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Here on Earth - Global Radio Conversation 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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Mindfulness for Beginners Updated: 2012-01-10 21:00:00 Description: Mindfulness is a practice of secular meditation that has entered mainstream medicine because of its power to reduce stress and enhance the quality of life. Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about the practice of Mindfulness and its his new book on the subject....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Jewish Annotated New Testament Updated: 2012-01-09 21:00:00 Description: What would a New Testament edited by Jewish scholars tell us about the Judeo-Christian heritage? More about the interpretations of the common historical connections shared between the traditions of Christianity and Judaism....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A World of Flavors Updated: 2012-01-06 21:00:00 Description: A conversation with a young traveler whose world view was expanded after traveling in Africa. She learned that food is a great connector with the community at large. Cooking and eating habits are a window into a culture....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Citizen Year: An Alternative Peace Corps Updated: 2012-01-05 21:00:00 Description: Abby Falik talks to us about the potential of the next generation of young Americans as effective agents of change. Abby's program, Global Citizen Year, is a year-long program designed to unleash this potential....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Life of Ayn Rand Updated: 2012-01-04 21:00:00 Description: Jean Feraca and Jennifer Burns discuss the life and lasting influence of Ayn Rand....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listen to This! Updated: 2012-01-03 21:00:00 Description: Does music have the power to transcend time and place? New Yorker music critic, Alex Ross, believes that music has to power to transport us to places and times we might never visit otherwise....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures of Tintin Updated: 2012-01-02 21:00:00 Description: Tintin is the most well-known comic character worldwide, comparable in popularity only to Mickey Mouse. How has Tintin changed over time? And what explains the enduring popularity of Tintin?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Golden-Bristled Boar Updated: 2011-12-30 21:00:00 Description: After a neighbor presented Jeffrey Greene with a gift of half a boar stuffed into a black garbage bag, he became fascinated and began studying the history and lore of the wild boar, compiling some interesting recipes along the way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making an Exit Updated: 2011-12-29 21:00:00 Description: Sarah Murray never thought about what would happen to her body after she died until her own father passed away, sending her off on a survey of funeral rites from around the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Time for Outrage Updated: 2011-12-28 21:00:00 Description: St phane Hessel is a former French Resistance leader, concentration camp survivor, diplomat, ambassador. In 1948 he helped draft the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In his new book, and for discontented citizens to stand up, fight injus...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The 99 Updated: 2011-12-27 21:00:00 Description: Naif al-Mutawa believes that superheroes can change the world. That's why he created The 99: superheroes inspired by the 99 attributes of Allah. The 99 have teamed up with Superman to fight for a better world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vikings in the Attic Updated: 2011-12-26 21:00:00 Description: In Vikings in the Attic, Eric Dregni tracks down and explores often bizarre historic sites, tales, and traditions of Scandinavia's peculiar colony in the Midwest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas in Africa Updated: 2011-12-23 21:00:00 Description: The pressures of shopping for the "perfect" Christmas tree and serving up a sumptuous feast can drive a person to distraction during the holiday season. We pause and explore the simple joys of celebrating Christmas the African way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vaclav Havel: A Legacy Updated: 2011-12-22 21:00:00 Description: Vaclav Havel, who died on Sunday, best known as the leader of the Velvet Revolution, was also a dissident playwright and philosopher, a tireless human rights activist, philosopher, and a world leader....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Muslim Jesus Updated: 2011-12-21 21:00:00 Description: Jesus has a unique role as a divine figure in Islam. Two Islamic scholars, Dr. Suleiman Mourad joins us to talk about how two of the world's greatest faith traditions differ in their understanding of this important religious figure....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sea Change: Whales and the Future of Life on Earth Updated: 2011-12-20 21:00:00 Description: Dr. Roger Payne, best known for discovering that Humpback whales sing to one another across oceans, combines science with spoken word performance art to remind us that our survival hinges on heeding the songs of the entire web of life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Barber Shop in the Tate Museum Updated: 2011-12-19 21:00:00 Description: When he is not making art, Faisal Abdu Allah runs a men 's barbershop/salon. This unusual performance artist is gutsy and fun, and has a lot to say!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From the Jewish Heartland Updated: 2011-12-16 21:00:00 Description: We discuss the influence of Jewish cuisine on the food culture of the midwest. Food anthropologists talk about the ways in which food habits change with new ideas about food and what is available locally....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kingdom Under Glass Updated: 2011-12-15 21:00:00 Description: If you've visited any Natural History museum, you're bound to have encountered life-size dioramas of muskrats, deer, gorillas, and even elephants. Where do they come from? We trace a complex history back to the beginning of the conservation movement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Russia, America, and the Nutcracker Updated: 2011-12-14 21:00:00 Description: A former dancer and historian through a fascinating history of ballet and that seasonal favorite: the Nutcracker....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Music from The Rose Ensemble Updated: 2011-12-13 21:00:00 Description: The Rose Ensemble, one of the most renowned early music choirs in the country, sings Christmas music from three distinct traditions. It's gorgeous stuff, guaranteed to bring you joy and lift your spirits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Feminine Divine Updated: 2011-12-12 21:00:00 Description: December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We discuss the rise of the divine feminine and liberate the traditional image of the Blessed Mother....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A PERSIAN HEART IN AN AMERICAN KITCHEN Updated: 2011-12-09 21:00:00 Description: America is made of immigrants who carry with them memories of flavors that tie them to different traditions. A chef's connection to food that evokes the sense of home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Burma, Aung Din, Myra Dahgaypaw, Aung San Suu Kyi Updated: 2011-12-08 21:00:00 Description: Is Burma's military junta finally loosening its iron grip?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD World Peace and Other Fourth Grade Achievements Updated: 2011-12-07 21:00:00 Description: Can fourth-graders save the world? John Hunter, teaches children the concept of peace through his World Peace Game....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why the West Rules-For Now Updated: 2011-12-06 21:00:00 Description: How did the West came to dominate the world, and what the next century will bring in terms of East-West relations?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Uncovering Hemingway's Cuba Archives Updated: 2011-12-05 21:00:00 Description: The granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway's editor goes searching for the legendary author's long-lost personal papers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Folly of Fools Updated: 2011-12-01 21:00:00 Description: Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers claims that natural selection seems to favor self-deception, and that in order to deceive others we often have to deceive ourselves first....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Pirates of Somalia Updated: 2011-11-30 21:00:00 Description: Jay Bahadur tracks the Pirates of Somalia to their safe havens in the Horn of Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 2011 Hours Against Hate Updated: 2011-11-29 21:00:00 Description: Launched by the State Department, the 2011 Hours Against Hate campaign wants to stop bigotry by getting young people to pledge to spend time in a community different from their own. Hannah Rosenthal and Farah Pandith join us to talk about the campaig...