book
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Friday
11/27/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Ever wonder what makes white meat white? Does searing really sear in flavor? Why is it that fruits ripen but vegetables don't? For the secrets to these and other food mysteries, join Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, as Jean Feraca talks with Harold McGee, author of the newly revised kitchen classic On Food and Cooking.
Guests:
Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Herve This, the French founder of a new trend he calls "molecular gastronomy"
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Friday
11/27/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Ever wonder what makes white meat white? Does searing really sear in flavor? Why is it that fruits ripen but vegetables don't? For the secrets to these and other food mysteries, join Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, as Jean Feraca talks with Harold McGee, author of the newly revised kitchen classic On Food and Cooking.
Guests:
Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Herve This, the French founder of a new trend he calls "molecular gastronomy"
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Thursday
11/26/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, Kindness... the foundation of the world’s great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous?
Guest: Adam Phillips, British Psychoanalyst, Co-Author, "On Kindness" (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux).
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Thursday
11/26/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, Kindness... the foundation of the world’s great religions and most-enduring philosophies. Why, then, does being kind feel so dangerous?
Guest: Adam Phillips, British Psychoanalyst, Co-Author, "On Kindness" (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux).
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Wednesday
11/25/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Different times and different cultures have produced different ways of handling the socially complex matters of giving and receiving, and returning favors. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the author of, "The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude."
Guest: Margaret Visser, Author, "The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude" (Houghton Mifflin).
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Wednesday
11/25/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Different times and different cultures have produced different ways of handling the socially complex matters of giving and receiving, and returning favors. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the author of, "The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude."
Guest: Margaret Visser, Author, "The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude"
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Tuesday
11/24/2009
3:00 PM
091124K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the editor of "Becoming Americans," four-hundred years of writing from the hands of those who came to America to remake themselves, their lives, and their identities.
Guests:
- Ilan Stavans, Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture (Spanish), Amherst College. Editor, "Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing".
- Richard Rodriguez, editor, New America Media, San Francisco.
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Tuesday
11/24/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the editor of "Becoming Americans," four-hundred years of writing from the hands of those who came to America to remake themselves, their lives, and their identities.
Guests:
- Ilan Stavans, Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture (Spanish), Amherst College. Editor, "Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing".
- Richard Rodriguez, editor, New America Media, San Francisco.
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Monday
11/23/2009
3:00 PM
091123K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
As we try to make sense of the Fort Hood tragedy, how should we understand the Muslim faith of the alleged gunman? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss our national and personal reactions.
Guests:
* Leena El-Ali, publisher of the Common Ground News Service
* John Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
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Monday
11/23/2009
9:00 PM
091123K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
As we try to make sense of the Fort Hood tragedy, how should we understand the Muslim faith of the alleged gunman? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss our national and personal reactions.
Guests:
* Leena El-Ali, publisher of the Common Ground News Service
* John Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
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Friday
11/20/2009
3:00 PM
091120K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest has a birthday pie instead of cake to celebrate her birthday every July, and baked a pie a day for the whole summer this year.
Guest
* Evan Kleiman, host of member station KCRW's award-winning program, Good Food
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Friday
11/20/2009
9:00 PM
091120K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest has a birthday pie instead of cake to celebrate her birthday every July, and baked a pie a day for the whole summer this year.
Guest
* Evan Kleiman, host of member station KCRW's award-winning program, Good Food
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Thursday
11/19/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
One of the world's longest-lived religious rites, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is even older than Islam. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore what it means to 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.
Guests:
* Michael Wolfe, co-founder and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation, writer and host of 1997 Hajj program for ABC Nightline, author of The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca (1993) and One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage (1997)
* Qanta Ahmed, physician, author of In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
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Thursday
11/19/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
One of the world's longest-lived religious rites, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is even older than Islam. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore what it means to 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide.
Guest:
* Michael Wolfe, co-founder and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation, writer and host of 1997 Hajj program for ABC Nightline, author of The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca (1993) and One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage (1997)
* Qanta Ahmed, physician, author of In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
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Wednesday
11/18/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a woman whose quest in life has been to connect with animals in the wild. Her story is a call to action to save the natural world, and to appreciate the beauty of the wilderness before it's gone.
