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.
| Date | Description | Audio |
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| Thu, 01/29/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/29/2009 - After ten, Kathleen and her guest discuss the global jihadist (zjee-HAHD-ist) movement today, which many agree remains the greatest single threat to United States security since the 9-11 terrorist attacks. | Download |
| Thu, 01/29/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/29/2009 - After ten, Kathleen and her guest discuss the global Jihadist (zjee-HAHD-ist) movement today, which many agree remains the greatest single threat to United States security since the 9-11 terrorist attacks. | Download |
| Thu, 01/29/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/29/2009 - During President Obama’s inauguration he pledged to “restore science to it’s rightful place.” After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the future of scientific research, funding, and education in America. | Download |
| Wed, 01/28/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/28/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest gives us a sneak preview of an upcoming Public Television Special, "Looking for Lincoln: The Making of An American Icon". He is the author of the companion book for the program. | Download |
| Wed, 01/28/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/28/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest gives us a sneak preview of an upcoming Public Television Special, "Looking for Lincoln: The Making of An American Icon". He is the author of the companion book for the program. | Download |
| Wed, 01/28/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/28/2009 - On Monday, businesses around the world announced job cuts totaling more than 40-thousand in the U.S., and more than 60-thousand worldwide. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss what recent worldwide job-cuts mean for the economy, and what the Obama administration can do to help turn it around. | Download |
| Tue, 01/27/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/27/2009 - Explorer Eric Larsen joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his recent trip to the South Pole, and an upcoming “Save the Poles” expedition to raise awareness of global warming. | Download |
| Tue, 01/27/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/27/2009 - Explorer Eric Larsen joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his recent trip to the South Pole, and an upcoming “Save the Poles” expedition to raise awareness of global warming. | Download |
| Tue, 01/27/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/27/2009 - President Obama signed an executive order last week to close GIT-MO. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the challenges the new administration will face in closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | Download |
| Mon, 01/26/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/26/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn welcomes poet Nikki Giovanni (NICK-ee gee-oh-VAH-nee) to share from her latest book, "Bicycles: Love Poems," a companion to her 1997 "Love Poems." | Download |
| Mon, 01/26/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/26/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn welcomes poet Nikki Giovanni (NICK-ee gee-oh-VAH-nee) to share from her latest book, "Bicycles: Love Poems," a companion to her 1997 "Love Poems." | Download |
| Mon, 01/26/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/26/2009 - After nine, Kathleen and her guests recap the first days of the Barack Obama administration and discuss all the headlines from the past week. | Download |
| Thu, 01/22/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/22/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the chief scientists in a recent exploration off the coast of Tasmania (taz-MANE-ee-ah). The expedition revealed new animals species, and more evidence of the threat of climate change on deep-sea coral. | Download |
| Thu, 01/22/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/22/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the chief scientists involved in recent exploration off the coast of Tasmania. The expedition revealed new species of animals, and more evidence of the threat of climate change on deep-sea coral. | Download |
| Thu, 01/22/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/22/2009 - Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after nine, says the election of our first black president has to be followed by a demonstrated and pragmatic drive to improve race relations, or we’ll have fallen to prey to the biggest delusion in history. | Download |
| Wed, 01/21/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/21/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine President Obama's inauguration speech as a preview to the first weeks and months of his administration. | Download |
| Wed, 01/21/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/21/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine President Obama's inauguration speech as a preview to the first weeks and months of his administration. | Download |
| Wed, 01/21/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/21/2009 - Yesterday Barack Obama took the oath of office as 44th President of the United States of America. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests look at the change this week in the nation's capitol, and President Obama’s first actions from the Oval Office. | Download |
| Tue, 01/20/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/20/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guests discuss understanding philosophy through jokes. | Download |
| Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/19/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the health of liberal arts education today, and how it might survive in the future. | Download |
| Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/19/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the health of liberal arts education today, and how it might fare in the future. | Download |
| Mon, 01/19/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/19/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap last week’s political headlines, and look ahead to the Obama Presidential Inauguration. | Download |
| Thu, 01/15/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/15/2009 - According to Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, humans are not hard-wired to lead their lives nastily, brutish, and short... but in fact, we're born to be Good. | Download |
| Thu, 01/15/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/15/2009 - According to Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, humans are not hard-wired to lead their lives nasty, brutish, and short... but in fact, we're born to be Good. | Download |
