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Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and hosted by Jean Feraca, "Here on Earth" is a live cultural affairs call-in talk show that introduces extraordinary people from across the world whose stories instill passion and connect deeply with listeners each week. The show airs live at 3-5pm Eastern time on Saturdays and Sundays with live stream audio on hereonearth.org.


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The Ancient Drink of Health and Friendship (Encore)
Coffee, tea, or mate? The Turks have their coffee, the Japanese have their green tea, but in South America, the stimulant of choice is mate. For many Argentinians, mate is more than a drink, it's a social ritual with a rich history first developed by the people of the pampas. And it may be coming soon to a bar near you....

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Edith Piaf and Street Singers in Paris (Encore)
Edith Piaf and her music, a French version of blues, define what it means to be French. France loves desperate love songs. But don't we all? On Thursday, Jean Feraca and her guest talk about Edith Piaf and street singers in Paris....

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Street Cries From Around the World (Encore)
NYC Performance artist Annie Lanzillotto has made street cries from around the world the focus of her latest performance: Rule 23: No Shouting or Hawking by Vendors Nor Abusive or Lewd Language. It's a protest against Fiorello La Guardia's 1936 ban on New York's street hawkers....

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The World Without Us (Encore)
Jean Feraca and her guest discuss what the world would look like if humans disappeared....

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Young America and Middle East (Encore)
Iranian American writer Reza Aslan and Jewish American journalist Gideon Yago have been touring American universities talking to students about the Middle East. They join us this hour. The two are part of this year's University of Wisconsin Distinguished Lecture Series. ...

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[ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


How to Pick a Peach (Encore)
Jean Feraca and her guest take a delectable season-by-season produce tour, from springtime artichokes stuffed with ham and pine nuts to midwinter candied citrus peel....

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Poetry Circle of the Air (Encore)
This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss Maxine Kumin and her poetry....

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Lila Downs's Ranchera Music (Encore)
We welcome the star of the 2005 Madison World Music Festival, Lila Downs, back to Madison. The daughter of a Mixtec cabaret singer, Downs has been touring internationally performing native Mesoamerican music in Mixtec, Zapotec and Maya. She was featured in the movie Frida. ...

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[ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Dead Beat: The Art of Obituaries (Encore)
How would you like to be remembered? What do obituaries say about our culture? This hour on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, join Jean Feraca for a talk with two leading obituarists....

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[ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


100-Mile Diet
What kind of diet reduces miles rather than calories? Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon's 100-Mile Diet, which has taken off as a new way to think, and eat, locally. We'll talk with Alisa about the challenge she and James set for themselves: to eat only food produced within 100 miles of their British Columbian apartment for one year. Can eating locally really help save the planet?...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


America's Musical Melting Pot
One of New York City's most venerable institutions, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, just held a festival and put out a CD in honor of its 40th anniversary. Starting with Balkan immigrants in the Bronx, the Center now spans traditions from all over the globe, bringing age-old enemies side by side on the same stage. Talk about diversity!...

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[ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Who Owns Antiquities?
Who owns antiquities? Should they be returned to the countries where they were found? Museum directors say no, but countries such as Italy, Greece, Turkey, and China are all clamoring for their return and have passed laws against their future export....

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[ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Rwanda's Renaissance
Stephen Kinzer tells the astonishing story of how Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, seized power in his genocide-shattered country and brought about one of the most successful revolutions of the modern era....

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[ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


My Cousin the Saint
Justin Catanoso was a typically lapsed American Catholic when he discovered that his late cousin was about to be canonized by Pope John Paul II. For a new twist on geneology and the search for roots, join Jean Feraca with the author of "My Cousin the Saint."...

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[ Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Chocolatier
Meet Gail Ambrosius, a Wisconsin chocolatier, who has studied the fine art of French chocolate making....

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[ Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


What Makes The News Funny?
What makes political news funny? This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss political satire around the world....

