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Wednesday
8/19/2009
9:00 PM
090819K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Man finds nature... man loves nature... That's the usual theme of nature writing. But an online magazine decides to differ. A conversation with the editor, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca.
Guest: Susan Harris, editor, Words Without Borders; Rochelle Johnson, Associate Professor of English and Environmental Studies at The College of Idaho

Tuesday
8/18/2009
3:00 PM
090818K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
In 1991, a small group of Milwaukeeans dreamed of building a Tall Ship to honor Wisconsin's maritime heritage, and to work to improve the health of Wisconsin waters. The schooner, "S-V Denis Sullivan" is a floating classroom and laboratory. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Lori Skelton and her guest for a tour.
Guests:
- Terry McMahon, Chair, Marine Committee, Discovery World, Milwaukee.
- Paul Krajniak, Executive Director, Discovery World, Milwaukee. http://voyage.pierwisconsin.org/ds/index.php

Tuesday
8/18/2009
9:00 PM
090818K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
In 1991, a small group of Milwaukeeans dreamed of building a Tall Ship to honor Wisconsin's maritime heritage, and to work to improve the health of Wisconsin waters. The schooner, "S-V Denis Sullivan" is a floating classroom and laboratory. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Lori Skelton and her guest for a tour.
Guests:
- Terry McMahon, Chair, Marine Committee, Discovery World, Milwaukee.
- Paul Krajniak, Executive Director, Discovery World, Milwaukee. http://voyage.pierwisconsin.org/ds/index.php

Monday
8/17/2009
3:00 PM
090817K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
A Wisconsin graduate student went to Senegal intending to improve her French and expand her knowledge of economics, but soon discovered that "Man plans, God decides." After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Lori Skelton's guest tells her lessons learned listening to West Africa.
Guest
* Katie Krueger, author of Give With Gratitude: Lessons Learned Listening to West Africa

Monday
8/17/2009
9:00 PM
090817K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
A Wisconsin graduate student went to Senegal intending to improve her French and expand her knowledge of economics, but soon discovered that "Man plans, God decides." After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Lori Skelton's guest tells her lessons learned listening to West Africa.
Guest
* Katie Krueger, author of Give With Gratitude: Lessons Learned Listening to West Africa

Friday
8/14/2009
3:00 PM
090814K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation with the author of the new culinary film, "Julie and Julia," which celebrates the life of famed TV Chef Julia Child.
Guest: Julie Powell, author, "Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, & Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living" (Back Bay Books).

Friday
8/14/2009
9:00 PM
090814K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, a conversation with the author of the new culinary film, "Julie and Julia," which celebrates the life of famed TV Chef Julia Child.
Guest: Julie Powell, author, "Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, & Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living" (Back Bay Books).

Thursday
8/13/2009
3:00 PM
090813K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, Muslims and Immigration. Jean's guest offers a keen analysis of how immigration, particularly of Muslims, is reshaping The West.
Guest: Christopher Caldwell, political journalist, author, "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West" (Doubleday).

Thursday
8/13/2009
9:00 PM
090813K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, Muslims and Immigration. Jean's guest offers a keen analysis of how immigration, particularly of Muslims, is reshaping The West.
Guest: Christopher Caldwell, political journalist, author, "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West" (Doubleday).

Wednesday
8/12/2009
3:00 PM
090812K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Hear On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest took a train from Europe to East Asia half a lifetime ago and wrote about it in the classic, "The Great Railway Bazaar". Thirty-three years later he retraces his steps. What does he find?
Guest: Paul Theroux, Author, "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On The Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar" (Mariner Books).

Wednesday
8/12/2009
9:00 PM
090812K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Hear On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest took a train from Europe to East Asia half a lifetime ago and wrote about it in the classic, "The Great Railway Bazaar". Thirty-three years later he retraces his steps. What does he find?
Guest: Paul Theroux, Author, "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On The Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar" (Mariner Books).

Tuesday
8/11/2009
3:00 PM
090811K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest discusses the continuing crisis in Iran, with an intimate look at a paradoxical nation that is both deeply religious and highly cosmopolitan.
Guest: Hooman Majd (who-MAN mashed), author, "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran" (Anchor).

Tuesday
8/11/2009
9:00 PM
090811K

Monday
8/10/2009
3:00 PM
090810K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feracasguest discusses the tragic and volatile U.S.-Mexico borderland of extreme southeastern California Imperial County, where he spent ten years talking with everyone from farmers to border patrolmen to prostitutes in his search for the fading American-Mexican dream.
Guest: * William T. Vollmann, author of Imperial

Monday
8/10/2009
9:00 PM
090810K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feracasguest discusses the tragic and volatile U.S.-Mexico borderland of extreme southeastern California Imperial County, where he spent ten years talking with everyone from farmers to border patrolmen to prostitutes in his search for the fading American-Mexican dream.
Guest: * William T. Vollmann, author of Imperial

Friday
8/7/2009
3:00 PM
090807K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Today is the eve of The Great Taste of the Midwest, one of the premier beer festivals in the U.S. Find out about the latest innovations in the world of micro-breweries, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca.
Guests:
- Jeff Glazer, author, Madison Beer Review.
- Bill Rogers, owner, The Malt House. Chair of Great Taste of the Midwest Festival.
- Paul Graham, President and Brewmaster, Central Waters Brewing Company.