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arrivederci, Berlusconi! Updated: 2011-11-28 21:00:00 Description: Silvio Berlusconi dominated and divided Italian politics for over 17 years, more than anyone since Mussolini. Dr. Patrick Rumble and Dr. Grazia Menechella join us to talk about the end of his scandal-ridden reign....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updating Vintage Holiday Recipes Updated: 2011-11-25 21:00:00 Description: Food is like language: to be alive it must be constantly changing. New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark understands this. A whole section of her new cookbook is devoted to Holiday Food that features vintage recipes with updated variations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bless This Food (Encore) Updated: 2011-11-24 21:00:00 Description: Giving thanks for food is the most common form of prayer found the world over. In anticipation of Thanksgiving, we celebrate this universal cultural tradition with Adrian Butash, author of Bless This Food: Ancient and Contemporary Graces Around the W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Big Voice Updated: 2011-11-23 21:00:00 Description: Michael Schmudlach and Janice Rice talk about the impact of precious archive of photographs on a community. "People of the Big Voice" now a book, is an eloquent portrayal of the Ho Chunks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Never the Hope Itself Updated: 2011-11-22 21:00:00 Description: Join us in our conversation with Gerry Hadden about his life reporting from some of the most volatile regions of the world - Latin America and Haiti....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free Will and the Science of the Brain Updated: 2011-11-21 21:00:00 Description: The "father of cognitive neuroscience," Michael Gazzaniga, makes a powerful and provocative argument for free will in his newest book 'Who's in Charge?'...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Table Comes First Updated: 2011-11-18 21:00:00 Description: When food becomes fashionable, do we still enjoy intimate moments around the dinner table with friends and family? Adam Gopnik explores the intricate connections between what's on the table and what happens around it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America Updated: 2011-11-17 21:00:00 Description: A sixty-year-old biker rides the length of America's northern and southern borders to explore America's conflicted relationship with its neighbors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How Yoga Won the West Updated: 2011-11-16 21:00:00 Description: Vivekananda introduced yoga into the national conversation, back in 1893, at the Parliament of Religions, where he dazzled the audience with his show-stopping improvised talk on eastern culture - and yoga....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peace Corps Writers Updated: 2011-11-15 21:00:00 Description: The Peace Corps community is churning out a whole new genre of writing: Peace Corps Literature." Two returned Peace Corps volunteers talk about the Peace Corps experiences that inspired their writing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listen to This! Updated: 2011-11-14 21:00:00 Description: Does music have the power to transcend time and place? New Yorker music critic, Alex Ross, believes that music has to power to transport us to places and times we might never visit otherwise....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Family Recipe for Veterans' Day Updated: 2011-11-11 21:00:00 Description: Cookbook author Wini Moranville tells the story of touring World War II battlefields in Normandy and a chicken recipe she discovered that uses the famous apple brandy of the region....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It Calls You Back: One Man's Break with Gang Life Updated: 2011-11-10 21:00:00 Description: Luis Rodriguez chronicled his early life in L.A. as a young Chicano gang member in Always Running, a book that became a classic. Now, in his second memoir, he shows just how difficult it can be to break with the past....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD All-American Muslim Updated: 2011-11-09 21:00:00 Description: Are we ready for a Muslim Cosby Show? We talk to Alon Orstein and Mike Mossalam about All-American Muslim, a new reality series that explores what it means to be Muslim in post-9/11 America....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Story of Charlotte's Web Updated: 2011-11-08 21:00:00 Description: Jean Feraca and Michael Sims discuss the children's literature classic Charlotte's Web and why talking animals occur in stories all over the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Muslim-American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said Updated: 2011-11-07 21:00:00 Description: In 1807, Omar Ibn Said, a wealthy Muslim scholar was captured and brought to the American south as a slave. Late in life, Omar was persuaded by abolitionists to write down his life story which has been newly edited and translated by Ala Alryyes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cooking Like Our Grandmothers Updated: 2011-11-04 20:00:00 Description: Tamar Adler discusses how to cook like our grandmothers, with instinct, using all five senses and every part of an ingredient, and elevating simple food to the sublime....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Confronting Female Genital Cutting Updated: 2011-11-03 20:00:00 Description: In 1997, a group of women from a Senegalese village took a public stand against the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in their village. Since then, over 5,000 villages across Africa have joined them in saying no to a centuries-old tradition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Road from Lubumbashi Updated: 2011-11-02 20:00:00 Description: Dan Banda talks about conflict minerals and how our consumer choices may contribute to violence and poverty in Central Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Guantanamo: An American History Updated: 2011-11-01 20:00:00 Description: Harvard historian Jonathan Hansen talks about the deep history of Guantanamo Bay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making an Exit Updated: 2011-10-31 20:00:00 Description: Sarah Murray talks about her book Making an Exit, an account of her survey of funeral rites from around the world - from the magnificent to the macabre....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twain's Feast Updated: 2011-10-28 20:00:00 Description: In 1879, as he was traveling through Europe, Mark Twain wrote a fantasy menu of the American dishes he missed the most. The discovery of the menu lead Andrew Beahrs on a journey across America and through the country's culinary history....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD India Calling Updated: 2011-10-27 20:00:00 Description: Anand Giridharadas grew up in America but returned to India, his parents' country, to get a closer look at how the India they left had turned into the economic powerhouse that the whole world is watching....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Powering the Future Updated: 2011-10-26 20:00:00 Description: Two centuries from now, when we run out of fossil fuels, will we still be able to generate electricity, run cars, and fly jet planes? Nobel Prize winning Physicist, Dr. Robert B. Laughlin believes we will-but only by using alternate sources of energy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vikings in America Updated: 2011-10-25 20:00:00 Description: What does it mean to grow up Scandianvian? In his new book, Eric Dregni tracks down and explores the significant, and quite often bizarre historic sites, tales, and traditions of Scandinavia's peculiar colony in the Midwest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Songs of Kabir Updated: 2011-10-24 20:00:00 Description: Almost 500 years after his death, Kabir remains one of the world's most beloved poets. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, one of India's most renowned poets, joins us to talk about his translation of Kabir's works....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Songs Of Kabir Updated: 2011-10-24 14:00:01 Description: Almost 500 years after his death, Kabir remains one of the world's most beloved poets. His poems are full of passion and paradox, of mind-bending riddles and exultant riffs, and a new translation of his poems, by one of India's most renowned poets, A...