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Thursday
7/14/2011
10:00 AM
110714E
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Nancy Pearl Talks Books
Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to talk about great summer reads and new releases.
Guest: Nancy Pearl, former director, Seattle Public Library. Author, "Book Lust" series, including, "Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading For Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers".
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Thursday
7/14/2011
10:00 PM
110714E
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Nancy Pearl Talks Books
Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to talk about great summer reads and new releases.
Guest: Nancy Pearl, former director, Seattle Public Library. Author, "Book Lust" series, including, "Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading For Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers".
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Wednesday
7/13/2011
9:00 AM
110713D
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Patchwork Nation
After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with the director of the community reporting project Patchwork Nation.
Guest: Dante Chinni, correspondent and project director, Patchwork Nation Project. Co-Author, "Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the 'Real' America." www.patchworknation.org
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Wednesday
7/13/2011
10:00 AM
110713E
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Reforming the Education Reformers
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the current state of the education-reform movement, a decade on.
Guest: Paul Tough, contributor, New York Times Magazine. Author, "Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America"
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Wednesday
7/13/2011
10:00 PM
110713E
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Reforming the Education Reformers
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the current state of the education-reform movement, a decade after it began.
Guest: Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine contributor, author of "Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America"
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Tuesday
7/12/2011
9:00 AM
110712D
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Agreement on the Debt Ceiling
President Obama addressed the U.S. debt ceiling in a news conference on Monday. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how a possible debt deal would be made before the government exhausts its borrowing authority on August 2nd.
Guest: Terry Zivney, Professor of Finance, Miller College of Business, Ball State University.
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Tuesday
7/12/2011
10:00 AM
110712E
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“The Long Road Home"
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the struggles of the nearly eight-million displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Guest: Ben Shephard, historian. Producer, U.K. television series "The World at War," and "The Nuclear Age". Author, "The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War", "A War of Nerves", "After Daybreak"
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Tuesday
7/12/2011
10:00 PM
110712E
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“The Long Road Home"
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the struggles of the nearly eight-million displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Guest: Ben Shephard, historian. Producer, U.K. television series "The World at War," and "The Nuclear Age". Author, "The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War", "A War of Nerves", "After Daybreak"
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Monday
7/11/2011
9:00 AM
110711D
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All Things Political
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap the nation's top headlines.
Guest: John Geer, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Vanderbilt University
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Monday
7/11/2011
10:00 PM
110308E
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Cosmetic history
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the history of the cosmetic industry.
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Guest: Ruth Brandon, Author, "Ugly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L'Oréal, and the Blemished History of Looking Good." (Rebroadcast from 3/8/2011)
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Thursday
7/7/2011
9:00 AM
110707D
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Afghanistan
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine President Obama's plan in Afghanistan, and about the United Nations Environment Programme operating in that country.
Guests:
- Andrew Scanlon, Protected Areas Expert and Global Environment Facility Biodiversity Programme Coordinator, United Nations - Afghanistan.
- Chip Duncan, filmmaker, author, photographer and President, The Duncan Group, Inc.
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Thursday
7/7/2011
10:00 AM
110707E
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Water and Humans
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the history of the relationship of humans with water, and how it will shape our future.
Guest: Brian Fagan, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Author, "Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind", "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations"
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Thursday
7/7/2011
10:00 PM
110707E
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Water and Humans
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the history of the relationship of humans with water, and how it will shape our future.
Guest: Brian Fagan, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Author, "Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind", "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations"
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Wednesday
7/6/2011
9:00 AM
110706D
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Wisconsin Recall Elections
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine upcoming recall elections in Wisconsin, and how they could change the national political landscape.
Guests:
9:00 - Gary F. Moncrief, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Boise State University.
9:30 - Patrick Marley, Madison bureau reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. www.jsonline.com.
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Wednesday
7/6/2011
10:00 AM
110706E
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July Open Line
It's the July Open Line. Call Kathleen Dunn, after ten, and let us know what topics and guests you'd like to hear on the show.
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Wednesday
7/6/2011
10:00 PM
110706E
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July Open Line
It's the July Open Line. Call Kathleen Dunn, after ten, and let us know what topics and guests you'd like to hear on the show.
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Tuesday
7/5/2011
9:00 AM
110705D
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Government Shutdown in Minnesota
After nine, join Kathleen Dunn and her guests as they look at the latest on the government shutdown in Minnesota.
Guests:
- Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio reporter
- David Schultz, Professor, Hamline University School of Business
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Tuesday
7/5/2011
10:00 AM
110705E
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MA Governor Deval Patrick
Governor Deval Patrick joins Kathleen Dunn after ten to discuss his journey from a poor neighborhood in the south side of Chicago, to being appointed Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights by President Clinton, and now the Governor of Massachusetts.
Guest: Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Author, "A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life."
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Tuesday
7/5/2011
10:00 PM
110705E
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MA Governor Deval Patrick
Governor Deval Patrick joins Kathleen Dunn after ten to discuss his journey from a poor neighborhood in the south side of Chicago, to being appointed Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights by President Clinton, and now the Governor of Massachusetts.
Guest: Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Author, "A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life."
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Monday
7/4/2011
9:00 AM
110704D
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All Things Political
After nine, join Kathleen Dunn and her guest as they analyze the top political headlines from the past week.
Guest: Craig Gilbert, Washington bureau chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Monday
7/4/2011
10:00 AM
110704E
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Wisconsin Civil War 150th Commission.
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with the chair of the Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission about our state's contributions to the war effort . . . from citizen soldiers in battle, to those that helped on the home front.
Guest: Lance Herdegen. Chair, Wisconsin Civil War 150th Commission. Former director, Institute of Civil War Studies, Carroll University. Author, "Those Damned Black Hats: The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign."
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Monday
7/4/2011
10:00 PM
110704E
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Wisconsin Civil War 150th Commission.
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with the chair of the Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission about our state's contributions to the war effort; from citizen soldiers in battle, to those that aided from the home front.
Guest: Lance Herdegen. Chair, Wisconsin Civil War 150th Commission. Former director of the Institute of Civil War Studies at Carroll University. Author, "Those Damned Black Hats: The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign."
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Thursday
6/30/2011
9:00 AM
110630D
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Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of Wil...
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an acclaimed Shakespearean Scholar about the crucial events of The Bard's life, and how they shaped his world and work.
Guest: Jonathan Bate, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick (WAR-ick). Principal Editor, Modern Library and Royal Shakespeare Company "William Shakespeare: Complete Works." Author, "Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare." (Rebroadcast from 5/19/2009)
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Thursday
6/30/2011
10:00 AM
110630E
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Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revoluti...
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, is a Pakistani rock star trying to build a bridge between The East and The West through music.
Guest: Salman Ahmad, co-founder and guitarist, Pakistani rock band Junoon. Author, "Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution." (Rebroadcast from 2/18/2010)
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Thursday
6/30/2011
10:00 PM
110630E
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Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revoluti...
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, is a Pakistani rock star trying to build a bridge between The East and The West through music.
Guest: Salman Ahmad, co-founder and guitarist, Pakistani rock band Junoon. Author, "Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution." (Rebroadcast from 2/18/2010)
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Wednesday
6/29/2011
9:00 AM
110629D
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Why Brandeis Matters
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the life and legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.
Guest: Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at The George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. (Re-broadcast from 8/24/10)
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Wednesday
6/29/2011
10:00 AM
110629E
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All Facts Considered
News host Scott Simon dubbed her "the source of all human knowledge". After ten, join Kathleen Dunn for a conversation with NPR News Librarian Kee Malesky (KEY mah-LESS-key).
SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTE: This hour of the Kathleen Dunn program will be abreviated due to Special Programming from NPR News --President Obama's White House News Conference.