Friday
8/7/2009
9:00 PM
090807K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Today is the eve of The Great Taste of the Midwest, one of the premier beer festivals in the U.S. Find out about the latest innovations in the world of micro-breweries, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca.
Guests:
- Jeff Glazer, author, Madison Beer Review.
- Bill Rogers, owner, The Malt House. Chair of Great Taste of the Midwest Festival.
- Paul Graham, President and Brewmaster, Central Waters Brewing Company.

Thursday
8/6/2009
3:00 PM
090806K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Are we humans "wired" to cooperate? After three, Jean Feraca's guest makes her case, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders. It's based on her study of the social and caretaking activities of our great ape ancestors.
Guest: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of California-Davis. Author, Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding.

Thursday
8/6/2009
9:00 PM
090806K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Are we humans "wired" to cooperate? After nine, Jean Feraca's guest makes her case, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders. It's based on her study of the social and caretaking activities of our great ape ancestors.
Guest: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of California-Davis. Author, Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding.

Wednesday
8/5/2009
3:00 PM
090805K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
In the last twenty years Noir ('nwahr) has gone global. Crime Fiction shows up in places like Algeria, Turkey, and India. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests track the Global Gumshoe, and the popularity of Crime Fiction around the world.
Guests:
- Peter Rozovsky, Detectives Beyond Borders blogger.
- Hirsh Sawhney, Editor, Delhi Noir.

Wednesday
8/5/2009
9:00 PM
090805K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
In the last twenty years Noir ('nwahr) has gone global. Crime Fiction shows up in places like Algeria, Turkey, and India. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests track the Global Gumshoe, and the popularity of Crime Fiction around the world.
Guests:
- Peter Rozovsky, Detectives Beyond Borders blogger.
- Hirsh Sawhney, Editor, Delhi Noir.

Tuesday
8/4/2009
3:00 PM
090804K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The recent arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates re-ignited the national conversation about racism. Another event passed with hardly a whisper. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss a recent resolution unanimously passed in the Senate apologizing for slavery. A look at the purpose of the apology, and whether it can really contribute to racial healing.
Guests: - Roger Conner, Director, Advocacy Project at Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt University.
- Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, Associate Professor of Law, University of Arkansas-Little Rock.

Tuesday
8/4/2009
9:00 PM
090804K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The recent arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates re-ignited the national conversation about racism. Another event passed with hardly a whisper. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss a recent resolution unanimously passed in the Senate apologizing for slavery. A look at the purpose of the apology, and whether it can really contribute to racial healing.
Guests: - Roger Conner, Director, Advocacy Project at Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt University.
- Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, Associate Professor of Law, University of Arkansas-Little Rock.

Monday
8/3/2009
3:00 PM
090803K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Interested in coaching a kids' soccer team in Senegal? Helping to protect sea turtles in Georgia? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talks about the best of 100 volunteer vacations to enrich your life.
Guest: Pam Grout, author of "The 100 Best Volunteer Vacations to Enrich Your Life" (National Geographic Books)

Monday
8/3/2009
9:00 PM
090803K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Interested in coaching a kids' soccer team in Senegal? Helping to protect sea turtles in Georgia? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talks about the best of 100 volunteer vacations to enrich your life.
Guest: Pam Grout, author of "The 100 Best Volunteer Vacations to Enrich Your Life" (National Geographic Books)

Friday
7/31/2009
3:00 PM
090731K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How would you like to prepare a great meal in twenty-minutes or less every single day? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the author of "Kitchen Express."
Guest: Mark Bittman, author, "Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less" (Simon & Schuster).

Friday
7/31/2009
9:00 PM
090731K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How would you like to prepare a great meal every single day in twenty-minutes or less? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the author of "Kitchen Express."
Guest: Mark Bittman, author, "Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less" (Simon and Schuster).

Thursday
7/30/2009
3:00 PM
090730K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
He is best remembered as a memoirist of Auschwitz, but he was also a scientist, fiction writer, and poet... in short, a Renaissance man. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the universe of Jewish-Italian humanist Primo Levi (PREE-moe LEH-vee) in celebration of his 90th anniversary.
Guest: Sam Magavern, author, "Primo Levi's Universe: A Writer's Journey" (Palgrave)

Thursday
7/30/2009
9:00 PM
090730K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
He is best remembered as a memoirist of Auschwitz, but he was also a scientist, fiction writer, and poet... in short, a Renaissance man. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the universe of Jewish-Italian humanist Primo Levi (PREE-moe LEH-vee) in celebration of his 90th anniversary.
Guest: Sam Magavern, author, "Primo Levi's Universe: A Writer's Journey" (Palgrave)

Wednesday
7/29/2009
3:00 PM
090729K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Since 1987, it's been highly successful in delivering health care in poor countries like Haiti and Rwanda. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore lessons learned by the world organization Partners in Health, and what we can apply here in U.S.
Guest: - Ophelia Dahl, Executive Director, Partners in Health.