| Thu, 01/15/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/15/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with a member of “The Israel Project” about the fighting in Gaza and the possibility of a ceasefire. | Download |
| Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/14/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton about recently unveiled recommendations by the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education to improve arts education throughout the state.. | Download |
| Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/14/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton about recently unveiled recommendations by the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education to improve arts education throughout the state.. | Download |
| Wed, 01/14/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/14/2009 - Just returned from the region, Middle East expert Fawaz Gerges (FAH-wah ZJER-zjess) joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss the escalating violence in Gaza. | Download |
| Tue, 01/13/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/13/2009 - The current economic crisis has been often cited as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the Franklin D Roosevelt presidency and his New Deal. | Download |
| Tue, 01/13/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/13/2009 - The current economic crisis has been often cited as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the Franklin D Roosevelt presidency and his New Deal. | Download |
| Tue, 01/13/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/13/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss President Bush’s final press conference yesterday, and Senate confirmation hearings this week for key Obama cabinet positions. | Download |
| Mon, 01/12/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/12/2009 - When will the U.S. run out of oil? Will there ever be a global currency? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine these, and the other big questions for 2009. | Download |
| Mon, 01/12/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/12/2009 - When will the U.S. run out of oil? Will there ever be a global currency? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine these, and the other big questions for 2009. | Download |
| Mon, 01/12/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/12/2009 - Governor Rod Blagojevich is out, the unemployment rate is up, and the DOW continues to drop. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss all the latest political news. | Download |
| Thu, 01/08/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/08/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the current American tax system, the state of the economy, and why so many are asking for a government bailout. | Download |
| Thu, 01/08/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/08/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the current American tax system, the state of the economy, and why so many are asking for a government bailout. | Download |
| Thu, 01/08/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/08/2009 - President-elect Obama has offered the Surgeon General position to C-N-N analyst Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Expectations are rising for his public health agenda. After nine, Kathleen and her guests examine public health priorities the Obama administration should address. | Download |
| Wed, 01/07/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/07/2009 - President-elect Obama made community service one of the defining themes of his campaign. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine how Obama can capitalize immediately on a renewed spirit of civic engagement. | Download |
| Wed, 01/07/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/07/2009 - President-elect Obama made community service one of the defining themes of his campaign. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine how Obama can capitalize immediately on a renewed spirit of civic engagement. | Download |
| Wed, 01/07/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/07/2009 - The 111th ( one-hundred-eleventh ) Congress convened in Washington this week. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the new voices, familiar faces, and the top of the legislative agenda in Washington. | Download |
| Tue, 01/06/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/06/2009 - Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, says more and more people are injecting politics where it doesn’t belong. He advocates for establishing what he calls "political safe zones." | Download |
| Tue, 01/06/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/06/2009 - Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, says more and more people are injecting politics where it doesn’t belong. He advocates for establishing what he calls "political safe zones." | Download |
| Tue, 01/06/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/06/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the escalating military action in Gaza, diplomatic efforts from around the world, and prospects for a cease-fire. | Download |
| Mon, 01/05/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/05/2009 - After ten, in a rebroadcast from this morning, Kathleen Dunn hosts her first open line of the New Year when listeners call in with program ideas and guest suggestions. | Download |
| Mon, 01/05/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/05/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn hosts her first open line of the New Year. Call in with your program ideas and guest suggestions. | Download |
| Mon, 01/05/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/05/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap the week's political news, from the streets of Gaza to the race for the New York Senate. | Download |
| Thu, 01/01/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/01/2009 - In 2008 astronomers saw the first moments of the death of a star... the Phoenix (FEE-nicks) Lander tasted Martian water. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and he guest discuss the top 2008 stories from space. | Download |
| Thu, 01/01/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/01/2009 - In 2008 astronomers saw the first moments of the death of a star... the Phoenix (FEE-nicks) Lander tasted Martian water. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and he guest discuss the top 2008 stories from space. | Download |
| Thu, 01/01/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 01/01/2009 - It’s the year in review with Kathleen Dunn and her guest. Join the discussion on the top news stories of 2008. | Download |