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Thursday
10/11/2012
9:00 AM
121011D

Surviving Progress
Filmmaker, Harold Crooks, joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his latest documentary, "Surviving Progress."
Guest: Harold Crooks, writer, director, and producer of documentary films.

Thursday
10/11/2012
10:00 AM
121011E

Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan biographer Sean Wilentz, discusses Dylan's new album "Tempest," and the artist's cultural influence.
Guest: Sean Wilentz, Professor of History at Princeton University. Author, "Bob Dylan In America."

Thursday
10/11/2012
10:00 PM
121011E

Wednesday
10/10/2012
9:00 AM
121010D

Salman Rushdie on "Joseph Anton"
Salman Rushdie, award winning author, joins Kathleen Dunn to recount his years in hiding evading the ayatollah's fatwa.
Guest: Salman Rushdie, author of eleven novels including, "Midnight's Children" (which was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981), "Shame," and "The Satanic Verses." His newly released memoir is titled, "Joseph Anton."

Wednesday
10/10/2012
10:00 AM
121010E

Marine Biodiversity and the Health of the Oceans
This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the importance of ocean science, marine biodiversity, and the health of the oceans.
Guest: Ellen Prager, Marine Scientist and President, Earth2Ocean, Inc. Her most recent book is "Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter."

Wednesday
10/10/2012
10:00 PM
121010E

Tuesday
10/9/2012
9:00 AM
121009D

Geographic History of the United States
Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the geographic history of the United states, how state lines were drawn, and some proposed states that never made the cut.
Guests:

- Mark Stein, playwright, screenwriter, and author. His books include, "How The States Got Their Shapes," and now its follow-up, "How the States Got Their Shapes Too: The People Behind the Border-Lines."

- M. Asher Cantrell, Freelance writer and contributor to Mental_floss.org.

Tuesday
10/9/2012
10:00 AM
121009E

Fact Checking
With 28 days remaining before the November election, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how the campaign ads, debates, and speeches are being fact checked.
Guests:

- Tom Bevan, Co-Founder and Executive Editor, RealClearPolitics.

- Greg Borowski - Senior Editor for projects and investigations at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Editor of the newspaper's PolitiFact Wisconsin site

Tuesday
10/9/2012
10:00 PM
121009E

Monday
10/8/2012
9:00 AM
121008D

All Things Political
This hour, a three-part All Things Political. Kathleen Dunn and her rotating panel of guests analyze the Senate race in Wisconsin, Senate races nationally, and the Presidential Race.
GUESTS:
Katie Foody - Investigative reporter for Gannett Wisconsin Media

Jill Lawrence, Managing Editor, Politics, National Journal.

Monday
10/8/2012
10:00 AM
121008E

As Goes Janesville
The new documentary As Goes Janesville by local filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein depicts one Wisconsin town's effort to reinvent itself after the closing of its GM plant in 2008. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to Lichtenstein about the Janesville leaders and residents he follows in the film.
GUEST:
Brad Lichtenstein - President of Wisconsin-based 371 Productions and director of As Goes Janesville
WATCH: As Goes Janesville airs tonight at 9pm on Wisconsin Public Television. It also is airing as part of the Milwaukee Film Festival. Go to mkefilm.org for more information

Monday
10/8/2012
10:00 PM
121008E

Thursday
10/4/2012
9:00 AM
121004D

Debate Analysis
Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss last night's Presidential debate.
Guests:

- Jim VandeHei, Executive Editor for POLITICO.

- Christopher Rowland, Washington Bureau Chief, Boston Globe.

- Diana Bartelli Carlin, Associate Vice President for Graduate Education and Professor of Journalism, Saint Louis University.

Thursday
10/4/2012
10:00 AM
121004E

Abraham Lincoln
It's been almost 150 years since Abraham Lincoln gave The Gettysburg Address. This hour, we'll discuss the legacy of our nation's 16th president with a Lincoln presenter, Dennis Boggs. During the hour, we'll travel back to the 1800's and Boggs will answer questions as President Lincoln.
Guest: Dennis Boggs, Abraham Lincoln Presenter.

