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, 10/29/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/29/2009 - After ten, John Munson is joined by the reporter who broke the story that the Defense Department, as part of the nearly eight-hundred-billion-dollar stimulus package, awarded nearly thirty-million in contracts to companies under criminal investigation. A look at how and why the contracts were awarded. | Download |
| Thu, 10/29/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/29/2009 - After ten, John Munson is joined by the reporter who broke the story that the Defense Department, as part of the nearly eight-hundred-billion-dollar stimulus package, awarded nearly thirty-million in contracts to companies under criminal investigation. A look at how and why the contracts were awarded. | Download |
| Thu, 10/29/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/29/2009 - Should Internet Service Providers be allowed to determine which web sites reach you the quickest? After nine, John Munson and his guest tackle the growing debate on Net Neutrality. | Download |
| Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/28/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest suggests a new way to teach geography to grade school students. | Download |
| Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/28/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest suggests a new way to teach geography to grade school students. | Download |
| Wed, 10/28/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/28/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with former military personnel about serving the nation as a homosexual, and the possible repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. | Download |
| Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/27/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest examines selected presidential administrations through the eyes of the women and men who pledged to protect them...the Secret Service. | Download |
| Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/27/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest examines selected presidential administrations through the eyes of the women and men who pledged to protect them...the Secret Service. | Download |
| Tue, 10/27/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/27/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn continues her series on Health Care Reform in America by looking at the role of nurse practitioners and nurse-managed health centers. | Download |
| Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/26/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with film makers of a new documentary, "Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover." | Download |
| Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/26/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with film makers of a new documentary, "Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover." | Download |
| Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/26/2009 - Health care reform…fighting in Pakistan…the Dow nearing ten-thousand. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest break down the latest headlines, and look at the latest newsmakers. | Download |
| Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/22/2009 - We are the only creatures who know they will die... and at the same time... we imagine we'll live forever. After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests discuss the reasons we avoid accepting our own mortality, and they demonstrate how humor allows us to express our fears about death. | Download |
| Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/22/2009 - We are the only creatures who know they will die... and at the same time... we imagine we'll live forever. After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests discuss the reasons we avoid accepting our own mortality, and they demonstrate how humor allows us to express our fears about death. | Download |
| Thu, 10/22/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/22/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the health care system in Italy. A report by the World Health Organization ranked Italy second in the world in health care systems... the U.S.... thirty-seventh. | Download |
| Wed, 10/21/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/21/2009 - New York Times columnist Gail Collins joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the changing lives of America Women from 1960 to the present. | Download |
| Wed, 10/21/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/21/2009 - New York Times columnist Gail Collins joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the changing lives of America Women from 1960 to the present. | Download |
| Wed, 10/21/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/21/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest analyzes the Pakistani military’s offensive against the Taliban, and what it could mean for the future of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the United States. | Download |
| Tue, 10/20/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/20/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests examine how thousands of small towns in rural America are being de-populated...their most talented and ambitious young people leaving for big city careers. | Download |
| Tue, 10/20/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/20/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests examine how thousands of small towns in rural America are being de-populated...their most talented and ambitious young people leaving for big city careers. | Download |
| Tue, 10/20/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/20/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn hosts her October open line. Call in with your ideas for programs and guests. | Download |
| Mon, 10/19/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/19/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest contends that not only does the U.S. have the worst health care system in the world, but politicians in Washington are actually making it worse. | Download |
| Mon, 10/19/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/19/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest contends that not only does the U.S. have the worst health care system in the world, but politicians in Washington are actually making it worse. | Download |
| Mon, 10/19/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/19/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about all the latest news from Washington. | Download |
| Thu, 10/15/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/15/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest discusses his most recent documentary, "Rethink Afghanistan," which explores the ongoing U.S. military engagement. | Download |
| Thu, 10/15/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/15/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest discusses his most recent documentary, "Rethink Afghanistan," which explores the ongoing U.S. military engagement. | Download |
| Thu, 10/15/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/15/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says there's a downside to America’s penchant for positive thinking. | Download |
| Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/14/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest from space - NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, recent images from the Hubble Telescope, and the Barlow Planetarium’s winter line-up. | Download |
| Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/14/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest review the latest from space... the NASA Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite... recent images from the Hubble Telescope... and the winter line-up at the Barlow Planetarium. | Download |
| Wed, 10/14/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/14/2009 - The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to approve legislation that would reshape the American health care system. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the future of the bill, and current legislation in the House. | Download |
| Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/13/2009 - After ten, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Alex Jones joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the future of newspaper journalism. | Download |
| Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/13/2009 - After ten, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Alex Jones joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the future of newspaper journalism. | Download |
| Tue, 10/13/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/13/2009 - National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss his latest collection of short stories, “War Dances.” | Download |
| Mon, 10/12/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/12/2009 - Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the latest and greatest books. | Download |
| Mon, 10/12/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/12/2009 - Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the latest and greatest books. | Download |
| Mon, 10/12/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/12/2009 - Health care… Afghanistan… the Olympics. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest analyze the week’s headlines and newsmakers. | Download |
| Thu, 10/08/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/08/2009 - Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, is Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the book, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People.” He discusses how you can confront, master, and even embrace your fears. | Download |
| Thu, 10/08/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/08/2009 - Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, is Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the book, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People.” He discusses how you can confront, master, and even embrace your fears. | Download |
| Thu, 10/08/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/08/2009 - After nine, Kathleen’s guest offers an insider’s look at the events and anecdotes that shaped the upbringing of America’s First Couple, Barack and Michelle Obama. | Download |
| Wed, 10/07/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/07/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest break down the ongoing home foreclosure crisis, analyze the Obama administration approach, and discuss other possible solutions. | Download |
| Wed, 10/07/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/07/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest break down the ongoing home foreclosure crisis, analyze the Obama administration approach, and discuss other possible solutions. | Download |
| Wed, 10/07/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/07/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the struggles by administrations past and present for health care reform in America. | Download |
| Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/06/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the connections between language and metaphor, and their influence on our physical experience. | Download |
| Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/06/2009 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the connections between language and metaphor, and their influence on our physical experience. | Download |
| Tue, 10/06/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/06/2009 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn continues her series on health care with an analysis of the health care system of Finland. | Download |
| Mon, 10/05/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/05/2009 - Are American schools adequately preparing future generations to participate in the country’s democratic system? After ten, John Munson’s guest gives schools a failing grade for readying the leaders of tomorrow. | Download |
| Mon, 10/05/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/05/2009 - Are American schools adequately preparing future generations to participate in the country’s democratic system? After ten, John Munson’s guest gives schools a failing grade for readying the leaders of tomorrow. | Download |
| Mon, 10/05/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/05/2009 - After nine, John Munson and his guest recap last week's major political headlines. | Download |
| Thu, 10/01/2009 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/01/2009 - After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss an updated version of the Jane Austen classic, “Sense and Sensibility”...complete with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, octopi, and two-headed sea serpents. | Download |
| Thu, 10/01/2009 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/01/2009 - After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss an updated version of the Jane Austen classic, “Sense and Sensibility”...complete with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, octopi, and two-headed sea serpents. | Download |
| Thu, 10/01/2009 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 10/01/2009 - How would you describe America's "National Character"? That’s the question Vanity Fair magazine and the TV news magazine, “60 Minutes” are trying to answer. After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss a recent "survey of the American consciousness". | Download |