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[ Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Hardcore Zen
The story of a punk whose lifelong quest for truth led him through a path from the aggressive beats of hardcore punk music to the monster movie studios in Tokyo to a temple where he discovered Zen Buddhism. Brad Warner is a Zen monk, a musician, a filmmaker, and the author of "Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth about Reality."...

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[ Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Green Collar Jobs
Continuing changes in the global environment may mean growing threats to human health and well-being. To solve those problems, a new industry is burgeoning with green-collar jobs. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest discuss the economic impact of environmental change....

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[ Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Earthquake Generation
In the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, tens of thousands of young volunteers flood to the quake zone to help, taking everyone by surprise. The young volunteers are from the first generation in China to grow up as only children or "little emperors." Their spontaneous response to the quake has defied the myth that the 20-somethings are selfish and materialistic. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests take a fresh look at China's young generation. ...

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[ Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


University of Gastronomical Sciences
At the University of Gastronomical Sciences in Italy students study just one subject: food: its history, its science, its cultural value. But none of the students or teachers ever touch a pot or a spoon. Join us for a school about cooking where nobody ever cooks. ...

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[ Fri, 30 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Mafalda
Is America ready for Mafalda? Created in 1964, Mafalda is a comic strip from Argentina featuring a six-year-old whiz-kid who has taken the rest of the world by storm. Join us for a sneak peek at Mafalda's Latin humor and political philosophy....

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[ Thu, 29 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


American Universities Go Overseas
From Kuwait to Singapore, American universities are expanding. At Kean University, plans for a campus in China are underway. At the University of Washington, a program in Abu Dhabi teaches recent UAE graduates the skills they need to make it in the contemporary workforce. But is exporting American education a good idea? Are those universities risking their reputation for a big check?...

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[ Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Garbage Warrior
Michael Reynolds builds houses out of garbage, literally. He is the subject of "The Garbage Warrior," a documentary about his adventures building what he calls "earthships," off-grid sustainable communities made out of beer cans, old tires, and plastic bottles. ...

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[ Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Naples vs. the Nazis
This Memorial Day we explore a long kept secret from the last world war: how teenage boys living in Naples fought a guerilla war against the Nazis. Join Jean Feraca with John Domini, the author of "Cooking the Octopus: Discovering Naples, My Father and Myself."...

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[ Mon, 26 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Tasting Mustard in Dijon, France
Whad'a they have that we ain't got? Barry Levenson, the founder of the Mustard Museum in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, reports on his recent mustard-tasting tour of Dijon, France....

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[ Fri, 23 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Feminist Science Fiction
Science fiction is a field thought to be dominated by men, but women all over the English speaking world are writing it. Who are they? What are they writing about? And what makes them stand out? Join Jean Feraca and her guest for a sneak peak at WisCon, the world's leading feminist science fiction convention....

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[ Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Street Cries From Around the World
NYC Performance artist Annie Lanzillotto has made street cries from around the world the focus of her latest performance: Rule 23: No Shouting or Hawking by Vendors Nor Abusive or Lewd Language. It is a protest against Fiorello La Guardia's 1936 ban on New York's street hawkers....

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[ Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Khmer Legacies: One Family's War Secrets
Meet an heroic woman who has transformed her family's history into a force for truth and healing. A successful producer for NBC, Socheata Poeuv did not know her family's trauma and loss during the Khmer Rouge genocide until she was 25 years old. After her family's trip to Cambodia, she produced an award-winning documentary and created a foundation to help survivors to remember and heal....

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[ Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Feeding People Is Easy
Author and economist Colin Tudge says small farmers can feed the increasingly hungry world, as soon as big argibusiness gets out of the way. Find out how this hour on Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders....

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[ Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Paris by Pastry (Encore)
Have you ever tasted a real Madeleine? A Charlotte aux Framboises? A tarte Tatin? Was it good enough to go back for? Have you ever tried your hand at making French pastries? Join us for a tour of Parisian patisseries....