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cooking with Italian Grandmothers (Encore) Updated: 2011-10-21 20:00:00 Description: Jessica Theroux spent a year traveling throughout Italy, cooking and talking with Italian grandmothers. The result is a charming and authentic collection of recipes and techniques that celebrate the culinary traditions of Italy's most experienced coo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cooking With Italian Grandmothers (Encore) Updated: 2011-10-21 14:00:01 Description: Jean once wrote, "Just as I was about to concede that grandmothers - especially the Italian variety - are an endangered species, along comes this glorious cookbook which, I admit, made me cry. The book is the result of a year chef Jessica Theroux spe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The French art of Seduction Updated: 2011-10-20 20:00:00 Description: Seduction plays a crucial role in how the French relate to one another in romantic relationships as well as in how they conduct business, enjoy food and drink, define style, engage in intellectual debate, elect politicians, and project power....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD French Seduction (Encore) Updated: 2011-10-20 14:00:01 Description: In "La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life," New York Times' Paris Correspondent, Elaine Sciolino navigates the Parisian maze of unspoken assumptions about the cultivation of pleasure, and the hidden truth about French life: It's all abou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bridging the Faith Divide Updated: 2011-10-19 20:00:00 Description: In 1998, Eboo Patel realized that if religious extremists were recruiting young people, then those who believe in religious tolerance should do likewise. This inspired the creation of Interfaith Youth Core, an organization dedicated to service to oth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Islam: Bridging the Faith Divide Updated: 2011-10-19 14:00:01 Description: In 1998, Eboo Patel noticed that increased religious diversity in America was causing increased conflict. If religious extremists were recruiting young people, he reasoned, then those who believe in religious tolerance should do likewise, a realizati...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jerusalem, Jerusalem Updated: 2011-10-18 20:00:00 Description: In James Carroll's Jerusalem, the city embodies the world's greatest philosophies, and its worst impulses. It is a city constantly engaged in "a contest of life and death." And yet, it is also a place of hope, and holds the key to re-imagining world ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jerusalem, Jerusalem Updated: 2011-10-18 14:00:01 Description: In James Carroll's Jerusalem, the city embodies the world's greatest philosophies, and its worst impulses. It is a city of faith, wracked by war, a city constantly engaged in "a contest of life and death." And yet, it is also a place of hope, resurre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Upside: Good News about the World Updated: 2011-10-17 20:00:00 Description: Author Bradley Wright discusses his book UPSIDE: SURPRISING GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR WORLD, revealing uplifting facts about global poverty, disease, the environment, and sexual morality....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Upside: Good News About the World (Pledge Edition) Updated: 2011-10-17 14:00:01 Description: Using the best available data, sociologist Bradley Wright shows us that things are not as bad as the media make them out to be. In his new book Upside: Surprising Good News About the State of Our World, Wright reveals surprisingly uplifting facts abo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trout Caviar: Recipes from a Northern Forager Updated: 2011-10-14 20:00:00 Description: Brett Laidlaw joins us to talk about foraging for truly wild foods - chanterelles, nettles, berries, and trout fresh from the stream, and lays out the laws for mushroom hunting, curing bacon, laissez-faire gardening, and more....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trout Caviar: Recipes from a Northern Forager (Pledge Edition) Updated: 2011-10-14 14:00:01 Description: Brett Laidlaw describes himself as "the product of an idyllic childhood," days spent fishing for trout, playing in fields, and seeking solitude in the woods of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. In his new book, he talks about foraging for truly wild foods: Ch...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Citizen Year: An Alternative Peace Corps Updated: 2011-10-13 20:00:00 Description: Abby Falik talks to us about the potential of the next generation of young Americans as effective agents of change. Abby's program, Global Citizen Year, is a year-long program designed to unleash this potential....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Citizen Year: An Alternative Peace Corps Updated: 2011-10-13 14:00:01 Description: Abby Falik was dismayed when she discovered she couldn't join the Peace Corps after graduating from high school only because she hadn't yet turned eighteen. So she started a Peace Corps of her own. Because of her, every year, a corps of graduating se...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Integrative Medicine Man Updated: 2011-10-12 20:00:00 Description: Can empathy cure colds? Can art relieve the pain of hospital patients? For the last decade, Dr. David Rakel has been using integrative medicine, combining conventional and alternative medical treatments to transform the lives of his patients....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Integrative Medicine Man Updated: 2011-10-12 14:00:01 Description: Can empathy cure colds? Can art relieve the pain of hospital patients? For the last decade, Dr. David Rakel has been using integrative medicine, combining conventional and alternative medical treatments to transform the lives of his patients, and pro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On Creativity and Slowing Down Updated: 2011-10-11 20:00:00 Description: Christian McEwen believes we get our best creative ideas in the most unlikely places-in the bathroom, on vacation, when we're daydreaming or just twiddling our thumbs. She joins us to discuss the value of slowing down, and making room for creativity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On Creativity and Slowing Down (Pledge Edition) Updated: 2011-10-11 14:00:01 Description: Christian McEwen believes we get our best creative ideas in the most unlikely places: In the bathroom, on vacation, when we're daydreaming or just twiddling our thumbs. Drawing on literary and spiritual thinkers from Henry David Thoreau to Pablo Ner...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Columbus Updated: 2011-10-10 20:00:00 Description: Laurence Bergreen talks about his latest book Columbus: The Four Voyages, a biography of the controversial explorer, Christopher Columbus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Columbus Updated: 2011-10-10 14:00:01 Description: In his biography, "Columbus: The Four Voyages," Laurence Bergreen portrays Columbus as brilliant, audacious, volatile, paranoid and ruthless. What emerges in his biography is a surprising and revealing portrait of a man who might have been the title ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Apple Love Updated: 2011-10-07 20:00:00 Description: Looking to make that killer apple pie? Should you opt for Granny Smith or Esopus Spitzenburg, Thomas Jefferson's favorite? Amy Traverso has written the definitive guide for all things apple, and she joins Lori Skelton, filling in for Jean Feraca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Apple Love Updated: 2011-10-07 14:00:01 Description: When you're looking to make that killer apple pie, should you opt for Granny Smith or Esopus Spitzenburg, Thomas Jefferson's favorite? Food writer Amy Traverso has written the definitive guide for all things apple, from recipes and preparation tips t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chasing The Sun Updated: 2011-10-06 20:00:00 Description: We'll take you on an around-the-world odyssey in search of an elusive moving target - the sun. Richard Cohen visited twenty countries, traveling from Mount Fuji to Antarctica, to interpret what the sun has meant through the ages. (Encore from 11/8/...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chasing The Sun (Encore) Updated: 2011-10-06 14:00:01 Description: No, he's not a surfer. From the man who wrote a worldwide history of swordplay, comes an around-the-world odyssey in search of an elusive moving target: The sun. Scholar-adventurer Richard Cohen traveled to twenty countries, from Mount Fuji to Antarc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Comics in the Classroom Updated: 2011-10-05 20:00:00 Description: Jean Feraca talks with Gene Luen Yang about the education and cultural values of comic books and graphic novels....