Guest: Joanna Greenfield, Author, "The Lion's Eye: Seeing in the Wild" (Little Brown).
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Wednesday
11/18/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Withouth Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a woman whose quest in life has been to connect with animals in the wild. Her story is a powerful call to action to save the natural world, and to appreciate the beauty of the wilderness before it's gone.
Joanna Greenfield, Author of "The Lion's Eye: Seeing in the Wild" (Little Brown)
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Tuesday
11/17/2009
3:00 PM
091117K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
President Obama is said to have it... while President Bush did not. It's said you can't get it just by carrying around a passport. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss Global Competence... and how to achieve it.
Guests:
- Fernando Reimers, Director of Global Education & International Education Policy, Harvard University.
- Larry Braskamp, Professor Emeritus, Department of Leadership, Foundation and Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago. Senior Scientist, The Gallup Organization.
- Catherine Skroch, UW-Madison student conducting research in Morocco under a Fulbright scholarship.
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Tuesday
11/17/2009
9:00 PM
091117K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
President Obama is said to have it... while President Bush did not. It's said you can't get it just by carrying around a passport. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss Global Competence... and how to achieve it.
Guests:
- Fernando Reimers, Director of Global Education & International Education Policy, Harvard University.
- Larry Braskamp, Professor Emeritus, Department of Leadership, Foundation and Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago. Senior Scientist, The Gallup Organization.
- Catherine Skroch, UW-Madison student conducting research in Morocco under a Fulbright scholarship.
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Monday
11/16/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, the extraordinary story of a cancer survivor. Getting cancer is like entering a foreign country where you have to learn a foreign language, says Jean Feraca's guest.
Guest: Mary Cappello, professor of English, University of Rhode Island. Author, "Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life"
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Monday
11/16/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, the extraordinary story of a cancer survivor. Getting cancer is like entering a foreign country where you have to learn a foreign language, says Jean Feraca's guest.
Guest: Mary Cappello, professor of English, University of Rhode Island. Author, "Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life"
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Friday
11/13/2009
3:00 PM
091113K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest says French food is not what it used to be... and explains why.
Guest: Michael Steinberger, Wine Columnist, Slate. Author, "Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France".
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Friday
11/13/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest says French food is not what it used to be... and explains why.
Guest: Michael Steinberger, Wine Columnist, Slate. Author, "Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France".
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Thursday
11/12/2009
3:00 PM
091112K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes a dire warning that it's too late to halt global warming.... he says we must now learn to live in an altered climate. Do you agree?
Guest: James Lovelock, author, "The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning"
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Thursday
11/12/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes a dire warning that it's too late to halt global warming.... he says we must now learn to live in an altered climate. Do you agree?
Guest: James Lovelock, author, "The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning"
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Wednesday
11/11/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Storytelling seems to be an important coping skill for Vietnam vets, and Jean Feraca's guest has quite a story to tell. Join them, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Wayne Karlin, Author, "Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Vietnam"
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Wednesday
11/11/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Storytelling seems to be an important coping skill for Vietnam vets, and Jean Feraca's guest has quite a story to tell. That's after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Wayne Karlin, author, "Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Vietnam"
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Tuesday
11/10/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the life and work of this year's winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Herta Müller... her story of a painful past under the dictatorship of formerly communist Romania.
Guests:
- Brigid Haines, Senior Lecturer in German, Head of Modern Languages and Director of GENCAS, the Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society, Swansea University.
- Andrei Codrescu, poet, novelist, essayist, teacher, and lecturer.
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Tuesday
11/10/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the life and work of this year's winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Herta Müller... and her story of the painful past under the dictatorship of formerly communist Romania.
Guests:
- Brigid Haines, Senior Lecturer in German, Head of Modern Languages and Director of GENCAS, the Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society, Swansea University.
- Andrei Codrescu, poet, novelist, essayist, teacher, and lecturer.
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Monday
11/9/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests retrace Germany’s difficult transitions after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Guests:
- Michael Meyer, former Newsweek bureau chief. Author, "The Year that Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall".