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[ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


A Feminist Version of the Quran?
The Quran is said to be untranslatable, and has so far been the domain of male translators. This hour we will meet the woman who is tackling the Quran with a translation highlighting messages of inclusiveness and tolerance. The Sublime Quran translated by Laleh Bakhtiar, a celebrated scholar of Sufism, a writer, translator, and the only woman to have translated The Quran....

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[ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Going Dutch in Beijing
When in Rome, do as the Romans. But what if you cannot figure out what the Romans are doing? This hour we will crack the code on international culture and tradition with the author of the book, Going Dutch in Beijing....

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[ Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Man Who Loved China
Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, its long and astonishing history of invention and technology. Here is a tale of what makes men, nations, and, indeed, mankind itself great, related by one of the world's inimitable storytellers....

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[ Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Real Counterfeiters
If you have not yet seen this year's Best Foreign Film, The Counterfeiters, you have missed a great film experience. It is the story of a Jewish master counterfeiter who gets sent to Auschwitz where the Nazis force him to head up a counterfeiting operation to help them win the war. It was based on a true story, and we will be talking with Lawrence Malkin who wrote the book behind the movie, Krueger's Men....

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[ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


What Am I Eating?
Dining out abroad can be a minefield. World traveler and culinary lexicographer Suzy Oakes will eat anything anywhere so long as she can identify it afterwards! She iss the creator of whatamieating.com, so far with 61,000 entries in 247 languages including Black Foot....

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[ Fri, 9 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The World Food Crisis
The food shortages, suddenly front page news, are not new, according to John Nichols. He says millions of people were starving last year; the only change is that as the crisis has grown, it has become more difficult to manage the hunger that a failed food system accepts....

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[ Thu, 8 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Gumball Capital
Place a quarter in a gumball machine and you move all the other gumballs a little closer to the exit. That is the principle behind Gumball Capital, an entrepreneurial microfinance model started by a group of Stanford students with a mindset for doing good. We will meet them this hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders....

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[ Wed, 7 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Story of Yiddish
Do you know the difference between a schlemiel and a schlimazel? Yiddish, once considered a gutter language, was almost stamped out after the Holocaust by the Jews themselves, but today, it is undergoing a renaissance. Jean Feraca and her guest trace the incredible journey of its survival....

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[ Tue, 6 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World
Have you ever wondered why bananas are so cheap? Jean Feraca talks to Peter Chapman, author of "Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World," an expose of one of the world's most controversial multinational corporations....

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[ Mon, 5 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


New Twist to Soul Food (Encore)
The first cookbook authored by an African-American gives a new twist to soul food. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest explore the 19th-century cookbook that serves up complex, cosmopolitan food inspired by European cuisine....

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[ Fri, 2 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Flying the Third World (Encore)
Ever wonder what air travel is like in India and Africa? We'll get the skinny from "Ask The Pilot" columnist Patrick Smith, (Salon.com) and international airline safety expert William Voss....

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[ Thu, 1 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Mothers, Mothering, Motherhood
Mothers, Mothering, Motherhood. Jean Feraca talks with Haitian artist Babette Wainwright who says she wants her work to speak of the survival, both of the human spirit and of human culture, through the female image....

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[ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


A Long Retreat
Maronite, Coptic, Armenian Orthodox: we sample some of the riches of the Eastern Christian liturgies with Andrew Krivak, a former Jesuit, and the author of "A Long Retreat."...

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[ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Saving Akitas, the Samurai of Dogs
Akita dogs are ancient Japanese hunting dogs beloved by samurai warriors. But they almost disappeared during the World War II. One Japanese man chose to break the law to save the breed from extinction and, during the process, his life has been transformed by Akita dogs as well....

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[ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


America's Best-Known Forager
Did you ever pull up a weed from your garden and think "Hey, that looks good enough to eat!" From dandelions to chickweed to grape leaves, learn how to forage the roadsides and fields with Wildman Steve Brill, America's Best-Known Forager....