Thursday
10/4/2012
10:00 PM
121004E

Wednesday
10/3/2012
9:00 AM
121003D

John Quincy Adams
Kathleen Dunn is joined by a biographer to discuss the life of John Quincy Adams who served America as minister to six countries, a fearless secretary of state, a fighting senator and congressman -and sixth president of the United States.
Guest: Harlow Giles Unger, journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. His many books include, "Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation," "The Last Founding Father James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness," and most recently, "John Quincy Adams."

Wednesday
10/3/2012
10:00 AM
121003E

Alex Gibney
This year, the Milwaukee Film Festival festival pays special tribute to Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney. This hour, Gibney talks about his new film Mea Maxima Culpa, which looks at the Catholic Church's cover-up of child sexual abuse.
GUEST:
Alex Gibney - Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and director of Taxi to the Dark Side. His new film is Mea Maxima Culpa.

LISTENERS: You can see Mea Maxima Culpa Friday night at 7 at the Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee. Thursday night, Alex's film Taxi to the Dark Side shows at 6:45pm at the Oriental, and Alex will be at a Q&A afterwards. For all of Alex's Milwaukee Film Fest appearances, click here: http://bit.ly/QVYQzd

Wednesday
10/3/2012
10:00 PM
121003E

Tuesday
10/2/2012
9:00 AM
121002D

Issues in the Media
Kathleen Dunn and her rotating panel of guests discuss the history of public broadcasting, and current issues in the media.

- Jack W. Mitchell, former Director of Wisconsin Public Radio. Professor, journalism and mass communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

- Robert W. McChesney, Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Host of Media Matters at Illinois Public Media.

- Lizz Winstead, comedian, producer & co-creator of The Daily Show. Author, "Lizz Free or Die."

Tuesday
10/2/2012
10:00 AM
121002E

Nancy Pearl and Daniel Goldin on Book Suggestion...
Read any good books lately, or do you need a new recommendation? Nancy Pearl and Daniel Goldin join Kathleen Dunn to talk about new releases, as well as a few of their own all-time favorites.
Guests:

- Nancy Pearl, former director, Seattle Public Library. Author, "Book Lust" series, including, "Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading For Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers". www.nancypearl.com.

- Daniel Goldin, Owner, Boswell Books, http://boswell.indiebound.com.

Tuesday
10/2/2012
10:00 PM
121002E

Monday
10/1/2012
9:00 AM
121001D

All Things Political
Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap the latest news from Washington, and from the campaign trail.
Guests:

9:00 - Steven Thomma, Senior White House Correspondent and the Government and Politics Editor for McClatchy Newspapers.

9:35 - Jeffrey Lord, Contributing Editor of, "The American Spectator." Reagan White House political director, and aide to Jack Kemp.

Monday
10/1/2012
10:00 AM
121001E

Obama and the Supreme Court
The October Term 2012 at the Supreme Court begins today. Last term included the decision that upheld President Obama's Affordable Care Act, and this fall, the Court will hear many other controversial cases. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the relationship between the Obama Administration and the Supreme Court, in particular Chief Justice John Roberts.
Guest:
Jeffrey Toobin - New Yorker staff writer and Senior Legal Analyst for CNN. His new book is The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court

Monday
10/1/2012
10:00 PM
121001E

Obama and the Supreme Court
Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the relationship between the Obama Administration and the Supreme Court, in particular Chief Justice John Roberts.
Guest:
Jeffrey Toobin - New Yorker staff writer and Senior Legal Analyst for CNN. His new book is The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court

Thursday
9/27/2012
9:00 AM
120927D

Death by China
Kathleen Dunn's guest recently completed documentary argues that China's government, and U.S. trade policies, are destroying American manufacturing companies and costing Americans their jobs.
Guest: Peter Navarro, professor at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. Writer and Director of, "Death by China," a book and Documentary by the same name. www.deathbychina.com

Thursday
9/27/2012
10:00 AM
120927E

Dancing Dogs: Stories
Jon Katz joins Kathleen Dunn to share stories about the unique relationships between humans and pets.
Guest: Jon Katz, writer, photographer, and author of several book including, "Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die," and most recently, "Dancing Dogs: Stories."

