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.
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| Mon, 12/31/2012 - 10:00pm | Year in Science - From Higgs-boson to Superstorm Sandy, 2012 was a big year for big science events. This hour, a look at the year's biggest science stories and predictions for 2013. | Download |
| Mon, 12/31/2012 - 10:00am |
Year in Science - From Higgs-boson to Superstorm Sandy, 2012 was a big year for big science events. This hour, a look at the year's biggest science stories and predictions for 2013.
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| Mon, 12/31/2012 - 9:00am |
Year-End All Things Political - This hour, a special year-end All Things Political. A look at the latest political news and also look back on national and state politics in 2012.
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| Thu, 12/27/2012 - 10:00pm | Buddy Guy - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, legendary blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy discusses his life. He was born into a Louisiana sharecropper's family in 1936, pioneered Chicago's fabled West Side sound, won six Grammys, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | Download |
| Thu, 12/27/2012 - 10:00am |
Buddy Guy - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, legendary blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy discusses his life. He was born into a Louisiana sharecropper's family in 1936, pioneered Chicago's fabled West Side sound, won six Grammys, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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| Thu, 12/27/2012 - 9:00am |
Barack Obama: The Story - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, the life of Vincent Van Gogh.
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| Wed, 12/26/2012 - 10:00pm | Earl Scruggs - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This was a program Kathleen Dunn hosted shortly after the death of bluegrass and banjo legend, Earl Scruggs. (Rebroadcast from 4/3/2012) | Download |
| Wed, 12/26/2012 - 10:00am |
Earl Scruggs - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This was a program Kathleen Dunn hosted shortly after the death of bluegrass and banjo legend, Earl Scruggs. (Rebroadcast from 4/3/2012)
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| Wed, 12/26/2012 - 9:00am |
Bicentenary of Charles Dickens - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens birth by discussing his life and work. (Rebroadcast from 2/6/2012)
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| Tue, 12/25/2012 - 10:00pm | Biography of the Sun - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, the biography of the sun: from its stellar birth to its spectacular future death. | Download |
| Tue, 12/25/2012 - 10:00am |
Biography of the Sun - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, the biography of the sun: from its stellar birth to its spectacular future death.
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| Tue, 12/25/2012 - 9:00am |
Walter Cronkite - This week we rebroadcast Kathleen Dunn's Best Conversations of 2012. This hour, historian Douglas Brinkley on the life of Walter Cronkite. During his heyday, the longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News was known as "the most trusted man in America."
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| Mon, 12/24/2012 - 10:00pm | National Poetry Month - This hour, we'll re-air another of our favorite programs from 2012. This is a program Kathleen Dunn hosted to celebrate National Poetry month. (Rebroadcast from 4/5/2012) | Download |
| Mon, 12/24/2012 - 10:00am |
National Poetry Month - This hour, we'll re-air another of our favorite programs from 2012. This is a program Kathleen Dunn hosted to celebrate National Poetry month. (Rebroadcast from 4/5/2012)
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| Mon, 12/24/2012 - 9:00am |
George McGovern - We kick off our week of special rebroadcasts of our favorite conversations from 2012. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks with former South Dakota Senator George McGovern to discuss his thoughts on the future of the Democratic Party. (Rebroadcast from 3/1/2012)
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| Thu, 12/20/2012 - 10:00pm | End of Your Life Book Club - Will Schwalbe's bestseller The End of Your Life Book Club chronicles the last two years of his mother's life, when they read the same books in an informal book club of two. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks with Will about living, reading and sharing. | Download |
| Thu, 12/20/2012 - 10:00am |
End of Your Life Book Club - Will Schwalbe's bestseller The End of Your Life Book Club chronicles the last two years of his mother's life, when they read the same books in an informal book club of two. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks with Will about living, reading and sharing.
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| Thu, 12/20/2012 - 9:00am |
Peggy Post on Gift Giving - Peggy Post, Emily Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, joins Kathleen Dunn to talk about meaningful gift giving this holiday season.
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| Wed, 12/19/2012 - 10:00pm | Book Club: Civil Disobedience - This hour: the December edition of our Back-to-School Book Club. We tackle Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, which was adapted from lectures he gave after serving a night in jail for not paying his Massachusetts taxes. Thoreau argues that individuals should not allow injustices to be perpetrated in their names by their governments, and the ideas in the piece famously inspired Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. | Download |
| Wed, 12/19/2012 - 10:00am |
Book Club: Civil Disobedience - This hour: the December edition of our Back-to-School Book Club. We tackle Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, which was adapted from lectures he gave after serving a night in jail for not paying his Massachusetts taxes. Thoreau argues that individuals should not allow injustices to be perpetrated in their names by their governments, and the ideas in the piece famously inspired Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| Wed, 12/19/2012 - 9:00am |
Gun Control Legislation - In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting, there is renewed talk about gun control legislation in Washington. This hour, U.S. Representative Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett talk about what she would like to see proposed, and then a public health expert discusses the effects of various firearm policies.
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| Tue, 12/18/2012 - 10:00pm | List of 2012 Game Changers from Rolling Stone - An editor from Rolling Stone joins Kathleen Dunn to review the magazine's list of game changers, from politics to music, in 2012. | Download |
| Tue, 12/18/2012 - 10:00am |
List of 2012 Game Changers from Rolling Stone - An editor from Rolling Stone joins Kathleen Dunn to review the magazine's list of game changers, from politics to music, in 2012.
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| Tue, 12/18/2012 - 9:30am |
The Geography of Gun Violence - Kathleen Dunn is joined by Richard Florida who examines the geography of gun violence in America by studying the correlations between gun deaths and other kinds of social indicators.