Wednesday
7/29/2009
9:00 PM
090729K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Since 1987, it's been highly successful in delivering health care in poor countries like Haiti and Rwanda. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore lessons learned by the world organization Partners in Health, and what we can apply here in U.S.
Guest: - Ophelia Dahl, Executive Director, Partners in Health.

Tuesday
7/28/2009
3:00 PM
090728K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
China's growing investment in Africa is causing both excitement... and worries. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests follow the trail of Beijing's expansion in Africa.

Guests:
- Serge Michel, former West Africa Correspondent for Le Monde. Author, "China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa"
- Paolo Woods, Photo-Journalist.

Tuesday
7/28/2009
9:00 PM
090728K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
China's growing investment in Africa is causing both excitement... and worries. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests follow the trail of Beijing's expansion in Africa.

Guests:
- Serge Michel, former West Africa correspondent for Le Monde. Author, "China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa"
- Paolo Woods, photo-journalist.

Monday
7/27/2009
3:00 PM
090727K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Success stories about HIV-AIDS are scant, but we found one in Brazil. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells how Brazil got its act together and became the first nation to provide free treatment to all, in spite of inequities.
Guest
* Joao Biehl, professor of anthropology, Princeton University, author of Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival

Monday
7/27/2009
9:00 PM
090727K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Success stories about HIV-AIDS are scant, but we found one in Brazil. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells how Brazil got its act together and became the first nation to provide free treatment to all, in spite of inequities.
Guest
* Joao Biehl, professor of anthropology, Princeton University, author of Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival

Friday
7/24/2009
3:00 PM
090724K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Have you ever wished you could experience an historical event first-hand? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Jean Feraca and her guest to relive an ancient feast in the Ottoman Empire.
Guest: Channon Mondoux, professional chef and food historian.

Friday
7/24/2009
9:00 PM
090724K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Have you ever wished you could experience an historical event first-hand? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest relive an ancient feast in the Ottoman Empire.
Guest: Channon Mondoux, professional chef and food historian.

Thursday
7/23/2009
3:00 PM
090723K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What does civil society look like in Russia today? Do Russian youth really represent a turn away from old ideologies? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with an insider for a meeting between President Obama and civil society leaders in Moscow.
Guest: Ted Gerber, professor of sociology, and Director, Center for Russian, East Europe, and Central Asia, UW-Madison.

Thursday
7/23/2009
9:00 PM
090723K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What does civil society look like in Russia today? Do Russian youth really represent a turn away from old ideologies? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with an insider for a meeting between President Obama and civil society leaders in Moscow.
Guest: Ted Gerber, professor of sociology, and Director, Center for Russian, East Europe, and Central Asia, UW-Madison.

Wednesday
7/22/2009
3:00 PM
090722K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
A healthcare bill is slated for a vote in The House by the end of the month. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, lessons learned about public healthcare around the world. Jean talks with a doctor, educator, and international healthcare advocate about her experiences in China, Mexico, Uganda... and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Guest: Cynthia Haq, Director, Center for Global Health. Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health Sciences, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Wednesday
7/22/2009
9:00 PM
090722K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
A healthcare bill is slated for a vote in The House by the end of the month. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders with Jean Feraca, lessons learned about public healthcare around the world. Jean talks with a doctor, educator, and international healthcare advocate about her experiences in China, Mexico, Uganda... and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Guest: Cynthia Haq, Director, Center for Global Health. Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health Sciences, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Tuesday
7/21/2009
3:00 PM
090721K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells the story of the rise of Islam through the eyes of Aisha (EYE-sha), the Prophet Muhammad's youngest wife, one of the most influential women in Islamic history.
Guest: Kamran Pasha, Author, "Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam"

Tuesday
7/21/2009
9:00 PM
090721K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells the story of the rise of Islam through the eyes of Aisha (EYE-sha), the Prophet Muhammad's youngest wife, one of the most influential women in Islamic history.
Guest: Kamran Pasha, Author, "Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam"

Monday
7/20/2009
3:00 PM
090720K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest John Nichols remember American journalist and news anchor Walter Cronkite by talking critically and hopefully about journalism past, present, and future.
Guest, John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation.

Monday
7/20/2009
9:00 PM
090720K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest John Nichols remember American journalist and news anchor Walter Cronkite by talking critically and hopefully about journalism past, present, and future.
Guest, John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation.

Friday
7/17/2009
3:00 PM
090717K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, a taste of the cuisines of the "Axis of Evil". Join us for a saucy culinary feast of facts on ten controversial countries.
Guest: Chris Fair, author of "Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States"

Friday
7/17/2009
9:00 PM
090717K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, a taste of the cuisines of the "Axis of Evil". Join us for a saucy culinary feast of facts on ten controversial countries.
Guest: Chris Fair, author of "Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States"

Thursday
7/16/2009
3:00 PM
090716K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's high summer and after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, we take a sultry and mysterious journey through a rainforest of seductive and mythical plants.
Guest: Margot Berwin, author, "Hot House Flower and the nine plants of desire".