Thursday
9/27/2012
10:00 PM
120927E

Wednesday
9/26/2012
9:00 AM
120926D

NFL Referee Lockout
The NFL and NFL Referees Association remain at a stalemate in a labor dispute that has put replacement officials on the field for the third straight week. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the cause of the lockout and criticisms of recent play calls made by the current referees.
Guest: Dennis Krause, Sports Programming Manager for Time Warner Cable Sports32. Host, "Sports 32 Roundtable", "The Dennis Krause Show".

Wednesday
9/26/2012
10:00 AM
120926E

Book Club for September: Common Sense
We kick off our Back-to-School Book Club with Thomas Paine's populist pamphlet Common Sense, published in January, 1776. Today, it is known as the book that inspired the American Revolution, but at the time, the action that Paine advocated was controversial. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her regular Book Club guest talk about the ideas that the book put forth and how they have influenced our political discourse over the past 236 years.
Guest: Russ Castronovo - Professor of English and American Studies at UW-Madison
READ: The text is in the public domain, so you can go to Project Gutenberg or elsewhere to get your copy: http://bit.ly/Lt9PB2.

Wednesday
9/26/2012
10:00 PM
120926E

Book Club for September: Common Sense
We kick off our Back-to-School Book Club with Thomas Paine's populist pamphlet Common Sense, published in January, 1776. Today it is known as the book that inspired the American Revolution, but at the time, the action that Paine advocated was controversial. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her regular Book Club guest talk about the ideas that the book put forth and how they have influenced our political discourse over the past 236 years.
Guest: Russ Castronovo - Professor of English and American Studies at UW-Madison
READ: The text is in the public domain, so you can go to or elsewhere to get your copy: http://bit.ly/Lt9PB2.

Tuesday
9/25/2012
9:00 AM
120925D

Middle East Protests and Obama at UN
Today, President Obama will address the recent Middle East protests and violence, as well as the anti-Muslim film "Innocence of Muslims," when he speaks at the UN General Assembly. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the President's Middle East policy, as well as the media's treatment of the protests.
Guest:
Neil Hicks - International Policy Advisor at Human Rights First

Tuesday
9/25/2012
10:00 AM
120925E

Open Line
This hour, Kathleen Dunn takes your calls for topic and guest suggestions during the September Open Line.

Tuesday
9/25/2012
10:00 PM
120925D

Monday
9/24/2012
9:00 AM
120924D

All Things Political
NPR's Political Junkie, Ken Rudin, joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the latest news from the campaign trail.
Guest: Ken Rudin (ROO-din). His weekly NPR column can be read here: www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/

Monday
9/24/2012
10:00 AM
120924E

Arctic Ice
According to a new report, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank to an all-time low this year. This hour, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a researcher from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Guest: Walt Meier, Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Monday
9/24/2012
10:00 PM
120924E

Thursday
9/20/2012
9:00 AM
120920D

Patchwork Nation
Kathleen Dunn is joined by the Patchwork Nation's Dante Chinni to discuss the 2012 electoral map.
Guest: Dante Chinni, journalist and creator of the multimedia project PATCHWORK NATION.

Thursday
9/20/2012
10:00 AM
120920E

Jonathan Kozol
It's been almost three decades since Jonathan Kozol met and wrote about poverty stricken families in New York City. Kozol joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss where the families are today.
Guest: Jonathan Kozol, author, "Fire In the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America."

Thursday
9/20/2012
10:00 PM
120920E

Wednesday
9/19/2012
9:00 AM
120919D

Romney and the 47 Percent
GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's campaign is now under fire for comments he made about likely Obama voters who Romney said "believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it." This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the voters that Romney called the "forty-seven percent," and how his campaign can recover from the perceived gaffe.
Guest:
Alex Roarty - Staff writer for National Journal

Wednesday
9/19/2012
10:00 AM
120919E

Doors Open Milwaukee
This weekend is the Second Annual Doors Open Milwaukee, presented by Historic Milwaukee, Inc. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the Program Manager, as well as Milwaukee historian John Gurda, about the city's notable places and what you learn when you step behind-the-scenes.
Guest:
George Wagner - Program Manager, Doors Open Milwaukee

John Gurda - historian and author of, among other books, The Making of Milwaukee

Wednesday
9/19/2012
10:00 PM
120919E

Doors Open Milwaukee
This weekend is the Second Annual Doors Open Milwaukee, presented by Historic Milwaukee, Inc. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the event's Program Manager, as well as Milwaukee historian John Gurda, about the city's notable places and what you learn when you step behind-the-scenes.
Guest:
George Wagner - Program Manager, Doors Open Milwaukee

John Gurda - historian and author of, among other books, The Making of Milwaukee

Tuesday
9/18/2012
9:00 AM
120918D

Health Care Costs
Kathlenn Dunn speaks with two researchers whose recent report found that the United States health care system wasted 750 billion in 2009.
Guests:

- Dr. T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr., Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina Heart Institute.