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Comics In The Classroom Updated: 2011-10-05 14:00:01 Description: Since its inception in 1933, the modern comic book has drawn the ire of parents, preachers, and teachers. But graphic novelist and teacher, Gene Luen Yang, believes the tradition of pictorial story-telling has deep historical roots and particular rel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What is La Hispanidad Updated: 2011-10-04 20:00:00 Description: Jean Feraca talks with Ilan Stavans and Ivan Jaksic about Hispanic heritage, and how united Hispanic culture really is....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD La Hispanidad Updated: 2011-10-04 14:00:01 Description: Half a billion people worldwide, from the United States and Latin America, to Spain and the Philippines, supposedly share a common identity, called la hispanidad. But what is la hispanidad, and how unified is Hispanic culture really? In their new boo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hare with Amber Eyes Updated: 2011-10-03 20:00:00 Description: Jean Feraca talks to the author of "The Hare with Amber Eyes" about discovering his family through netsuke, or small, ornamental Japanese carvings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hare With Amber Eyes Updated: 2011-10-03 14:00:01 Description: When ceramic artist Edmund de Waal inherits a collection of ornamental Japanese carvings known as "netsuke," he becomes drawn to the story behind them, which becomes the story of his family that stretches through the centuries and across several coun...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mission Street Food And The Pop-Up Restaurant Updated: 2011-09-30 14:00:01 Description: When Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz opened a food cart on Mission Street in San Francisco, they had no idea that it would catapult them into a "pop-up" restaurant. (If you're new to the term, a pop-up restaurant is one that typically operates clan...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lorine Niedecker: A Poet's Life Updated: 2011-09-29 14:00:01 Description: After her death in 1970, Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker was described by British poet Basil Bunting as "the most interesting woman poet America has yet produced," yet most of her work is mired in obscurity. In a new biography, Margot Peters tells th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Time for Outrage! Updated: 2011-09-28 14:00:01 Description: Stephane Hessel is many things: Former French Resistance leader, concentration camp survivor, diplomat, ambassador, former UN speechwriter, and in 1948, he helped draft the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In his new book, which has sold...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Ride Of Your Life (Encore) Updated: 2011-09-27 14:00:01 Description: Biking season isn't over quite yet! Whether you're crazy about bikes or just appreciate a leisurely ride, you'll fall in love with Robert Penn's story about circling the globe on a bike. In his book, It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healing The Heart Of Democracy Updated: 2011-09-26 14:00:01 Description: In this year of the Arab spring, it's a good time to be reminded that democracy is a never-ending process. In his new book designed to re-invigorate American democracy in its most localized settings, and to connect it to those larger global movements...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eating Smart In France Updated: 2011-09-23 14:00:01 Description: Don't know your escargot from your maquereau? Ronnie Hess is here to help. Whether you're searching for an authentic restaurant in Paris, or cooking coq au vin in your own kitchen, here's what you need to know to experience the essence of French cult...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD India's Anti-Corruption Movement Updated: 2011-09-22 14:00:01 Description: Sixty-four years after Gandhi's non-violent movement brought an end to British rule in India, the Indian masses are back in the streets. Led by Anna Hazare, a man whom many hail as a new Gandhi, the movement is going after their own leaders this time...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fall Poetry Circle of the Air Updated: 2011-09-21 14:00:01 Description: In a variation on an old and beloved theme, poet Molly Peacock joins us again this September 21, the day of the fall equinox, together with guest editor Priscila Uppal to give us a preview of the 2011 Best Canadian Poetry in English anthology due out...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Murder In Lascaux Updated: 2011-09-20 14:00:01 Description: The mysterious prehistoric caves in the south of France are the scene of a murder in a new novel by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden, professors emeriti at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Typical of this dynamic husband and wife team who lived ne...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Indigo: The Color That Seduced The World (Encore) Updated: 2011-09-19 14:00:01 Description: Indigo, "the bluest of blues," is not just a color, but, as Catherine McKinley puts it, "an attempt to capture beauty." Inspired by her own ancestral entanglement with Indigo, Catherine set out to learn from the last master dyers of West Africa and d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Golden-Bristled Boar Updated: 2011-09-16 14:00:01 Description: When Jeffrey Greene moved to Burgundy, France, he had no idea he was entering prime boar country. After a neighbor presented him with a gift of half a boar stuffed into a black garbage bag, he became fascinated and began studying the history and lore...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Wabi-Sabi Way (Encore) Updated: 2011-09-15 14:00:01 Description: Do you love your rusty, dented old wheelbarrow? How Wabi-Sabi of you! A philosophy of seeing and homemaking, wabi-sabi has its roots in Japanese Zen Buddhism, but it's all about the imperfection of dried leaves, rather than the perfection of a fresh ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The King's Speech (Encore) Updated: 2011-09-14 14:00:01 Description: While the American public sees the Oscar-winning film "The King's Speech" as a story about the king heroically overcoming his personal limitations in the face of great adversity, the same film in the UK is perceived as being a story about class diffe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ayn Rand: Goddess Of The Market Updated: 2011-09-13 14:00:01 Description: Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged," has become one of the most polarizing figures in American culture, but how much do we really know about her life? History professor Jennifer Burns spent years poring over Rand's private papers and journals, offer...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rediscovering The Lost City Of Machu Picchu Updated: 2011-09-12 14:00:01 Description: In 1911, American explorer Hiram Bingham climbed into the Andes Mountains and "discovered" the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu. One hundred years later, the site remains as fascinating, yet mysterious, as ever. In his new book, travel writer Mark ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Cuban Kitchen Updated: 2011-09-09 14:00:01 Description: Raquel Rabade Roque's The Cuban Kitchen was such a hit in Spanish that she rewrote it to be published in English. She'll give us a tour of the Cuban coffee counters of Miami and the tastes of an ever evolving Cuban-American cuisine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Transforming A Nation's Trauma Updated: 2011-09-08 14:00:01 Description: Nationally recognized citizen diplomat Sahar Taman and Rev. Robert Chase, head of Intersections International in New York City, are collecting and planning affirmative commemorations for the decade anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Beyond Is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Somalia Through Nuruddin Farah's Eyes Updated: 2011-09-07 14:00:01 Description: Winner of the Neustadt Prize and frequent nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah has been writing about his homeland for over 40 years. His works are full of love and longing for the country he left behind, and conc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Little Free Libraries Project Updated: 2011-09-06 14:00:01 Description: Rick Brooks and Todd Bol, two Wisconsin men, are promoting worldwide literacy and building community, one Little Free Library at a time...and one could soon be coming to a neighborhood near you. Together, they're on a quest to break Andrew Carnegie's...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remembering The Triangle Factory Fire (Encore) Updated: 2011-09-05 14:00:01 Description: 2011 marks the one hundred year anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City. Hardly anyone knows what a shirtwaist is anymore, but we're all familiar with the panic bars and lit signs above exit doors, two regulations fought ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Odd Bits Updated: 2011-09-02 14:00:01 Description: When it comes to meat, the prime cuts seem to get all the attention. Australian Jennifer McLagan, author of the infamous "Fat," explores why we shy away from odd bits, from tongues and brains, to gizzards and trotters, their taste potential, and ho...