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Wednesday
6/29/2011
10:00 PM
110629E
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All Facts Considered
News Host Scott Simon dubbed her "the source of all human knowledge". After ten, join Kathleen Dunn for a conversation with National Public Radio News Librarian Kee Malesky (KEY mah-LESS-key).
Guest: Kee Malesky, News Librarian, National Public Radio. Author, "All Facts Considered: The Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge." (Re-broadcast from 11/9/10)
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Tuesday
6/28/2011
9:00 AM
110628D
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Gay Marriage Bill passed in New York
Late last Friday, New York became the sixth, and by far the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, following a grueling overtime session in the state legislature. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the history of same-sex marriage legislation, and how it passed the republican controlled Senate.
Guests:
9:00 - Nick Confessore, reporter who covers New York state politics and government, Metropolitan Desk, The New York Times.
9:30 - Suzanne B. Goldberg, Clinical Professor of Law, and Director, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School.
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Tuesday
6/28/2011
10:00 AM
110628E
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Bill Moyers
Legendary journalist Bill Moyers joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to look back at his years of hosting his popular PBS program.
Guest: Bill Moyers - Prize-winning journalist and former host, "Bill Moyers Journal" on PBS. Author, "Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues."
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Tuesday
6/28/2011
10:00 PM
110628E
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Bill Moyers
Legendary journalist Bill Moyers joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to look back at his years as host of his popular PBS program.
Guest: Bill Moyers - Prize-winning journalist, and former host of "Bill Moyers Journal" on PBS. Author, "Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues."
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Monday
6/27/2011
9:00 AM
110627D
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All Things Political
Join Kathleen Dunn and her guest after nine, when they look back at the headlines from Washington that shaped the past week.
Guests:
9:00 - Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
9:30 - Bill Schneider, CNN's senior political analyst, Distinguished Senior Fellow & Resident Scholar at Third Way, and Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy.
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Monday
6/27/2011
10:00 AM
110627E
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Transition Towns
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss "transition towns" in America, where community members engage their collective creativity to successfully transition to a future beyond fossil fuels.
Guest: Patricia Benson, Board Member, Transition U.S.
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Monday
6/27/2011
10:00 PM
110627E
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Transition Towns
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss "transition towns," where community members engage their collective creativity to successfully transition to a future beyond fossil fuels.
Guest: Patricia Benson, Board Member, Transition U.S.
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Thursday
6/23/2011
9:00 AM
110623D
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Afghanistan
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss Obama's plan in Afghanistan, and the United Nations Environment Programme operating in the country.
Guests:
- Governor Habiba Sarabi, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. Gov. Sarabi is Afghanistan's first and only female Governor.
- Andrew Scanlon, Protected Areas Expert and Global Environment Facility Biodiversity Programme Coordinator, United Nations, Afghanistan.
- Chip Duncan, filmmaker, author, photographer. President, The Duncan Group, Inc.
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Thursday
6/23/2011
10:00 AM
110623E
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Summer of China at the Milwaukee Art Museum
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take a virtual tour of a new exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum: "Summer of China".
Guests:
- Laurie Winters, Director of Exhibitions, Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Henry Ng, Executive Vice President, World Monuments Fund.
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Thursday
6/23/2011
10:00 PM
110623E
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Summer of China at the Milwaukee Art Museum
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the Milwaukee Art's Museum's new "Summer of China" exhibit.
Guests:
- Laurie Winters, Director of Exhibitions, Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Henry Ng, Executive Vice President, World Monuments Fund.
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Wednesday
6/22/2011
9:00 AM
110622D
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All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after nine, says that while corporate profits are up twenty-percent, most workers are doing more . . . and paid less.
Guest: Monika Bauerlein, co-editor, Mother Jones. www.motherjones.com
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Wednesday
6/22/2011
10:00 AM
110622E
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Battle of Bunker Hill
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss one of the earliest battles of The Revolutionary War.
Guest: Paul Lockhart, Professor of History, Wright State University. Author, "The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington."
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Wednesday
6/22/2011
10:00 PM
110622E
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Battle of Bunker Hill
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss one of the earliest battles of the Revolutionary War.
Guest: Paul Lockhart, Professor of History, Wright State University. Author, "The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington."
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Tuesday
6/21/2011
9:00 AM
110621D
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Update on Budget Repair Bill and Recall Election...
After nine, Kathleen Dunn is joined by two guests for the latest news on the Budget Repair Bill, and recall elections.
Guests:
- Steve Baas, Vice President for Government Affairs, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
- Janine Geske, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Restorative Justice Initiative, Marquette Law School
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Tuesday
6/21/2011
10:00 AM
110621E
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The Nature Principle
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest describes how the future will belong to the 'nature-smart', saying, "The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need."
Guest: Richard Louv, journalist, Founding Chairman, Children & Nature Network, www.childrenandnature.org
Author, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder" , "The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder."
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Tuesday
6/21/2011
10:00 PM
110621E
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The Nature Principle
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest argues that the future will belong to 'nature-smart' individuals, stating "The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need."
Guest: Richard Louv journalist, author, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder," and most recently, "The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder." Founding Chairman, "Children & Nature Network." www.childrenandnature.org
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Monday
6/20/2011
9:00 AM
110620D
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All Things Political
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the nation's top headlines.
Guest: Charles Lipson, Professor of Political Science and Director, Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security, University of Chicago.
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Monday
6/20/2011
10:00 AM
110620E
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Ninth Season of History Detectives on PBS
After ten, Kathleen Dunn is joined by one of PBS's "History Detectives". The ninth season debuts tomorrow night at seven o'clock.
Guest: Wes Cowan, host, "History Detectives".
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Monday
6/20/2011
10:00 PM
110620E
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Ninth Season of History Detectives on PBS
After ten, Kathleen Dunn is joined by one of PBS's "History Detectives". The ninth season debuts tomorrow night at seven o'clock.
Guest: Wes Cowan, host, "History Detectives".
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Thursday
6/16/2011
9:00 AM
110616D
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National Congress of American Indians Conference
The National Congress of American Indians is wrapping-up their Mid-Year Conference and Marketplace today in Milwaukee. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss issues facing American Indian communities here in Wisconsin and across the United States.
Guest: Jefferson Keel, President, National Congress of American Indians.
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Thursday
6/16/2011
10:00 AM
110616E
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Wisconsin Politics
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest on the politics of Wisconsin.
Guest: George Waller, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Fox Valley.
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Thursday
6/16/2011
10:00 PM
110616E
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Wisconsin Politics
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest on the politics of Wisconsin.
Guest: George Waller, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley.
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Wednesday
6/15/2011
9:00 AM
110615D
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The War on Drugs Turns 40
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the War on Drugs. After nine, join Kathleen Dunn and her guest, who says the War on Drugs is lost.
Guest: Steven Duke, Professor of Law, Yale Law School, coauthor of “America's Longest War: Rethinking Our Tragic Crusade Against Drugs”.
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Wednesday
6/15/2011
10:00 AM
110615E
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Lakefront Festival of the Arts
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss this year’s Lakefront Festival of Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum. http://lfoa.mam.org/
Guests:
- Waverly Liu, artist and writer. Editor, “Art Wall.” Participant, Global Artist Exchange.
- Lawrence W. Oliverson, Wisconsin-based fine arts photographer. President, Friends of Art, and member of the Board of Trustees for the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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Wednesday
6/15/2011
10:00 PM
110615E
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Lakefront Festival of the Arts
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss this year’s Lakefront Festival of Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum. http://lfoa.mam.org/
Guests:
- Waverly Liu, artist and writer. Editor, “Art Wall.” Participant, Global Artist Exchange.
- Lawrence W. Oliverson, Wisconsin-based fine arts photographer. President, Friends of Art, and member of the Board of Trustees for the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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Tuesday
6/14/2011
9:00 AM
110614D
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Job Creation
On Monday President Obama traveled to North Carolina to meet with his Jobs and Competitiveness Council. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest unemployment numbers, and how the Administration plans to create jobs.
