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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| Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/31/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest historian talks about the 1896 New York heat wave, and how then Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt handled those ten days. | Download |
| Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/31/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest historian talks about the 1896 New York heat wave, and how then Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt handled those ten days. | Download |
| Tue, 08/31/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/31/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take your calls about what you want, or think, President Obama should say during his address to the nation regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. | Download |
| Mon, 08/30/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/30/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests look at the history and the future of Social Security, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this month. | Download |
| Mon, 08/30/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/30/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests look at the history and the future of Social Security, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this month. | Download |
| Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/30/2010 - After nine, former RNC chairman and President Bush adviser, Ed Gillespie, joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the week in politics. | Download |
| Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/26/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guests argues that we need deeper investigations into the 5% of UFO sightings that can’t easily be explained away as ordinary phenomena. | Download |
| Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/26/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guests argues that we need deeper investigations into the 5% of UFO sightings that can’t easily be explained away as ordinary phenomena. | Download |
| Thu, 08/26/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/26/2010 - After nine, join Kathleen Dunn for the August Open Line. You're invited to call, email, or post a comment on the Kathleen Dunn Facebook page with your program ideas and guest suggestions. | Download |
| Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/25/2010 - Bill Nye "The Science Guy" joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the latest science news – from Jupiter being pelted by a meteor to the passing of the Star Gazer, Jack Horkheimer. | Download |
| Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/25/2010 - Bill Nye "The Science Guy" joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the latest science news – from Jupiter being pelted by a meteor to the passing of the Star Gazer, Jack Horkheimer. | Download |
| Wed, 08/25/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/25/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take a look at the state of mental health care in Wisconsin... in light of an investigation into the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. | Download |
| Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/24/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the life and legacy of US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. | Download |
| Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/24/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the life and legacy of US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. | Download |
| Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/24/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the latest on the egg recall linked to two Iowa farms, and what this says about food safety in America. | Download |
| Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/23/2010 - We all know the "fifty-nifty states," but what about those that didn’t quite make it? State names like "New Sweden" ... "Yazoo" ... "Transylvania"? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a trip back to the history of American geography to re-discover the states that never-came-to-be. | Download |
| Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/23/2010 - We all know the "fifty-nifty states," but what about those that didn’t quite make it? State names like "New Sweden" ... "Yazoo" ... "Transylvania"? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a trip back to the history of American geography to re-discover the states that never-came-to-be. | Download |
| Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/23/2010 - After nine, it's the regular All Things Political show, where Kathleen Dunn and her guest look back at the week that was in Washington. | Download |
| Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/19/2010 - Why do we like what we like? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the science of how Pleasure works. In a recent study, wine experts preferred a wine they were told was expensive over one that was supposedly cheap... when actually it was the same wine. | Download |
| Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/19/2010 - Why do we like what we like? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the science of how Pleasure works. In a recent study, wine experts preferred a wine they were told was expensive over one that was supposedly cheap... when actually it was the same wine. | Download |
| Thu, 08/19/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/19/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks politics with Newsweek magazine Senior Editor Jonathan Alter. | Download |
| Wed, 08/18/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/18/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss a Madison-based microfinancing program that gives people the opportunity to promote savings before credit as a means to overcome poverty. | Download |
| Wed, 08/18/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/18/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss a Madison-based microfinancing program that gives people the opportunity to promote savings before credit as a means to overcome poverty. | Download |
| Wed, 08/18/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/18/2010 - The Milwaukee Irish Fest kicks off their 30th year of bringing Ireland's culture and music to Wisconsin. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the festival and Irish folklore. | Download |
| Tue, 08/17/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/17/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest talks about what it means to be wrong. She says that error is both a given... and a gift... one that can transform our worldview, our relationships, and most profoundly, ourselves. | Download |
| Tue, 08/17/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/17/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest talks about what it means to be wrong. She says that error is both a given... and a gift... one that can transform our worldview, our relationships, and most profoundly, ourselves. | Download |
