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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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Arab Bodies

The German poet Novalis once wrote that the only real temple in this world is the human body. If that is true, Joumana Haddad, who just launched Jasad magazine in Beirut (Jasad means Body in Arabic), is doing her best to restore the body to its rightful place, and raising a lot of eyebrows in the process. ...

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[ Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Poker: An American Metaphor

Playing poker was a key networking tool in Barack Obama's early political career. Bill Gates collected many of his business strategies and a sizable fund to start Microsoft from his all-night poker games. Eisenhower and JFK used poker tactics to resolve crises with China and the Soviet Union. How did a French aristocratic parlor game turn into a training ground for American risk-takers and power brokers? ...

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[ Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

The Muslim Next Door

Although Americans hear about Islam on a daily basis, there remains no clear explanation of Islam or its people. Jean Feraca talks to a scholar of Islamic law about growing up in California and balancing her South Asian, Muslim, and American identities. ...

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[ Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Think Again: Asia's Rise

Don't believe the hype you hear about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. Minxin Pei, director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, joins us to pick apart this familiar narrative....

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[ Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Gourmet Today

Exciting new ingredients are available everywhere, expanding our culinary horizons, and a new culinary world calls for a new cookbook. Ruth Reichl, long-time editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and a best-selling author in her own right, joins us to talk about her new book, Gourmet Today....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

International Language of Body Music

Keith Terry is a body musician, someone who makes music purely with their body. His obsession runs so deep that last year he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first to go to a body musician....

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[ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

The Best International Reporting

Words Without Borders devotes its October issue to International Reporting. From the killing fields of Cambodia to the swarming streets of Tehran, on the ground and in the trenches, these writers document the news of the world with artful urgency. ...

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

The Future of Faith

Harvard scholar Harvey Cox broke new ground when he published his international bestseller The Secular City in 1965. Now, on the eve of his retirement, he has come out with a new book, The Future of Faith, in which he analyzes why Christian beliefs and dogma are giving way to new grassroots movements rooted in social justice and spiritual experience....

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the true account of an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community. William Kamkwamba shares his remarkable story of growing up in Malawi, Africa. ...

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[ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Chickens in the City: A Backyard Revolution

The return of the chicken to American backyards is now no longer an uncertainty. Since the chicken disappeared from urban American settlements half a century ago, city dwellers all over the nation are now re-discovering the advantages and challenges of keeping their own flock in their backyards. What is it about the chicken that makes it the urban bird of the moment? ...

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

How to Create a Sustainable Future

Bill McKibbon and Tim Flannery are two of the world's most renowned conservationists. They are both urging a forceful call to action to end climate change and create a sustainable future. They team up to take us on a guided tour of the environmental challenges we face and the best new ideas to help solve the crisis....

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[ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Jim Wallis: New Interfaith Visions

Muslims and Christians together comprise over half of the world's population. A group of Muslim scholars and clerics recently sent an open letter to Christians around the world proposing a search for common ground to which a group of scholars at Yale's Divinity School responded. Jim Wallis joins us to talk about this historic encounter and how we can move beyond a polite ecumenical dialogue to make peace between Christians and Muslims....

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[ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Israel is Real

The world watches as hopes are raised for a restart to talks in the Israel/Palestinian conflict. What age-old mindsets need to shift before a peaceful resolution can be found? Rich Cohen joins us to discuss his new book on the history of the Jewish people, Israel is Real. ...

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Mercedes Sosa: A Voice for Social Justice

It is hard to overestimate the influence of Mercedes Sosa's music and voice in South America. In a career that spanned over six decades and produced 40 albums, the Argentine folk singer, who died on October 4th, united an entire continent in her ongoing struggle for human rights, peace, and social justice in South America. ...

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia, the new movie that stars Meryl Streep as Julia Child, got its start when Julie Crowell, a frustrated writer working as a claims agent decided to beef up her life by keeping a blog about her attempts to cook all the recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking. What's she cooking now? ...