Guest: L. Randall Wray, Professor of Economics, and Research Director for the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Tuesday
6/14/2011
10:00 AM
110614E
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Wisconsin and the Civil War in the Summer of 186...
Join the conversation, as Kathleen Dunn talks with her guest about the Wisconsin State Historical Society's efforts to secure its historical documents for the future. After 10:30, she is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in a conversation about President Lincoln's role as a political leader during the Civil War.
Guests:
-Michael Edmonds, Head, Digital Collections & Web Services, Wisconsin Historical Society.
-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and author of numerous books, including "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."
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Tuesday
6/14/2011
10:00 PM
110614E
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Kathleen Dunn
Join the conversation, as Kathleen Dunn talks with her guests about the Wisconsin State Historical Society's efforts to secure its historical documents for the future. After 10:30, she is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in a conversation about the Civil War in the summer of 1861, and President Lincoln's role as a political leader.
Guests:
-Michael Edmonds, Head, Digital Collections & Web Services, Wisconsin Historical Society.
-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and author of numerous books, including "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."
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Monday
6/13/2011
9:00 AM
110613D
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All Things Political
Join Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after nine, for a review of all the top political headlines.
Guest: Glenn Thrush, White House Correspondent, Politico
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Monday
6/13/2011
10:00 AM
110613E
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History of Voting Rights
With several states passing new voting laws, Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after ten, look at the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Guest: Brian K. Landsberg, Distinguished Professor and Scholar, Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
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Monday
6/13/2011
10:00 PM
110613E
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Kathleen Dunn
With several states passing new voting laws, Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after ten, look at the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Guest: Brian K. Landsberg, Distinguished Professor and Scholar, Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
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Thursday
6/9/2011
9:00 AM
110609D
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Benefits of Bilingualism
After nine, Veronica Rueckert talks with a cognitive neuroscientist about how bilingualism can benefit the brain.
Guest: Ellen Bialystok, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto.
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Thursday
6/9/2011
10:00 AM
110609E
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The Most Human Human
What does it mean to "think?" Will machines ever be able to completely mimic the human mind? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the relationship between computers and humanity.
Guest: Brian Christian, Author, “The Most Human Human: What Talking With Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive.”
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Thursday
6/9/2011
10:00 PM
110609E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
What does it mean to "think?" Will machines ever be able to completely mimic the human mind? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the relationship between computers and humanity.
Guest: Brian Christian, Author, “The Most Human Human: What Talking With Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive.”
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Wednesday
6/8/2011
9:00 AM
110608D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert’s guest describes how we have entered a new geological era (the Anthropocene) that reflects the impact of humans on the global environment.
Guest: Erle C. Ellis, Associate Professor, Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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Wednesday
6/8/2011
10:00 AM
110608E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the story of how the separation of church and state in public schools began in America, with the landmark First Amendment case McCollum vs. Board of Education.
Guest: Jay Rosenstein, independent documentary producer, director, writer, and editor.
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Wednesday
6/8/2011
10:00 PM
110608E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the story of how the separation of church and state in public schools began in America, with the landmark First Amendment case McCollum vs. Board of Education.
Guest: Jay Rosenstein, independent documentary producer, director, writer, and editor.
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Tuesday
6/7/2011
9:00 AM
110607D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests look at the latest news on the issue of immigration in America, especially the role it will play in the 2012 elections.
Guests:
- Matt A. Barreto, Associate Professor of Political Science, Washington University. Director, Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity & Race and The Washington Poll.
- Denise Gilman, Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director, Immigration Clinic, University of Texas School of Law.
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Tuesday
6/7/2011
10:00 AM
110607E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest has suggestions for replacing some worn-out words in our vocabulary . . . words like "awesome" and "great".
Guest: Arthur Plotnick, author and publisher. Author, “Better than Great: A Plenitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives”, “Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style”, and “The Elements of Editing”.
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Tuesday
6/7/2011
10:00 PM
110607E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest has suggestions for replacing some worn-out words in our vocabulary . . . words like "awesome" and "great".
Guest: Arthur Plotnick, author and publisher. Author, “Better than Great: A Plenitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives”, “Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style”, and “The Elements of Editing”.
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Monday
6/6/2011
9:00 AM
110606D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the latest political news from Washington.
Guests:
9:00 – Karen Tumulty, National Political Correspondent, Washington Post.
9:30 - Carl P. Leubsdorf, former Washington Bureau Chief of The Dallas Morning News. Currently, Leubsdorf writes a weekly column for the paper and its web site, www.dallasnews.com.
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Monday
6/6/2011
10:00 AM
110606E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the best books for summer.
Guest: Mike Harvkey, Deputy Reviews Editor and Fiction Reviews Editor, Publisher's Weekly.
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Monday
6/6/2011
10:00 PM
110606E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the best books for summer.
Guest: Mike Harvkey, Deputy Reviews Editor and Fiction Reviews Editor, Publisher's Weekly.
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Thursday
6/2/2011
9:00 AM
110602D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn hosts her June open-line. Call in with your guest and topic suggestions.
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Thursday
6/2/2011
10:00 AM
110602E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests talk about this summer’s lineup at the American Players Theatre. www.americanplayers.org
Guests:
10:00 - Brenda DeVita, Associate Artistic Director, American Players Theatre (APT).
10:30 - Tim Ocel, Director, “The Taming of the Shrew,” at the APT.
10:30 - Tracy Michelle Arnold, starring as Kate in this year’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew.”
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Thursday
6/2/2011
10:00 PM
110602E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests talk about this summer’s lineup at the American Players Theatre. www.americanplayers.org
Guests:
10:00 - Brenda DeVita, Associate Artistic Director, American Players Theatre (APT).
10:30 - Tim Ocel, Director, “The Taming of the Shrew,” at the APT.
10:30 - Tracy Michelle Arnold, starring as Kate in this year’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew.”
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Wednesday
6/1/2011
9:00 AM
110601D
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Reforming America's Prisons
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that overcrowded prisons in California violate a Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at problems in America’s prison system.
Guest: Michelle Alexander, Associate Professor, Moritz College of Law and Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State University. Author, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.”
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Wednesday
6/1/2011
10:00 AM
110601E
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Kathleen Dunn
From Billie Holiday to Green Day, after ten Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the history of protest songs.
Guest: Dorian Lynskey, music writer for the Guardian. Author, "33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs."
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Wednesday
6/1/2011
10:00 PM
110601E
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Kathleen Dunn
From Billie Holiday to Green Day, after ten Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the history of protest songs.
Guest: Dorian Lynskey, music writer for the Guardian. Author, "33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs."
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Tuesday
5/31/2011
9:00 AM
110531D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the nation’s top news.
Guests:
9:00 - Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio State Government Reporter.
9:30 - Craig Gilbert, Washington Bureau Chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Tuesday
5/31/2011
10:00 AM
110531E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest filmmaker talks about her documentary featuring people in their 90s and 100s who are living extraordinary and passionate lives.
Guest: Susan Polis Schutz, Executive Producer & Director, “Over 90 and Loving It.”
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Tuesday
5/31/2011
10:00 PM
110531E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest filmmaker talks about her documentary featuring people in their 90s and 100s who are living extraordinary and passionate lives.
Guest: Susan Polis Schutz, Executive Producer & Director, “Over 90 and Loving It.”
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Monday
5/30/2011
9:00 AM
110530D
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Kathleen Dunn
How much can we trust the statistics in research studies? Kathleen Dunn's guest, after nine, says while numbers don’t lie . . . people sure do.
Guest: Charles Seife, professor of journalism, New York University. Author, “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea” and “Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception”. (Rebroadcast from 11/4/2010)
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Monday
5/30/2011
10:00 AM
110530E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest revisit the summer of 1964, when more than seven-hundred student volunteers arrived in racially charged Mississippi . . . to assist in registering black voters and opening schools . . . to advocate for civil rights.
