Here On Earth Podcast
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Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and hosted by Jean Feraca, "Here on Earth" is a live cultural affairs call-in talk show that introduces extraordinary people from across the world whose stories instill passion and connect deeply with listeners each weekend. Join us live from 3PM to 5PM Eastern time every Saturday and Sunday.
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pgmd2, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: pgmd2
“Here On Earth” is a lively podcast dedicated to providing information about other countries, other cultures, and strengthening global relations around the world. It is hosted by Jean Feraca, and is a production of the Wisconsin Public Radio. This podcast is quite interesting as it not only features an interview but features the comments of call-in guests as well.
The audio quality is quite good and the Feraca has a great speaking voice. The weekly programs that are available include a segment geared to the pros and cons of cloning, and also another show providing an in depth look at the life of penguins. If you have some spare time, you should listen to this podcast
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The Sound of Dub
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, Jul 3, 2008
When some Jamaican recording engineers began crafting "dub" music in 1970s, they were initiating a musical revolution that continues to have worldwide influence. Jean Feraca talks to Kwame Dawes about the "dub revolution" and its musical and social significance.
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Valzhyna Mort: A Young Belarusian Poet
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Wed, Jul 2, 2008
Jean Feraca talks to a young Belarusian poet who is hailed as a risen star in the international poetry world.
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Canada's Apologies to Aboriginals
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Canada Apologizes to its Native Peoples for its Boarding School Policy, following Australia's example. So what about us?
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Apostle Islands: An Environmental Success Story
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, Jun 30, 2008
Since 1970 the lands and waters of Lake Superior's Apostle Islands have been protected by the federal government as the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, thanks to Gaylord Nelson, father of Earth Day. But thirty-five years ago, people said this could never happen. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, an environmental success story.
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The Ancient Drink of Health and Friendship (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
Coffee, tea, or mate? The Turks have their coffee, the Japanese have their green tea, but in South America, the stimulant of choice is mate. For many Argentinians, mate is more than a drink, it's a social ritual with a rich history first developed by the people of the pampas. And it may be coming soon to a bar near you.
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Edith Piaf and Street Singers in Paris (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, Jun 26, 2008
Edith Piaf and her music, a French version of blues, define what it means to be French. France loves desperate love songs. But don't we all? On Thursday, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about Edith Piaf and street singers in Paris.
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Street Cries From Around the World (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
NYC Performance artist Annie Lanzillotto has made street cries from around the world the focus of her latest performance: Rule 23: No Shouting or Hawking by Vendors Nor Abusive or Lewd Language. It's a protest against Fiorello La Guardia's 1936 ban on New York's street hawkers.
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The World Without Us (Encore)
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Tue, Jun 24, 2008
Jean Feraca and her guest discuss what the world would look like if humans disappeared.
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Young America and Middle East (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, Jun 23, 2008
Iranian American writer Reza Aslan and Jewish American journalist Gideon Yago have been touring American universities talking to students about the Middle East. They join us this hour. The two are part of this year's University of Wisconsin Distinguished Lecture Series.
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How to Pick a Peach (Encore)
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Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Jean Feraca and her guest take a delectable season-by-season produce tour, from springtime artichokes stuffed with ham and pine nuts to midwinter candied citrus peel.
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Poetry Circle of the Air (Encore)
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Thu, Jun 19, 2008
Jean Feraca and her guests discuss Maxine Kumin and her poetry.
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Lila Downs's Ranchera Music (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, Jun 18, 2008
We welcome the star of the 2005 Madison World Music Festival, Lila Downs, back to Madison. The daughter of a Mixtec cabaret singer, Downs has been touring internationally performing native Mesoamerican music in Mixtec, Zapotec and Maya. She was featured in the movie Frida.
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The Dead Beat: The Art of Obituaries (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, Jun 17, 2008
How would you like to be remembered? What do obituaries say about our culture? This hour on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, join Jean Feraca for a talk with two leading obituarists.
