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MONDAY APRIL 3RD
SPRING BOOK REVIEW
Couldn't put it down or shouldn't pick it up? Extension 720's expert panel
of book reviewers, Penelope Mesic, Dan Tucker and Alan Gitelson, deliver
their weighty judgment on this quarter's selection
of books tonight on Extension 720.
 TUESDAY
APRIL 4TH
WHO REALLY WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
Fortunately quiz shows and the lottery are not the only routes into the
plutocracy. Tonight's guest Charles B Carlson has studied the investment
habits of 'everyday' millionaires. In his new book  Eight
Steps to Seven Figures, Carlson sets out the lessons learned from
these individuals and reveals strategies that will build wealth without
taking wild risks. Joining Carlson to discuss this and other investment
matters will be Pat Dorsey of Morningstar.com and Peter Ziv of Ziv Investments.
Tune in tonight as Milt and guests reveal how to laugh in Regis' face
tonight on Extension 720.
WEDNESDAY APRIL
5TH
GOLD FROM THE VAULT
AFTER A 7:05 BALL GAME If there's time after the game we will play one
of a number of recently recorded interviews.
THURSDAY APRIL
6TH
TABS VERSES CATS
Verbal fur will surely fly as two ace debating teams from Northwestern
University and Cambridge University respectively battle it out live on
Extension 720. Under discussion will be the "motion" that America's role
as world policeman should be maintained and strengthened. Naturally any
national sympathies will be reversed as the Brits argue for the motion
and the home team argues against. Call in, as we take questions from the
floor, during what is sure to be a lively, but this time bloodless, battle
between Redcoats and Colonists
FRIDAY APRIL 7TH
MONEY FOR OLD ROPE
AFTER THE 6:05 BALL GAME Before you clear out the attic you may want to
listen to tonight's show. Tune in as Milt talks about antiques and collectibles
with a suitably qualified panel, including Leslie Hindman founder of Leslie
Hindman Auctioneers and the new on-line appraisals service Eppraisals.com,
and make sure your garage sale doesn't make more money for your neighbors
than it does for you.
 MONDAY
APRIL 10TH
HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM...
'Nobody knew how the stories about poison pills got started'. So begins
Captain Jim Lovell's account of the most famous vehicular breakdown in
history, with a harrowing discussion of the ways of 'making an early exit'
from a stranded ship. On the 30th anniversary of the ill-fated  Apollo
13 mission, Lovell joins Milt to talk about his career in space
and what it's like to find yourself 200,000 miles from home, surrounded
by a blood boiling vacuum, with no certain way back and no conscionable
way out.
 TUESDAY
APRIL 11TH
JEWISH HISTORY
Replying to an anti-Semitic remark by a fellow Senator of German extraction,
senator Judah Benjamin replied, 'The gentleman will please remember that
when his half-civilized ancestors were hunting the wild boar in Silesia,
mine were princes of the Earth.' Tonight Extension 720 welcomes an expert
panel including Professor Norman Golb author of  Who
Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?: The Search for The Secret of Qumran
and contributor to  The
Cambridge History of Judaism, to talk about the long and fascinating
history of the Jews from the Early Roman period through the to the present
day.
WEDNESDAY APRIL
12TH
THIS OLD HOUSE...
Ain't got no windows, ain't got no doors? Whatever the condition of your
home there's always scope for improvement. Whether you're planning a palatial
summer house or simply want to re-hang a door tonight's guests, including
WGN's own Mr. Fix-it Lou Manfredini,
have a wealth of advice and handy tips to offer. Turn a drab dwelling
into a dulce domum and tune in to Milt and guests tonight on Extension
720.
THURSDAY APRIL
13TH
THE ATTACK ON TRUTH
Rigoberta Menchu wins the Nobel Peace Prize based on an autobiography
shown to be full of made up events. Two Boston Globe writers concoct stories
and label them as fact. Jay Leno buys an event from a fellow comedian's
life to use in his own memoir. Tonight's guest social critic Os Guinness
uses these and other examples in his new book  Time
for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype and Spin, to illustrate
what he believes to be the 'crisis of truth'. In an impassioned critique
of the damage wrought by the abandonment of a concept of objective value
and the rise of post-modernism and cultural relativism, Guinness, illustrates
the problems caused by the absence of cultural and moral authority in
American Society. Joining Guiness in conversation is philosopher Paul
Moser one of the editors of a new anthology Moral Relativism.
 FRIDAY
APRIL 14TH
FRENCH LITERATURE
'Touse les genres sont bons hors le genre ennuyeux.' Tonight we will aim
to stick to Voltaire's maxim, considering, with typically modest ambition,
the full scope of French Literature, excepting only the truly tiresome.
Join Milt and expert panel, including Professor Catherine Perry and Professor
William Carter author of the the acclaimed new biography,  Marcel
Proust, for lively discussion of one of Europe's greatest literary
traditions.