- Konrad Jarausch, professor of European Civilization, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Monday
11/9/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests retrace Germany’s difficult transitions after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Guests:
- Michael Meyer, former Newsweek bureau chief. Author, "The Year that Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall".
- Konrad Jarausch, professor of European Civilization, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Friday
11/6/2009
3:00 PM
091106K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest describes why it's imperative that we save the Jewish deli.
Guest: David Sax, Author, "Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen"
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Friday
11/6/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest describes why it's imperative that we save the Jewish deli.
Guest: David Sax, Author, "Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen"
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Thursday
11/5/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
For decades, many garbage collectors in Cairo have made their living by collecting garbage, and recycling more than eighty-percent. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest examine what we can learn from Cairo's expertise in garbage.
Guest: Mai Iskander, Producer/Director, "Garbage Dreams".
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Thursday
11/5/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
For decades, many garbage collectors in Cairo have made their living by collecting garbage, and recycling more than eighty-percent. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest examine what we can learn from Cairo's expertise in garbage.
Guest: Mai Iskander, Producer/Director, Garbage Dreams.
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Wednesday
11/4/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, "The Story of Poker".
Guest: James McManus, Author, "Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker".
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Wednesday
11/4/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, "The Story of Poker".
Guest: James McManus, Author, "Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker".
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Tuesday
11/3/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, a re-broadcast of "The Muslim Next Door." Jean Feraca talks to a scholar of Islamic law about growing up in California and balancing her South Asian, Muslim, and American identities.
Guest: Sumbul Ali-Karamali, lawyer and scholar of Islamic law, author of "Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing."
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Tuesday
11/3/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, a re-broadcast of "The Muslim Next Door." Jean Feraca talks to a scholar of Islamic law about growing up in California and balancing her South Asian, Muslim, and American identities.
Guest: Sumbul Ali-Karamali, lawyer and scholar of Islamic law, author of "Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing."
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Monday
11/2/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, a rebroadcast of “Asia’s Rise”, a re-examination of the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age.
Guest: Minxin Pei, director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College. Adjunct senior associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Monday
11/2/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, a rebroadcast of “Asia’s Rise”, a re-examination of the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age.
Guest: Minxin Pei, director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College. Adjunct senior associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Friday
10/30/2009
3:00 PM
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Lori Skelton in for Jean Feraca
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Lori Skelton talks with the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine about changes in the past five or ten years in the way America cooks and eats.
Guest: Ruth Reichl, author of "Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen" (Houghton Mifflin)
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Friday
10/30/2009
9:00 PM
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Lori Skelton in for Jean Feraca
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Lori Skelton talks with the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine about what has changed about the way we cook and eat in America, in the last five or ten years.
Guest: Ruth Reichl, author of "Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen" (Houghton Mifflin)
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Thursday
10/29/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, learn about a body musician - someone who makes music purely with their body. Jean Feraca's guest has a passion that runs so deep that last year he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first to go to a body musician.
Guest: Keith Terry, director, International Body Music Festival.
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Thursday
10/29/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, learn about a body musician - someone who makes music purely with their body. Jean Feraca's guest has a passion that runs so deep that last year he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first to go to a body musician.
Guest: Keith Terry, director, International Body Music Festival.
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Wednesday
10/28/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, it's international literature at it's best when Jean Feraca talks with the editor of Words Without Borders.
Guest: Susan Harris, Editor, Words Without Borders.
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Wednesday
10/28/2009
9:00 PM
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After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, it's international literature at it's best when Jean Feraca talks with the editor of Words Without Borders.
Guest: Susan Harris, Editor, Words Without Borders.
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Tuesday
10/27/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss how and why Christian beliefs and dogma are giving way to new grassroots movements rooted in social justice and spiritual experience.
Guest: Harvey Cox, Professor of Divinity, Harvard University. Author, "The Future of Faith" (HarperOne).
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Tuesday
10/27/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss how and why Christian beliefs and dogma are giving way to new grassroots movements rooted in social justice and spiritual experience.
Guest: Harvey Cox, Professor of Divinity, Harvard University. Author, "The Future of Faith" (HarperOne).
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Monday
10/26/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps, creating electricity for his entire community.