- Eugene Litvak, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Optimization.

Tuesday
9/18/2012
10:00 AM
120918E

Auto Industry
Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest news from the auto industry.
Guests:

10:00 - Michelle Krebs, Editor-in-Chief, Edmunds.com

10:30 - Bill Visnic, Senior Editor, Edmunds.com.

Tuesday
9/18/2012
10:00 PM
120918E

Auto Industry
Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the latest news from the auto industry.
Guests:

10:00 - Michelle Krebs, Editor-in-Cheif, Edmunds.com

10:30 - Bill Visnic, Senior Editor, Edmunds.com.

Monday
9/17/2012
9:00 AM
120917D

All Things Political
This hour, Kathleen Dunn hosts another All Things Political as her guests discuss recent violence in the Middle East, and the latest presidential election news.
Guests:

9:00 - Marina Ottaway - Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

9:30 - Peter Grier - Washington Editor of the Christian Science Monitor. He was formerly the Monitor's chief diplomatic writer.

Monday
9/17/2012
10:00 AM
120917E

Mayor's Challenge
September 14th marked the deadline for the Mayor's Challenge, a contest sponsored by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic foundation. Almost four hundred cities were expected to enter the competition. It grants an award of five million dollars to the application that most "demonstrates a novel and visionary approach to a challenge faced by cities." Four other cities will win awards of one million dollars each. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to two Wisconsin mayors about their applications for the Mayors Challenge, and what makes for effective urban policy.
Guests:
Jim Schmitt - Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
John Dickert - Mayor of Racine, Wisconsin

Monday
9/17/2012
10:00 PM
120917E

Thursday
9/13/2012
9:00 AM
120913D

Libya and Egypt Violence
Protesters led assaults on U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt on Tuesday killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how governments should respond to hard-line Islamic militancy, as well as how the violence is playing into electoral politics.
Guests:

9:00 - Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor, Channel 4 News, United Kingdom. Author, "Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution."

9:35 - Aaron Zelin, Richard Borow fellow at The Washington Institute.

Thursday
9/13/2012
10:00 AM
120913E

Women of Newsweek, then Conflict Resolution Skil...
More than forty years ago, dozens of women at Newsweek magazine filed the first class action lawsuit by female journalists against their employer. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to one of the women who took part in the lawsuit, as well as a young female journalist who works there now. Later this hour, we mark the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee, an organization that teaches conflict resolution skills to elementary school students.
Guests:
10 - 10:30:
Lynn Povich - Editor-in-Chief of Working Woman magazine and Managing Editor/Senior Executive Producer for msnbc.com. She was the first woman Senior Editor of Newsweek, and her new book is The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
Jesse Ellison - Staff writer and Articles Editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast
10:30 - 11:
Tara Serebin - Executive Director of the Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee

Thursday
9/13/2012
10:00 PM
120913E

Wednesday
9/12/2012
9:00 AM
120912D

Bain Capital
This hour, Kathleen Dunn's guest takes an in-depth look at the history of Bain Capital.
Guest: Eric Bates, Editor, Rolling Stone.

Wednesday
9/12/2012
10:00 AM
120912E

The Last Boys Picked
Kathleen Dunn's guest argues that many boys who show no interest in competitive sports face many social and emotional hurdles, from their peers, parents, and teachers.

Guest: Janet Sasson Edgette, Child, Adolescent & Family Psychologist. Author, "The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood."

Wednesday
9/12/2012
10:00 PM
120912E

Tuesday
9/11/2012
9:00 AM
120911D

Teachers Strike in Chicago
Education historian, Diane Ravitch, joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the teacher strike in Chicago.
Guest: Diane Ravitch, historian of education, educational policy analyst, research professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education.