 MONDAY
APRIL 17TH
NOT BUYING A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Despite unprecedented national affluence, symptoms of moral confusion
abound. Tonight's guest social psychologist David Myers catalogs these
symptoms--violent crime, political cynicism, unrestrained greed, irresponsible
media, broken homes--and investigates their cultural significance. In
the new book  The
American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty, Myers
argues that increasing affluence has brought us neither happiness nor
a sense of purpose but has diminished the importance of family, community
and faith in God. Tune in as Milt and Myers weigh the American soul, tonight
on Extension 720.
TUESDAY APRIL
18TH
ALL THE PRESIDENTS ENDS.
AFTER A 6:05 BALL GAME 'Water' gasped Ulysses S. Grant from his deathbed.
Surrounded by family, several doctors and nurses, a stenographer, and
a sculptor - waiting to cast his death mask- Grant, who once smoked twenty
cigars a day, died of throat cancer. Readers of the new book  Who's
Buried in Grant's Tomb?: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites by
C-SPAN's Brian Lamb and Richard Norton Smith will see that pathos stalked
the deaths of many the American Presidents. Tune in for a spellbinding
tale of the lives and ultimate ends of all the presidents, bar five, tonight
on Extension 720
WEDNESDAY APRIL
19TH
PASSOVER
Milt is taking the night off as Passover begins; but the bitter herbs
of Passover will be sweetened by a sprinkling of recently recorded interviews.
THURSDAY APRIL
20TH
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
AFTER A 6:05 BALL GAME Some play for the love of the game, but most play
for more prosaic reasons; millions of them. Paid more than Presidents,
Professors and Popstars, the players in the NBA, NFL and Major League
Baseball show just how lucrative the business of sports can be. Eldon
Ham sports, attorney, Professor Allen Sanderson, sports economist and
leading sports agent Mark Bartelstien join Milt to talk about the green
mill that really drives the game.
 FRIDAY
APRIL 21ST
GOOD FRIDAY
AFTER A 6:10 GAME This Friday is, of course, Good Friday and provides,
therefore, the perfect opportunity to air an interview with Richard Neuhaus,
Currently President of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. Neuhaus'
latest book  Death
on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the
Cross, explores crucifixion, its meaning and significance for
Christians.
MONDAY APRIL 24TH
FILM STARS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE
 There
was a time, before the sullying influence of the tabloid press and intrusive
television, when the pantheon of Hollywood stars did indeed seem to be
populated by individuals of god-like stature. Whether this image is myth
or reality it is doubtful that we will see their like again. Join Milt
and an expert panel including, Kate Buford author of  Burt
Lancaster: An American Life and Father Gene Phillips, film critic
and historian, for a discussion of the great movie stars from Hollywood's
golden age, illustrated with audio from some their best performances.
TUESDAY APRIL
25TH
ANDALUCIA
 AFTER
A 7:05P BALL GAME The man who was Phil Collins joins Extension 720 for
a conversation about life in rural Spain. Chris Stewart the first drummer
of super group Genesis and for many years a writer for the Rough Guide
travel books, cools his weary feet in Studio A for a conversation about
life in Andalucia, a culturally and historically rich region of Spain,
as set out in his new book  Driving
Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia.
WEDNESDAY APRIL
26TH
ANSWERS FROM THE PAST
AFTER A 7:05 BALL GAME "The Claremont Institute finds the answers to America's
problems in the principles on which our nation was founded. These principles
are expressed most eloquently in the Declaration of Independence, which
proclaims that "all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights...." Joining Milt in conversation tonight
will be Michael Y Warder Vice-President of The Claremont Institute for
the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy as Extension 720 considers
what lessons 21st Century America can learn from great 18th Century Americans.
 THURSDAY
APRIL 27TH
LITTLE PEOPLE
(POSTPONED FROM FEBRUARY)
What happens when children are not treated as children but as mini-adults?
According to Kay Hymowitz, we become a nation filled children who are
ill-prepared for the demands and responsibilities of adulthood. In Hymowitz's
view, trendy rearing techniques and busy parents have combined to leave
to the children themselves the task of finding meaning and purpose in
their lives, a void filled by the entertainment and advertising industries.
 Ready
or Not: Why Treating Children As Small Adults Endangers Their Future--And
Ours
is a lively and learned denunciation of the way children are being pushed
into rearing themselves, and tonight's program promises to be lively.
FRIDAY APRIL 28TH
NANOTECHNOLOGY
In the film 'Fantastic Voyage' miniaturized scientists are sent inside
the human body. But tales of miniaturization are no longer confined to
overheated science fiction. Tonight we discuss the emerging field of nanotechnology,
or the science of the very, very small. Amongst the many potential applications
of the latest research are super computers the size of punctuation marks
and machines small enough to enter the human body and repair damage or
destroy cancerous cells . Join Milt and an expert panel drawn from Notre
Dame's Center for Nano-Science and Technology as we put one of the most
exciting new technological frontiers under the Extension 720 tunneling
electron microscope.
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