Guest: William Kamkwamba, inventor, and student at the African Leadership Academy, as well as co-author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"
Guest: Bryan Mealer, co-author, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (William Morrow) www.movingwindmills.org
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Monday
10/26/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps, creating electricity for his entire community.
Guest: William Kamkwamba, inventor, and student at the African Leadership Academy, as well as co-author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"
Guest: Bryan Mealer, co-author, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (William Morrow) www.movingwindmills.org
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Friday
10/23/2009
3:00 PM
091023K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
City dwellers all over the nation are now re-discovering the advantages... and challenges... of keeping chickens in their backyards. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss what is it about the chicken that makes it the urban bird of the moment.
Guest: Susan Orlean, Writer.
Guest: Dennis Harrison-Noonan, Chicken Owner in Madison, WI.
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Friday
10/23/2009
9:00 PM
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City dwellers all over the nation are now re-discovering the advantages... and challenges... of keeping chickens in their backyards. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss what is it about the chicken that makes it the urban bird of the moment.
Guest: Susan Orlean, Writer.
Guest: Dennis Harrison-Noonan, Chicken Owner in Madison, WI.
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Thursday
10/22/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss climate change, how it affects our lives, and how we can all create a sustainable future.
Guest: Bill McKibben, Author, "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable
Future".
Guest: Tim Flannery, Author, "Now or Never: Why we Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future" (Atlantic Monthly Press).
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Thursday
10/22/2009
9:00 PM
091022K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss climate change, how it affects our lives, and how we can all create a sustainable future.
Guest: Bill McKibben, Author, "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable
Future".
Guest: Tim Flannery, Author, "Now or Never: Why we Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future" (Atlantic Monthly Press).
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Wednesday
10/21/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to an Evangelical Christian about making peace between Christians and Muslims.
Guest: * Jim Wallis, President and Executive Director of Sojourners, author of The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (2008)
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Wednesday
10/21/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to an Evangelical Christian about making peace between Christians and Muslims.
Guest: * Jim Wallis, President and Executive Director of Sojourners, author of The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (2008)
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Tuesday
10/20/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The world watches in hope of a restart to talks in the Middle East. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest examine the age-old mindsets in the Israel/Palestinian conflict, and how they must shift before a peaceful resolution can be found.
Guest: Rich Cohen, contributing editor, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. Author, "Israel is Real: An obsessive quest to understand the Jewish nation and its history" (Farrar Straus & Giroux)
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Tuesday
10/20/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The world watches in hope of a restart to talks in the Middle East. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest examine the age-old mindsets in the Israel/Palestinian conflict, and how they must shift before a peaceful resolution can be found.
Guest: Rich Cohen, contributing editor, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. Author, "Israel is Real: An obsessive quest to understand the Jewish nation and its history" (Farrar Straus & Giroux)
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Monday
10/19/2009
3:00 PM
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She united an entire continent in her ongoing struggle for human rights, peace, and social justice in South America. After three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, the music and voice of Mercedes Sosa, who died on October 4th.
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Monday
10/19/2009
9:00 PM
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She united an entire continent in her ongoing struggle for human rights, peace, and social justice in South America. After nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, the music and voice of Mercedes Sosa, who died on October 4th.
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Friday
10/16/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about the Flavor of Wisconsin.
Guest: Therese Allen, author, "The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State".
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Friday
10/16/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about the humble Bagel. Boiled and baked, bagels as we know them originated in Poland, but just like the Jews themselves, you can find them all over the world.
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Thursday
10/15/2009
3:00 PM
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Backwoods country living...? Futuristic city dwelling...? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest imagine a Green future.
Guest: David Owen, staff writer, The New Yorker. Author, "Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability" (Riverhead Books).
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Thursday
10/15/2009
9:00 PM
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A rebroadcast from 3:00pm today
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Wednesday
10/14/2009
3:00 PM
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Does the Sunni-Shia (SOO-nee SHE-ah) conflict contribute to the image of Islam as a violent religion? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss intrafaith harmony.
Guests:
- Lesley Hazleton, psychologist and veteran journalist. Author, "After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam".