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Is Peace A Dirty Word? (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
NPR reporter Daniel Zwerdling did a report for Weekend Edition on the backlash caused by the Fairmont, Minnesota, City Council's decision to support the creation of a Department of Peace. Why do we fear peace? Is what happened in Fairmont typical of the country as a whole? Join Jean Feraca and her guests for a discussion this hour on Here on Earth, Radio Without Borders.
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100-Mile Diet
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Fri, Jun 13, 2008
What kind of diet reduces miles rather than calories? Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon's 100-Mile Diet, which has taken off as a new way to think, and eat, locally. We'll talk with Alisa about the challenge she and James set for themselves: to eat only food produced within 100 miles of their British Columbian apartment for one year. Can eating locally really help save the planet?
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America's Musical Melting Pot
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, Jun 12, 2008
One of New York City's most venerable institutions, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, just held a festival and put out a CD in honor of its 40th anniversary. Starting with Balkan immigrants in the Bronx, the Center now spans traditions from all over the globe, bringing age-old enemies side by side on the same stage. Talk about diversity!
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Who Owns Antiquities?
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, Jun 11, 2008
Who owns antiquities? Should they be returned to the countries where they were found? Museum directors say no, but countries such as Italy, Greece, Turkey, and China are all clamoring for their return and have passed laws against their future export.
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Rwanda's Renaissance
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, Jun 10, 2008
Stephen Kinzer tells the astonishing story of how Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, seized power in his genocide-shattered country and brought about one of the most successful revolutions of the modern era.
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My Cousin the Saint
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, Jun 9, 2008
Justin Catanoso was a typically lapsed American Catholic when he discovered that his late cousin was about to be canonized by Pope John Paul II. For a new twist on geneology and the search for roots, join Jean Feraca with the author of "My Cousin the Saint."
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The Chocolatier
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Fri, Jun 6, 2008
Meet Gail Ambrosius, a Wisconsin chocolatier, who has studied the fine art of French chocolate making.
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What Makes The News Funny?
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, Jun 5, 2008
What makes political news funny? This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss political satire around the world.
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Hardcore Zen
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, Jun 4, 2008
The story of a punk whose lifelong quest for truth led him through a path from the aggressive beats of hardcore punk music to the monster movie studios in Tokyo to a temple where he discovered Zen Buddhism. Brad Warner is a Zen monk, a musician, a filmmaker, and the author of "Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth about Reality."
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Green Collar Jobs
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, Jun 3, 2008
Continuing changes in the global environment may mean growing threats to human health and well-being. To solve those problems, a new industry is burgeoning with green-collar jobs. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the economic impact of environmental change.
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The Earthquake Generation
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, Jun 2, 2008
In the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, tens of thousands of young volunteers flood to the quake zone to help, taking everyone by surprise. The young volunteers are from the first generation in China to grow up as only children or "little emperors." Their spontaneous response to the quake has defied the myth that the 20-somethings are selfish and materialistic. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests take a fresh look at China's young generation.
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University of Gastronomical Sciences
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Fri, May 30, 2008
At the University of Gastronomical Sciences in Italy students study just one subject: food: its history, its science, its cultural value. But none of the students or teachers ever touch a pot or a spoon. Join us for a school about cooking where nobody ever cooks.
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Mafalda
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, May 29, 2008
Is America ready for Mafalda? Created in 1964, Mafalda is a comic strip from Argentina featuring a six-year-old whiz-kid who has taken the rest of the world by storm. Join us for a sneak peek at Mafalda's Latin humor and political philosophy.
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American Universities Go Overseas
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, May 28, 2008
From Kuwait to Singapore, American universities are expanding. At Kean University, plans for a campus in China are underway. At the University of Washington, a program in Abu Dhabi teaches recent UAE graduates the skills they need to make it in the contemporary workforce. But is exporting American education a good idea? Are those universities risking their reputation for a big check?
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The Garbage Warrior
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, May 27, 2008
Michael Reynolds builds houses out of garbage, literally. He is the subject of "The Garbage Warrior," a documentary about his adventures building what he calls "earthships," off-grid sustainable communities made out of beer cans, old tires, and plastic bottles.