Guest: Bruce Watson, historian, journalist, author, “Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy.” (Rebroadcast from 7/20/2010)
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Monday
5/30/2011
10:00 PM
110530E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest revisit the summer of 1964, when more than seven-hundred student volunteers arrived in racially charged Mississippi . . . to assist in registering black voters and opening schools . . . to advocate for civil rights.
Guest: Bruce Watson, historian, journalist, author, “Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy.” (Rebroadcast from 7/20/2010)
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Thursday
5/26/2011
9:00 AM
110210E
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look back at the story of the "Accidental President,"
Andrew Johnson, who is often considered one of the nation's worst leaders.
Guest: Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor, Harvard Law School, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Professor of History, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Author, "Andrew Johnson". (Rebroadcast from 2/10/2011)
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Thursday
5/26/2011
10:00 AM
110526E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, self-described 'Space Paleontologist' Mike Brown joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his discovery of Eris, the largest new object found in the solar system in 150 years, which sparked the debate and demotion of Pluto to "dwarf" planet status.
Guest: Mike Brown, Professor of Planetary Astronomy, The California Institute of Technology. Author, “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming". (Rebroadcast from 3/17/2011)
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Thursday
5/26/2011
10:00 PM
110526E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, self-described 'Space Paleontologist' Mike Brown joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his discovery of Eris, the largest new object found in the solar system in 150 years, which sparked the debate and demotion of Pluto to "dwarf" planet status.
Guest: Mike Brown, Professor of Planetary Astronomy, The California Institute of Technology. Author, “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming". (Rebroadcast from 3/17/2011)
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Wednesday
5/25/2011
9:00 AM
110525D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take a look at the recent spate of severe weather across the country.
Guests:
9:00 - Paul Markowski, Associate Professor of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University.
9:30 - Joshua Wurman, President, Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, CO.
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Wednesday
5/25/2011
10:00 AM
110525E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, join Kathleen Dunn and her guest as they look back at the history of green technology in America, from the waterwheels of the 1800s to the latest sprawling solar arrays.
Guest: Alexis Madrigal, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, visiting scholar at the University of California-Berkeley, author of "Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology"
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Wednesday
5/25/2011
10:00 PM
110525E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, join Kathleen Dunn and her guest as they look back at the history of green technology in America, from the waterwheels of the 1800s to the latest sprawling solar arrays.
Guest: Alexis Madrigal, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, visiting scholar at the University of California-Berkeley, author of "Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology"
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Tuesday
5/24/2011
9:00 AM
110524D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the goals and themes of President Obama’s weeklong trip to Europe.
Guest: James Goldgeier, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, author of “America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11”
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Tuesday
5/24/2011
10:00 AM
110524E
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Kathleen Dunn
Are we alone in the Universe? According to Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, almost certainly not.
Guest: Marc Kaufman, science reporter, Washington Post. Author, “First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth.”
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Tuesday
5/24/2011
10:00 PM
110524E
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Kathleen Dunn
Are we alone in the universe? According to Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, almost certainly not.
Guest: Marc Kaufman, science reporter for the Washington Post. Author, “First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth.”
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Monday
5/23/2011
9:00 AM
110523D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, join Kathleen Dunn and her guest as they take a look at the top political headlines of the past week.
Guest: Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affais, Princeton University. Author, “The Presidency of George W. Bush: A First Historical Assessment”.
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Monday
5/23/2011
10:00 AM
110523E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest travelled from Kansas, to Hawaii, to Indonesia, in an effort to recount the life of Ann Dunham, President Obama’s mother.
Guest: Janny Scott, author, “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother.”
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Monday
5/23/2011
10:00 PM
110523E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest travelled from Kansas, to Hawaii, to Indonesia, in an effort to recount the life of Ann Dunham, President Obama’s mother.
Guest: Janny Scott, author, “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother.”
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Thursday
5/19/2011
9:00 AM
110519D
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Kathleen Dunn
What can great works of literature teach us about childhood and about growing old? After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest extract timeless lessons from Shakespeare, Alice Walker, Charles Dickens and more.
Guest: Arnold Weinstein - Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Brown University, author of “Morning, Noon and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books”. (Rebroadcast from 4/20/2011)
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Thursday
5/19/2011
10:00 AM
110519E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Wisconsin Public Radio provides special coverage of President Obama's speech on the Middle East and North Africa. Joy Cardin and UW-Madison History Professor Jeremy Suri (SURRY) will preview the speech, and NPR coverage begins at ten-twenty.
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Thursday
5/19/2011
10:00 PM
110519D
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Kathleen Dunn
What can great works of literature teach us about childhood and about growing old? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest extract timeless lessons from Shakespeare, Alice Walker, Charles Dickens and more.
Guest: Arnold Weinstein - Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Brown University, author of “Morning, Noon and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books”. (Rebroadcast from 4/20/2011)
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Wednesday
5/18/2011
9:00 AM
110518D
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Kathleen Dunn
He's become something of a mythical figure in America... After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the life of Founding Father and First President George Washington.
Guest: Ron Chernow, author, “Washington: A Life”. (Rebroadcast from 1/13/2011)
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Wednesday
5/18/2011
10:00 AM
110518E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest revisit the story of how a skinny singer from Hoboken, New Jersey became the "Sultan of Swoon," Frank Sinatra.
Guest: James Kaplan, novelist, journalist, and biographer. Author, “Frank: The Voice.” (Rebroadcast from 11/11/2010)
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Wednesday
5/18/2011
10:00 PM
110518E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest revisit the story of how a skinny singer from Hoboken, New Jersey became the "Sultan of Swoon," Frank Sinatra.
Guest: James Kaplan, novelist, journalist, and biographer. Author, “Frank: The Voice.” (Rebroadcast from 11/11/2010)
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Tuesday
5/17/2011
9:00 AM
110517D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss a new government report which found that many nursing homes are overmedicating their residents.
Guests:
- Victor Molinari, Professor in the Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities, University of South Florida.
- Richard Mollot, Executive Director, Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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Tuesday
5/17/2011
10:00 AM
110517E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn plays comedy clips, from Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks to Steve Martin.
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Tuesday
5/17/2011
10:30 AM
110517X
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Kathleen Dunn
Legendary actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten-thirty.
Guest: Dick Van Dyke, author, "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.”
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Tuesday
5/17/2011
10:00 PM
110517E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn plays comedy clips, from Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks to Steve Martin.
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Tuesday
5/17/2011
10:30 PM
110517X
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Kathleen Dunn
Legendary actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten-thirty.
Guest: Dick Van Dyke, author, "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.”
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Monday
5/16/2011
9:00 AM
110516D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest national and international headlines.
Guests:
9:00 - Matt Bai, writer of the “Political Times” column for “The New York Times,” and chief political correspondent for “The Times Magazine,” and he started writing a new column for “The Caucus,” The Times' politics and government blog.
9:30 - Bret Stephens, Deputy Editor, editorial page, “The Wall Street Journal,” where he also writes the “Global View” column.
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Monday
5/16/2011
10:00 AM
110516E
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Kathleen Dunn
From the Middle East to Madagascar, high food prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about what he calls the 21st-century food wars.
Guest: Lester Brown, Founder and President of Earth Policy Institute, author of World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
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Monday
5/16/2011
10:00 PM
110516E
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Kathleen Dunn
From the Middle East to Madagascar, high food prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about what he calls the 21st-century food wars.
Guest: Lester Brown, Founder and President of Earth Policy Institute, author of World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
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Thursday
5/12/2011
9:00 AM
110512D
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Kathleen Dunn
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would allow public school students to attend private and religious schools outside of the City of Milwaukee at taxpayers' expense. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests talk about expanding voucher schools in Wisconsin.
Guests:
- Bob Peterson, fifth-grade teacher at La Escuela Fratney in Milwaukee, founding editor of Rethinking Schools.