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[ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Green Metropolis

When you imagine a green future do you picture backwoods country living or futuristic city dwelling? While green usually brings to mind more natural surroundings, David Owen, author and staff writer for The New Yorker, wants to argue the opposite: it is cities that teach us what a sustainable future looks like. ...

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[ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Sunni/Shia Conflict

Does the Sunni/Shia conflict contribute to the image of Islam as a violent religion? How much does it account for the violence in Iraq? We will look into the origins of the Sunni/Shia split, consider the bombing of the Shia shrine in Karbala, and talk with a Muslim scholar working on promoting intrafaith harmony....

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[ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Happiness 2050

Can meditation make us into world citizens? Richard Davidson thinks so. His findings on the increasing plasticity of the brain combined with long term effects of meditation have led to an intriguing projection: Happiness 2050: Neuroscience, Education, and the Compassionate World Citizen....

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[ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Conservation Refugees

Columbus Day: If you have been following Ken Burns' PBS series on our National Parks, here is an interesting contrarian point of view: Mark Dowie is an investigative journalist who reports on the hundred year conflict between global conservation and native peoples in his book, Conservation Refugees. ...

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[ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Apple Time

Every year, Wisconsin's Bayfield Apple Festival heralds the beginning of fall. This Food Friday we will speak to some local and some non-local apple growers about heritage varieties, cider-making, and this year's pick....

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[ Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Why Him? Why Her?

A research professor of anthropology turns her attention to the question that has befuddled humankind since its origins: Why Him? Why Her? Join us for new insights into the essence of dating, love and marriage....

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[ Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Cartoneras: Democratizing Reading in Latin America

Few of us think too much about where books come from, but amidst poverty and low literacy rates, it is an important question. The Cartonera publishing movement of Latin America addresses poverty and literacy through employing cartoneros, garbage pickers, to collect cardboard to be used as covers for colorful, handmade, and cheap books. UW-Madison holds one of the largest collections of these books and editors from some of the most well-known Cartonera publishing houses will be in Madison this we...

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[ Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Elephants on the Edge

G. A. Bradshaw marshals research from neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior to argue that the mind of the elephant is remarkably similar to our own. The shock of violent death, the grief of losing an infant, and the loss of freedom affect them in much the same way as people....

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[ Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Dances for Universal Peace

Brother Joe Kilikevice is an itinerant Dominican preacher, who founded the Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality in Oak Park, Illinois, during the 1993 Parliament of World Religions. In his commitment to heal the relationship between Christianity and other world religions, he teaches the Dances of Universal Peace and other forms of prayer and ritual drawn from the wisdom traditions. ...

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[ Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Never Trust a Thin Cook

Simply wanting to live in a place with the best food in the world, Eric Dregni ended up in Modena, Italy, the birthplace of balsamic vinegar, parmigiano cheese, Ferrari, and Luciano Pavarotti? He joins us to talk about his three years in Italy and his memoir, Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital. ...

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[ Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife

From the depths of history, to the classroom, to the stage, how do we understand the enduring influence of the story of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl? Francine Prose, adoring fan and author of Reading Like a Writer will join us to discuss the book, the life, and the afterlife. ...

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[ Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Friendship and War in Kabul

Malcolm Garcia had not been a journalist with the Kansas City Star for very long when he packed his bags, jotted down a makeshift will, and boarded a plane for Afghanistan two months after 9/11. From Kabul he launched investigations on what it means to be a privileged Westerner in one of the most destitute places on earth. ...

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[ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

The Case for God

God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, Dao; humankind has gone to great lengths to experience a sacred reality. So why is God so unbelievable in our modern world? This is what Karen Armstrong set out to understand in writing her new book, The Case for God....

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[ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Thomas Berry, a "Geologian"

A memorial service in honor of Thomas Berry, the beloved and revered author of The Dream of the Earth and The Great Work will be held this Saturday at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York City. Miriam Macgillis, a Berry disciple and the founder of Genesis Farm, will be in attendance. We talk with Miriam about the life and legacy of the man who called himself a geologian....

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[ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

Fistful of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year holiday season, is in full swing. We talk about Syrian Sephardic holiday cooking with Jennifer Abadi, author of A Fistful of Lentils....

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[ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:01 GMT ]

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