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Summer Reading; Coalition Govt; Essay about grief; Aboriginal women; Stalin's Daughter; Blooper reel

Michael's essay - Summer reading: Michael shares his recommendations for great summer reads. The coalition conundrum: The coalition conundrum: Polls suggest none of the three main parties are likely to win a majority in Canada's federal election in October, but our political culture has been resistant to coalition governments. In Denmark, coalitions are a political way of life. Michael talks to Adam Price, creator and head writer of the wildly popular Danish political drama, "Borgen". He also talks to two Canadians familiar with the levers of power - retired Conservative senator Hugh Segal, and Janice MacKinnon, who served in Lorne Calvert's NDP-led coalition with the Liberals in Saskatchewan. Complicated Grief Disorder - Essay by Emelia Symington Fedy: For years, Emelia relied on anti-depressants. But the death of her mother just as she was about to have her first child, sent her into a spiral of grief that no medication could cure. No More Silence: The issue of Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women continues to dominate the conversation. On National Aboriginal Day, Michael Enright hosted a panel discussion in front of an audience at the Toronto Reference Library about this national tragedy. Svetlana Stalin: Although Joseph Stalin's only daughter and favourite child was known as the "Kremlin Princess", her life was anything but storybook. Michael talks with acclaimed Canadian biographer, Rosemary Sullivan about her new book "Stalin's Daughter, the Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva". Behind the scenes at the radio show: A collection of bloopers Michael has made over the past season.
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Michael's essay - Summer reading: (00:00:25) Michael shares his recommendations for great summer reads.

The coalition conundrum: (00:05:12) Polls suggest none of the three main parties are likely to win a majority in Canada's federal election in October, but our political culture has been resistant to coalition governments. In Denmark, coalitions are a political way of life. Michael talks to Adam Price, creator and head writer of the wildly popular Danish political drama, Borgen.  He also talks to two Canadians familiar with the levers of power - retired Conservative senator Hugh Segal, and Janice MacKinnon, who served in Lorne Calvert's NDP-led coalition with the Liberals in Saskatchewan. 

Complicated Grief Disorder - Essay by Emelia Symington Fedy: (00:46:35) For years, Emelia relied on anti-depressants - for the sadness of a break-up, for overall general anxiety. But the death of her mother just as she was about to have her first child, sent her into a spiral of grief that no medication could cure. But life itself, could.

No More Silence: (00:54:29) The issue of the missing and murdered aboriginal women continues to dominate the conversation. This week, the Alberta government joined the call for a national inquiry. Last week, the RCMP released a report concluding that aboriginal women are most frequently killed by someone they know. Michael Enright hosted a panel discussion in front of an audience at the Toronto Reference Library about this national tragedy. His guests are Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Deborah Richardson, Audrey Huntley of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto and journalist, writer, and artist Angela Sterrit.

Svetlana Stalin: (01:12:14) Although Joseph Stalin's only daughter, and favourite child, was known as the "Kremlin Princess", her life was anything but storybook. Svetlana Stalin was born in 1926, two years into her father's brutal reign.  Her mother committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart when Svetlana was a child. Svetlana's story, including her dramatic defection from the Soviet Union in 1967, is the subject of an intriguing new book by acclaimed Canadian biographer, Rosemary Sullivan. Stalin's Daughter, the Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva reads like a political thriller, a portrait of a woman who lived an endlessly complicated life "at the centre of the maelstrom of the century". 

Behind the scenes at the radio show: (01:38:59) Every now and then when our talented host sits down behind the microphone, he starts a wrestling match with the words on the page in front of him. And every now and then, hilarity ensues. (Sometimes, a bag of nuts really is just a bag of nuts). 

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