- Jim Bender, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, School Choice Wisconsin.
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Thursday
5/12/2011
10:00 AM
110512E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a look at "neverisms" . . . words of advice that begin with the word 'never'.
Guest: Mardy Grothe, author, “Neverisms: A Quotation Lover's Guide to Things You Should Never Do, Never Say, or Never Forget" & "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes".
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Thursday
5/12/2011
10:00 PM
110512E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn is joined by word maven Mardy Grothe to discuss "neverisms" - words of advice that begin with the word 'never'.
Guest: Mardy Grothe, author of several books including, “Ifferisms: An Anthology of Aphorisms That Begin with the Word 'IF'", "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes," and most recently, “Neverisms: A Quotation Lover's Guide to Things You Should Never Do, Never Say, or Never Forget."
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Wednesday
5/11/2011
9:00 AM
110511D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with the founder of the Milwaukee-based charitable organization YoutHaiti (youth HAY-tee). The group is focused on helping and encouraging young people in Haiti to develop ecological sanitation options and sustainable food sources. Also, two Haitian youth leaders talk about their efforts to improve sanitation in Haiti.
Guest: Gigi Pomerantz, President and Founder, YoutHaiti.
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Wednesday
5/11/2011
10:00 AM
110511E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guests give us an update from the Encyclopedia of Life, an online venture with the goal of providing freely available knowledge about all the world’s organisms.
Guests:
- Bob Corrigan, Product Manager and acting Deputy Director, Encyclopedia of Life.
- Tom Garnett, Program Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Wednesday
5/11/2011
10:00 PM
110511E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guests give us an update from the Encyclopedia of Life, an online venture with the goal of providing freely available knowledge about all the world’s organisms.
Guests:
- Bob Corrigan, Product Manager and acting Deputy Director, Encyclopedia of Life.
- Tom Garnett, Program Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Tuesday
5/10/2011
9:00 AM
110510D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests look at current relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.
Guest:
- Akbar Ahmed, Professor, School of International Service and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University, First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, former Pakistani ambassador to the UK
- Jane Perlez, Chief Correspondent for the New York Times in Pakistan
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Tuesday
5/10/2011
10:00 AM
110510E
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Kathleen Dunn
Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to talk about his life, career, and how he credits his success with his early years in improvisational theater.
Guest: Alan Arkin, Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer, author, “An Improvised Life: A Memoir.”
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Tuesday
5/10/2011
10:00 PM
110510E
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Kathleen Dunn
Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to talk about his life, career, and how he credits his success with his early years in improvisational theater.
Guest: Alan Arkin, Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer, author, “An Improvised Life: A Memoir.”
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Monday
5/9/2011
9:00 AM
110509D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests recap the nation’s top news.
Guests:
9:00 – Sam Stein, Political Reporter, Huffington Post.
9:30 - Philip Klein, Senior Writer, The Washington Examiner.
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Monday
5/9/2011
10:00 AM
110509E
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Kathleen Dunn
Should a reportedly unarmed Osama bin Laden have been captured alive, rather than shot dead? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the ethics of killing during wartime.
Guest: Jeff McMahan, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University. Author, "The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life" and "Killing in War"
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Monday
5/9/2011
10:00 PM
110509E
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Kathleen Dunn
Should a reportedly unarmed Osama bin Laden have been captured alive, rather than shot dead? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the ethics of killing during wartime.
Guest: Jeff McMahan, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University. Author, "The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life" and "Killing in War"
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Thursday
5/5/2011
9:00 AM
110505D
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Kathleen Dunn
A proposed budget for the 2012 Milwaukee Public Schools fiscal year would cut the equivalent of nearly one-thousand full-time positions from the M-P-S staff. After nine, Kathleen Dunn discusses the 2012 Milwaukee Public Schools budget with the President of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association.
Guest: Mike Langyel, President, Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association.
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Thursday
5/5/2011
10:00 AM
110505E
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Kathleen Dunn
Author, poet, and Pulitzer Prize laureate Alice Walker joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to recall her time raising chickens . . . what they taught her about life . . . and how they’ve become a great source of inspiration.
Guest: Alice Walker - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet and activist. Author, “Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart,” “The Temple of My Familiar,” and most recently, “The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir.”
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Thursday
5/5/2011
10:00 PM
110505E
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Kathleen Dunn
Author, poet, and Pulitzer Prize laureate Alice Walker joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss her past years of raising chickens - what they’ve taught her about life, and how they’ve become a great source of inspiration.
Guest: Alice Walker - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet and activist. Her books include, “Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart,” “The Temple of My Familiar,” “Hard Times Require Furious Dancing,” and most recently, “The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir.”
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Wednesday
5/4/2011
9:00 AM
110504D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss all the latest news from across the state, the nation, and around the world.
Guests:
- Bill Kraus, veteran Republican political strategist and board member, Common Cause in Wisconsin.
- Ed Garvey, Senior Partner, Law firm of Garvey, McNeil, and Associates. Publisher, www.FightingBob.com.
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Wednesday
5/4/2011
10:00 AM
110504E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest review some of the best new books for Spring reading.
Guest: Dave Mallmann, Head Buyer, Next Chapter Bookshop.
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Wednesday
5/4/2011
10:00 PM
110308E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss this history of the cosmetic industry.
Guest: Ruth Brandon, Author, "Ugly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L’Oréal, and the Blemished History of Looking Good." (Rebroadcast from 3/8/11)
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Tuesday
5/3/2011
9:00 AM
110503D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn is joined by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a specialist in terrorism to discuss the recent raid in Pakistan that resulted in the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Guests:
9:00 - Audrey Kurth Cronin, Professor, The National War College. Author, "How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns."
9:30 - Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of "The Way of the World" and "The One Percent Doctrine".
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Tuesday
5/3/2011
10:00 AM
110503E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss America's war on terror, after Osama Bin Laden.
Guests:
10:00 - Robert Haddick, Managing Editor of Small Wars Journal. www.smallwarsjournal.com. He also writes the “This Week at War” column for Foreign Policy Magazine.
10:30 - Mary Haybeck, Associate Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Author of several books including, "Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror," and the forthcoming, "Attacking America: How al-Qaeda Is
Fighting Their 200-Year War With the U.S."
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Tuesday
5/3/2011
10:00 PM
110503E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss America's war on terror, after Osama Bin Laden.
Guests:
10:00 - Robert Haddick, Managing Editor of Small Wars Journal. www.smallwarsjournal.com. He also writes the “This Week at War” column for Foreign Policy Magazine.
10:30 - Mary Haybeck, Associate Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Author of several books including, "Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror," and the forthcoming, "Attacking America: How al-Qaeda Is
Fighting Their 200-Year War With the U.S."
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Monday
5/2/2011
9:00 AM
110502D
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Kathleen Dunn
Osama Bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan by US forces, President Obama announced last night. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the operation and future of Al-Qaeda.
Guest: Thomas E.Gouttierre, Dean of International Studies and Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska
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Monday
5/2/2011
10:00 AM
110502E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the political and military relationships between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States.
Guests:
10:00 - C. Christine Fair, Assistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
10:30 - Caroline Wadhams, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.
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Monday
5/2/2011
10:00 PM
110502E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the political and military relationships between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States.
Guests:
10:00 - C. Christine Fair, Assistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
10:30 - Caroline Wadhams, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.
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Thursday
4/28/2011
9:00 AM
110428D
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Kathleen Dunn
Ford Motor Company reported a $2.6-billion first-quarter profit, the company's strongest in 13 years. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the American auto industry and the future of the industrial Midwest.
Guest: Micheline Maynard, Senior Editor, Changing Gears, www.changinggears.info. Author of several books including, "The End of Detroit: How The Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market."
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Thursday
4/28/2011
10:00 AM
110428E
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Kathleen Dunn
Acceptance - and rejection - letters are now arriving in mailboxes across the country. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the seemingly endless . . . and sometimes contradictory . . . options available to parents trying to get their kids into college.
