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April 2006
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Monday, April 3
FROG LAKE MASSACRE CD
Four white men are murdered. Eight Indian men hang. Myrna Kostash revisits the Frog Lake Massacre, one of the bloody events of the 1885 North West Rebellion that still haunts aboriginals and whites.
Tuesday, April 4
FRONTIER JUSTICE CD
Hannah Arendt thought that the plight of refugees highlighted a profound tension between human rights and national sovereignty. Andy Lamey applies Arendt’s ideas to Canada’s refugee debate.
Wednesday, April 5
THE YIN AND YANG OF ALAN WATTS CD
Bob Chelmick meditates on the Episcopal priest who abandoned conventional Christianity to become a “spiritual entertainer” preaching the wisdom of the East. To learn more about Alan Watts visit the Alan Watts website. 
Thursday, April 6 – Friday, April 7
RULES OF THE GAME CD
The “war on terror” raises a lot of sticky questions, such as - who is an enemy combatant, how do we know when we’ve caught one, how should they be treated, and stickiest of all: what’s okay when it comes to interrogation? Philip Coulter goes to Guantanamo to explore the moral thicket in which we are all entangled.
Monday, April 10 – Tuesday, April 11
WHILE YOU WERE OUT CD
Science is exposing the secret life of sleep. But why we spend a third of our lives cut off from the world is still a mystery. Jeff Warren follows the cycles of sleep and dreams—and what they reveal about who we are.
Wednesday, April 12
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES CD
Often arbitrary and always consequential: philosophers Michael Blake, Arthur Ripstein, Seana Shiffrin and IDEAS host Paul Kennedy map out the perplexing and inescapable boundaries of political life.
Thursday, April 13
THE PROBABILITY OF GOD CD
Mary Hynes talks with physicist Stephen Unwin, who used his mathematical training to decide, once and for all, whether God exists. His book, The Probability of God: A Simple Calculation that Proves the Ultimate Truth. is published by Crown Forum. Mary also speaks to Alan Jones, the Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The Reverend Jones argues passionately that we need both imagination and intelligence for our spiritual journey. Alan Jones' book is called Reimagining Christianity: Reconnect Your Spirit Without Disconnecting your Mind. It's published by John Wiley and Sons.
Friday, April 14
OUR DAILY BREAD CD
It's a feast for all five senses. Our staff of lunch and life. Amy Jo Ehman kneads the multiple roles of homemade bread—cultural, spiritual, and physical—and finds it tasty, no matter how you slice it.
Monday, April 17
EROS UNLEASHED
 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay rode a Roaring '20s roller coaster of poverty, alcohol, morphine and rampant promiscuity. Cindy Bisaillon rediscovers Millay's celebrated love poetry.
Tuesday, April 18 – Wednesday, April 19
GARDENS OF ILLUSION CD
André LeNôtre, the greatest landscape architect of 17th century France, designed the gardens of Versailles and Fontainebleau. He saw his gardens as microcosms of the world, hymns to Reason. Two hundred years later, in a more democratic era, Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park, Mount Royal, and other important public parks in North America. Philip Coulter profiles both men and looks at what their gardens tell us about two very different worlds.
Please note: The Gift of Love originally scheduled for tonight will air on May 3 and 4.
Thursday, April 20 – Friday, April 21
NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS CD
Universal medicare. The person's case establishing women's rights. Our modern political agenda. The book that inspired Canadian novelists to write about their own country. These and many more first sprang up in Alberta and Saskatchewan. IDEAS producer Dave Redel explores how the two provinces have shaped the rest of the country.
Monday, April 24
BLUE METROPOLIS
IDEAS host Paul Kennedy reports from the Blue Metropolis Festival in Montreal, where writers from around the world meet to discuss matters of mutual concern. Paul speaks with: Scotsman James Meek, author of The People's Act of Love; Cuban Jose Carlos Somoza, author of The Athenian Murders; and Englishman Tim Parks, author of Europa.
Tuesday, April 25 – Wednesday , April 26
PLEASURES OF THE FLESH CD
 The French have an old and rich tradition of eroticism, celebrating the dark as well as the luminous side of sexuality. Gilbert Reid explores French eroticism from the Marquis de Sade to Madame Bovary and The Story of O to learn what it has to tell us about romance and desire, sexuality and human nature.
Thursday, April 27
TEA IN THE WHYTE HOUSE CD
 On what would have been her ninety-ninth birthday, Paul Kennedy celebrates Canadian artist Catharine Whyte by drinking tea in her Banff kitchen with a group of her best friends.
Friday, April 28
PLANETARY HEALTH CD/Book
 From the 2005 Kenneth Hammond Lectures at the University of Guelph: Ward Chesworth on sustainable agriculture; Murray McBride on neurodegenerative diseases and the environment; David MacLean on forests, and Dominique Charron on climate change.
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