Thursday
7/16/2009
9:00 PM
090716K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's high summer and after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, we take a sultry and mysterious journey through a rainforest of seductive and mythical plants.
Guest: Margot Berwin, author, "Hot House Flower and the nine plants of desire".

Wednesday
7/15/2009
3:00 PM
090715K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, The Happiness Project. A conversation with a Canadian musician who recorded friends and neighbors talking about what makes them happy, then transformed their voices into musical notes and there words into songs.
Guest: Charles Spearin, Canadian Musician. His latest recording is, "The Happiness Project"

Wednesday
7/15/2009
9:00 PM
090715K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, The Happiness Project. A conversation with a Canadian musician who recorded friends and neighbors talking about what makes them happy, then transformed their voices into musical notes and there words into songs.
Guest: Charles Spearin, Canadian Musician. His latest recording is, "The Happiness Project"

Tuesday
7/14/2009
3:00 PM
090714K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, the focus on Africa continues this week with a conversation with a man who is trying to save a global natural treasure in Mozambique (moe-zam-BEEK).
Guest: Gregory Carr, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of the Carr Foundation.

Tuesday
7/14/2009
9:00 PM
090714K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, the focus on Africa continues this week with a conversation with a man who is trying to save a global natural treasure in Mozambique (moe-zam-BEEK).
Guest: Gregory Carr, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of the Carr Foundation.

Monday
7/13/2009
3:00 PM
090713K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Obama spoke from Ghana over the weekend. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, we bring on some experts on Ghana and Africa to talk about Ghana's place in Africa and what Africans can expect during the Obama administration.
Guests: Vincent Odamtten, professor of English, Hamilton College in New York
* Adotei Akwei, vice president of government affairs at Care USA

Monday
7/13/2009
9:00 PM
090713K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Obama spoke from Ghana over the weekend. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, we bring on some experts on Ghana and Africa to talk about Ghana's place in Africa and what Africans can expect during the Obama administration.
Guests: * Vincent Odamtten, professor of English, Hamilton College in New York
* Adotei Akwei, vice president of government affairs at Care USA

Friday
7/10/2009
3:00 PM
090710K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Enjoying ice cream on a hot day is a beloved treat for people around the world. After three, in an encore presentation of Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the history, culture, and flavors of ice cream in America, Italy, and India.
Guests:
Michael McGarry, author, "Gelato: Finding Italy's Best Gelaterias".
- Raghavan Iyer, author, "The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood".
- Emily Luchetti, pastry chef. Author, "A Passion for Desserts" and "A Passion for Ice Cream".

Friday
7/10/2009
9:00 PM
090710K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Enjoying ice cream on a hot day is a beloved treat for people around the world. After nine, in an encore presentation of Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests explore the history, culture, and flavors of ice cream in America, Italy, and India.
Guests:
Michael McGarry, author, "Gelato: Finding Italy's Best Gelaterias".
- Raghavan Iyer, author, "The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood".
- Emily Luchetti, pastry chef. Author, "A Passion for Desserts" and "A Passion for Ice Cream".

Thursday
7/9/2009
3:00 PM
090709K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The German poet Novalis wrote that the only real temple in this world is the human body. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a Lebanese female poet who has just premiered a magazine in Beirut to restore the human body to its rightful place... and raised a lot of eyebrows in the process.
Guest: Joumana Haddad, Lebanese Poet, Translator and Journalist.

Thursday
7/9/2009
9:00 PM
090709K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
The German poet Novalis wrote that the only real temple in this world is the human body. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a Lebanese female poet who has just premiered a magazine in Beirut to restore the human body to its rightful place... and raised a lot of eyebrows in the process.
Guest: Joumana Haddad, Lebanese poet, translator and journalist.

Wednesday
7/8/2009
3:00 PM
090708K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a German comedian about his travails along Spain's Camino de Santiago (kah-MEE-no day sahn-tee-AH-go), the most traveled Pilgrim's Route since the first century.
Guest: Hape (happy) Kerkeling, Comedic Entertainer. Author, "I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago" (Free Press).

Wednesday
7/8/2009
9:00 PM
090708K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with a German comedian about his travails along Spain's Camino de Santiago (kah-MEE-no day sahn-tee-AH-go), the most traveled Pilgrim's Route since the first century.
Guest: Hape (happy) Kerkeling, comedic entertainer. Author, "I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago" (Free Press).

Tuesday
7/7/2009
3:00 PM
090707K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's easy to see when technology improves upon nature. But sometimes it can be the other way around. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest introduces us to pioneering engineers making technological breakthroughs by copying nature's hidden marvels.
Guest: Janine Benyus, President, Biomimicry Institute. Natural Sciences writer. Innovation consultant. Author, "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature".

