The Kathleen Dunn Show
Focused on leading balanced discussions about the issues of the day and those of our time, "The Kathleen Dunn Show" aired Monday through Thursday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the Ideas Network stations from 2006 until August 10, 2017.
Dunn and her producers strove to be as timely as possible when choosing topics and guests. The immediacy of the show attracted many loyal listeners who sought in-depth discussions that go beyond the headlines.
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| Fri, 02/29/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/29/2008 - In the summer of 1913, he set off into the Maine woods, naked and with no supplies. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the life of outdoorsman Joseph Knowles. A look at his exploits in wilderness survival, and the accusations of fraud that followed him. | Download |
| Fri, 02/29/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/29/2008 - In the summer of 1913, he set off into the Maine woods, naked and with no supplies. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the life of outdoorsman Joseph Knowles. A look at his exploits in wilderness survival, and the accusations of fraud that followed him. | Download |
| Fri, 02/29/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/29/2008 - Conservative icon William F. Buckley Junior died Wednesday at 82. After nine, John Munson and his guests remember how Buckley shaped the modern conservative movement. | Download |
| Thu, 02/28/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/28/2008 - Have pollsters gone over the top this election cycle, or have they missed the mark? Is there a disparity between media coverage of presidential candidates? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss politics and the media. | Download |
| Thu, 02/28/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/28/2008 - Have pollsters gone over the top this election cycle, or have they missed the mark? Is there a disparity between media coverage of presidential candidates? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss politics and the media. | Download |
| Thu, 02/28/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/28/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine both sides of the school voucher program in Milwaukee. A recent report suggests that there is little difference in performance between private and public school school students. | Download |
| Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/27/2008 - After ten, John Munson's guests are involved with the “Encyclopedia of Life,” an online project by an international team of scientists, which will unveil it’s first thirty thousand pages on Thursday. www.eol.org | Download |
| Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/27/2008 - After ten, John Munson's guests are involved with the “Encyclopedia of Life,” an online project by an international team of scientists, which will unveil it’s first thirty thousand pages on Thursday. www.eol.org | Download |
| Wed, 02/27/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/27/2008 - Tribal leaders gathered at the Capital yesterday for the annual State of the Tribes Address. After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss improving communication between lawmakers and Wisconsin tribes, rising health care costs and parity in tribal schools. | Download |
| Tue, 02/26/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/26/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the presidential campaign of republican candidate John McCain; his foreign and economic policies, campaign finances, and his relationship within the G-O-P. | Download |
| Tue, 02/26/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/26/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the presidential campaign of republican candidate John McCain; his foreign and economic policies, campaign finances, and his relationship within the G-O-P. | Download |
| Tue, 02/26/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/26/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks politics with NPR Political Junkie, Ken Rudin (ROO-d'n), and writer Sandy Horwitt. | Download |
| Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/25/2008 - Yesterday, the Cuban National Assembly elected a new President. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss Cuba without Fidel Castro, and what, if anything, could change. Guest; Silvia Wilhelm, Executive Director of Cuban Bridges, an organization in Miami, Florida. | Download |
| Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/25/2008 - Yesterday, the Cuban National Assembly elected a new President. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss Cuba without Fidel Castro, and what, if anything, could change. Guest; Silvia Wilhelm, Executive Director of Cuban Bridges, an organization in Miami, Florida. | Download |
| Mon, 02/25/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/25/2008 - After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss the major political headlines from Pakistan and Kosovo. | Download |
| Fri, 02/22/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/22/2008 - How do you know when you're getting a fair price? After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the economic, psychological, and cultural factors that influence pricing. | Download |
| Fri, 02/22/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/22/2008 - How do you know when you're getting a fair price? After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the economic, psychological, and cultural factors that influence pricing. | Download |
| Fri, 02/22/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/22/2008 - After nine, John Munson and his guest discuss the latest from the presidential campaign. | Download |
| Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/21/2008 - Do those dinner-time telemarketer calls on your cell phone get you miffed? Relief may be on the way. After ten, John Munson’s guest discusses a state senate bill that would add Mobile phones to the Wisconsin Do Not Call list. | Download |
| Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/21/2008 - Do those dinner-time telemarketer calls on your cell phone get you miffed? Relief may be on the way. After ten, John Munson’s guest discusses a state senate bill that would add mobile phones to the Wisconsin Do Not Call list. | Download |
| Thu, 02/21/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/21/2008 - Consumer prices rose more than expected in January, reflecting big increases in the cost of food and health care. After nine, John Munson's guest says the U.S. faces a serious risk of "stagflation," where millions could lose their jobs, their homes, or both. | Download |
| Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/20/2008 - America has a fascination with Abraham Lincoln. Did he have a happy childhood? Did he own slaves? Did he seek war with The South? After ten, John Munson's guest discusses the life an legacy of Lincoln. | Download |
| Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/20/2008 - America has a fascination with Abraham Lincoln. Did he have a happy childhood? Did he own slaves? Did he seek war with The South? After ten, John Munson's guest discusses the life an legacy of Lincoln. | Download |
| Wed, 02/20/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/20/2008 - After nine, John Munson and his guests examine the controversial reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act... and the retroactive legal immunity for telecommunications companies involved in the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program. | Download |
| Tue, 02/19/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/19/2008 - After ten, John Munson talks with the leader of an international team of astronomers who've recently announced the discovery of a miniature version of our own solar system 5-thousand light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy. | Download |
| Tue, 02/19/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/19/2008 - After ten, John Munson talks with the leader of an international team of astronomers who've recently announced the discovery of a miniature version of our own solar system 5-thousand light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy. | Download |
| Tue, 02/19/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/19/2008 - After nine, John Munson's guest discusses recently proposed changes to the Great Lakes Water Compact and how they could force the re-negotiation of the current deal. | Download |
| Mon, 02/18/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/18/2008 - With Wisconsinites heading to the polls tomorrow to vote in the presidential primary, who will you be voting for and why? Let us know, after ten, when Jim Packard hosts a presidential straw poll. | Download |
| Mon, 02/18/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/18/2008 - With Wisconsinites heading to the polls tomorrow to vote in the presidential primary, who will you be voting for and why? Let us know, after ten, when Jim Packard hosts a presidential straw poll. Results: Obama, 45 votes Clinton, 25 votes Huckabee, 3 votes Paul, 3 votes McCain, 1 vote Edwards, 1 vote | Download |
| Mon, 02/18/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/18/2008 - Join Jim Packard and his guests, after nine, as they recap all the major headlines from Washington, and preview Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary. | Download |
| Fri, 02/15/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/15/2008 - After ten, as the election heats up, Veronica Rueckert is joined by two philosopher-comedians to examine how to decipher all the political doublespeak. | Download |
| Fri, 02/15/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/15/2008 - After ten, as the election heats up, Veronica Rueckert is joined by two philosopher-comedians to examine how to decipher all the political doublespeak. | Download |
| Fri, 02/15/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/15/2008 - After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with a top Clinton adviser about the Senator’s presidential campaign. | Download |
| Thu, 02/14/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/14/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the true stories behind things you didn't even know had a story, from who invented the dishwasher, to the first person to ever go on a diet. | Download |
| Thu, 02/14/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/14/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the true stories behind things you didn't even know had a story, from who invented the dishwasher, to the first person to ever go on a diet. | Download |
| Thu, 02/14/2008 - 9:30am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/14/2008 - After nine thirty, Veronica Rueckert talks with the first in a series of candidate campaign advisors. | Download |
| Thu, 02/14/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/14/2008 - It's the most highly anticipated open primary in recent state history. After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with Governor Doyle about the significance of next Tuesday's Wisconsin Primary. | Download |
| Wed, 02/13/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/13/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest is the producer of the film, “No End In Sight: Iraq’s decent into Chaos”. | Download |
| Wed, 02/13/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/13/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest is the producer of the film, “No End In Sight: Iraq’s Descent into Chaos”. | Download |
| Wed, 02/13/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/13/2008 - In what has been dubbed the “Potomac Primaries,” voters in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia went to the polls last night. After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with two journalists who covered those contests. | Download |
| Tue, 02/12/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/12/2008 - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joins Veronica Rueckert, after ten, to discuss her latest book, “Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership.” | Download |