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[ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama
In an age of irony and irreverence, we still have a desire to believe. No one taps into our longing more than the Dalai Lama. Celebrated travel writer Pico Iyer talks about why the Dalai Lama matters and what lies ahead for the spiritual leader, globe trotter and simple monk....

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[ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Connecting Kids with the Great Outdoors
Here on Earth travels north to celebrate Earth Day at Conserve School in Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin. Our theme: growing up wild: connecting kids with the great outdoors....

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[ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Charlie Wilson's War
An encore presentation of Charlie Wilson's War. The DVD of the film comes out today and Jean Feraca will speak with an expert on Afghanistan and one of Charlie Wilson's friends....

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[ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Chasing the Olympic Torch
Thirty-seven arrested in London, chaos in Paris, and Free Tibet banners on the Golden Gate Bridge. It has been a wild run for the Olympic Torch, leaving even the game's President to call it a "crisis." Should we boycott the games?...

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[ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Caviar
"I spoon out some eggs to taste and am struck by how firm they are," Jean Feraca remembers her first taste of caviar. "When I gently bite them they explode with a delightful creaminess. I'm swept away into a daydream of seaside villages and Volga River fishing boats, but then I remember I haven't left Wisconsin."...

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[ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Alliance for Climate Protection
The Gore-led Alliance for Climate Protection, an all-out marketing blitz, launched this month with plans to "ignite" Americans into taking action on global climate change. Jean Feraca talks to the associate director of the alliance....

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[ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Finding Sanctuary in Hectic Modern Life
A BBC television series about five laymen living the monastic life for 40 days became a surprise hit in UK. What did they learn to find sanctury in the hectic modern life? Jean Feraca talks with the host of the series, Abbot Christopher Jamison, who also guided the men into a new approach to life....

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[ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


International Whaling Industry
Although commercial whaling largely ended in the l980's indigenous people around the world still consider the harvest of whales central to their culture. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests examine how traditional whaling fits into the modern world....

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[ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Israel's Dilemma
For an unflinching analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an equally bold and unflinching solution, Jean Feraca talks with London-based Palestinian physician, Dr. Ghada Karmi, a 1948 refugee from Jerusalem, and the author of "Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine."...

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[ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Lila Downs'Ranchera Music
We break stride with our Food Friday tradition today to welcome the star of the 2005 Madison World Music Festival, Lila Downs, back to Madison. The daughter of a Mixtec cabaret singer, Downs has been touring internationally performing native Mesoamerican music in Mixtec, Zapotec and Maya. She was featured in the movie Frida....

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[ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Talking to Michael Morwood
Is Jesus God? Tomorrow's Catholic. From Sand to Solid Ground. All you have to do is consider the titles of Michael Morwood's books to understand why they've been banned across Australia. Morwood believes the greatest challenge to Christian churches is not in dwindling numbers, but in connecting faith with contemporary knowledge....

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[ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Sum of Our Days
"More than a family, we're a village," Isabel Allende writes in her new memoir, "The Sum of our Days," the story of her tribe over the past decade. Allende's American House of the Spirits is full of eccentric characters and haunted by the guiding spirit of her daughter Paula....

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[ Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border
Juan Felipe Herrera has devoted his many talents as a writer, performer, and activist to the politics of immigration and identity in the Latino community. Best known for "Super Cilantro Girl" and "Calling the Doves," his newest book is "187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border."...

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[ Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Fermat's Room
Four mathematicians are invited by a mysterious host to spend a weekend solving a great enigma. The space they are given to work in is a red shrinking room that will crush them to death if they don't succeed. Welcome to Fermat's Room....

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[ Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Royal Baker's Daughter
Barbara Goldberg is a poet raised on a diet of stone soup and the occasional royal treat. In her new collection, "The Royal Baker's Daughter," (which just won the Felix Pollak Prize) cooking itself stands for devotion to the fruits of the earth and to the creation of human hopes....