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Naples vs. the Nazis
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, May 26, 2008
This Memorial Day we explore a long kept secret from the last world war: how teenage boys living in Naples fought a guerilla war against the Nazis. Join Jean Feraca with John Domini, the author of "Cooking the Octopus: Discovering Naples, My Father and Myself."
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Tasting Mustard in Dijon, France
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Fri, May 23, 2008
Whad'a they have that we ain't got? Barry Levenson, the founder of the Mustard Museum in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, reports on his recent mustard-tasting tour of Dijon, France.
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Feminist Science Fiction
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, May 22, 2008
Science fiction is a field thought to be dominated by men, but women all over the English speaking world are writing it. Who are they? What are they writing about? And what makes them stand out? Join Jean Feraca and her guest for a sneak peak at WisCon, the world's leading feminist science fiction convention.
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Street Cries From Around the World
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, May 21, 2008
NYC Performance artist Annie Lanzillotto has made street cries from around the world the focus of her latest performance: Rule 23: No Shouting or Hawking by Vendors Nor Abusive or Lewd Language. It is a protest against Fiorello La Guardia's 1936 ban on New York's street hawkers.
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Khmer Legacies: One Family's War Secrets
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, May 20, 2008
Meet an heroic woman who has transformed her family's history into a force for truth and healing. A successful producer for NBC, Socheata Poeuv did not know her family's trauma and loss during the Khmer Rouge genocide until she was 25 years old. After her family's trip to Cambodia, she produced an award-winning documentary and created a foundation to help survivors to remember and heal.
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Feeding People Is Easy
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, May 19, 2008
Author and economist Colin Tudge says small farmers can feed the increasingly hungry world, as soon as big argibusiness gets out of the way. Find out how this hour on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders.
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Paris by Pastry (Encore)
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Fri, May 16, 2008
Have you ever tasted a real Madeleine? A Charlotte aux Framboises? A tarte Tatin? Was it good enough to go back for? Have you ever tried your hand at making French pastries? Join us for a tour of Parisian patisseries.
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A Feminist Version of the Quran?
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, May 15, 2008
The Quran is said to be untranslatable, and has so far been the domain of male translators. This hour we will meet the woman who is tackling the Quran with a translation highlighting messages of inclusiveness and tolerance. The Sublime Quran translated by Laleh Bakhtiar, a celebrated scholar of Sufism, a writer, translator, and the only woman to have translated The Quran.
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Going Dutch in Beijing
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, May 14, 2008
When in Rome, do as the Romans. But what if you cannot figure out what the Romans are doing? This hour we will crack the code on international culture and tradition with the author of the book, Going Dutch in Beijing.
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The Man Who Loved China
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, May 13, 2008
Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, its long and astonishing history of invention and technology. Here is a tale of what makes men, nations, and, indeed, mankind itself great, related by one of the world's inimitable storytellers.
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The Real Counterfeiters
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Mon, May 12, 2008
If you have not yet seen this year's Best Foreign Film, The Counterfeiters, you have missed a great film experience. It is the story of a Jewish master counterfeiter who gets sent to Auschwitz where the Nazis force him to head up a counterfeiting operation to help them win the war. It was based on a true story, and we will be talking with Lawrence Malkin who wrote the book behind the movie, Krueger's Men.
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What Am I Eating?
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Fri, May 9, 2008
Dining out abroad can be a minefield. World traveler and culinary lexicographer Suzy Oakes will eat anything anywhere so long as she can identify it afterwards! She iss the creator of whatamieating.com, so far with 61,000 entries in 247 languages including Black Foot.
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The World Food Crisis
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Thu, May 8, 2008
The food shortages, suddenly front page news, are not new, according to John Nichols. He says millions of people were starving last year; the only change is that as the crisis has grown, it has become more difficult to manage the hunger that a failed food system accepts.
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Gumball Capital
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Wed, May 7, 2008
Place a quarter in a gumball machine and you move all the other gumballs a little closer to the exit. That is the principle behind Gumball Capital, an entrepreneurial microfinance model started by a group of Stanford students with a mindset for doing good. We will meet them this hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders.
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The Story of Yiddish
Author: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Tue, May 6, 2008
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