| Tue, 02/12/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/12/2008 - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joins Veronica Rueckert, after ten, to discuss her latest book, “Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership.” | Download |
| Tue, 02/12/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/12/2008 - A new study suggests people are spending less and less time outdoors. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the declining interest in nature based recreation and conservation. | Download |
| Mon, 02/11/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/11/2008 - Much of what we eat and drink has crossed countries and continents to get to our tables. After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest questions the "eat local" movement and tells us why. | Download |
| Mon, 02/11/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/11/2008 - Much of what we eat and drink has crossed countries and continents to get to our tables. After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest questions the "eat local" movement, and tells us why. | Download |
| Mon, 02/11/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/11/2008 - After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman about what's happening with the U.S. economy. | Download |
| Fri, 02/08/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/08/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with the President of the Milwaukee Public Museum about Gunther von Hagens’ (GOON-ter vahn HAH-gen's) “Body Worlds” exhibit. | Download |
| Fri, 02/08/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/08/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with the President of the Milwaukee Public Museum about Gunther von Hagens’ (GOON-ter vahn HAH-gen's) “Body Worlds” exhibit. | Download |
| Fri, 02/08/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/08/2008 - After nine, from the coastal desert of Peru... to the once vast urban landscape of the medieval capital of Cambodia, Veronica Rueckert and her guests explore the top archaeological discoveries of 2007. | Download |
| Thu, 02/07/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/07/2008 - Who started the tradition of the Presidential "first pitch" for baseball season? President Jimmy Carter appointed which future First Lady to the board of the Legal Services Corporation? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest delve deep into presidential trivia. | Download |
| Thu, 02/07/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/07/2008 - Who started the tradition of the Presidential "first pitch" for baseball season? President Jimmy Carter appointed which future First Lady to the board of the Legal Services Corporation? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest delve deep into presidential trivia. | Download |
| Thu, 02/07/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/07/2008 - Exit polls in Georgia suggest that more than half of the Democrats that voted in the State’s primary were black, with nearly 9-in-10 voting for Barack Obama. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss racial and ethnic factors in the American Political debate. | Download |
| Wed, 02/06/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/06/2008 - According to Veronica Rueckert’'s guest, after ten, a global average temperature shift of a mere six degrees would be a comparable difference between the very depths of the last Ice Age... and today. | Download |
| Wed, 02/06/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/06/2008 - According to Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, a global average temperature shift of a mere six degrees would be a comparable difference between the very depths of the last Ice Age... and today. | Download |
| Wed, 02/06/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/06/2008 - To what extent should parents influence the political attitudes of their children? After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss what some are calling “party training.” | Download |
| Tue, 02/05/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/05/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the strange power of nicknames. | Download |
| Tue, 02/05/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/05/2008 - After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the changing role of campaign theme songs through history, and the musical selections of the current crop of candidates. | Download |
| Mon, 02/04/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/04/2008 - After ten, the talk turns to the psychology of scent. Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the relationship between scent, emotion and behavior. | Download |
| Mon, 02/04/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/04/2008 - After ten, the talk turns to the psychology of scent. Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the relationship between scent, emotion and behavior. | Download |
| Mon, 02/04/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/04/2008 - After nine, with only a day left until Super Tuesday states go to the polls, Veronica Rueckert talks with N-P-R Political Junkie Ken Rudin, and Matt Bai (BYE) from the “New York Times.” | Download |
| Fri, 02/01/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/01/2008 - Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, says video games can help teach kids to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists, and other professionals. | Download |
| Fri, 02/01/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/01/2008 - Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, says video games can help teach kids to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists, and other professionals. | Download |
| Fri, 02/01/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 02/01/2008 - After nine, with all the attention on the Presidential candidates, Veronica Rueckert wants your opinion on the potential nominee for Vice President. Call in with your best bet for running mate for each of the candidates. | Download |