Tuesday
7/7/2009
9:00 PM
090707K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's easy to see when technology improves upon nature. But sometimes it can be the other way around. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest introduces us to pioneering engineers making technological breakthroughs by copying nature's hidden marvels.
Guest: Janine Benyus, President, Biomimicry Institute. Natural Sciences writer. Innovation consultant. Author, "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature".

Monday
7/6/2009
3:00 PM
090706K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, a rebroadcast of the April 9th program, "Being Gay and Muslim." Jean Feraca talks with the director of "A Jihad for Love" about gay Muslims around the world.
Guest: Parvez Sharma, director of "A Jihad for Love".

Monday
7/6/2009
9:00 PM
090706K

Friday
7/3/2009
3:00 PM
090703K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's Strawberry season. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest shows us how to make a red, white, and blue strawberry pie for the Fourth of July.
Guest: Monique Hooker, chef, teacher, and author of "Cooking with the Seasons: A Year in my Kitchen".

Friday
7/3/2009
9:00 PM
090703K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's Strawberry season. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest shows us how to make a red, white, and blue strawberry pie for the Fourth of July.
Guest: Monique Hooker, chef, teacher, and author of "Cooking with the Seasons: A Year in my Kitchen".

Thursday
7/2/2009
3:00 PM
090702K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guests share summer reading selections...designed for those who want to know more about what is going on in Pakistan, China, and Iran, and for those who simply want to escape.
Guests:
- Susan Harris, editor, Words Without Borders.

Thursday
7/2/2009
9:00 PM
090702K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guests share summer reading selections...designed for those who want to know more about what is going on in Pakistan, China, and Iran, and for those who simply want to escape.
Guests:
- Susan Harris, editor, Words Without Borders.

Wednesday
7/1/2009
3:00 PM
090701K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What's the connection between Kamikaze Pilots and the "Cherry blossoms" of Japan? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest compares the symbolic use of Cherry blossoms by the Japanese Emperor during World War Two, with how Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler used Roses with similar purpose.
Guest: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Anthropology Professor, UW-Madison> Author, "Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History".

Wednesday
7/1/2009
9:00 PM
090701K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What's the connection between Kamikaze Pilots and the Cherry blossoms of Japan? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest compares the symbolic use of Cherry blossoms by the Japanes Emperor during World War Two, with how Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler used Roses with similar purpose.
Guest: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, anthropology professor, UW-Madison> Author, "Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History".

Tuesday
6/30/2009
3:00 PM
090630K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Musical inspiration can come from many places... including neuroscience. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about "Self Comes to Mind: Your Brain On Music" a unique collaboration between science and music recently performed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Guest: Bruce Adolphe, Composer, Founding Creative Director, The Learning Maestros.
Guest: Antonio Damasio, Professor of Neuroscience, Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California.

Tuesday
6/30/2009
9:00 PM
090630K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Musical inspiration can come from many places... including neuroscience. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about "Self Comes to Mind: Your Brain On Music" a unique collaboration between science and music recently performed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Guest: Bruce Adolphe, composer, founding creative director, The Learning Maestros.
Guest: Antonio Damasio, Professor of Neuroscience, Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California.

Monday
6/29/2009
3:00 PM
090629K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Having grown up female in Iran just prior to the 1979 Revolution, Jean Feraca's guest knows a thing or two about social unrest, Iranian politics and what the experience of both are like for women. Join their conversation after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Ahid Rachlin, Author of the memoir Persian Girls and a professor at the New School University

Monday
6/29/2009
9:00 PM
090629K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Having grown up female in Iran just prior to the 1979 Revolution, Jean Feraca's guest knows a thing or two about social unrest, Iranian politics and what the experience of both are like for women. Join their conversation after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Ahid Rachlin, Author of the memoir Persian Girls and a professor at the New School University

Friday
6/26/2009
3:00 PM
090626K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about a summer treat: milkshakes with a twist!
Guest: TBA

Friday
6/26/2009
9:00 PM
090626K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about a summer treat: milkshakes with a twist!
Guest: TBA

Thursday
6/25/2009
3:00 PM
090625K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, meet Jean Feraca's guest, who has a knack for reading a crisis as an opportunity. He calls this "The Compelling Moment," citing what is going on in Tehran, Detroit, and elsewhere in these worst of times and best of times.
Guest: Richard Harwood, Founder and President of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation

Thursday
6/25/2009
9:00 PM
090625K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, meet Jean Feraca's guest, who has a knack for reading a crisis as an opportunity. He calls this "The Compelling Moment," citing what is going on in Tehran, Detroit, and elsewhere in these worst of times and best of times.
Guest: Richard Harwood, Founder and President of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation

Wednesday
6/24/2009
3:00 PM
090624K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How many ways are there to say "believe me" in the world? In English, we say "I'm not pulling your leg." In Russian, the phrase is "I'm not hanging noodles from your ear." After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest shares this and other amusing phrases that provide a unique perspective on how different cultures perceive and describe the world.
Guest: Jag Bhalla, Author, "I'm Not Hanging Noodles From Your Ear and Other Intriguing Idioms
From Around the World" (National Geographic Books)