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rambunctious Nature Updated: 2011-09-01 14:00:01 Description: Environmentalist Emma Marris says it's time to abandon the idea of preserving nature in its pristine state, and move forward instead with creating the "rambunctious garden," which she describes as "a hybrid of wild nature and human management."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pearl Buck In China (encore) Updated: 2011-08-31 14:00:01 Description: 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 biography looks at the years that shaped B...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Environmental Degradation As Slow Violence Updated: 2011-08-30 14:00:01 Description: Nigerian activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, refused to let the oil industry's disastrous effect on his community go unnoticed. He's just one voice showcased in Rob Nixon's new book urging us to see environmental degradation as a kind of slow violence affectin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The InterSpecies Language of Grief Updated: 2011-08-29 14:00:01 Description: Ever since her husband lost the ability to speak after suffering a stroke, Diane Ackerman has been grieving. She finds that, out of empathy, her acute sense of loss has connected her with the losses and grieving of others, including animals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD We All Scream For Ice Cream Updated: 2011-08-26 14:00:01 Description: Be it soft-serve, gelato, Indian kulfi or Isreali glida, some form of ice cream treat can be found throughout the world in restaurants and home freezers. Ice cream's story is a tale populated with Chinese emperors, English kings, Italian hokey-pokey ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mindfulness And Medicine Updated: 2011-08-25 14:00:01 Description: For patients with life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, it can be hard to find comfort in the face of death. Susan Bauer-Wu and Elana Rosenbaum, who both encountered cancer in their personal lives, are medical professionals who teach the practic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Born To Run (Encore) Updated: 2011-08-24 14:00:01 Description: Journalist Christopher McDougall gathered information about the Tarahumara, a little-known tribe of the world's greatest distance runners who live in Mexico's Copper Canyon and can outlast any animal on earth. (Rebroadcast from 8/17/2010)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Redeemers: Power Brokers Who Shaped Latin America Updated: 2011-08-23 14:00:01 Description: Evita Peron, Che Guevera, Hugo Chavez. Latin America has had its share of strong leaders. Enrique Krauze, one of Latin America's leading intellectuals, brings to life the ideas and figures that shaped a continent....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sufism in the West Updated: 2011-08-22 14:00:01 Description: One of my most memorable interviews some years ago was with Pir Vilayat InayatKhan, then head of the Sufi Order of the West, a man who was hanggliding in his eighties. His son, Pir Zia InayatKhan has succeeded him as the head of the Sufi Order Intern...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Food We Brought Updated: 2011-08-19 14:00:01 Description: A hundred years ago, Americans worked out their anxieties about the newcomers to their shores primarily through food: potatoes were fit for livestock, pasta made the people who ate it pale and stringy, garlic was an abomination, and pickles were mora...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Word Play (Encore) Updated: 2011-08-18 14:00:01 Description: 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." We're reaching back to 2009 for this incredibly fun hour with author Jag Bhall...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse Updated: 2011-08-17 14:00:01 Description: To help the Afghan people, Suraya Sadeed made many harrowing attempts to traffic cash and supplies under the noses of Iranian border guards, drug runners, and suicide bombers. She concealed an estimated $100,000 in U.S. cash by strapping it to her st...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Elvis Lives! Updated: 2011-08-16 14:00:01 Description: As of today, the 34th anniversary of the death of the King of Rock n Roll, there are 200,000 Elvis impersonators worldwide, from Mexico's El Vez to Japan's Yasuma Mori who sings about his blue suede kimono....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Who Are We? Updated: 2011-08-15 14:00:01 Description: Gary Younge is a black British male of Caribbean descent who speaks Russian and French and lives the United States. So who is he? Better yet, who are we? We'll discuss the influence of identity in our lives and in our world, and we'll try to discern ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rooster Sauce Updated: 2011-08-12 14:00:01 Description: "Rooster Sauce," as Sriracha is commonly known, can be found in the home, at the corner diner, and behind the scenes in some of America's top restaurants. Lori Skelton sits in for Jean as we explore the endless possibilities of cooking with this favo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Power of Forgiveness Updated: 2011-08-11 14:00:01 Description: What is it about expressions of remorse and apology that open the door to forgiveness? Few people are better suited to exploring this question than Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist and commissioner for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation C...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sand Queen Updated: 2011-08-10 14:00:01 Description: In the process of interviewing women veterans of the Iraq war for her book, The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict noticed that when questioned about their experiences with sexual harassment, many of these women remained silent. So Helen decided to write...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Jay Lifton's Life of Listening Updated: 2011-08-09 14:00:01 Description: In his new memoir, psycho-historian Robert Jay Lifton says that he's spent most of his life listening. From talking to victims of Chinese thought reform, to Japanese survivors of Hiroshima, to Nazi doctors, he bore witness to some of the 20th century...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ramadan: The Feast and the Fast (Encore) Updated: 2011-08-08 14:00:01 Description: Since Ramadan began last Monday, which represents a particular hardship for American Muslims, we thought you might enjoy learning about how different the experience of Ramadan can be depending on where you happen to find yourself. Compare fasting her...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kings of Pastry Updated: 2011-08-05 14:00:01 Description: Sixteen of France's top pastry chefs compete for the ultimate accolade, the collar of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, best craftsmen of France, in the "Kings of Pastry" competition. The contest takes place every four years and involves 16 chefs ove...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Norway's Response to Tragedy Updated: 2011-08-04 14:00:01 Description: In the wake of the recent massacre in Norway, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told the world, "The answer to violence is even more democracy, even more humanity." Will Norway be able to sustain its commitment to openness and tolerance?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Emotional Side of Math (Encore) Updated: 2011-08-03 14:00:01 Description: Alex Bellos want us to understand the emotional side of math. Traveling all over the world to report from the secret world of numbers, he has met with the tribe that counts up to five only, the man who sets the odds for half the world's slot machines...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD St. Francis and the Sultan Updated: 2011-08-02 14:00:01 Description: When St. Francis crossed enemy lines to meet the Sultan Malek el-Kamil during a Crusade, he fully expected to be martyred. Instead, he was embraced as a friend. Hear the full story when I talk with Muslim Sufi master Jamal Rahman and Gabrielle Uhlein...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Dacha Days of Summer Updated: 2011-08-01 14:00:01 Description: For centuries, Russian city dwellers have spent their summers relaxing and gardening at rural cottages called dachas. (like gotcha!) Mellissa Caldwell spoke to hundreds of "dachniki" about their beliefs in the healing power of land and the strange wa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mexican Ice Pops Updated: 2011-07-29 14:00:01 Description: Cool down the heat, bring out the frozen treats! Paletas are the traditional Mexican version of the ice pop, and Fany Gerson, celebrated pastry chef and paletas enthusiast, knows all about how to make the magic of fruit and ice work to perfection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Unnatural Selection Updated: 2011-07-28 14:00:01 Description: From Albania to Vietnam, fewer and fewer girls are being born. While we are quick to point to the region's patriarchial traditions to explain the phenomenon, we tend to overlook one important aspect of the problem: recently introduced technology that...