Tuesday
9/11/2012
10:00 AM
120911E

Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
This election year, much of the coverage has focused on polling, political advertising, and the story each party and candidate tries to tell. But that kind of coverage may miss the real story. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the emergence data-driven campaign techniques--tools that Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and others use to predict and influence who votes, and how.
Guest:
Sasha Issenberg - Columnist for Slate and Washington correspondent for Monocle. His new book, The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns, is out today.

Tuesday
9/11/2012
10:00 PM
120911E

Monday
9/10/2012
9:00 AM
120910D

All Things Political
During All Things Political this week, Roben Farzad breaks down the jobs numbers released on Friday.
Guest:
Roben Farzad - Contributing Writer at Bloomberg Businessweek

Monday
9/10/2012
10:00 AM
120910E

Fear of a Black President
This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to Atlantic Senior Editor Ta-Nehisi Coates about his recent piece "Fear of a Black President." Coates writes that in order to achieve full integration, blacks must be twice as good but half as black, and that demand smothers President Obama, leading to his reluctance to address issues of race.
Guest:
Ta-Nehisi Coates - Senior Editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle.

Monday
9/10/2012
10:00 PM
120910E

Thursday
9/6/2012
9:00 AM
120906D

Democratic National Convention
Kathleen Dunn speaks with columnist Clarence Page, and Vanity Fair's national editor Todd S. Purdum about last night's speech by Bill Clinton and the last day of the Democratic National Convention.

Guests:

9:00 - Clarence Page, op-ed columnist, Tribune Media Services. Member, editorial board, Chicago Tribune.

9:30 - Todd S. Purdum, National Editor and Political Correspondent, Vanity Fair.

Thursday
9/6/2012
10:00 AM
120906E

Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention is entering it's last day on Thursday. This hour, Kathleen Dunn will be joined by a conservative strategist, and a reporter from the Weekly Standard to discuss the week's events.

Guests:

10:00 - David Winston, President, Winston Group. Strategic adviser to Senate and House Republican leadership.

10:30 - Michael Warren, Reporter, Weekly Standard.

Thursday
9/6/2012
10:00 PM
120906E

Wednesday
9/5/2012
9:00 AM
120905D

DNC Speeches: Michelle Obama & Julian Castro
Kathleen Dunn talks to Jordan Fabian of Univision News about Julian Castro's keynote address and Democratic efforts to turn out Latino voters. Castro is the Mayor of San Antonio and the speech marked his national political debut. Then, we get rhetorical analysis of Michelle Obama's speech from Karrin Vasby Anderson of Colorado State University.
Guest:
9:06 - 9:35: Jordan Fabian - Political Editor of Univision News
9:35 - 10: Karrin Vasby Anderson - Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University

Wednesday
9/5/2012
10:00 AM
120905E

Kati Marton's Paris: A Love Story
Paris was an important place for award-winning journalist Kati Marton while she was married to ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and, later, to the diplomat Richard C. Holbrooke. This hour, Marton talks about Jennings, Holbrooke, and Paris-the subjects of her new memoir.
Guest:
Kati Marton - former correspondent for ABC News and NPR and author of Paris: A Love Story.

Wednesday
9/5/2012
10:00 PM
120905E

Tuesday
9/4/2012
9:00 AM
120904D

All Things Political
Kathleen Dunn hosts a special edition of All Things Political. She'll speak with individuals from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Guests:

10:00- Dave DeWitt, Raleigh Bureau Chief, North Carolina Public Radio.

10:30 - Gwen Moore, Democratic U.S. Representative, Wisconsin's Fourth Congressional District.

10:45 - Melissa Harris-Perry, host of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry." Professor of political science at Tulane University, where she is founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South.

Tuesday
9/4/2012
10:00 AM
120904E

Wind Power and Lake Michigan
Several stakeholders in the Great Lakes energy industry are funding a new research project to gauge Lake Michigan's ability to generate wind power. The WindSentinel research platform, located in the middle of the lake, is now sending data to researchers on shore. This hour, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel energy reporter Thomas Content describes the players and the project.
Guest:
Thomas Content - Energy and Clean Tech writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tuesday
9/4/2012
10:00 PM
120904E

Monday
9/3/2012
9:00 AM
120903D

James Madison
In this Labor Day repeat edition, we talk about James Madison, who led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history. After ten, Kathleen Dunn is joined by a historian to discuss the life of the Father of the Constitution.
Guest: Richard Brookhiser, historian and author. His latest book is, "James Madison."

