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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| Mon, 03/31/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/31/2008 - His music and presence is felt today from Broadway and film scores, to symphony halls and opera houses. Kathleen Dunn talks with the author of a new biography on composer George Gershwin. Author, “George Gershwin: His Life and Work” (repeat from April 6, 2007). | Download |
| Mon, 03/31/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/31/2008 - His music and presence is felt today from Broadway and film scores, to symphony halls and opera houses. Kathleen Dunn talks with the author of a new biography on composer George Gershwin. Author, “George Gershwin: His Life and Work” (repeat from April 6, 2007). | Download |
| Mon, 03/31/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/31/2008 - It’s all things political, after nine, for Kathleen Dunn and guest. | Download |
| Fri, 03/28/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/28/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the cinematic release of the Dr. Seuss classic children's book, “Horton Hears a Who,” and the author's life and legacy. | Download |
| Fri, 03/28/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/28/2008 - After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the cinematic release of the Dr. Seuss classic children's book, “Horton Hears a Who,” and the author's life and legacy. | Download |
| Fri, 03/28/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/28/2008 - In just about a year it went from an obscure slogan to a triumph of geopolitical branding. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss how a handful of activists and the phrase “Genocide Olympics” managed to shake up Beijing. | Download |
| Thu, 03/27/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/27/2008 - Is the mighty Colorado River in peril? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss water management and climate change in the American west. | Download |
| Thu, 03/27/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/27/2008 - Is the mighty Colorado River in peril? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss water management and climate change in the American west. | Download |
| Thu, 03/27/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/27/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the violence that erupted in two of the largest cities in Iraq this week, threatening to destabilize a long-term truce. | Download |
| Wed, 03/26/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/26/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how young people today are combining technology with a vigorous social spirit to revive progressive politics. | Download |
| Wed, 03/26/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/26/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how young people today are combining technology with a vigorous social spirit to revive progressive politics. | Download |
| Wed, 03/26/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/26/2008 - According to the “Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief” billions of dollars meant for aid is wasted. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss security and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. | Download |
| Tue, 03/25/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/25/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the psychology of bullying, the increase in cyber bullying, and how parents and educators can promote tolerance and respect. | Download |
| Tue, 03/25/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/25/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the psychology of bullying, the increase in cyber bullying, and how parents and educators can promote tolerance and respect. | Download |
| Tue, 03/25/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/25/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn is joined by an investigative journalist to discuss security contractors and the Iraq war. | Download |
| Mon, 03/24/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/24/2008 - According to Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, human evolution has been gathering speed for the past fifty-thousand years, and natural selection may be changing the human genome faster than ever. | Download |
| Mon, 03/24/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/24/2008 - According to Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, human evolution has been gathering speed for the past fifty-thousand years, and natural selection may be changing the human genome faster than ever. | Download |
| Mon, 03/24/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/24/2008 - Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk politics, after nine, re-capping all the people and events that made headlines last week. | Download |
| Fri, 03/21/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/21/2008 - What qualities do you value in a President and Vice President? After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the issues and personalities affecting the presidential campaign. | Download |
| Fri, 03/21/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/21/2008 - Health care... the war in Iraq... personal character... the economy… What issue will most affect your vote in November? Who would you pick for Vice President for each remaining candidate? After ten, Kathleen Dunn listens to your answers. | Download |
| Fri, 03/21/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/21/2008 - What qualities do you value in a President and Vice President? After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the issues and personalities affecting the presidential campaign. | Download |
| Thu, 03/20/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/20/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon about his latest book, "Windy City: A Novel of Politics." | Download |
| Thu, 03/20/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/20/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon about his latest book, "Windy City: A Novel of Politics." | Download |
| Thu, 03/20/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/20/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest celebrates the life and work of Fred Rogers on what would have been his eightieth birthday. | Download |
| Wed, 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/19/2008 - A 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need nearly a quarter-of-a-million dollars to cover medical costs in retirement, according to Fidelity Investments' latest healthcare cost estimate. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss rising health care costs. | Download |
| Wed, 03/19/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/19/2008 - A 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need nearly a quarter-of-a-million dollars to cover medical costs in retirement, according to Fidelity Investments' latest healthcare cost estimate. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss rising health care costs. | Download |
| Wed, 03/19/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/19/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with an author of a study that finds that, contrary to popular belief, people tend to become more liberal as they age, sometimes more so than the young. | Download |
| Tue, 03/18/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/18/2008 - President Bush vetoed a measure that would end the use of torture by the U.S. The move provoked only limited outcry. After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an editor at Washington Monthly about the magazines recent cover article, “No Torture. No exceptions.” | Download |
| Tue, 03/18/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/18/2008 - President Bush vetoed a measure that would end the use of torture by the U.S. The move provoked only limited outcry. After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an editor at Washington Monthly about the magazines recent cover article, “No Torture. No exceptions.” | Download |
| Tue, 03/18/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/18/2008 - After nine, five years after the beginning of the Iraq War, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the presidential candidates' strategies for ending the conflict. | Download |
