ViewPodcast banner http://podcastpickle.com/media/images/ads/pcp/727x90_DillDomains.jpg http://dilldomains.com false 1810 here_on_earth hardtke@wpr.org 0 http://www.hereonearth.org/ Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and hosted by Jean Feraca, "Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders" is a live cultural affairs call-in talk show that introduces extraordinary people from across the world whose stories instill passion and connect deeply with listeners each weekday. Join us live from 4PM to 5PM Eastern time Monday through Friday. The show is streamed live at hereonearth.org. en-us (C) 2009 Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Radio Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:01 GMT http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/images/podcastlogo.jpg http://www.hereonearth.org/ 275 275 Remember Charlie Chan, that grammatically challenged, Chinese-aphorism slinging detective who became an icon of American film? More than just a discarded racial stereotype, his new biographer says we can learn a lot about American attitudes toward China from Charlie Chan. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100831k.cfm Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Bill Streever says anyone who wants to learn about low temperatures, ice ages, and supercooling but does not want to be tortured by a textbook should read his book. Anyone who wants to live in the far north should read it too. So do anyone who cares about climate change and what we might miss with a little less cold. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090824k.cfm Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 In their widely loved books of photojournalism, husband and wife team Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio have made a craft of celebrating global diversity. This time, in What I Eat, they have traveled the world to capture on film the modern diets of eighty people from thirty countries. They join us to share the insights they've gained into what individuals from around the world consume in a typical day. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100827k.cfm Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Jim Finley grew up in a rough family in Akron, Ohio, and escaped into a Trappist monastery as soon as he could. Today he is a clinical psychologist who uses principles derived from his monastery training to teach people how to heal from trauma. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100826k.cfm Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The proposal to build an Islamic Community Center that includes a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City has roused a hornet's nest of controversy. Nine years after 9/11, what does it tell us about the state of American values, the purpose of a public monument, and the level of Islamaphobia? http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100825k.cfm Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 A force for change is welling up in the Middle East-the rise of a mobile middle class of entrepreneurs, investors and consumers. Although almost invisible to the West, our guests see in this newest of social movements the key to tipping the scales of power away from extremism. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100824k.cfm Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is on a crusade to improve the lives of Americans with mental illness. In her new book, Within Our Reach, she says we still have a long way to go to remove the stigma that surrounds mental illness. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100823k.cfm mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Nabil Seidah is a renowned biochemist, one of my husband's closest friends, and a great Egyptian cook. He and his wife Anneke rolled out the red carpet for us when we visited them at their home in Montreal last winter where Nabil cooked complex earthy comfort food for us based on recipes, techniques, and ingredients he learned in his mother's kitchen. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100820k.cfm Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Tintin is the most well-known comic character worldwide, comparable in popularity only to Mickey Mouse. Tintin’s adventures lead him and his readers to such places as China, the Congo, America, and even the moon! But through time and history, Tintin and his Belgian creator Hergé have not been spared by controversy. Accused of such a serious charge as racism, Hergé was forced by history to review some of the depictions of the places Tintin visits. So how has Tintin changed over time? And what explains the enduring popularity of Tintin? http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100819k.cfm Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 In his interfaith congregation in Seattle, Jamal Rahman, a Muslim Sufi minister and one of the Interfaith Amigos, usually opens his sermon by quoting his favorite Sufi visionary teacher: Mullah Nasurddin: "I am getting sick and tired of this lousy cheese sandwich," complained Mullah repeatedly. "Mullah, tell your wife to make something different," his co-workers advised. "But I am not married," Mullah replied. "I am the one who is making these sandwiches." http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100818k.cfm Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Born to Run is a book of wild narrative full of insane characters, extreme sports and one crazy idea: running barefoot is the answer to safe, pain-free and endurance. Christopher McDougall gathered information about Mexico's Copper Canyon unknown tribe of the Tarahumara's running style and put them in test. The result became a book that goes against all odds of multi-million dollar shoe making industry that promotes the jelly and soft cushion shoes. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100816k.cfm Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The world was shocked when the Vatican recently equated the sin of pedophilia with the sin of women's ordination. In spite of the ban, the ordination of Roman Catholic women priests goes on unabated. To talk about the issue, we'll be joined by Maryknoll priest and activist, Roy Bourgeois, who has been excommunicated for his support of women's ordination, and Reverend Alice Iaquinta, Regional Program Coordinator for Roman Catholic Women Priests in the U.S. who offers a structural critique of the Vatican's rhetoric. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100816k.cfm Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 With gardens overflowing in abundance, most people wonder how to store vegetables for the rest of the year. Preserving is one clever and creative way to do it. From Canning to drying and freezing, we discuss the best way to preserve vegetables. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100813k.cfm Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The Senate has just confirmed Elena Kagan as the newest Justice on the Supreme Court. During her confirmation hearings, one topic especially caught our attention: Kagen's support for the practice of looking abroad for legal inspiration. Recently, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seconded that opinion. We speak with legal scholars about the history and uses of turning to foreign law for good ideas. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100812k.cfm Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 This is another program in our ongoing series on Interfaith Dialogue: A rabbi who teaches spiritual practices based on the Kabbalah teams up with a Catholic priest who teaches mediation and yoga as spiritual practice. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100811k.cfm Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Abu Jandal is a taxi driver in Yemen who used to be Osama Bin Laden's bodyguard. His brother-in-law, Salim Hamdan, a Guantanamo Bay detainee and the first man to face the controversial military tribunals, once worked as Bin Laden's driver. In The Oath, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Laura Poitras tells the cross-cut tale of these two men whose fateful meeting propelled them on divergent courses with Al-Qaeda. The film opened this week in Madison. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100810k.cfm Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Sophocles, the ancient Greek general and playwright, depicted the timeless psychological wounds inflicted by war upon warriors in his plays. In the Theater of War project, actors and actresses read Sophocles's plays to active service members and their families in military sites to show them that they are not alone, across time, in dealing with mental pain when they come back from battlefields. Bryan Doerries and Phyllis Kaufman, director and producer of Theater of War, tell us about their experience with the project. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100809k.cfm Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Kathryn Borel was like her father in every way but one: she just didn't get it when it came to wine. So she decided to take him on a drunken father-daughter road trip through the French countryside, where they finally connected, over wine. http://wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100409k.cfm Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 What does belief in the afterlife tell us about what it means to be human? What is universal about our differing views of heaven? Join us with Lisa Miller, religion editor for Newsweek, when we wrestle with Heaven. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100421k.cfm Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Nick Lantz is a poet like no other. In his book, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbor's House, which won the Felix Pollak Poetry Prize, he writes poems about the Challenger explosion, Bigfoot, a love letter written from inside a missile silo, and a plea for post 9/11 redemption. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100415k.cfm Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Remember David Rothenberg, the musician and philosopher who traveled all over the world studying the song patterns of birds to make his music? Well, he's at it again, this time with whales. His new book and album document his jam sessions with humpback whales around the world. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100330k.cfm Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Ethan Watters is tracking mental illness around the globe, and he is finding that the world is going crazy, American style. As doctors and pharmaceuticals cross borders, illnesses as defined by Western medicine, like depression and anorexia, are popping up in places they never before occurred while local ways of understanding mental health issues, from melancholy to what we call schizophrenia, are being lost. We talk about cultural differences in understandings of the inner life, and why homogenization might not be a good thing. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100224k.cfm Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Why is fasting common to almost all faiths? Why do Muslims the world over look forward with joy to a month of fasting? What are the special challenges that American Muslims face? And what are the Ramadan specials that Arab Muslims are watching on satellite TV? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100730k.cfm Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Who was the Prophet Muhammed and how do Muslims remember him today: as a mystic, a revolutionary, or a military leader? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100512k.cfm Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Saudi Arabia's recent plan to remove women from praying near the Ka'ba was scotched by a huge global outcry coming from Islamic feminists, even from inside Saudi Arabia, claiming gender discrimination that violates the Qur'anic principle of equality. What does Islamic feminism have to offer? Where does it come from and where is it going? Expect some surprising revelations and illuminations to come from this next program in our Inside Islam series. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100728k.cfm Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Among Muslims, Qur'anic recitation is a highly advanced art form intended to move, inspire, engage, and transport all those who listen. What is the purpose of Qur'anic recitation? How does it relate to life in the 21st century? What's your personal experience of hearing the Qur'an recited? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100727k.cfm Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Kamran Pasha will join us for our next Inside Islam program to talk about his book, Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam. This novel tells the story of the rise of Islam through the eyes of Aisha, the Prophet Muhammad's youngest wife and one of the most influential women in Islamic history. As Mother of the Believers shows, Aisha is more than the controversy around her age; she was a teacher, political leader, a warrior, and, with her incredible memory, an invaluable source of information on all aspects of the Prophet Muhammad's life. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100726k.cfm Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 From America to Sweden and Turkey, berries are the highlight of anyone's summer. This is true for Janie Hibler as well, who grew up picking berries in Northern California and presents her impressive range of berry recipes, from berry soups to ice cream, in her book, The Berry Bible. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100723k.cfm Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Argentina became the first country last week to legalize same-sex marriages in Latin America. How does this breakthrough compare with other countries in Latin America? And what does it mean for the global LGBT movement? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100722k.cfm Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The recent attack on an aid flotilla carrying Turkish activists off the coast of Gaza has widened a painful rift in Turkish/Israeli relations. Turkish Jewish philosopher Seyla Benhabib has just returned from a trip to both countries and joins us to talk about what went wrong, what's going on inside Turkey today, and what the future looks like for this secular Muslim nation that has linked Europe and the Middle East for centuries. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100721k.cfm Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who was convicted of adultery, was sentenced to 99 lashes for committing adultery by a court in May 2006. Four months later, another court sentenced her to death by stoning. Her fate remains uncertain. We'll talk with Norma Claire Moruzzi, director of International Studies at University of Illinois in Chicago, an expert on women's issues in Iran, and Cyrus Nowrasteh, director of The Stoning of Soraya M. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100720k.cfm Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 A blond blue-eyed daughter of a Presbyterian missionary, Pearl Buck grew up in rural China amid bandit raids, beheadings and battles, when infant girls were strangled and thrown to the dogs. Helen Spurling's new biography looks at the years that shaped Buck as a writer and gave her magic power. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100719k.cfm Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Chinese-American chef and cookbook author Grace Young joins us with tips on the economical, simple, and ancient method of Chinese cooking-the stir-fry. She explains what to use if you don't have a wok and open flame, the basics of the traditional Chinese stir-fry, and the many Chinese fusion variations from South Africa, Jamaica, Libya, and beyond! http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100716k.cfm Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 With the recent outing of 11 Russian spies in the United States, we have all begun looking over our shoulders. But is the undercover agent really the model of espionage in the 21st century? We talk with intelligence experts about the growing role of cyber, corporate and government espionage around the world, and about why we love to romanticize their world of secrets. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100715k.cfm Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 While China's economic successes are gaining a lot of attention in the Western media, the central role of the Chinese Communist Party often remains overlooked. How does the Party keep the balance between firm communist control and liberal economic expansion? We get a glimpse into the world largest political organization with Richard McGregor, author of The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100714k.cfm Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Every few years, the X Prize Foundation challenges teams of thinkers and doers around the world to do the impossible. Their latest challenge, the Progressive Automotive X Prize, is to build a car that goes 100 miles per hour and gets 100 miles per gallon. We talk with a team leader from Madison, WI and an engineer and industry consultant from the UK. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100713k.cfm Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Vampires are all the rage these days with the recent Twilight blockbusters. But who knew about the grueling real life circumstances that made people believe in vampires in the first place? And what do vampires look like in Africa and Asia? We talk with Michael Sims, editor of the anthology Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseurs Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100712k.cfm Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 A whole program about garlic? How about a whole lifetime? Allium scientist Eric Block has spent his career studying garlic, onions and leeks, and their many cousins. He's a garlic geek! He walks us through the compounds in onions that make us cry, the different-flavored compounds found in garlic, and how their flavors change when you chop them up and cook them. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100709k.cfm Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Three clergymen from the three Abrahamic faiths used friendship to create a dialogue. Rabbi Ted Falcon, Sheikh Jamal Rahman, and Pastor Don Mackenzie met every week for nine years after 9/11 in search of common ground. They sum up their collective discoveries in the book, Getting to the Heart of Interfaith: The Eye-Opening Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi and a Sheikh. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100708k.cfm Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 With the final matches of the 2010 World Cup coming up this weekend, all eyes are on soccer. We explore the and political and community-building power of soccer in Africa and around the world. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100707k.cfm Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Muslim women can stand side by side their male counterparts at Mecca, the holiest city in the Muslim world, to pray, but once they are back home, they are most likely to find themselves crowded into a small, dark room at the back of a mosque. Asra Nomani, former Wall Street Journal correspondent and a visiting scholar at Georgetown University, thought she needed to take a stand against the unwritten rule of the mosque. We talk with Nomani and her journey to her spiritual jihad. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100706k.cfm Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 We've chosen one of our favorite programs from the Here on Earth archives to celebrate our national holiday. Originally broadcast on the Fourth of July, 2004, our program is about Paul Robeson, an African-American who gained international renown as a concert singer and actor, but was stripped of honor and rights in his own country. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100705k.cfm Mon, 5 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Slate Magazine's columnist Mark Schatzker was serious when he said he would find the best steak in the world. On the way to a unifying theory of steak, Schatzker traveled to Texas, Scotland, Japan, and even raised his own cows for slaughter. That's dedication! http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100702k.cfm Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 June 30th marks the one-year anniversary of American troops pulling out of Iraqi cities, and the legacy of the war there can already be seen. We talk with journalist Anthony Shadid about his Pulitzer-prize winning coverage of the pull out and the year since as Iraqis have gone about the messy business of shaping their nation's future. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100701k.cfm Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 This year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. Why has this novel, which is so firmly rooted in the American South, become so popular the world over? And what makes it particularly relevant to Europe right now? http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100630k.cfm Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The Iranian women artists featured in Robert Adanto's new documentary Pearls on the Ocean Floor, come from a vibrant culture and speak with compelling boldness. Many of them are confronting the contradictions that arise when secular modernity collides with religious tradition. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100629k.cfm Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has redirected our attention to the tremendous fragility and richness of oceanic life. As dependent on oil as we might be, we are even more dependent on healthy oceans. This hour, we explore our intimate ties to the ocean and discover working solutions to preventing oil spills and other human caused environmental disasters with Julia Whitty, filmmaker, journalist and author of Deep Blue Home, and Rick Steiner, formerly Marine Conservation Professor at the University of Alaska. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_100628k.cfm Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:00:01 GMT 00:52:35 Learn what the Here on Earth show brings you from the world. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/podcast.cfm Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:00:01 GMT Here on Earth 00:00:30 false