Monday
9/3/2012
10:00 AM
120903E

Eternal Youth
In this Labor Day repeat edition, we ask: has the long-sought secret of eternal youth at last been found? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss what he calls the strange science of immortality.

Guest:
Jonathan Weiner, Professor of Medical and Scientific Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Pulitzer Prize-winning science author, "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time". Author, "Long For This World: The Strange Science of Immortality".

Monday
9/3/2012
10:00 PM
120903E

Thursday
8/30/2012
9:00 AM
120830D

Republican National Convention
Thursday the Republican National Convention wraps up with Mitt Romney's national address. This hour we speak with two individuals in attendance about the last four days inside the GOP.

Guests:

9:00 - Philip Klein, Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Examiner. Author, "Conservative Survival in the Romney Era."

9:30 - Lenny McAllister, author and conservative commentator. His books include, "Diary of a Mad Black PYC: Proud Young Conservative," and "Spoken Thoughts from an Amalgamated Advocate in Today's America."

Thursday
8/30/2012
10:00 AM
120830E

What's the Matter with White People
Salon.com's Joan Walsh joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss her thoughts on race and class in America: from the 1970's to present day.

Guest: Joan Walsh, editor at large, Salon.com. Political analyst, MSNBC. Author, "What's the Matter with White People: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was."

Thursday
8/30/2012
10:00 PM
120830E

Wednesday
8/29/2012
9:00 AM
120829D

Ann Romney's Convention speech
Ann Romney addresses the GOP National Convention on Tuesday night, and many say that her task is to "humanize" her husband, Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. This hour, Kathleen Dunn breaks down the speech with Peter Canellos of the Boston Globe. Then, we look at the rhetoric and role of political spouses.
Guest:
9:06 - 9:25: Peter Canellos - Editorial Page Editor, Boston Globe
9:25 - 10: Karrin Vasby Anderson - Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University

Wednesday
8/29/2012
10:00 AM
120829E

The Syllabus: A contract or a story?
We start this hour with the announcement of the first selection of the Kathleen Dunn Show Back-to-School Book Club. UW-Madison Professor Russ Castronovo will preview our September 26th conversation. Then, Kathleen talks to University of Houston professor Robert Zaretsky about that vaunted document, the syllabus. Is it a contract, or a story?
Guest:
10:06 - 10:13: Russ Castronovo - Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Russ will be a regular guest for our Back-to-School Book Club.
10:13 - 11: Robert Zaretsky - Professor of French history at the Honors College, University of Houston.
Follow this link for info on the Back-to-School Book Club: http://wpr.org/kathleendunn/bookclub.cfm

Wednesday
8/29/2012
10:00 PM
120829E

Tuesday
8/28/2012
9:00 AM
120828D

Brennan Center for Justice
Kathleen Dunn speaks with someone from the Brennan Center for Justice about their proposal that would boost the power of small donors after Citizens United.

Guest: Adam Skaggs, Senior Counsel, The Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice.

Tuesday
8/28/2012
10:00 AM
120828E

Falling in Love with Joseph Smith
This week, Mitt Romney becomes the first Mormon to be nominated for President by a major political party. The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was Joseph Smith, a descendant of both the Puritan and Pilgrim separatist colonial settlements. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to documentary film writer Jane Barnes, whose investigation of Smith led to her near-conversion to Mormonism. Barnes' new book is "Falling in Love with Joseph Smith," and she talks about what made the Mormon founder so captivating and unconventional.
Guest:
Jane Barnes - Documentary film writer and author of "Falling in Love with Joseph Smith"

Tuesday
8/28/2012
10:00 PM
120828E

Monday
8/27/2012
9:00 AM
120827D

All Things Political
The Republican National Convention kicks off this week in Tampa, Florida. This hour, Kathleen Dunn hosts a special edition of All Things Political as she and her guests discuss the Romney/Ryan ticket, and the GOP platform going into the general election.
Guests:

9:00- Adam C. Smith, Political Editor, Tampa Bay Times.

9:25 - Rich Galen, Republican strategist and columnist, www.mullings.com.

