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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| Wed, 06/30/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/30/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests remember the life and work of ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park,’ Thomas Edison. | Download |
| Wed, 06/30/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/30/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests remember the life and work of ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park,’ Thomas Edison. | Download |
| Wed, 06/30/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/30/2010 - Kathleen Dunn’s guest after 10 says that people are actually now sicker as they die and some find that treatments become a greater burden than the illness was. They discuss the trend of people being “overtreated to death.” | Download |
| Tue, 06/29/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/29/2010 - Recent census data has suggested an increase in the numbers of late-in-life divorces. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss what is being termed “gray divorce.” | Download |
| Tue, 06/29/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/29/2010 - Recent census data has suggested an increase in the numbers of late-in-life divorces. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss what is being termed “gray divorce.” | Download |
| Tue, 06/29/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/29/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the ongoing G-20 summit, and examine the financial crisis from around the world and across the country. | Download |
| Mon, 06/28/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/28/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap all the nation's top news. | Download |
| Mon, 06/28/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/28/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guests are involved in a project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. | Download |
| Mon, 06/28/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/28/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap all the nation's top news. | Download |
| Thu, 06/24/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/24/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says these are fat times for many businesses operating on the economic fringes. | Download |
| Thu, 06/24/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/24/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says these are fat times for many businesses operating on the economic fringes. | Download |
| Thu, 06/24/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/24/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine local and national trends in education, from teacher layoffs... to the four-day school week. | Download |
| Wed, 06/23/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/23/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the reasons why Americans today weigh an average of 25 to 30-pounds more than they did fifty years ago... and what can be done to curb this deadly trend. | Download |
| Wed, 06/23/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/23/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the reasons why Americans today weigh an average of 25 to 30-pounds more than they did fifty years ago... and what can be done to curb this deadly trend. | Download |
| Wed, 06/23/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/23/2010 - On Tuesday, President Obama unveiled a package of consumer benefits to build support for the new Health Care laws. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the new regulations that explain how several provisions of the law will be carried out. | Download |
| Tue, 06/22/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/22/2010 - Kathleen Dunn's guest after ten challenges the political and intellectual orthodoxies surrounding the conflict in Darfur in his book Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror. | Download |
| Tue, 06/22/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/22/2010 - Kathleen Dunn's guest after ten challenges the political and intellectual orthodoxies surrounding the conflict in Darfur in his book Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror. | Download |
| Tue, 06/22/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/22/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss Iran... one year after that nation's heavily contested and protested presidential election. | Download |
| Mon, 06/21/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/21/2010 - Should children have best friends? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the benefits... and consequences... of having a Best Friend - one especially close confidant. | Download |
| Mon, 06/21/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/21/2010 - Should children have best friends? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the benefits... and consequences... of having a Best Friend - one especially close confidant. | Download |
| Mon, 06/21/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/21/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the nation's top news stories. | Download |
| Thu, 06/17/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/17/2010 - What is it about bumper stickers that can enrage us, amuse us or confound us with so few words? After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest explores the deeper meanings behind car decals. | Download |
| Thu, 06/17/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/17/2010 - What is it about them that, with so few words, they can enrage us... amuse us... or confound us? After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest explores the deeper meanings behind Bumper Stickers. | Download |
| Thu, 06/17/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/17/2010 - With the summer movie season upon us, after nine, Veronica Rueckert gets movie reviews from a favorite film critic... and you. | Download |
| Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/16/2010 - Legendary rocker Pat Benatar (BEN-ah-tar) joins Veronica Rueckert, after ten, to discuss the realities of what it was really like to be a woman in a mostly male world of 80's hard rock. | Download |
| Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/16/2010 - Legendary rocker Pat Benatar (BEN-ah-tar) joins Veronica Rueckert, after ten, to discuss the realities of what it was really like to be a woman in a mostly male world of 80's hard rock. | Download |
| Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/16/2010 - After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss whether President Obama really wants to lead the Democratic Party... and what that means for midterm elections. | Download |
| Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/15/2010 - Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, describes his struggle between the influences of his father... and Street culture. | Download |
| Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/15/2010 - Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, describes his struggle between the influences of his father... and Street culture. | Download |
| Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/15/2010 - Are college students today less empathetic than in the past? Yes, according the research of Veronica Rueckert’s guests, after nine. | Download |
| Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/14/2010 - According to 2009 U.S. Census data, nearly 64% of African American children live in father-absent homes. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest discuss the consequences of absent fathers. | Download |
| Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/14/2010 - According to 2009 U.S. Census data, nearly 64% of African American children live in father-absent homes. After ten, Anne Strainchamps and her guest discuss the consequences of absent fathers. | Download |
| Mon, 06/14/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/14/2010 - After nine, Anne Strainchamps hosts All Things Political, focusing on the Gulf oil spill and the economy. | Download |
| Thu, 06/10/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/10/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look into what he has termed "state capitalism" and what it means for free market democracies. | Download |
| Thu, 06/10/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/10/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look into what he has termed "state capitalism" and what it means for free market democracies. | Download |
| Thu, 06/10/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/10/2010 - Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls, and other information can change how we think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with two researchers about how today's technology may be re-wiring our brains. | Download |
| Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:30pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/09/2010 - After ten-thirty, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the results from last night’s primaries. | Download |
| Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/09/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine President Obama’s first year in office. | Download |
| Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:30am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/09/2010 - After ten-thirty, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the results from last night’s primaries. | Download |
| Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/09/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine President Obama’s first year in office. | Download |
| Wed, 06/09/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/09/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests preview the Soccer World Cup championship, underway this week in South Africa. What does it mean politically, culturally and economically for South Africa... and what will happen on "the pitch" itself? | Download |
| Tue, 06/08/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/08/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests evaluate the Obama administration’s approach to preventing teen pregnancy, which provides federal funds for more than just abstinence-only education programs. | Download |
| Tue, 06/08/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/08/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests evaluate the Obama administration’s approach to preventing teen pregnancy, which provides federal funds for more than just abstinence-only education programs. | Download |
| Tue, 06/08/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/08/2010 - Kathleen Dunn hosts her June Open Line. You're invited to call-in and suggest programs and guests you want to hear on Wisconsin Public Radio. | Download |
| Mon, 06/07/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/07/2010 - Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss great travel writing, and how to fit a perfect read into your summer travels. | Download |
| Mon, 06/07/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/07/2010 - Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss great travel writing, and how to fit a perfect read into your summer travels. | Download |
| Mon, 06/07/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/07/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests delve into the week’s top political headlines. | Download |
| Thu, 06/03/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/03/2010 - He served as a U.S. Senator, Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, and was a five-time presidential candidate. After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with two guests who describe nineteenth-century American statesman Henry Clay as “the essential American.” | Download |
| Thu, 06/03/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/03/2010 - He served as a U.S. Senator, Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, and was a five-time presidential candidate. After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with two guests who describe nineteenth-century American statesman Henry Clay as “the essential American.” | Download |
| Thu, 06/03/2010 - 9:30am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/03/2010 - After nine-thirty, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the recent conflict in the Middle East between the Israeli Navy and Turkish aid ships headed to Gaza. | Download |
| Thu, 06/03/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/03/2010 - After nine, veteran broadcaster Ed Schultz joins Kathleen Dunn to examine the state of the American middle class. | Download |
| Wed, 06/02/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/02/2010 - Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa, the name given to her cancer cells that were biopsied and cultured without her permission in 1951. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss Henrietta’s life, her family, and how her ‘immortal’ cells launched a medical revolution. | Download |
| Wed, 06/02/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/02/2010 - Scientists know her as HeLa, the name given to her cancer cells that were biopsied and cultured without her permission in 1951. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the life of Henrietta Lacks, a woman who's "immortal" cancer-cells helped launch a medical revolution. | Download |
| Wed, 06/02/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/02/2010 - After 9, Kathleen Dunn looks at two different aspects of the Gulf oil spill -- the Obama Administration's response and the environmental impact. | Download |
| Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/01/2010 - After twenty-five years, thirty-two missions, and more than one-hundred-twenty million miles, Space Shuttle Atlantis coasted into retirement last week after it's final scheduled flight. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the history of the Space Shuttle... and the future of NASA. | Download |
| Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/01/2010 - After twenty-five years, thirty-two missions, and more than one-hundred-twenty million miles, Space Shuttle Atlantis coasted into retirement last week after it's final scheduled flight. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the history of the Space Shuttle... and the future of NASA. | Download |
| Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 06/01/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses U.S. immigration... and claims that Mexican President Calderon’s administration is helping to rig the country’s drug wars. | Download |