- Hisham Hellyer, Ford Fellow, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, Brookings Institution.
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Wednesday
10/14/2009
9:00 PM
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Does the Sunni-Shia (SOO-nee SHE-ah) conflict contribute to the image of Islam as a violent religion? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss intrafaith harmony.
Guests:
- Lesley Hazleton, psychologist and veteran journalist. Author, "After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam".
- Hisham Hellyer, Ford Fellow, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, Brookings Institution.
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Tuesday
10/13/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, can meditation make us into world citizens? Jean Feraca's guest thinks so. Find out how on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Richard Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of the W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior, the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience and the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, Waisman Center, UW-Madison.
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Tuesday
10/13/2009
9:00 PM
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After nine, can meditation make us into world citizens? Jean Feraca's guest thinks so. Find out how on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Richard Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of the W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior, the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience and the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, Waisman Center, UW-Madison.
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Monday
10/12/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the hundred-year conflict between global conservation and native peoples.
Guest: Mark Dowie, Award-winning journalist, author of Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples
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Monday
10/12/2009
9:00 PM
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Does protecting nature means kicking people out? After nine, for Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the hundred year conflict between global conservation and native peoples.
Guest: * Mark Dowie, Award-winning journalist, author of Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples
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Friday
10/9/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Every year, Wisconsin's Bayfield Apple Festival heralds the beginning of fall. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and guests talk Apples... heritage varieties, cider-making, and this year's pick.
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Friday
10/9/2009
9:00 PM
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Every year, Wisconsin's Bayfield Apple Festival heralds the beginning of Autumn. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and guests talk Apples... heritage varieties, cider-making, and this year's pick.
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Thursday
10/8/2009
3:00 PM
091008K
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The public view of the press is much lower than it was a generation ago. But democracy depends on a healthy press. With news organizations facing a crippling financial crisis, what's the future of journalism? Join Jean Feraca and John Nichols, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: John Nichols, associate editor, The Capital Times, and Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine.
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Thursday
10/8/2009
9:00 PM
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The public view of the press is much lower than it was a generation ago. But democracy depends on a healthy press. With news organizations facing a crippling financial crisis, what's the future of journalism? That's the topic for Jean Feraca and John Nichols, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: John Nichols, associate editor, The Capital Times, and Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine.
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Wednesday
10/7/2009
3:00 PM
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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests examine the value of ordinary cardboard, the star in a one-of-a-kind literacy movement in Latin America... many colorful, handmade, cheap books made of cardboard.
Guests: Ksenija Bilbija, co-organizer of Cartonera Publishers Conference 2009, Professor of Spanish American Literatures and Cultures, Director of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program.
- Jaime Vargas Luna, founding member, Sarita Cartonera, a cartonera publishing house, in Peru.
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Wednesday
10/7/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests examine the value of ordinary cardboard, the star in a one-of-a-kind literacy movement in Latin America... many colorful, handmade, cheap books made of cardboard.
Guests: Ksenija Bilbija, co-organizer of Cartonera Publishers Conference 2009, Professor of Spanish American Literatures and Cultures, Director of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program.
- Jaime Vargas Luna, founding member, Sarita Cartonera, a cartonera publishing house, in Peru.
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Tuesday
10/6/2009
3:00 PM
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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes the case that the mind of the elephant shows similarities to our own. She uses research from neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior.
Guest: G. A. Bradshaw, Director of the Kerulos Center for Animal Trauma Recovery and co-founder of the Trans-species Institute. Author, "Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity" Yale University Press) www.kerulos.org
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Tuesday
10/6/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes the case that the mind of the elephant shows similarities to our own. She uses research from neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior.
Guest: G. A. Bradshaw, Director of the Kerulos Center for Animal Trauma Recovery and co-founder of the Trans-species Institute. Author, "Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity" Yale University Press) www.kerulos.org
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Monday
10/5/2009
3:00 PM
091005K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a Catholic preacher who teaches the Dances of Universal Peace and other forms of prayer and ritual drawn from the wisdom traditions.