| Mon, 03/17/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/17/2008 - | Download |
| Mon, 03/17/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/17/2008 - Today it's St. Patrick's Day, and Irish people around the world will be celebrating the day. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the festivities, as well as the beautiful country of Ireland, its food and its music. James Bainbridge, travel writer, co-author of "Ireland Travel Guide 2008" (Lonely Planet) | Download |
| Mon, 03/17/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/17/2008 - From the Mid East to the Midwest, and from uprisings in Tibet, to the fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer... It’s all things political, after nine, for Kathleen Dunn, her guests... and you. | Download |
| Fri, 03/14/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/14/2008 - Facial recognition, tool usage, vocabulary building and sentence structure are just a few examples of the brain power of animals. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take a look inside the animal mind. | Download |
| Fri, 03/14/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/14/2008 - Facial recognition, tool usage, vocabulary building and sentence structure are just a few examples of the brain power of animals. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take a look inside the animal mind. | Download |
| Fri, 03/14/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/14/2008 - Do you have a program idea for Kathleen Dunn? After nine, call in with your suggestions when Kathleen hosts her March open line. | Download |
| Thu, 03/13/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/13/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest says faith is re-emerging in America as a force for progressive social change, bringing people together, and transcending ideological debates. | Download |
| Thu, 03/13/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/13/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest says faith is re-emerging in America as a force for progressive social change, bringing people together, and transcending ideological debates. | Download |
| Thu, 03/13/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/13/2008 - Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro said recently that if Barack Obama "was a white man, he would not be in this position" as Democratic front-runner. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss race in America, and what has been described as the “white vote vs. the black vote.” | Download |
| Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/12/2008 - Anna Graham, Jean Poole, Please Cope, and a boy named Sue… After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the theory and psychology of names. | Download |
| Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/12/2008 - Anna Graham, Jean Poole, Please Cope, and a boy named Sue… After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the theory and psychology of names. www.badbabynames.net | Download |
| Wed, 03/12/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/12/2008 - Sixty-three thousand jobs were lost in the U.S. in February... twenty-two thousand in January. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the state of the U.S. economy and the current job market. | Download |
| Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/11/2008 - | Download |
| Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/11/2008 - Kathleen Dunn speaks with a cardiologist, after ten, about women’s heart disease. | Download |
| Tue, 03/11/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/11/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the fate of the Florida and Michigan delegates. | Download |
| Mon, 03/10/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/10/2008 - | Download |
| Mon, 03/10/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/10/2008 - Do boys and girls learn in different ways? After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest explains how some groups believe in single sex education, based in their belief that boys and girls learn differently, and instruction should be tailored to each gender. Elizabeth Weil, contributing writer to the New york Times Magazine. Her article, "Teaching To The Testosterone" (cover story, March 2nd) | Download |
| Mon, 03/10/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/10/2008 - McCain is in, a top Obama aid is out, and the fate of Florida and Michigan delegates is still unclear... After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest bring you up to date on all the news from Washington. | Download |
| Fri, 03/07/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/07/2008 - Susan Jacoby, author of the best-selling book, “Age of American Unreason,” joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the cultural landscape today, and why she believes it’s creating a crisis of memory and knowledge. | Download |
| Fri, 03/07/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/07/2008 - Susan Jacoby, author of the best-selling book, “Age of American Unreason,” joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the cultural landscape today, and why she believes it’s creating a crisis of memory and knowledge. | Download |
| Fri, 03/07/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/07/2008 - Next week’s Time magazine asks the question, “How much does experience matter?” After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the role of experience, character, and intelligence in choosing a president. | Download |
| Thu, 03/06/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/06/2008 - After ten, Jim Packard and his guest discuss how to keep your brain fit, and your memory sharp. | Download |
| Thu, 03/06/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/06/2008 - After ten, Jim Packard and his guest discuss how to keep your brain fit, and your memory sharp. | Download |
| Thu, 03/06/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/06/2008 - Will Israel and Palestine resume peace talks? After nine, Jim Packard and his guest discuss Condoleeza Rice’s trip the Middle East, and the possibility of a peace deal before President Bush leaves office. | Download |
| Wed, 03/05/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/05/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with presenters for the upcoming Wisconsin Renewable Energy Summit, "Green Jobs -- Growing Wisconsin's Economy." | Download |
| Wed, 03/05/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/05/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with presenters for the upcoming Wisconsin Renewable Energy Summit, "Green Jobs -- Growing Wisconsin's Economy." | Download |
| Wed, 03/05/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/05/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with reporters in Ohio and Texas about yesterday’s primaries. | Download |
| Tue, 03/04/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/04/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the state of our educational system. | Download |
| Tue, 03/04/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/04/2008 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the state of our educational system. | Download |
| Tue, 03/04/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/04/2008 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with award-winning foreign correspondent Martin Fletcher about his most memorable reporting, and what's happening in the world today. | Download |
| Mon, 03/03/2008 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/03/2008 - According to Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, the sub-prime crisis is just the tip of the economic iceberg. He says fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s suburban McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements. | Download |
| Mon, 03/03/2008 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/03/2008 - According to Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, the sub-prime crisis is just the tip of the economic iceberg. He says fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s suburban McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements. | Download |
| Mon, 03/03/2008 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 03/03/2008 - BBC Washington correspondent Vincent Dowd joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to talk about all the latest news from the world of politics. | Download |