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rupert Murdoch's Empire in Crisis Updated: 2011-07-27 14:00:01 Description: With all the ink that's been lavished on the tabloid crisis in Britain, there's not much being said about Murdoch's links to the US. What about Fox and the American media?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is Democracy Coming to China? Updated: 2011-07-26 14:00:01 Description: Everyone knows about the changes in the Chinese economy. But while much of our political coverage of China focuses on its human rights abuses, some voices are saying that China is experiencing real political change as well. MIT professor Edward Stein...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Karzai Brothers and The Future of Afghanistan Updated: 2011-07-25 14:00:01 Description: Former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes has been an insider in Afghanistan since she left NPR to help rebuild a country devastated by decades of war. She says there's a clear connection between what's going on there now and the Arab Spring....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cooking from the Garden Updated: 2011-07-22 14:00:01 Description: You have a garden, you're excited to cook with your own produce, you religiously stick to your favorite recipe, and it doesn't taste good. How many times has that happened to you? Deborah Madison joins us to discuss how to slowly let go of that recip...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Tree Of Life Updated: 2011-07-21 14:00:01 Description: Terrence Malick's latest film garnered both boos and cheers at its premiere in Cannes before winning the festival's main prize, the Palme d'Or. The film's ambitious scope invites us to think about eternal questions: What is the nature of our existenc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saved By Beauty In Iran Updated: 2011-07-20 14:00:01 Description: What happens when, in 2009, a British-American poet fulfills his lifelong dream of exploring Persia's literary tradition firsthand? Iran's spectacular living culture and the depth of its soul is set into relief by his eventual detention and interrog...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Sinner's Grand Tour Updated: 2011-07-19 14:00:01 Description: In his Slate.com series, Tony Perrottet called his bathhouse and brothel hopping trip through Europe the "pervert's" tour. But, more than the perverse, he found that the hidden history of the erotic reveals more about life, art, and the history of a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Literature Of The Arab Spring Updated: 2011-07-18 14:00:01 Description: Translation pioneers, Words Without Borders, has just published their first collection of literature dealing with the Arab Spring. Work old and new from Algeria to Egypt that illuminates the revolutionary spirit....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Roast Updated: 2011-07-15 14:00:01 Description: Have you noticed a shift in American coffee culture? Roasts are getting lighter, small roasters are popping up all over, and "pour over" coffee is the hottest thing since the travel mug. But what's it got to do with flavor, and is it worth three buck...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Zen And The Art Of Firefighting Updated: 2011-07-14 14:00:01 Description: In 2008, a wildfire nearly destroyed the Tassajara Zen Center in the Ventana wilderness of southern California, but five monks, including one woman, with no firefighting experience were able to fend off the flames. Colleen Morton Busch and Mako Voel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rescuing Regina Updated: 2011-07-13 14:00:01 Description: The harrowing true story of a feisty nun, a ferocious lawyer, and a group of grassroots volunteers who set aside political differences in a race to save a Congolese torture survivor from deportation and almost certain death. Along the way, Sister Jos...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD French Seduction Updated: 2011-07-12 14:00:01 Description: In "La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life," New York Times' Paris Correspondent, Elaine Sciolino navigates the Parisian maze of unspoken assumptions about the cultivation of pleasure, and the hidden truth about French life: It's all abou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hush, Baby, Hush Updated: 2011-07-11 14:00:01 Description: All around the world, for as long as babies have fretted, those who care for them have been making up lullabies on the spot, passing them on, and sometimes, writing them down. What's your favorite lullaby?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD For Cod And Country Updated: 2011-07-08 14:00:01 Description: With so many species in rapid decline, is eating fish really sustainable? Esquire Chef of the Year Barton Seaver says yes and shows us how, featuring seafood that hasn't been over-fished or caught in an environmentally destructive way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Summer Reading Without Borders Updated: 2011-07-07 14:00:01 Description: The 2011 Champion of literature in translation, publisher Chad Post, joins us once again to talk about all the best newly translated books for English readers. We hear about a rambunctious Polish farmer, the wild life of inventor Nikola Tesla, and wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Story of Charlotte's Web Updated: 2011-07-06 14:00:01 Description: About himself, E.B. White once wrote: "This boy felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." He wasn't alone: talking animals abound in literature all over the globe. Who is your favorite literary talking animal?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD America And Pakistan: The First 60 Years Updated: 2011-07-05 14:00:01 Description: At the time of Pakistan's founding a scant 60 years ago, it was the first and only democracy in the Muslim world, a country whose citizens would elect those who govern them. A Pakistani-American at the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy's Summit drew ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Pursuit Of Happiness (Encore) Updated: 2011-07-04 14:00:01 Description: What figure in American history makes you feel warm and fuzzy about democracy? Illustrator and Israeli immigrant Maira Kalman set out, Alexis deToqueville style, to document democracy in America circa 2009. The result is an optimistic love letter to ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Southern Sweetness Updated: 2011-07-01 14:00:01 Description: After years for writing cookbooks inspired by her time in Southeast Asia, North Carolinian Nancie McDermott returned to her roots, the American South, and the sweet pies and cakes she helped her grandmother bake as a kid. They are central to Southern...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Legacy of American Socialism Updated: 2011-06-30 14:00:01 Description: What do Thomas Paine, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? According to John Nichols, these legendary Americans were more than a little bit red. He joins us for a conversation about the S-word, the legacy of Ameri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To A Mountain In Tibet (Encore) Updated: 2011-06-29 14:00:01 Description: After the loss of his mother, acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron journeyed to the holiest mountain on earth: Mount Kailas, Tibet. It is sacred to one-fifth of humankind and has never been climbed. On an often grueling trek through an impoverished ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peace, Love and Parazit: Iran's Daily Show (Encore) Updated: 2011-06-28 14:00:01 Description: Tired of their routine jobs, Saman Arbabi and Kambiz Hosseini, two irreverent young Iranians, started a comedy program called "Parazit" that's modeled after Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" and broadcast over The Voice of America. The show is billed fo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Kill A Mockingbird (Encore) Updated: 2011-06-27 14:00:01 Description: Why has Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird," 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? (Rebroadcast from 6/30/10)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Eats Around Your Corner Updated: 2011-06-24 14:00:01 Description: The restaurant insider behind the wildly popular website RestaurantGirl.com joins us live on Food Friday to talk about how to get out of an eating rut with dishes from all over the world that you can find right here in this country....