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| Tue, 12/18/2012 - 9:00am |
Gun Violence - Kathleen Dunn is joined by a member from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the Police Chief of Oak Creek where a mass shooting took place at a Sikh temple in August.
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| Mon, 12/17/2012 - 10:00pm | Dealing With Tragedies - In the wake of the devastating school shooting in Connecticut last week, this hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine how a nation, families, and friends deal with tragic events. | Download |
| Mon, 12/17/2012 - 10:00am |
Dealing With Tragedies - In the wake of the devastating school shooting in Connecticut last week, this hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine how a nation, families, and friends deal with tragic events.
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| Mon, 12/17/2012 - 9:00am |
All Things Political - This hour, the week that was in politics with Kathleen Dunn and her guests.
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| Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:00pm | Egypt and Syria - This hour, Kathleen Dunn discusses the upcoming constitutional referendum in Egypt and the US recognition of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. | Download |
| Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:00am | Open Line - Join Kathleen Dunn for her December open line. Call in with your show and guest suggestions. | Download |
| Thu, 12/13/2012 - 9:00am |
Egypt and Syria - This hour, Kathleen Dunn discusses the upcoming constitutional referendum in Egypt and the US recognition of the Syrian Opposition Coalition.
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| Wed, 12/12/2012 - 10:00pm | Pearl Harbor Christmas - This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks about a Christmas season like no other: December, 1941. Historian Stanley Weintraub discusses his recent book about the days after the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. | Download |
| Wed, 12/12/2012 - 10:00am |
Pearl Harbor Christmas - This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks about a Christmas season like no other: December, 1941. Historian Stanley Weintraub discusses his recent book about the days after the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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| Wed, 12/12/2012 - 9:00am |
Right-to-Work Legislation in Michigan - The Michigan Legislature approved two bills on Tuesday that reduces the power of organized labor within the state. This hour Kathleen Dunn speaks with individuals on both sides of the right-to-work issue.
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| Tue, 12/11/2012 - 10:00pm | Sam Cooke - Today is the anniversary of the death of soul legend Sam Cooke. This hour, we celebrate his music and legacy. | Download |
| Tue, 12/11/2012 - 10:00am |
Sam Cooke - Today is the anniversary of the death of soul legend Sam Cooke. This hour, we celebrate his music and legacy.
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| Tue, 12/11/2012 - 9:00am |
Supreme Court and Gay Marriage - The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges to the Federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. This hour, Kathleen Dunn discuss the history of each, and the possible rulings. 9:00 - Jami Floyd, attorney, broadcast journalist and legal analyst for cable and network news, and is a frequent contributor to WNYC Radio. 9:20 - Katherine Franke, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia.
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| Mon, 12/10/2012 - 10:00pm | The Second City - The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959. This hour, Kathleen Dunn is joined by current performers to discuss the theatre's history and the art of improv. | Download |
| Mon, 12/10/2012 - 10:00am |
The Second City - The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959. This hour, Kathleen Dunn is joined by current performers to discuss the theatre's history and the art of improv.
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| Mon, 12/10/2012 - 9:00am |
All Things Political - Kathleen Dunn and her guests recap the week's top political news.
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| Thu, 12/06/2012 - 10:00pm | Dave Brubeck - Dave Brubeck, the jazz pianist, composer and bandleader behind the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet, died Wednesday at age 91. This hour Kathleen Dunn explores the legendary musician's career and influence on jazz today. | Download |
| Thu, 12/06/2012 - 10:00am |
Dave Brubeck - Dave Brubeck, the jazz pianist, composer and bandleader behind the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet, died Wednesday at age 91. This hour Kathleen Dunn explores the legendary musician's career and influence on jazz today.
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| Thu, 12/06/2012 - 9:00am |
Southern Poverty Law Center President - This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the President of the Southern Poverty Law Center about the SPLC's efforts to raise awareness of hate crimes, including the Sikh Temple shooting in Oak Creek in August.
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| Wed, 12/05/2012 - 10:00pm | Return to Pearl - This hour, the Pearl Harbor documentary Return to Pearl, about a group of Wisconsin World War II veterans that visited Pearl Harbor in June 2012. | Download |
| Wed, 12/05/2012 - 10:00am |
Return to Pearl - This hour, the Pearl Harbor documentary Return to Pearl, about a group of Wisconsin World War II veterans that visited Pearl Harbor in June 2012.
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| Wed, 12/05/2012 - 9:00am |
Drones - The number of drone strikes have increased during Obama's first term. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the use of drones, and how the administration is setting a legal framework for drone warfare.
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| Tue, 12/04/2012 - 10:00pm | Thomas Jefferson - Kathleen Dunn speaks with biographer Jon Meacham about his latest book on our nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson. | Download |
| Tue, 12/04/2012 - 10:00am |
Thomas Jefferson - Kathleen Dunn speaks with biographer Jon Meacham about his latest book on our nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson.
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| Tue, 12/04/2012 - 9:00am |
Books of 2012 - This hour, end-of-the-year book suggestions from two independent booksellers.
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| Mon, 12/03/2012 - 10:00pm | Tax Code - This hour Kathleen Dunn's guest explains the most divisive aspects of our current tax code, and what Republicans and Democrats propose in order to bring down our national debt. | Download |
| Mon, 12/03/2012 - 10:00am |
Tax Code - This hour Kathleen Dunn's guest explains the most divisive aspects of our current tax code, and what Republicans and Democrats propose in order to bring down our national debt.
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| Mon, 12/03/2012 - 9:00am |
All Things Political - Kathleen Dunn recaps the latest news across the country; from the fate of the fiscal cliff, immigration and filibuster reform, to the potential end of the 1 dollar bill.
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