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, 05/28/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/28/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest examines the link between a person’s environment and their health. | Download |
| Thu, 05/28/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/28/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest examines the link between a person’s environment and their health. | Download |
| Thu, 05/28/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/28/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor (so-toe-my-YOUR) of New York to fill the seat vacated by retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter (SOO-ter). | Download |
| Wed, 05/27/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/27/2009 - According to a new Associated Press-MTV poll, the vast majority of college students are feeling stressed, with significant numbers at risk of depression. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the warning signs and strategies for dealing with stress and depression among college students. | Download |
| Wed, 05/27/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/27/2009 - According to a new Associated Press-MTV poll, the vast majority of college students are feeling stressed, with significant numbers at risk of depression. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the warning signs and strategies for dealing with stress and depression among college students. | Download |
| Wed, 05/27/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/27/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the fine line the Federal Reserve walks as it pumps money into a weak economy... while avoiding the dangers of inflation. | Download |
| Tue, 05/26/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/26/2009 - Middle East journalist for the New York Times, Neil MacFarquhar, joins Kathleen Dunn after ten to discuss changes in Arab mores and politics since the 1970s. | Download |
| Tue, 05/26/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/26/2009 - Middle East journalist for the New York Times, Neil MacFarquhar, joins Kathleen Dunn after ten to discuss changes in Arab mores and politics since the 1970s. | Download |
| Tue, 05/26/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/26/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest review the recent Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, and news that President Obama has named a former astronaut to head NASA. | Download |
| Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/25/2009 - After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss life lists and the biography of bird enthusiast Phoebe Snetsinger. | Download |
| Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/25/2009 - After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss life lists and the biography of bird enthusiast Phoebe Snetsinger. | Download |
| Mon, 05/25/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/25/2009 - After nine, John Munson is joined by Gloria Toivola, professor and Chair of the Department of Politics, Law, and Justice, at UW-Superior to discuss the latest headlines. | Download |
| Thu, 05/21/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/21/2009 - President Barack Obama will make a primetime speech tonight outlining his approach to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison facility. After nine, Kathleen and her guest foreshadow tonight’s speech and discuss the legal aspects of the different approaches the Obama administration can take. | Download |
| Thu, 05/21/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/21/2009 - The National Wellness Institute at UW-Stevens Point, a leading nation-wide health facility, calls Wisconsin its home. After ten, Kathleen and her guest discuss the history of the institute, its mission and current work, and key topics affecting wellness in this era. | Download |
| Thu, 05/21/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/21/2009 - President Barack Obama will make a primetime speech tonight outlining his approach to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison facility. After nine, Kathleen and her guest foreshadow tonight’s speech and discuss the legal aspects of the different approaches the Obama administration can take. | Download |
| Wed, 05/20/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/20/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest writes that “purpose” is vital for the success and happiness of every boy, and explains how parents can instill this in their sons. | Download |
| Wed, 05/20/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/20/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest writes that “purpose” is vital for the success and happiness of every boy, and explains how parents can instill this in their sons. | Download |
| Wed, 05/20/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/20/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest argues that over the past half-billion years there have been five mass extinctions, some wiping out seventy-five percent of all species on earth, and that we may be on the precipice of the sixth. | Download |
| Tue, 05/19/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/19/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest says that William Shakespeare effectively represents the politically and socially complicated 16th century in which he lived. Jonathan Bate, leading Shakespeare scholar. Auithor, "Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare" (Random House) | Download |
| Tue, 05/19/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/19/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with an acclaimed Shakespearean Scholar about the crucial events of the Bard’s life, and how they shaped his world and work. | Download |
| Tue, 05/19/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/19/2009 - The Sri Lankan government has declared an end to the 26-year war against the Tamil Tigers on Monday. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the history of the civil war, and what is next for the region. | Download |
| Mon, 05/18/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/18/2009 - What would happen if climate change or disease wiped out most of the world’s food supply? After ten, Kathleen and her guest look at The Global Crop Diversity Trust, an ambitious project to collect and store small samples of hundreds of thousands of viable plant seeds from around the world. | Download |
| Mon, 05/18/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/18/2009 - What would happen if climate change or disease wiped out most of the world’s food supply? After ten, Kathleen and her guest look at The Global Crop Diversity Trust, an ambitious project to collect and store small samples of hundreds of thousands of viable plant seeds from around the world. | Download |
| Mon, 05/18/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/18/2009 - After Nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap all the major headlines... from Washington... and around the world. | Download |