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Whale (Encore) Updated: 2011-06-23 14:00:01 Description: In "The Whale," winner of the 2009 BBC prize for nonfiction, Philip Hoare investigates the dark, shadowy beasts who swim below the depths only to surface in a spray of spume to find out what it is about them that exerts such a powerful grip on our co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Life On The Border: Live (Encore) Updated: 2011-06-22 14:00:01 Description: Here on Earth had a blast broadcasting live from the Fox Cities Book Festival in Menasha this April. We talked with the acclaimed Mexican-American writer Luis Alberto Urrea who says that the border between Mexico and the United States goes right thro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life And Language In The Amazonian Jungle (Encore) Updated: 2011-06-21 14:00:01 Description: "Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes": Behind that sensationalized title is a truly original account of Amazonia written by a man, Daniel Everett, who went there as a Christian missionary expecting to convert the Pirahas, a tribe in Brazil, and was instead...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hafez: Persia's Provocateur Updated: 2011-06-20 14:00:01 Description: Hafez, the famous 14th century Persian poet, used the most gorgeous language to expose duplicity, irreverence, and corruption in preachers, scholars of religious laws, memorizers and reciters of the Qur'an. Why is he still one of the best read poets ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Salt Updated: 2011-06-17 14:00:01 Description: It's the most universal of ingredients and the one most easily overlooked. From Sel Gris to flake salt, Mark Bitterman argues that the better you know your salt, the better every meal will turn out....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Anarchist Bastard Updated: 2011-06-16 14:00:01 Description: Joanna Herman, who grew up on a pig farm in Connecticut and is fond of saying, "I was born in 1944 but raised in the twelfth century," gives a salute to Italian patriarchy in this twist on Fathers' Day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Journey to the Moon Updated: 2011-06-15 14:00:01 Description: When was the last time you felt the enchantment of the full moon? James Attlee traveled the world to bask with those who still find significance in the moon and its province, the night....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Arabian Nights Updated: 2011-06-14 14:00:01 Description: In the original telling, Scheherazade's story was wild and wicked enough to keep the Sultan awake for a 1001 nights. Reza Aslan and Andrei Codrescu uncover the libidinous side of the Arabian Nights as we talk about the seductive power of storytelling...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Future Without Nuclear Energy? Updated: 2011-06-13 14:00:01 Description: The recent nuclear disaster in Japan has many people re-thinking the risks and benefits of nuclear energy. Germany took a bold stance two weeks ago when it pledged to shut down its nuclear reactors by 2022. What are the consequences of living without...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bach to the Future Updated: 2011-06-10 14:00:01 Description: The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society turns 20 this year with a bang! Co-founders Jeffrey Sykes and Stephanie Jutt are celebrating by coming out with a cookbook and a CD, pairing their favorite recipes with their favorite musical selections. Coffee ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Beautiful Thing At A Time Updated: 2011-06-09 14:00:01 Description: In Mary Gordon's latest novel, "The Love of My Youth," former lovers rendezvous in Rome after a separation of nearly forty years. Adam says to Miranda, "I want to show you one beautiful thing every day." Can a novel be a guidebook?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Socrates in China Updated: 2011-06-08 14:00:01 Description: Peter Vernezze went to China as a Peace Corps Volunteer to get a break from teaching philosophy. But in order to understand his students, he went back to teaching the nature of truth and the ideal of the good life, discovering in the process a side o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD India: Geek Nation? Updated: 2011-06-07 14:00:01 Description: Are Indians naturally geeky? In her new book, Angela Saini, who sees herself as the geek daughter of her Indian geek father, explores the past and future of India's devotion to science....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Religion With Joy Updated: 2011-06-06 14:00:01 Description: Many practitioners approach religion without joy, relying on concepts that constrict us rather than free us. Using music and movement, Rabbi Sigal teaches methods and guides practices intended to free the spirit and release the dance of the soul....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD You Can Make Injera! Updated: 2011-06-03 14:00:01 Description: If you've had the opportunity to dig into a traditional Ethiopian meal, the "plate" you probably ate it from and the "fork" you used to eat it were probably a spongy, sour bread called injera. Even for a native Ethiopian like Mulusew Yayehyirad, co-f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Wabi-Sabi Way Updated: 2011-06-02 14:00:01 Description: Do you love your rusty, dented old wheelbarrow? How Wabi-Sabi of you! A philosophy of seeing and homemaking, wabi-sabi has its roots in Japanese Zen Buddhism, but it's all about the imperfection of dried leaves, not the perfection of a fresh cherry b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Indigo: The Color That Seduced The World Updated: 2011-06-01 14:00:01 Description: Indigo, "the bluest of blues," is not just a color, but, as Catherine McKinley puts it, "an attempt to capture beauty." Inspired by her own ancestral entanglement with Indigo, Catherine set out to learn from the last master dyers of West Africa and d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Islam: Laughter As A Path To Understanding Updated: 2011-05-31 14:00:01 Description: In keeping with the lighter spirit of our latest Inside Islam programs, we present Muslim Comedians Tissa Hami and Dean Obeidallah, who use comedy to break down the stereotypes about Muslims and Arabs that have surged after 9-11....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Theater Of War (Encore) Updated: 2011-05-30 14:00:01 Description: Long before Memorial Day, Sophocles, the ancient Greek general and playwright, depicted the timeless psychological wounds inflicted upon warriors in his plays. In the Theater of War project, actors and actresses read Sophocles's plays to active servi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How To Eat Well On Forty Dollars A Week Updated: 2011-05-27 14:00:01 Description: Newly divorced and laid off, food writer Robin Mather moved to the woods and slashed her food budget. Her pantry became her savings account and the farmers nearby her grocers and her friends....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Elif Shafak Updated: 2011-05-26 14:00:01 Description: The most widely read woman writer in Turkey today, Elif Shafak was accused of insulting "Turkishness" for mentioning the Armenian genocide in one of her novels. Throughout her life and career, Elif has tried to unify the wildly different aspects of h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How To Make It Happen: Collective Visioning Updated: 2011-05-25 14:00:01 Description: Linda Stout proved through her award winning work in Appalachia that diversity is essential to meaningful social change. Now, she's helping groups around the country begin their work by getting everybody a seat at the table....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chosen Peoples Updated: 2011-05-24 14:00:01 Description: The idea of "the chosen" is everywhere in American and Israeli history, both trying to grasp the meaning of divine election and to bear its burden. We'll examine the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel through the prism of their perceive...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Islam: Muslims, Mosques, And American Identity (Encore) Updated: 2011-05-23 14:00:01 Description: Enjoy this Gabriel Award-winning program from our "Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates" series, "Muslims, Mosques, and American Identity." Can a Muslim be an American? Islamic Studies luminary Akbar Ahmed went all the way back to the Founding Fathers...