Wednesday
6/24/2009
9:00 PM
090624K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How many ways are there to say "believe me" in the world? In English, we say "I'm not pulling your leg." In Russian, the phrase is "I'm not hanging noodles from your ear." After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest shares this and other amusing phrases that provide a unique perspective on how different cultures perceive and describe the world.
Guest: Jag Bhalla, author of I'm Not Hanging Noodles From Your Ear and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World

Tuesday
6/23/2009
3:00 PM
090623K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What would you do if you lost your fortune in the dot-com bust while in the process of buying a private island? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a neurosurgeon turned biotech investor who founded a research institute to study compassion after losing his fortune.
Guest: James Doty, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Standford University

Tuesday
6/23/2009
9:00 PM
090623K

Monday
6/22/2009
3:00 PM
090622K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Iranians are demonstrating in huge numbers, leaders around the world are speaking out to support the demonstrators, but Obama is surprisingly silent. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with John Nichols about the latest news coming out of Iran and Obama's response.
Guest: John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation.

Monday
6/22/2009
9:00 PM
090622K

Friday
6/19/2009
3:00 PM
090619K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
More and more people in cities and suburbs are learning how to produce their own fruits and vegetables. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest shares urban gardening tips using Permaculture design.
Guest: Bill Wilson, co-founder, Midwest Permaculture. www.midwestpermaculture.com

Friday
6/19/2009
9:00 PM
090619K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
More and more people in cities and suburbs are learning how to produce their own fruits and vegetables. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest shares urban gardening tips using Permaculture design.
Guest: Bill Wilson, co-founder, Midwest Permaculture. www.midwestpermaculture.com

Thursday
6/18/2009
3:00 PM
090618K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Democracy, workers' compensation, merit-based systems... sounds like nothing to do with pirates. But you may be surprised. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the hidden forces in the world of pirates' from the past... and today.
Guest: Peter Leeson, Professor for the Study of Capitalism, Department of Economics, George Mason University. Author, "The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates"

Thursday
6/18/2009
9:00 PM
090618K

Wednesday
6/17/2009
3:00 PM
090617K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What does crochet (crow-SHAY) have to do with saving coral reefs? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, join Jean Feraca and her guest for a woolly celebration of the intersection of science and feminine handicraft.
Guest: Margaret Wertheim, Co-Director, Institute for Figuring.

Wednesday
6/17/2009
9:00 PM
090617K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
What does crochet (crow-SHAY) have to do with saving coral reefs? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca joins her guest in a woolly celebration of the intersection of science and feminine handicraft.
Guest: Margaret Wertheim, co-director, Institute for Figuring.

Tuesday
6/16/2009
3:00 PM
090616K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Imagine giving an outgrown sweater to Goodwill... then the shock of noticing it eleven years later on the back of a poor child in Rwanda. That's what happened to Jean Feraca's guest. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, the story of a woman who left a career in international banking to found an organization dedicated to solving the problems of global poverty.
Guest: Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund. Author, "The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World" (Rodale).

Tuesday
6/16/2009
9:00 PM
090616K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Imagine giving an outgrown sweater to Goodwill... then the shock of noticing it eleven years later on the back of a poor child in Rwanda. That's what happened to Jean Feraca's guest. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, the story of a woman who left a career in international banking to found an organization dedicated to solving the problems of global poverty.
Guest: Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund. Author, "The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World" (Rodale).

Monday
6/15/2009
3:00 PM
090615K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
We might expect to find poverty in India or in Africa, but what about the newly poor living in Ohio? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to the editor of Dispatches magazine who has traveled through the Midwest and met the jobless and hopeless of formerly thriving towns.
Guest: Mort Rosenblum, editor of Dispatches Magazine

Monday
6/15/2009
9:00 PM
090615K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
We might expect to find poverty in India or in Africa, but what about the newly poor living in Ohio? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to the editor of Dispatches magazine who has traveled through the Midwest and met the jobless and hopeless of formerly thriving towns.
Guest: Mort Rosenblum, editor of Dispatches Magazine

Friday
6/12/2009
3:00 PM
090612K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Is it really still true that "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach?" After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest tells of her quest to test that maxim. It took twenty years of New York City dating... before throwing in the dish towel.
Guest: Giulia Melucci, author, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti".

Friday
6/12/2009
9:00 PM
090612K

Thursday
6/11/2009
3:00 PM
090611K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
They say the world is shrinking, so what can we do to feel more comfortable with our neighbors? Travel! After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves about what it means to travel with our place in the world in mind.
Guest: Rick Steves, Travel Writer. Host of travel shows on Public Television and Public Radio. Author, "Travel as a Political Act" (Basic Books).

Thursday
6/11/2009
9:00 PM
090611K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
They say the world is shrinking, so what can we do to feel more comfortable with our neighbors? Travel! After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves about what it means to travel with our place in the world in mind.
Guest: Rick Steves, travel writer and host of travel shows on Public Television and Public Radio. Author, "Travel as a Political Act" (Basic Books).