| Thu, 05/14/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/14/2009 - Join Kathleen Dunn and her guests, after ten, for the Art of The Story. “The Moth,” a New York group dedicated to promoting the art of storytelling will be in Milwaukee on June sixth. Humorist Andy Borowitz and "The Moth" Executive Director discuss the meaning and importance of the process. | Download |
| Thu, 05/14/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/14/2009 - Join Kathleen Dunn and her guests, after ten, for the Art of The Story. “The Moth,” a New York group dedicated to promoting the art of storytelling will be in Milwaukee on June sixth. Humorist Andy Borowitz and "The Moth" Executive Director discuss the meaning and importance of the process. | Download |
| Thu, 05/14/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/14/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the escalating violence in Pakistan between government troops and Taliban militants. | Download |
| Wed, 05/13/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/13/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine what the Nazi Gestapo (guess-STOP-oh) called the Rote Kapelle (ROTE kah-PELL-uh), or Red Orchestra, an intrepid band of German artists, intellectuals, and bureaucrats who risked their lives to topple the Third Reich. | Download |
| Wed, 05/13/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/13/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine what the Nazi Gestapo (guess-STOP-oh) called the Rote Kapelle (ROTE kah-PELL-uh), or Red Orchestra, an intrepid band of German artists, intellectuals, and bureaucrats who risked their lives to topple the Third Reich. | Download |
| Wed, 05/13/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/13/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn takes your program ideas and guest suggestions during her May open line. | Download |
| Tue, 05/12/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/12/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss whether brain games actually produce positive brain changes. | Download |
| Tue, 05/12/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/12/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss whether brain games actually produce positive brain changes. | Download |
| Tue, 05/12/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/12/2009 - President Obama met with doctors, representatives from hospitals, drug makers and insurance companies on Monday to discuss ways to hold costs down. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine healthcare costs and possible future legislation. | Download |
| Mon, 05/11/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/11/2009 - Like most American newspapers, The New York Times continues to struggle financially. In recent weeks, company management has even threatened to close the Times-owned Boston Globe. After ten, Kathleen’s guest says the best way for The New York Times to survive is to become a non-profit organization. | Download |
| Mon, 05/11/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/11/2009 - Like most American newspapers, The New York Times continues to struggle financially. In recent weeks, company management has even threatened to close the Times-owned Boston Globe. After ten, Kathleen’s guest says the best way for The New York Times to survive is to become a non-profit organization. | Download |
| Mon, 05/11/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/11/2009 - After nine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington Bureau Chief Craig Gilbert joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the latest headlines. | Download |
| Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/07/2009 - Who Ran Away With Your 401(k) (four-oh-one-K)? That’s the question for Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after ten. | Download |
| Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/07/2009 - Who Ran Away With Your 401(k) (four-oh-one-K)? That’s the question for Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after ten. | Download |
| Thu, 05/07/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/07/2009 - As part of bankruptcy, automaker Chrysler will close its Kenosha plant, and open a new plant in Mexico to produce a new engine there, originally promised here. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how job out-sourcing is impacting Wisconsin workers. | Download |
| Wed, 05/06/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/06/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses the 1925 disappearance of one of the most famous explorers in the world, Colonel Percy Fawcett. | Download |
| Wed, 05/06/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/06/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a look at all the great books out this spring, with suggestions for Mother’s Day. | Download |
| Wed, 05/06/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/06/2009 - Tax loopholes... the auto industry... and increased military action again the Taliban in Pakistan. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest headlines in the news. | Download |
| Tue, 05/05/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/05/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the upcoming American Heart Association “Go Red For Women Luncheon” in Milwaukee that hopes to raise awareness about women and heart disease. | Download |
| Tue, 05/05/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/05/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the upcoming American Heart Association “Go Red For Women Luncheon” in Milwaukee. It hopes to raise awareness about women and heart disease. | Download |
| Tue, 05/05/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/05/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the career of retiring U.S. Chief Justice David Souter (SOO-ter), his potential replacement, and major cases soon to come before the Supreme Court. | Download |
| Mon, 05/04/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/04/2009 - According to Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, the new financial crisis has the potential to lead to individualized education—to teach each person what he or she needs and wants to know in ways that are most comfortable and most efficient, producing a qualitative spurt in educational effectiveness. | Download |
| Mon, 05/04/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/04/2009 - Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, says the current financial crisis and the quest of global competition are examples of what could lead to individualized education... teaching each person what he or she needs and wants to know to make their way in the world today. | Download |
| Mon, 05/04/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 05/04/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests review the latest on the Swine Flu outbreak, upcoming changes to the Supreme Court, the future of the G-O-P, and the fate of the U.S. auto industry. | Download |