Guest: Brother Joe Kilikevice, founder and director of Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality, a friar of the Central Province of the Dominican Order in the Catholic Church
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Monday
10/5/2009
9:00 PM
091005K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a Catholic preacher who teaches the Dances of Universal Peace and other forms of prayer and ritual drawn from the wisdom traditions.
Guest: Brother Joe Kilikevice, founder and director of Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality, a friar of the Central Province of the Dominican Order in the Catholic Church
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Friday
10/2/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Should you trust a thin cook for good food? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talks about his three culinary years in Italy.
Guest: Eric Dregni, author, "Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital".
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Friday
10/2/2009
9:00 PM
091002K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Should you trust a thin cook for good food? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talks about his three culinary years in Italy.
Guest: Eric Dregni, author, "Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital".
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Thursday
10/1/2009
3:00 PM
091001K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
From the depths of history...to the classroom...to the stage: how are we to understand the enduring influence of Holocaust victim Anne Frank? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest says The Diary of Anne Frank has not only a historical, but also a literary significance, because it reveals a skilled and gifted writer.
Guest: Francine Prose, author, "Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife" (Harper).
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Thursday
10/1/2009
9:00 PM
091001K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
From the depths of history... to the classroom... to the stage: how are we to understand the enduring influence of Holocaust victim Anne Frank? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest says The Diary of Anne Frank has not only a historical, but also a literary significance, because it reveals a skilled and gifted writer.
Guest: Francine Prose, author, "Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife" (Harper).
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Wednesday
9/30/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Six orphans, a dog, a Muslim man, and an inexperienced American journalist from the Midwest... thrust together in the midst of war. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells his story of friendship in post-9/11 Afghanistan.
Guest: J. Malcolm Garcia, Author, "The Khaarijee: A Chronicle of Friendship and War in Kabul" (Beacon Press).
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Wednesday
9/30/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Six orphans, a dog, a Muslim man, and an inexperienced American journalist from the Midwest... thrust together in the midst of war. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells his story of friendship in post-9/11 Afghanistan.
Guest: J. Malcolm Garcia, Author, "The Khaarijee: A Chronicle of Friendship and War in Kabul" (Beacon Press).
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Tuesday
9/29/2009
3:00 PM
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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? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes a Case for God.
Guest: Karen Armstrong, Historian of Religion. Author, "The Case for God" (Knopf).
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Tuesday
9/29/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes a Case for God.
Guest: Karen Armstrong, Historian of Religion. Author, "The Case for God" (Knopf).
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Monday
9/28/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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. After three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with Miriam about the life and legacy of the man who called himself a "geologian."
Guest: Miriam Macgillis, founder of Genesis Farm
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Monday
9/28/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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. After nine on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with Miriam about the life and legacy of the man who called himself a "geologian."
Guest: Miriam Macgillis, founder of Genesis Farm
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Friday
9/25/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The Jewish New Year holiday season is in full swing. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about Syrian Sephardic holiday cooking.
Guest: Jennifer Abadi, author, "Fistful of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes from Grandma Fritzie's Kitchen"
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Friday
9/25/2009
9:00 PM
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The Jewish New Year holiday season is in full swing. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about Syrian Sephardic holiday cooking.
Guest: Jennifer Abadi, author of "Fistful of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes from Grandma Fritzie's Kitchen"
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Thursday
9/24/2009
3:00 PM
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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a Juilliard (JOO-lee-ard) trained violinist who sees a role for music well beyond the doors of symphony hall. So he decided to teach in Afghanistan.
Guest: William Harvey, Executive Director, Cultures in Harmony. In March 2010, a teacher at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
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Thursday
9/24/2009
9:00 PM
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After ten, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a Juilliard (JOO-lee-ard) trained violinist who sees a role for music well beyond the doors of symphony hall. So he decided to teach in Afghanistan.
Guest: William Harvey, Executive Director, Cultures in Harmony. In March 2010, a teacher at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
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Wednesday
9/23/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
A new teacher at a tough, inner-city school in San Diego was fed up with students unable to remember simple math concepts but knew every word of the latest rap song. So he began teaching math through hip-hop. Now his Math Rap is a teaching tool used nationwide. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss the pros and cons of hip-hop in the classroom.