Wednesday
6/10/2009
3:00 PM
090610K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Through the work of Bead for Life, women in Uganda make and sell paper beads to people around the world. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore how feminine handicrafts can become the basis for eradicating extreme poverty.
Guest: Torkin Wakefield, Vice President, Bead for Life.

Wednesday
6/10/2009
9:00 PM
090610K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Through the work of Bead for Life, women in Uganda make and sell paper beads to people around the world. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore how feminine handicrafts can become the basis for eradicating extreme poverty.
Guest: Torkin Wakefield, Vice President, Bead for Life.

Tuesday
6/9/2009
3:00 PM
090609K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Imagine what our cave-dwelling ancestors might have thought about as they relaxed by the fire and enjoyed a beautiful sunset... After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the human instinct for art.
Guest: Dennis Dutton, Author, "The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution"

Tuesday
6/9/2009
9:00 PM
090609K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Imagine what our cave-dwelling ancestors might have thought about as they relaxed by the fire and enjoyed a beautiful sunset... After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the human instinct for art.
Guest: Dennis Dutton, author, "The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution"

Monday
6/8/2009
3:00 PM
090608K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Since his days on the campaign trail, President Obama promised a speech to the Muslim World to define US policy and change perceptions of America. Did his speech in Cairo succeed? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest analyze Obama's speech and look at the international reaction.
Guest: Prof. Uli Schamiloglu, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Monday
6/8/2009
9:00 PM
090608K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Since his days on the campaign trail, President Obama promised a speech to the Muslim World to define US policy and change perceptions of America. Did his speech in Cairo succeed? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest analyze Obama's speech and look at the international reaction.
Guest: Prof. Uli Schamiloglu, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Friday
6/5/2009
3:00 PM
090605K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Did cooking... as much as anything... push evolution forward and make us human? Yes, says Veronica Rueckert's anthropologist guest, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. He describes how cooking enhanced the fueling of the mighty human mind.
Guest: Richard Wrangham, author, "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human" (Basic Books).

Friday
6/5/2009
9:00 PM
090605K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Did cooking... as much as anything... push evolution forward and make us human? Yes, says Veronica Rueckert's anthropologist guest, after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. He describes how cooking enhanced the fueling of the mighty human mind.
Guest: Richard Wrangham, author, "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human" (Basic Books).

Thursday
6/4/2009
3:00 PM
090604K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert talks with the national coordinator for Take Back Your Time, a major U.S./Canadian initiative that challenges the overwork and over-scheduling that threatens our health, communities and environment.
Guest: John de Graaf, National Coordinator, Take Back Your Time initiative. Editor, "Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America"

Thursday
6/4/2009
9:00 PM
090604K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert talks with the national coordinator for Take Back Your Time, a major U.S./Canadian initiative that challenges the overwork and over-scheduling that threatens our health, communities and environment.
Guest: John de Graaf, national coordinator, Take Back Your Time initiative. Editor, "Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America"

Wednesday
6/3/2009
3:00 PM
090603K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's quite small, but the island nation of Iceland has learned some big lessons in the global economic downturn. After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guests describe the lessons of Iceland's struggle to recover a sustainable self.
Guest: Andri Magnason, Icelandic writer. Author, "Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation"
Guest: Rebecca Solnit, American writer and essayist. Author, "Hope in the Dark"

Wednesday
6/3/2009
9:00 PM
090603K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
It's quite small, but the island nation of Iceland has learned some big lessons in the global economic downturn. After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guests describe the lessons of Iceland's struggle to recover a sustainable self.
Guest: Andri Magnason, Icelandic writer. Author, "Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation"
Guest: Rebecca Solnit, American writer and essayist. Author, "Hope in the Dark"

Tuesday
6/2/2009
3:00 PM
090602K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest explores death, our last taboo, from a most unusual perspective, as he recounts the demise of famous philosophers.
Guest: Simon Critchley, professor and Chair of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York. Author, "The Book of Dead Philosophers" (Vintage).

Tuesday
6/2/2009
9:00 PM
090602K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest explores death, our last taboo, from a most unusual perspective, as he recounts the demise of famous philosophers.
Guest: Simon Critchley, professor and Chair of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York. Author, "The Book of Dead Philosophers" (Vintage).

Monday
6/1/2009
3:00 PM
090601K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the worldwide Guerrilla Gardening movement, the history, and the purpose of its followers.
Guest: Richard Reynolds, author, "Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries" (Bloomsbury) www.guerrillagardening.org

Monday
6/1/2009
9:00 PM
090601K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the worldwide Guerrilla Gardening movement, the history, and the purpose of its followers.
Guest: Richard Reynolds, author, "Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries" (Bloomsbury) www.guerrillagardening.org

Friday
5/29/2009
3:00 PM
090529K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest talks about his quest for the truth about the world’s most profitable aphrodisiac... the Oyster.
Guest: Robb Walsh, author, "Sex, Death, and Oysters" (Counterpoint).

