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Friday
11/20/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091120K
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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Friday
11/20/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091120K
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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Thursday
11/19/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091119K
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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Thursday
11/19/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091119K
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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Wednesday
11/18/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091118K
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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Wednesday
11/18/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091118K
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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Tuesday
11/17/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091117K
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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Tuesday
11/17/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091117K
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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Monday
11/16/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091116K
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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Monday
11/16/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091116K
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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Friday
11/13/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091113K
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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Friday
11/13/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091113K
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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Thursday
11/12/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091112K
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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Thursday
11/12/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091112K
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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Wednesday
11/11/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091111K
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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Wednesday
11/11/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091111K
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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Tuesday
11/10/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091110K
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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Tuesday
11/10/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091110K
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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Monday
11/9/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091109K
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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Monday
11/9/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091109K
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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Friday
11/6/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091106K
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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Friday
11/6/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091106K
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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Thursday
11/5/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091105K
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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Thursday
11/5/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091105K
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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Wednesday
11/4/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091104K
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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Wednesday
11/4/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091104K
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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Tuesday
11/3/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091103K
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
3:00 PM

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Monday
11/2/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091102K
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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Monday
11/2/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091102K
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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Friday
10/30/2009
9:00 PM

Lori Skelton in for Jean Feraca - 091030K
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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Friday
10/30/2009
3:00 PM

Lori Skelton in for Jean Feraca - 091030K
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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Thursday
10/29/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091029K
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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Thursday
10/29/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091029K
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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Wednesday
10/28/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091028K
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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Wednesday
10/28/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091028K
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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Tuesday
10/27/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091027K
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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Tuesday
10/27/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091027K
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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Monday
10/26/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091026K
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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Monday
10/26/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091026K
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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Friday
10/23/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091023K
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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Friday
10/23/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091023K
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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Thursday
10/22/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091022K
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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Thursday
10/22/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091022K
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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Wednesday
10/21/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091021K
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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Wednesday
10/21/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091021K
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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Tuesday
10/20/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091020K
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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Tuesday
10/20/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091020K
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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Monday
10/19/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091019K
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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Monday
10/19/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091019K
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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Friday
10/16/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091016X
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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Friday
10/16/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091016K
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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Thursday
10/15/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091015K
A rebroadcast from 3:00pm today

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Thursday
10/15/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091015K
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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Wednesday
10/14/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091014K
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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Wednesday
10/14/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091014K
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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Tuesday
10/13/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091013K
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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Tuesday
10/13/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091013K
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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Monday
10/12/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091012K
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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Monday
10/12/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091012K
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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Friday
10/9/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091009K
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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Friday
10/9/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091009K
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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Thursday
10/8/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091008X
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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Thursday
10/8/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091008K
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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Wednesday
10/7/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091007K
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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Wednesday
10/7/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091007K
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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Tuesday
10/6/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091006K
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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Tuesday
10/6/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091006K
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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Monday
10/5/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091005K
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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Monday
10/5/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091005K
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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Friday
10/2/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091002K
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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Friday
10/2/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091002K
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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Thursday
10/1/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091001K
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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Thursday
10/1/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 091001K
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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Wednesday
9/30/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 090930K
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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Wednesday
9/30/2009
3:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 090930K
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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Tuesday
9/29/2009
9:00 PM

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders - 090929K
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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