Guest: Andrew Ferguson, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard. Author, “Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College”.
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Thursday
4/28/2011
10:00 PM
110428E
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Kathleen Dunn
Acceptance - and rejection - letters are now arriving in mailboxes across the country. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the seemingly endless . . . and sometimes contradictory . . . options available to parents trying to get their kids into college.
Guest: Andrew Ferguson, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard. Author, “Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College”.
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Wednesday
4/27/2011
9:00 AM
110427D
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Kathleen Dunn
Join Kathleen Dunn and her guests, after nine, for the latest news on the Defense of Marriage Act.
Guests:
- Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent, author, Jurisprudence column, Slate.com.
- Ronald Rotunda, Chair and Professor of Jurisprudence, Chapman University School of Law. Author, “Legal Ethics in a Nutshell” and “Legal Ethics: The Lawyer's Deskbook on Professional Responsibility”.
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Wednesday
4/27/2011
10:00 AM
110427E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine recycling in Wisconsin.
Guests:
- Jennifer Semrau, President, Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) and a Recycling Specialist for Winnebago County.
- Meleesa Johnson, Chair of the Wisconsin Counties Solid Waste Management Association (WCSWMA). Treasurer, Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) and a current member of the Solid Waste Association of North America-Badger Chapter. Solid Waste Director for Marathon County.
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Wednesday
4/27/2011
10:00 PM
110427E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discussing recycling in Wisconsin.
Guests: Guests:
- Jennifer Semrau, President, Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) and a Recycling Specialist for Winnebago County.
- Meleesa Johnson, Chair of the Wisconsin Counties Solid Waste Management Association (WCSWMA). Treasurer, Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) and a current member of the Solid Waste Association of North America-Badger Chapter. Solid Waste Director for Marathon County.
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Tuesday
4/26/2011
9:00 AM
110426D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss current gas prices and the oil industry.
Guest: Antonia Juhasz, Director, The Energy Program, Global Exchange. Author, "Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill."
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Tuesday
4/26/2011
10:00 AM
110426E
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Kathleen Dunn
Join Kathleen Dunn, after ten, as she speaks with her guest about his experience as a Marine fighting in a war . . . and as the head of a non-governmental organization waging peace.
Guest: Rye Barcott, co-founder, Carolina for Kibera. Author, “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace”.
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Tuesday
4/26/2011
10:00 PM
110426E
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Kathleen Dunn
Join Kathleen Dunn, after ten, as she speaks with her guest about his experience as a Marine fighting in a war . . . and as the head of a non-governmental organization waging peace.
Guest: Rye Barcott, co-founder, Carolina for Kibera. Author, “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace”.
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Monday
4/25/2011
9:00 AM
110425D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the nation's top news.
Guest: Charles Lipson, Professor of Political Science and Director, Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security, University of Chicago.
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Monday
4/25/2011
10:00 AM
110425E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn delves into the reasons why, according to her guest, our brains deceive us about climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.
Guest: Chris Mooney - Contributing editor to Science Progress, senior correspondent for The American Prospect, co-author of “The Intersection” blog for Discover Magazine, author of "The Republican War on Science" and "Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming".
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Monday
4/25/2011
10:00 PM
110425E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn delves into the reasons why, according to her guest, our brains deceive us about climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.
Guest: Chris Mooney - Contributing editor to Science Progress, senior correspondent for The American Prospect, co-author of “The Intersection” blog for Discover Magazine, author of "The Republican War on Science" and "Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming".
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Thursday
4/21/2011
9:00 AM
110421D
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Kathleen Dunn
The Obama administration says the legal debt limit in the United States, now just over $14 trillion, will be reached next month. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss raising the national debt ceiling.
Guest: Peter Coy, Economics Editor for Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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Thursday
4/21/2011
10:00 AM
110421E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, join Kathleen Dunn for the April open line. Please call in with your program and guest suggestions.
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Thursday
4/21/2011
10:00 PM
110421E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, join Kathleen Dunn for the April open line. Please call in with your program and guest suggestions.
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Wednesday
4/20/2011
9:00 AM
110420D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at the current state of offshore drilling regulations, one year after the BP Gulf oil spill.
Guest: Bill Snape, Senior Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Fellow in Environmental Law, American University
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Wednesday
4/20/2011
10:00 AM
110420E
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Kathleen Dunn
What can great works of literature teach us about childhood and about growing old? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest extract timeless lessons from Shakespeare, Alice Walker, Charles Dickens and more.
Guest: Arnold Weinstein - Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of
Comparative Literature, Brown University, author of “Morning, Noon and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books”.
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Wednesday
4/20/2011
10:00 PM
110420E
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Kathleen Dunn
What can great works of literature teach us about childhood and about growing old? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest extract timeless lessons from Shakespeare, Alice Walker, Charles Dickens and more.
Guest: Arnold Weinstein - Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of
Comparative Literature, Brown University, author of “Morning, Noon and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books”.
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Tuesday
4/19/2011
9:00 AM
110419D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine U.S. defense spending … which totaled $698 billion in 2010.
Guest: TBA
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Tuesday
4/19/2011
10:00 AM
110419E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn discusses the war in Afghanistan with her guest, who says it is a war America cannot afford to lose, but cannot win.
Guest: Bing West, contributor to National Review, assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration, author of “The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy and the Way Out of Afghanistan”.
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Tuesday
4/19/2011
10:00 PM
110419E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn discusses the war in Afghanistan with her guest, who says it is a war America cannot afford to lose, but cannot win.
Guest: Bing West, contributor to National Review, assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration, author of “The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy and the Way Out of Afghanistan”.
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Monday
4/18/2011
9:00 AM
110418D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss all the latest news from Washington.
Guests:
9:00 - David Winston, President of the Winston Group, strategic adviser to Senate and House Republican leadership.
9:30 - James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic, former speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter
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Monday
4/18/2011
10:00 AM
110418E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest news from space, and a collaboration between professional and amateur astronomer trying to discover new planets.
Guests:
- Debra Fischer, Professor, Astronomy with an emphasis on the detection and characterization of exoplanets, Yale University. Co-Creator, Planet Hunters. www.planethunters.org
-Alan J.Peche, Director, Barlow Planetarium. www.uwfox.uwc.edu/barlow/
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Monday
4/18/2011
10:00 PM
110418E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest news from space, and a collaboration between professional and amateur astronomer trying to discover new planets.
Guests:
- Debra Fischer, Professor, Astronomy with an emphasis on the detection and characterization of exoplanets, Yale University. Co-Creator, Planet Hunters. www.planethunters.org
-Alan J.Peche, Director, Barlow Planetarium. www.uwfox.uwc.edu/barlow/
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Thursday
4/14/2011
9:00 AM
110414D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn's guests share their reactions to President Obama's plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years.
Guests:
9:00 - Kevin A. Hassett, Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute. Former senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
9:30 - Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy. Author of several books including, "False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy."
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Thursday
4/14/2011
10:00 AM
110414E
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Kathleen Dunn
After 10, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore whether student-atheletes should be paid.
Guest: Patrick Hruby, ESPN.com contributor
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Thursday
4/14/2011
10:00 PM
110414E
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Kathleen Dunn
After 10, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore whether student-atheletes should be paid.
Guest: Patrick Hruby, ESPN.com contributor
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Wednesday
4/13/2011
9:00 AM
110413D
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Kathleen Dunn
Last year, college graduates who took out education loans left school with an average of 24-thousand dollars in debt. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the funding of higher education in America today.
Guest: Julie Morgan, Policy Analyst, Postsecondary Education Program, Center for American Progress.
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Wednesday
4/13/2011
10:00 AM
110413E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a woman who uses yoga, and it’s community, to help bring about social change and provide humanitarian aid throughout the world.