Friday
5/29/2009
9:00 PM
090529K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest talks about his quest for the truth about the world’s most profitable aphrodisiac... the Oyster.
Guest: Robb Walsh, author, "Sex, Death, and Oysters" (Counterpoint).

Thursday
5/28/2009
3:00 PM
090528K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest details his journey to find Africa-influenced music in the United States, Brazil, and the Carribean.
Guest: Samuel Charters, Author, A Language of Song: Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora.

Thursday
5/28/2009
9:00 PM
090528K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest details his journey to Africa and to find Africa-influenced music in the United States, Brazil, and the Carribean.
Guest: * Samuel Charters, author of A Language of Song: Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora

Wednesday
5/27/2009
3:00 PM
090527K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest tells us the remarkable story of a soccer team in Georgia, made up of children refugees from all over the world, and their Jordanian coach, who shows them that anything is possible with dedication and hard work.
Guest: Warren St. John, Journalist. Author, "Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, An American Town" (Spiegel & Grau)

Wednesday
5/27/2009
9:00 PM
090527K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After ten, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert's guest tells us the remarkable story of a soccer team in Georgia, made up of children refugees from all over the world, and their Jordanian coach, who shows them that anything is possible with dedication and hard work.
Guest: Warren St. John, Journalist. Author, "Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, An American Town" (Spiegel & Grau)

Tuesday
5/26/2009
3:00 PM
090526K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Elder care is a need many of us are familiar with, but how about intergenerational care? After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss Caring Across the Ages... the benefits of intergenerational care.
Guest: Sister Edna Lonergan, President, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, Milwaukee.

Tuesday
5/26/2009
9:00 PM
090526K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Elder care is a need many of us are familiar with, but how about intergenerational care? After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss Caring Across the Ages... the benefits of intergenerational care.
Guest: Sister Edna Lonergan, President, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, Milwaukee.

Monday
5/25/2009
3:00 PM
090525K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How would you turn Alaska into a piece of music? A glacial tempo, filled with cold motifs and melodies or something grand and imposing? Composer John Luther Adams answers this question every time he steps into his studio. After three, an encore presentation of Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes music to fit the countryside.
Guest: John Luther Adams, composer.

Monday
5/25/2009
9:00 PM
090525K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
How would you turn Alaska into a piece of music? A glacial tempo, filled with cold motifs and melodies or something grand and imposing? Composer John Luther Adams answers this question every time he steps into his studio. After nine, an encore presentation of Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest makes music to fit the countryside.
Guest: John Luther Adams, composer.

Friday
5/22/2009
3:00 PM
090522K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a woman who is on a mission to dispel the myth that fat is a "greasy killer."
Guest: Jennifer McLagan, Author of "Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes."

Friday
5/22/2009
9:00 PM
090522K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a woman who is on a mission to dispel the myth that fat is a "greasy killer."
Guest: Jennifer McLagan, Author of "Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes."

Thursday
5/21/2009
3:00 PM
090521K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a convert to Islam whose book is described as “The Catcher in the Rye” for young Muslims.
Guest: Michael Muhammad Knight, Author "The Taqwacores"

Thursday
5/21/2009
9:00 PM
090521K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a convert to Islam whose book is described as “The Catcher in the Rye” for young Muslims.
Guest: Michael Muhammad Knight, author of The Taqwacores

Wednesday
5/20/2009
3:00 PM
090520K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Have you ever lived in a place you loved and thought you knew, and then gone back years later only to find it completely changed? How could it change? Join Jean Feraca and her guest after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, and author of "Evicted From Eternity: The Restructuring of Modern Rome."

Wednesday
5/20/2009
9:00 PM
090520K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Have you ever lived in a place you loved and thought you knew, and then gone back years later only to find it completely changed? How could it change? Join Jean Feraca and her guest after nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, and author of Evicted From Eternity: The Restructuring of Modern Rome

Tuesday
5/19/2009
3:00 PM
090519K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talks about memoir as an American cultural phenomenon.
Guest: Natalie Goldberg, author of Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir

Tuesday
5/19/2009
9:00 PM
090519K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest talks about memoir as an American cultural phenomenon.
Guest: Natalie Goldberg, author of Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir

Monday
5/18/2009
3:00 PM
090518K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest spent twelve hot, heart-wrenching days in Cuba in August 2006, and his memoir allowed him to take his father along with him as he discovered his lost heritage.
Guest: Carlos Frias, journalist, author, "Take Me With You"

Monday
5/18/2009
9:00 PM
090518K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
After nine, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca's guest spent twelve hot, heart-wrenching days in Cuba in August 2006, and his memoir allowed him to take his father along with him as he discovered his lost heritage.
Guest: Carlos Frias, journalist, author, "Take Me With You"

Friday
5/15/2009
3:00 PM
090515K

Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Gardens are not the only place where you can pick your own food. The trained eye can find all sorts of edibles in the woods and in the backyard. Join Jean Feraca and her guest for a Forager's Harvest, after three, on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders.
Guest: Samuel Thayer, author, "Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants".

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