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[ Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Linguists
For a sneak preview of 2008 Wisconsin Film Festival, join us for a discussion of The Linguists, a film that features two scientists racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. Their round-the-world journey takes them deep into the heart of cultures, tongues, and communities at stake. ...

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[ Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Unrest in Tibet
Will the fallout from Beijing's military crackdown on Tibet have the power to disrupt the Olympic game? Are we looking at soft power versus hard power? Does moral authority trump military might? Jean Feraca and her guests have an in-depth discussion about the situation in Tibet. ...

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[ Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


A Sustainable Education
Parker Palmer says American higher education gives people the skills to manipulate the world but very little in the way of self-knowledge. We have teamed him up with the director of the Schumacher School in the UK where people attend seminars in ecological and spirituality. ...

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[ Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart
High school students in Finland rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night, and yet Finnish teenagers are among the smartest in the world, earning some of the top scores of students tested in 57 countries. American educators are trying to figure out what makes Finnish kids so smart....

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[ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Tastes Like Cuba
Esteemed playwright Eduardo Machado tells his life story, from his childhood in Cuba during the revolution to his life in America, through the culinary memories of his homeland....

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[ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy
Eric Wilson tried jogging, yoga, tai chi, Frank Capra movies, and finally decided to embrace his gloominess and write a diatribe against the quintessentially American pursuit of happiness, buoyed up by Prozac and shopping malls, the mass of men lead lives of shallow happiness, the superior man exults in his gloom. Which one are you?...

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[ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


A Folk-Rock Band from Kazakhstan
Roksonaki is Kazakhstan's most experimental folk-rock band that has pioneered arrangements that combine ancient Kazakh instrumentation with contemporary rock and jazz. We will hear the band play live and talk with producer and ethnomusicologist Helen Faller, who is traveling with the band on their tour of the United States....

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[ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Young America and Middle East
Iranian American writer Reza Aslan and Jewish American journalist Gideon Yago have been touring American universities talking to students about the Middle East. They join us this hour. The two are part of this year's University of Wisconsin Distinguished Lecture Series. ...

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[ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Secrets of Longevity
There are three towns in the world where people live the longest: Okinawa in Japan, Ovodda in Sardinia, and Loma Linda in the US. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guests discuss the secrets that keep residents there live long. ...

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[ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Mate: The Ancient Drink of Health and Friendship
Coffee, tea, or mate? The Turks have their coffee, the Japanese have their green tea, but in South America, the stimulant of choice is mate. For many Argentinians, mate is more than a drink, it is a social ritual with a rich history first developed by the people of the pampas. And it may be coming soon to a bar near you. ...

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[ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


Spring Equinox Poetry Circle of the Air
March 30 is Vincent Van Gogh's birthday. He was named after an older brother, and infant who died. The haunting story of being named for the other, dead brother, is the subject of a beautiful, rich poem by Northern Irish poet Kate Newman. This hour on Here on Earth, Jean Feraca and Molly Peacock discuss the Van Gogh poem and others that have a quality of spring light, the light of the equinox....

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[ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Future of the Iraq War
John McCain wants a Hundred Years War. Barack Obama wants us out of Iraq in six months. Are these two presidential hopefuls actually not that far apart? This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, News Analyst John Nichols and anchor of BBC World News America, Matt Frei, join Jean Feraca to talk about the future of the war in Iraq....

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[ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Manga Bible
You think you know what is in the Bible? Think again! In a re-configured Manga Bible, Jesus has come as a Samurai. ...

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[ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]


The Wisconsin Idea Goes to Japan
Robert Gard, the founder and director of the Wisconsin Idea Theater, published a seminal work called "Grassroots Theater" which has just been translated into Japanese. This hour on Here on Earth: Radio without Borders, Jean Feraca talks with the translator and find out why community development through the arts is suddenly such a hot topic in Japan....

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[ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:00:01 GMT ]