Guest: Seane Corn, yoga instructor. Founder, Off The Mat and Into The World.
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Wednesday
4/13/2011
10:00 PM
110413E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a woman who uses yoga, and it’s community, to help bring about social change and provide humanitarian aid throughout the world.
Guest: Seane Corn, yoga instructor. Founder, Off The Matt and Into The World.
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Tuesday
4/12/2011
9:00 AM
110412D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine Congressman Paul Ryan's recent budget plan, and look ahead to President Obama's budget address on Wednesday.
Guests:
9:00 - Christine Ries, Professor of Economics, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech. Reis is currently serving on the Special Council for Tax Reform and Fairness.
9:30 - Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technolog. Director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Tuesday
4/12/2011
10:00 AM
110412E
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Kathleen Dunn
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the start of The Civil War. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how the American’s defining national drama began.
Guest: Adam Goodheart, historian, journalist, travel writer. Author, “1861: The Civil War Awakening”
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Tuesday
4/12/2011
10:00 PM
110412E
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Kathleen Dunn
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how the American’s defining national drama began.
Guest: Adam Goodheart, historian, journalist, travel writer, author of “1861: The Civil War Awakening”
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Monday
4/11/2011
9:00 AM
110411D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the week that was in Politics.
Guest: Mike Gousha, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School. Host of the statewide public affairs tv program, "Up Front with Mike Gousha."
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Monday
4/11/2011
10:00 AM
110411E
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Kathleen Dunn
A recent report from Salon.com, which used new Census Bureau data, ranked Milwaukee as the most segregated urban area in America. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss racial inequality.
Guests:
- Nathaniel Holton, Contributor, The Milwaukee Drum. Chairman, Political Action Committee, NAACP.
- Naryan Leazer, President, The Milwaukee Chapter of the Black Alliance for Educational Options.
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Monday
4/11/2011
10:00 PM
110411E
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Kathleen Dunn
A recent report from Salon.com, which used new Census Bureau data, ranked Milwaukee as the most segregated urban area in America. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss racial inequality.
Guests:
- Nathaniel Holton, Contributor, The Milwaukee Drum. Chairman, Political Action Committee, NAACP.
- Naryan Leazer, President, The Milwaukee Chapter of the Black Alliance for Educational Options.
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Thursday
4/7/2011
9:00 AM
110407D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Looking at Mortgage Market Meltdown and then who cheats on their taxes
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Thursday
4/7/2011
10:00 AM
110407E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Who is preserving our culture?
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Wednesday
4/6/2011
9:00 AM
110406D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guest review the 2011 Airline Quality Rating, which ranks the nation's sixteen largest airlines.
Guest: Terry Maxon, reporter, Airline Biz Blog, Dallas Morning News.
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Wednesday
4/6/2011
10:00 AM
110406E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guests examine Drug Courts as an alternative legal course that diverts non-violent, substance-abusing offenders from prison into treatment.
Guests:
- Lisa Stark, Circuit Court Judge, Eau Claire County
- Doug Marlowe, Chief of Science, Law & Policy, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
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Wednesday
4/6/2011
10:00 PM
110406E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guests examine Drug Courts as an alternative legal course that diverts non-violent, substance-abusing offenders from prison into treatment.
Guests:
- Lisa Stark, Circuit Court Judge, Eau Claire County
- Doug Marlowe, Chief of Science, Law & Policy, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
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Tuesday
4/5/2011
9:00 AM
110405D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Reports show that the traditional primary care physician model . . . typified by private, independent, and small groups of physicians . . . is undergoing a drastic change. After nine, John Munson and his guest discuss the growing model of “concierge medicine.”
Guest: Tom Blue, Executive Director, American Academy of Private Physicians.
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Tuesday
4/5/2011
10:00 AM
110405E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest examine a landmark eight-decade study about who is living long, healthy lives . . . and why.
Guest: Howard Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside. Co-author, “The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study”.
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Tuesday
4/5/2011
10:00 PM
110405E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest examine a landmark eight-decade study about who lives a long, healthy life and why.
Guest: Howard Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside, co-author of “The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study”
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Monday
4/4/2011
9:00 AM
110404D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it's All Things Political, live from Washington D.C.. Kathleen Dunn talks with Political Junkie Ken Rudin and Clarence Page.
Guests:
- Ken Rudin (ROO-din), NPR political editor. His daily blog, “Political Junkie,” can be found here: www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/
- Clarence Page, op-ed columnist, Tribune Media Services. Member, editorial board, Chicago Tribune.
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Monday
4/4/2011
10:00 AM
110404E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's live broadcast from Washington D.C. continues, when she is joined by two representatives from the Smithsonian.
Guests:
- Brent Glass - Director, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian.
- Bob van der Linden - Chair, Aeronautics Division, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian.
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Monday
4/4/2011
10:00 PM
110404E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn is joined by two representatives from the Smithsonian, in a special broadcast from Washington, D.C..
Guests:
- Brent Glass - Director, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian.
- Bob van der Linden - Chair, Aeronautics Division, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian.
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Thursday
3/31/2011
9:00 AM
110331D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
President Obama’s address on Libya reignited debate over the Obama Doctrine. After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss their different interpretations of the Obama Doctrine.
Guests:
- Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Former State Department Analyst and Negotiator, author of “The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace”.
- Josef Joffe, Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow in International Relations at the Hoover Institution, Publisher-Editor of the German weekly “Die Zeit”.
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Thursday
3/31/2011
10:00 AM
110331E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson talks with a physician who is writing about his own wife’s battle with breast cancer in a weekly New York Times blog.
Guest: Dr. Peter Bach, attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
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Thursday
3/31/2011
10:30 AM
110331Y
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten-thirty, John Munson looks at the gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer.
Guest: Daniel Gross, Columnist and Economics Editor for Yahoo! Finance
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Thursday
3/31/2011
10:00 PM
110331E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson talks with a physician who is writing about his own wife’s battle with breast cancer in a weekly New York Times blog.
Guest: Dr. Peter Bach, attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
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Thursday
3/31/2011
10:30 PM
110331Y
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten-thirty, John Munson looks at the gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer.
Guest: Daniel Gross, Columnist and Economics Editor for Yahoo! Finance
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Wednesday
3/30/2011
9:00 AM
110330D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss the legal and political battle over Wisconsin’s budget bill.
Guests:
- Mordecai Lee - Professor of Governmental Affairs, UW-Milwaukee.
- Peter Rofes - Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director for part-time legal education at Marquette University.
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Wednesday
3/30/2011
10:00 AM
110330E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Cell phone carrier AT&T merged with TMobile last week in a $39-billion deal. After ten, John Munson and his guest examine what this means for the estimated 91-percent of Americans who use cell phones.
Guest: Hanson Hosein - Director of the Master of Communication in Digital Media program at the University of Washington in Seattle, and President of HRH Media Group.
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Wednesday
3/30/2011
10:00 PM
110330E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Cell phone carrier AT&T merged with TMobile last week in a $39-billion deal. After ten, John Munson and his guest examine what this means for the estimated 91-percent of Americans who use cell phones.
Guest: Hanson Hosein - Director of the Master of Communication in Digital Media program at the University of Washington in Seattle, and President of HRH Media Group.
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Tuesday
3/29/2011
9:00 AM
110329D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a look at the lighter side of the news.
Guest: Andy Borowitz, comedian, satirist and writer. His work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and at his award-winning humor site, www.BorowitzReport.com
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Tuesday
3/29/2011
10:00 AM
110329E
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Kathleen Dunn
Opening Day of the baseball season is just around the corner. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the role Italian Americans have played in America’s Pastime.
Guest: Lawrence Baldassaro - Professor Emeritus of Italian at UW-Milwaukee, editor of “Ted Williams: Reflections on a Splendid Life” and author of “Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball”.