Guests:
- Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of African & African-American Studies, Duke University.
- Dawn-Elissa Fischer, Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies, San Francisco State University.
- Alex Kajitani, 2009 California Teacher of the Year, Top 4 Finalist, National Teacher of the Year.
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Wednesday
9/23/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
A new teacher at a tough, inner-city school in San Diego was fed up with students unable to remember simple math concepts but knew every word of the latest rap song. So he began teaching math through hip-hop. Now his Math Rap is a teaching tool used nationwide. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss the pros and cons of hip-hop in the classroom.
Guests:
- Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of African & African-American Studies, Duke University.
- Dawn-Elissa Fischer, Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies, San Francisco State University.
- Alex Kajitani, 2009 California Teacher of the Year, Top 4 Finalist, National Teacher of the Year.
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Tuesday
9/22/2009
3:00 PM
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After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a teenager with an unusual story. A sassy high achieving teenager in the Bronx rebels against her mother's strict rules, and ends up living with her father, a chief in Ghana. But it's a case of jumping from the frying-pan to the fire.
Guest: Musa Syeed, Director and Producer of "Bronx Princess".
Rocky Otoo, the teenager featured in "Bronx Princess"
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Tuesday
9/22/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a teenager with an unusual story. A sassy high achieving teenager in the Bronx rebels against her mother's strict rules, and ends up living with her father, a chief in Ghana. But it's a case of jumping from the frying-pan to the fire.
Guest: Musa Syeed, Director and Producer of "Bronx Princess".
Rocky Otoo, the teenager featured in Bronx Princess
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Monday
9/21/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Today is the United Nations International Day of Peace. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the former prime minister of Norway and former U.S. Ambassador to Norway about negotiating religion internationally to resolve conflict.
Guests: * Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister, Norway, 1997-2000, 2001-2005; Founder of Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights
* Thomas Loftus, U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1993-1997; Chair of Board of Directors of Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights
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Monday
9/21/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Today is the United Nations International Day of Peace. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the former prime minister of Norway and former U.S. Ambassador to Norway about negotiating religion internationally to resolve conflict.
Guests: * Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister, Norway, 1997-2000, 2001-2005; Founder of Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights * Thomas Loftus, U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1993-1997; Chair of Board of Directors of Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights
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Friday
9/18/2009
3:00 PM
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What do you eat when nobody's watching? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with cookbook author Deborah Madison, who reveals culinary confessions of eating alone.
Guest: Deborah Madison, culinary writer. Author, "What We Eat When We Eat Alone" (Gibbs Smith).
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Friday
9/18/2009
9:00 PM
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What do you eat when nobody's watching? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with cookbook author Deborah Madison, who reveals culinary confessions of eating alone.
Guest: Deborah Madison, culinary writer. Author, "What We Eat When We Eat Alone" (Gibbs Smith).
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Thursday
9/17/2009
3:00 PM
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It's not just American women who have a thing about their bodies. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest takes us on a world tour exploring the topic of the collective judgment of women's bodies, and the quest for the perfect shape.
Guest: Julia Savacool, Journalist. Author, "The World Has Curves: The Global Quest for the Perfect Body" (Rodale Press).
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Thursday
9/17/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's not just American women who have a thing about their bodies. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest takes us on a world tour exploring the topic of the collective judgment of women's bodies, and the quest for the perfect shape.
Guest: Julia Savacool, Journalist. Author, "The World Has Curves: The Global Quest for the Perfect Body" (Rodale Press).
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Wednesday
9/16/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a Colombian writer whose debut novel has created a literary buzz.
Guest: Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Colombian Writer, Translator. Author, "The Informers".
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Wednesday
9/16/2009
9:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a Colombian writer whose debut novel has created a literary buzz.
Guest: Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Colombian Writer, Translator. Author, "The Informers".
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Tuesday
9/15/2009
3:00 PM
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells the story of a young medical student who fled the genocidal civil war in Burundi (Bu-RUN-dee) in 1994... before arriving in New York City, with no English, and $200 in his pocket.