| Tue, 08/17/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/17/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests look at the devastating floods in Pakistan that have claimed nearly fifteen-hundred lives. | Download |
| Mon, 08/16/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/16/2010 - Across the nation, many are protesting the construction of mosques, including one in Sheboygan. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the controversy. | Download |
| Mon, 08/16/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/16/2010 - Across the nation, many are protesting the construction of mosques, including one in Sheboygan. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the controversy. | Download |
| Mon, 08/16/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/16/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap all the major political headlines. | Download |
| Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/12/2010 - In this materialistic culture, when does an appetite for stuff cross the line and reach an unhealthy level? After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with one of the authors of a book about compulsive hoarding. | Download |
| Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/12/2010 - In our materialistic culture, when does an appetite for "stuff" cross the line and reach an unhealthy level? After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the authors of a book about compulsive hoarding. | Download |
| Thu, 08/12/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/12/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the philosophy behind school grades, and the decision by a school district in New Jersey to eliminate the "D" from their grading system, saying it's simply not useful in society. | Download |
| Wed, 08/11/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/11/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the founders of Galaxy Zoo, an online astronomy project that invites the public to assist in classifying more than sixty-million galaxies. | Download |
| Wed, 08/11/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/11/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the founders of Galaxy Zoo, an online astronomy project that invites the public to assist in classifying more than sixty-million galaxies. | Download |
| Wed, 08/11/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/11/2010 - The DREAM Act is proposed legislation that would grant temporary legal status to some high school graduates who came to the U.S. illegally before age sixteen. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how students are affected by immigration reform. | Download |
| Tue, 08/10/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/10/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with the first military woman in U.S. history to be appointed White House doctor, caring for presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. | Download |
| Tue, 08/10/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/10/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with the first military woman in U.S. history to be appointed White House doctor, caring for presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. | Download |
| Tue, 08/10/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/10/2010 - After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the latest on the California Proposition-Eight referendum... which banned same-sex marriage... and was recently ruled unconstitutional. | Download |
| Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/09/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how college students successfully adapt and thrive in their new university environment. | Download |
| Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/09/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how college students successfully adapt and thrive in their new university environment. | Download |
| Mon, 08/09/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/09/2010 - Kathleen Dunn– After nine, Kathleen Dunn returns from vacation as she and her guest look back at the week that was in Washington. | Download |
| Thu, 08/05/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/05/2010 - On December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300. After ten, John Munson speaks with a historian who explains the political forces that led up to the massacre. | Download |
| Thu, 08/05/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/05/2010 - On December 29th, 1890, American troops opened fire on unarmed Lakota Sioux (lah-KO-tah SOO) men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300. After ten, John Munson's guest historian describes the political forces that led up to the Massacre at Wounded Knee. | Download |
| Thu, 08/05/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/05/2010 - The "Made In China" stamp on products once seemed ubiquitous. After nine, John Munson and his guest look at the Chinese economy and why the reign of cheaply-made Chinese goods may be ending. | Download |
| Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/04/2010 - After ten, John Munson’s guests recount how one east coast restaurateur waged "BBQ (barbecue) diplomacy" with North Korea. | Download |
| Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/04/2010 - After ten, John Munson’s guests recount how one east coast restaurateur waged "BBQ (barbecue) diplomacy" with North Korea. | Download |
| Wed, 08/04/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/04/2010 - After nine, John Munson’s guest is N-P-R correspondent Daniel Zwerdling (ZWERD-ling). He describes his latest investigation, which found that tens-of-thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have undiagnosed and untreated traumatic brain injuries. | Download |
| Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/03/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest remember the man from New Orleans who changed the face of American music... jazz trumpeter and singer LouisArmstrong. | Download |
| Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/03/2010 - After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest remember the man from New Orleans who changed the face of American music... jazz trumpeter and singer LouisArmstrong. | Download |
| Tue, 08/03/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/03/2010 - After nine, historian and journalist Evan Thomas joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his latest book, “The War Lovers.” | Download |
| Mon, 08/02/2010 - 10:00pm | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/02/2010 - After ten, John Munson is joined by a theoretical physicist and noted String theorist, who says Science has been looking at gravity the wrong way... that gravity... as we understand it... doesn’t exist. | Download |
| Mon, 08/02/2010 - 10:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/02/2010 - After ten, John Munson is joined by a theoretical physicist and noted String theorist, who says Science has been looking at gravity the wrong way... that gravity... as we understand it... doesn’t exist. | Download |
| Mon, 08/02/2010 - 9:00am | The Kathleen Dunn Show show on 08/02/2010 - After nine, John Munson and his guest discuss the latest headlines from Washington... and preview tomorrow’s election primaries in Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri. | Download |