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Tuesday
3/29/2011
10:00 PM
110329E
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Kathleen Dunn
Opening Day of the baseball season is just around the corner. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the role Italian Americans have played in America’s Pastime.
Guest: Lawrence Baldassaro - Professor Emeritus of Italian at UW-Milwaukee, editor of “Ted Williams: Reflections on a Splendid Life” and author of “Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball”.
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Monday
3/28/2011
9:00 AM
110328D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap the nation's top news.
Guest: Patrick Marley, Madison bureau reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. www.jsonline.com.
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Monday
3/28/2011
10:00 AM
110328E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, New York Times columnist David Brooks joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the human brain and human nature.
Guest: David Brooks - Journalist, author, and commentator. His books include "Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There," “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense,” and most recently, "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement."
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Monday
3/28/2011
10:00 PM
110328E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, New York Times columnist David Brooks joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the human brain and human nature.
Guest: David Brooks - Journalist, author, and commentator. His books include "Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There," “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense,” and most recently, "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement."
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Thursday
3/24/2011
9:00 AM
110324D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
It’s been one year since President Obama signed health care reform into law. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss what’s been implemented, what’s to come, and whether public opinion has changed.
Guest: Mary Agnes Carey, Senior Correspondent for Kaiser Health News.
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Thursday
3/24/2011
10:00 AM
110324E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
How does the 21st century mother/daughter bond compare to previous generations? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore modern mother/daughter relationships.
Guest: Susan Shapiro Barash - Adjunct Instructor of English at Marymount Manhattan College, and author of "You're Grounded Forever ... But First Let's Go Shopping: The Challenges Mothers Face with Their Daughters and Ten Timely Solutions".
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Thursday
3/24/2011
10:00 PM
110324E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
How does the 21st century mother/daughter bond compare to previous generations? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore modern mother/daughter relationships.
Guest: Susan Shapiro Barash - Adjunct Instructor of English at Marymount Manhattan College, author of "You're Grounded Forever ... But First Let's Go Shopping: The Challenges Mothers Face with Their Daughters and Ten Timely Solutions".
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Wednesday
3/23/2011
9:00 AM
110323D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine the evolution of how the government, financial intuitions, and individuals think about debt in America, and how it led us to our current economic state.
Guest: Louis Hyman - Assistant Professor in the Labor Relations, Law, and History department at Cornell University. Author of, “Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red ink.”
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Wednesday
3/23/2011
10:00 AM
110323E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the ways in which language shapes identities throughout time, and across cultures.
Guest: Robert Lane Greene, Correspondent for "The Economist." Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. Author, “You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity.”
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Wednesday
3/23/2011
10:00 PM
110323E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the ways in which language shapes identities throughout time, and across cultures.
Guest: Robert Lane Greene, Correspondent for "The Economist." Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. Author, “You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity.”
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Tuesday
3/22/2011
9:00 AM
110322D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests examine how the budget battle in Wisconsin is carrying over into political discourse in other states, and how it will play into the 2012 elections.
Guests:
9:00 - Mark Wrighton, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Southern Mississippi.
9:30 - Glenn Thrush, White House reporter, POLITICO.
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Tuesday
3/22/2011
10:00 AM
110322E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
What can the 80’s tell us about the world we live in today? Everything, according to Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten.
Guest: David Sirota - Journalist, nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, radio host and author. His most recent book is, “Back To Our Future: How the 1980s Explain The World We Live In Now — Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything.”
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Tuesday
3/22/2011
10:00 PM
110322E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
What can the 80’s tell us about the world we live in today? Everything, according to Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten.
Guest: David Sirota - Journalist, nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, radio host and author. His most recent book is, “Back To Our Future: How the 1980s Explain The World We Live In Now — Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything.”
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Monday
3/21/2011
9:00 AM
110321D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss last week’s top headlines from around the state, the country and the world.
Guest: Charles Franklin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Monday
3/21/2011
10:00 AM
110321E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
Everything we’ve been told about sweets is wrong - that’s according to Veronica Rueckert’s guest. Tune-in after ten, as they explore the differences between sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
Guest: Kiera Butler, Articles Editor, Mother Jones Magazine.
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Monday
3/21/2011
10:00 PM
110321E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
Everything we’ve been told about sweets is wrong - that’s according to Veronica Rueckert’s guest. Tune-in after ten, as they explore the differences between sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
Guest: Kiera Butler, Articles Editor, Mother Jones Magazine.
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Thursday
3/17/2011
9:00 AM
110317D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with her guest, who has been called “the most eloquent man in the world.”
Guest: Frank Delaney, journalist, historian, New York Times bestselling author.
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Thursday
3/17/2011
10:00 AM
110317E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, self-described space paleontologist Mike Brown joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his discovery of Eris, the largest object found in the solar system in 150 years. Eris sparked the debate and eventual demotion of Pluto to a "dwarf" planet.
Guest: Mike Brown - Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy, The California Institute of Technology. Author, “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming."
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Thursday
3/17/2011
10:00 PM
110317D
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with her guest, who has been called “the most eloquent man in the world.”
Guest: Frank Delaney, journalist, historian, New York Times bestselling author
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Wednesday
3/16/2011
9:00 AM
110316D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest on the nuclear disaster in Japan.
Guests:
- Thomas H. Maugh II, Science/Medical Writer, Los Angeles Times
- Matthew McKinzie, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Program, Lands and Wildlife Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Wednesday
3/16/2011
10:00 AM
110316E
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Kathleen Dunn
The Wisconsin legislature has seen an unprecedented several weeks. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a Republican and a Democrat, and asks what the future holds for bi-partisanship in the state.
Guests:
- Jon Erpenbach, Democratic State Senator from Middleton
- Garey Bies, Republican State Representative from Sister Bay
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Wednesday
3/16/2011
10:00 PM
110316E
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Kathleen Dunn
The Wisconsin legislature has seen an unprecedented several weeks. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a Republican and a Democrat, and asks what the future holds for bi-partisanship in the state.
Guests:
- Jon Erpenbach, Democratic State Senator from Middleton
- Garey Bies, Republican State Representative from Sister Bay
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Tuesday
3/15/2011
9:00 AM
110315D
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Kathleen Dunn
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated ten-million baby boomers will develop the disease. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the latest research on Alzheimer’s disease.
Guests:
- Tom Hlavacek, Executive Director, Southeastern Wisconsin chapter, Alzheimer’s Association.
- Dr. Richard London, board certified in geriatric medicine and family practice with Wheaton Franciscan in Milwaukee; Member, Medical & Scientific Advisory Committee, Alzheimer's Association.
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Tuesday
3/15/2011
10:00 AM
110315E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with The Daily Show Correspondent Aasif Mandvi about covering the news with a comical flair.
Guest: Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show Corespondent
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Tuesday
3/15/2011
10:30 AM
110315Z
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten-thirty, Kathleen Dunn welcomes Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss his book, “The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class."
Guest: Bernie Sanders, Senator (I), Vermont.
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Tuesday
3/15/2011
10:00 PM
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Kathleen Dunn
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated ten-million baby boomers will develop the disease. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the latest research on Alzheimer’s disease.
Guests:
- Tom Hlavacek, Executive Director, Southeastern Wisconsin chapter, Alzheimer’s Association.
- Dr. Richard London, board certified in geriatric medicine and family practice with Wheaton Franciscan in Milwaukee; Member, Medical & Scientific Advisory Committee, Alzheimer's Association.
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Monday
3/14/2011
9:00 AM
110314D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests look at the latest local, national and international headlines.
Guest: Todd Richmond, Madison-based AP reporter
Guest: Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, author of "Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future"
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Monday
3/14/2011
10:00 AM
110314E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest review the best practices for making health related decisions, and for patient advocacy.
Guest: Meg Gaines, Director, Center for patient Partnerships, UW-Madison. www.patientpartnerships.org
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