Guest: Tracy Kidder, Author, "Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness". Winner, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
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Tuesday
9/15/2009
9:00 PM
090915K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells the story of a young medical student who fled the genocidal civil war in Burundi (Bu-RUN-dee) in 1994... before arriving in New York City, with no English, and $200 in his pocket.
Guest: Tracy Kidder, Author, "Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness". Winner, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
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Monday
9/14/2009
3:00 PM
090914K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Can death be a teacher... and a friend? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells her experience of finding hope while helping her father face death.
Guest: Georgia Weithe, author, "Shining Moments : Finding Hope in Facing Death"
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Monday
9/14/2009
9:00 PM
090914K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Can death be a teacher and a friend? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells her experience of finding hope while helping her father face death.
Guest
* Georgia Weithe, author of Shining Moments : Finding Hope in Facing Death
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Friday
9/11/2009
3:00 PM
090911K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
He loves his mother's light Chinese cooking. She loves her father's heavey Italian cooking... Is there hope for this marriage? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Jean Feraca and her guest for The Gastronomy of Marriage.
Guest: Michelle Maisto, author, "The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love" (Random House).
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Friday
9/11/2009
9:00 PM
090911K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
He loves his mother's light Chinese cooking. She loves her father's heavey Italian cooking... Is there hope for this marriage? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Jean Feraca and her guest for The Gastronomy of Marriage.
Guest: Michelle Maisto, author, "The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love" (Random House).
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Thursday
9/10/2009
3:00 PM
090910K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Why do we fall in love with one person rather than another? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Boders, Jean Feraca's guest uses brain scanning to study the evolution of brain systems for lust, romantic love, and attachment.
Guest: Helen Fisher, professor of anthropology, Rutgers University. Author, "Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love by Understanding Your Personality Type".
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Thursday
9/10/2009
9:00 PM
090910K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Why do we fall in love with one person rather than another? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Boders, Jean Feraca's guest uses brain scanning to study the evolution of brain systems for lust, romantic love, and attachment.
Guest: Helen Fisher, professor of anthropology, Rutgers University. Author, "Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love by Understanding Your Personality Type".
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Wednesday
9/9/2009
3:00 PM
090909K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, examining the often-heard hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. Jean's guest picks apart this familiar narrative.
Guest: Minxin Pei, director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College. Adjunct senior associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Wednesday
9/9/2009
9:00 PM
090909K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, examining the often-heard hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. Jean's guest picks apart this familiar narrative.
Guest: Minxin Pei, director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College. Adjunct senior associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Tuesday
9/8/2009
3:00 PM
090908K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Recent studies show that more than 20-thousand Americans die each year because they can't afford to see a doctor. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest traveled the world to learn about other health care systems. Find out what he discovered.
Guest: T.R. Reid, Correspondent, The Washington Post. Author, "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care" (Penguin Press).
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Tuesday
9/8/2009
9:00 PM
090908K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Recent studies show that more than 20-thousand Americans die each year because they can't afford to see a doctor. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest traveled the world to learn about other health care systems. Find out what he discovered.
Guest: T.R. Reid, Correspondent, The Washington Post. Author, "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care" (Penguin Press).
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Monday
9/7/2009
3:00 PM
090907K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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 sang the same song in the film and CD "Playing for Change". Jean Feraca speaks with the film's director after three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders. (Rebroadcast)
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Monday
9/7/2009
9:00 PM
090421K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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 sang the same song in the film and CD "Playing for Change". Jean Feraca speaks with the film's director after nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders. (Rebroadcast)
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Friday
9/4/2009
3:00 PM
090904K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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. It's the new school lunch, after three, on Here On Earth, Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca.
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Friday
9/4/2009
9:00 PM
090904K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
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. It's the new school lunch, after nine, on Here On Earth, Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca.
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Thursday
9/3/2009
3:00 PM
090903K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Can you design a farm to be as self-sufficient as a forest? Jean Feraca's guest did. Find out how after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Mark Shepard, owner of New Forest Farm, vice-president of the Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council
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Thursday
9/3/2009
9:00 PM
090903K
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Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Can you design a farm to be as self-sufficient as a forest? Jean Feraca's guest did. Find out how after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Mark Shepard, owner of New Forest Farm, vice-president of the Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council
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