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Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and hosted by Jean Feraca, "Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders" is a live cultural affairs call-in talk show that introduces extraordinary people from across the world whose stories instill passion and connect deeply with listeners each weekday. Join us live from 4PM to 5PM Eastern time Monday through Friday. The show is streamed live at hereonearth.org.
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Five centuries ago, slaves from West Africa who ended up in Brazil practiced capoeira as a martial art, a game, and a way to keep their native cultures alive. Since then it's been spreading...
Get ready for the wild and wooly world of Stan Brock, who was once seen wrestling an anaconda on ABC's Wild Kingdom! Now he flies portable medical clinics and teams of volunteer doctors...
Forget the cookbooks and the recipes, you have to be really creative to cook at the South Pole where ingredients take at least a week to thaw and foods like pasta turn to instant m
If you take a look at the U.S.'s first Olympics in St. Louis in 1904, you'll find a lot of the same rhetoric being used in Beijing today. According to Susan Brownell, who has lifelong...
In the fifties, Kafka was all the rage, followed by Sartre and Camus. Another great wave of translations swept over the US with the advent of Latin American fiction when everybody was...
When Elizabeth Pisani is asked what she does for a living, she replies, "sex and drugs." As an epidemiologist who has studied AIDS for the past fourteen years, she knows her stuff.
Regarding Barack Obama's international tour, some are hailing it a global victory lap; others say it was a big mistake. John Nichols weighs in and we have a journalist from Germany
In order to save an endangered species, you have to eat it! Or so says the coalition of groups behind Renewing America's Food Traditions, a project committed to restoring the unique...
"I don't believe the solutions ... will come from the left or the right ... They will come from islands of people with integrity who want to do something," so said the founder of The...
Life is good for Binti, a young girl living in Malawi. She has a role on a radio play and goes to a prestigious school. But when her father dies of AIDS and she's sent to live with
Imagine an American summer camp where no one speaks English and you can't either. Welcome to the world of language camps, where traditional activities like canoeing and hiking are conducted...
Samuel Johnson once said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. With Democrats and Republicans waging a war of words over which candidate is the true patriot, how do you...
The Paris Tasting of 1976 is a landmark event that transformed the wine industry. At this legendary contest, a blind tasting, a panel of top French wine experts shocked the industry...
In a quiet monastery deep in the Vienna woods, the monks suddenly found themselves have become a pop sensation after their album of Gregorian chant shot to number 7 this spring in the...
In this first summer post-Harry-Potter, are you looking for books for your children? We have some great recommendations. They are not only fun, but also give young minds an early start...
When John Hemming was just 26, his first expedition to the Amazon was cut short when its leader was ambushed and killed. In the 50 ensuing years, he has attempted to end the centuries...
One of the rising movements in American indie-rock comes from western Africa. Obscure recordings from the seventies are finding new fans in record stores and on-line. So why are white...
Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. For an expedition through the fascinating world...
In Salman Rushdie's latest wild and whirling novel, The Enchantress of Florence, a refugee from Florence ends up in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar: A Muslim vegetarian, a warrior...
A law student at the University of Miami and native speaker of Pashto, Afghan-American Mahvish Khan was the perfect candidate to work as a translator for Guantanamo Bay detainees. But...
Building on the success of his last book, The Ethical Brain, neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga now turns his attention to the highly social nature of our species and the mystery of what...
Vying with bearded Hizbollah commanders for the hearts and minds of Middle Eastern youth is a well-funded and altogether better looking army: a gang of half naked girls. Can the clash...
How has German "hamburg steak" evolved into hamburgers, an American icon? Jean Feraca and her guest trace how the hamburger has gone from a little-known, greasy-spoon treat sold at
When some Jamaican recording engineers began crafting "dub" music in 1970s, they were initiating a musical revolution that continues to have worldwide influence. Jean Feraca talks to...
Jean Feraca talks to a young Belarusian poet who is hailed as a risen star in the international poetry world.
Canada Apologizes to its Native Peoples for its Boarding School Policy, following Australia's example. So what about us?
Since 1970 the lands and waters of Lake Superior's Apostle Islands have been protected by the federal government as the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, thanks to Gaylord Nelson,...
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...
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...
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...
Jean Feraca and her guest discuss what the world would look like if humans disappeared.
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....
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.
Jean Feraca and her guests discuss Maxine Kumin and her poetry.
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...
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 obitu
NPR reporter Daniel Zwerdling did a report for Weekend Edition on the backlash caused by the Fairmont, Minnesota, City Council's decision to support the creation of a Department of
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Meet Gail Ambrosius, a Wisconsin chocolatier, who has studied the fine art of French chocolate making.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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