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond the Pasta Updated: 2011-05-20 14:00:01 Description: Mark Leslie didn't just want to eat Italian food; he wanted to learn how to cook from a real Italian family. From the family in Viterbo that took him in, he not only learned how to cook, but how to live in a whole new way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Islam: On A Wing And A Prayer Updated: 2011-05-19 14:00:01 Description: Could anything be crazier than a Muslim-American learning to fly a plane in the United States post 9-11? I met Monem Salam a few months ago at a conference in Bloomington, Indiana, where he told his hilarious and touching story of how he fulfilled hi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tuesdays With Morrie, Russian-Style Updated: 2011-05-18 14:00:01 Description: In the 1980's, Wisconsinite Lisa Paul was a college student in Moscow studying Russian under the wing of an outspoken Jewish Soviet dissident. In her new book, "Swimming in the Daylight," she tells the harrowing story of how she put her own life on ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Encore) Updated: 2011-05-17 14:00:01 Description: In the last 20 years Noir has gone global, with Swedish fiction writer Stieg Larsson copping the number two place as best-selling author in the U.S., and crime fiction showing up in countries like Algeria, Turkey, and India. Join us with "Detectives ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fortunate Sons (Encore) Updated: 2011-05-16 14:00:01 Description: What happened when the Qing dynasty sent 120 boys to go to school in the U.S. in 1872? The boys got good at baseball and picked up nicknames like ByJinks Johnnie and Fighting Chinee. But they also confronted a struggle between traditionalism and mode...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ancient Grains Updated: 2011-05-13 14:00:01 Description: Think whole grains are just for health nuts? Maria Speck's love affair with barley, farro, and millet will change your mind. She grew up in Greece and Germany and will help us rediscover old world treatments of mankind's oldest staples....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD After the Dalai Lama Updated: 2011-05-12 14:00:01 Description: In March of this year, the Dalai Lama announced that he was looking for a successor who could take over his political duties as head of Tibet's government in exile. Late last month, the exiled Tibetans elected a new Harvard-educated Prime Minister. W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Islam: The 99 Updated: 2011-05-11 14:00:01 Description: What power do superheroes really have? Naif al-Mutawa believes that they can change the world. That's why he created "The 99": superheroes inspired by the 99 attributes of Allah. Together with "The 99," Naif is out to fight radical Islam and Western ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Benazir Bhutto Updated: 2011-05-10 14:00:01 Description: The premier of "Bhutto," an Independent Lens film that airs on Tuesday night, gives us a reason to talk about the woman who broke the glass ceiling to become the first woman headofstate to rule a Muslim nation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Kidnapping in Milan (Encore) Updated: 2011-05-09 14:00:01 Description: The CIA snatched the terrorist suspect Abu Omar from a street in Milan on February 17th, 2003, and spirited him away to Egypt for extraordinary rendition. The Italian court responded by convicting 23 CIA agents, marking the first time the CIA has eve...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tender Updated: 2011-05-06 14:00:01 Description: Revered British food writer Nigel Slater's encyclopedic take on his vegetable garden arrives on the American side of the Atlantic just in time to inspire your plans for this year's vegetable patch! Lori Skelton sits in as we nibble everything green, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Speak for Myself Updated: 2011-05-05 14:00:01 Description: The media have plenty to say about Muslim women, but the day's headlines rarely reflect the lives of the majority of Muslim women. And even less commonly do we hear the voices of Muslim women themselves. This week, Madison welcomes women writers behi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To A Mountain In Tibet (Encore) Updated: 2011-05-04 14:00:01 Description: After the loss of his mother, acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron journeyed to the holiest mountain on earth: Mount Kailas in Tibet. It is sacred to one-fifth of humankind and has never been climbed. On an often grueling trek through an impoverishe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Ride Of Your Life Updated: 2011-05-03 14:00:01 Description: It's time to get your bicycles out of the basement! Whether you're crazy about bikes or just appreciate a leisurely ride, you'll fall in love with Rob Penn's story. He once circled the globe on a bike, then traveled to different countries to find th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The World Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death Updated: 2011-05-02 14:00:01 Description: While some Americans celebrated Osama Bin Laden's death in Time Square, other countries have their own reactions to this event. Our guests will discuss the impact this event has not only on US soil, but worldwide....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aromas of Aleppo Updated: 2011-04-29 14:00:01 Description: I've just returned from a trip to Aleppo where my husband's grandparents once lived as part of a vibrant Syrian Jewish community. Having eaten sumptuously while there, I naturally wanted to bring to our listeners an awareness of the wonders of Syrian...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rainer Maria Rilke: Light In Dark Times Updated: 2011-04-28 14:00:01 Description: Together with Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke is among America's most prized poets. His connection to nature permeates his work, and his idea of the relationship between the human and the divine as being one of mutual need still inspires spiritual seekers o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Meaning Of Mary Magdalene Updated: 2011-04-27 14:00:01 Description: Why so much interest in Mary Magdalene lately? Upcoming films, upcoming books (fictional and historical), a Bollywood movie and even a Lady Gaga video. Cynthia Bourgeault is with us this hour. In her book, she says to "reclaim Mary Magdalene is to re...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gandhi, Great Soul Updated: 2011-04-26 14:00:01 Description: Amidst political revolution, nonviolent and violent, a new biography of Mahatma Gandhi hits the shelves. Has India idolized the man without fully embracing his teachings? What can we learn from this nonviolent leader's successes and disappointments? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rara! (Encore) Updated: 2011-04-25 14:00:01 Description: Join us for a special live performance from DJA-Rara, the Brooklyn-based Haitian rara band. There are many explanations of the origins of rara, but whatever its beginnings, this raucous, peripatetic, and subversive music has endured and been embraced...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Chocolate Chasers (Encore) Updated: 2011-04-22 14:00:01 Description: Dan Pearson was working in Peru with his stepson Brian Horsley when they stumbled on a species of cocoa long thought extinct. Even better, the trees had mutated to produce highly prized white beans! Following their discovery, Dan and Brian partnered ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Optimist's Tour of Our Ecological Future Updated: 2011-04-21 14:00:01 Description: The Optimist is back! Health-care tailored to genetic profiles. Machines that pull carbon dioxide out of the air. What's next? Writer Mark Stevenson set out to answer that question by talking with scientists and philosophers around the world who are ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arrival City Updated: 2011-04-20 14:00:01 Description: Look around: the largest migration in human history is under way. For the first time ever, more people are living in cities than in rural areas. Many of these migrants first live in slums at the outskirts of cities. But these "arrival cities" are not...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Syria: The Other Side of the Mirror Updated: 2011-04-19 14:00:01 Description: The protests in Syria are making our daily news, and the entire world is watching as Bashar al-Assad is trying to mollify the protesters. But does the image we get in the news correspond with the real Syria? What aspects of this country do we never h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Paper Garden Updated: 2011-04-18 14:00:01 Description: Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop from a geranium. In a flash, she picked up her scissors and cut out a paper replica of the petal, inventing the art of collage. Now nearly a thousand of her cut-paper collages, known...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Here on Earth Promo Updated: 2005-08-13 00:00:01 Description: Learn what the Here on Earth show brings you from the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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