9:40 - John McCormack, staff writer, The Weekly Standard.

Monday
8/27/2012
10:00 AM
120827E

The Voting Wars
The closely contested presidential election of 2000 drew a lot of attention to the way we vote-but Kathleen Dunn's guest says the system hasn't been fixed, and the next election meltdown may be just around the corner.
Guest:
Rick Hasen (HASS-en), Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California. Author, "The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown" http://electionlawblog.org/

Monday
8/27/2012
10:00 PM
120827E

The Voting Wars
The closely contested presidential election of 2000 drew a lot of attention to the way we vote-but Kathleen Dunn's guest says the system hasn't been fixed, and the next election meltdown may be just around the corner.

Guest:
Rick Hasen (HASS-en), Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, and author of "The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown" http://electionlawblog.org/

Thursday
8/23/2012
9:00 AM
120823D

Gore Vidal
Literary and cultural iconoclast Gore Vidal passed away last month. He was one of the most high-profile American writers of the second half of the 20th century and his death reminds us of the end of the public intellectual era. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the life and long-term impact of Gore Vidal.
Guest:
Fred Kaplan, author of "Gore Vidal, A Biography" and "Lincoln, the Biography of a Writer."

Thursday
8/23/2012
10:00 AM
120823E

The Party Is Over
Kathleen Dunn speaks with a former GOP insider about his years working on Capitol Hill, and how he thinks extreme partisan politics is ruining our nation.

Guest: Mike Lofgren, retired in June 2011 after 28 years as a staff member in the U.S. Congress. From 2005 until his retirement, Lofgren was a professional staff member of the Senate Budget Committee. Author, "The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted"

Thursday
8/23/2012
10:00 PM
120823E

Wednesday
8/22/2012
9:00 AM
120822D

Green-on-Blue attacks and Military suicide
Military officials say that attacks by Afghan soldiers and police officers have killed at least 40 NATO troops this year, including 23 Americans. The attacks are troubling, as the closeness of U.S. troops and Afghan security forces is a key component of the military's plan for a complete foreign troop pullout by the end of 2014. In addition, active duty military suicides are on pace to hit almost 200 this year. This hour, we talk about both the recent "green-on-blue" attacks and active duty military suicides with Mark Thompson of TIME.
Guest:
Mark Thompson - Mark Thompson - Washington Deputy Bureau Chief for TIME. He also moderates TIME's Battleland blog: http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/

Wednesday
8/22/2012
10:00 AM
120822E

Sexual Assualt and Rape
Recent comments from Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) concerning what he called "legitimate rape" has raised criticisms around the world. This hour, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a political reporter from Missouri about the future of Akin's Senate Campaign. Later, she'll be joined by anti-sexual assault advocates to discuss the social, emotional, and psychological effects of rape.
Guests:

10:00 - Adam Allington, reporter, St. Louis Public Radio.
10:30 - Paul McComas, author, performer, and activist. McComas is a member of the National Leadership Council of the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN).

10:30 - Pennie Meyers, Interim Executive Director, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Wednesday
8/22/2012
10:00 PM
120822E

Tuesday
8/21/2012
9:00 AM
120821D

The Real Romney
Mitt Romney will introduce himself to a large part of the American public next week at the GOP National Convention. This hour, Scott Helman, Romney biographer and Boston Globe reporter, talks about the people and events that shaped Romney.
Guest:
Scott Helman - Staff writer for the Boston Globe and co-author, with Michael Kranish, of THE REAL ROMNEY.

Tuesday
8/21/2012
10:00 AM
120821E

Labor violence in South Africa
Last week, 34 platinum miners in South Africa were killed when police opened fire on a wildcat strike. The London-based company that owns the mine threatened to dismiss any worker that did not return to work, and many miners await trial. The episode is one of the worst instances of state violence since apartheid ended in 1994. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about the incident, as well as the inequality, poverty, and disease that continue to plague South Africa.
Guest:
Douglas Foster - Associate Professor of Journalism at Northwestern University and author of the forthcoming After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Tuesday
8/21/2012
10:00 PM
120821E

Monday
8/20/2012
9:00 AM
120820D

All Things Political with David Swerdlick
This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks All Things Political with David Swerdlick of The Root.
Guest:
David Swerdlick - Contributing Editor of The Root

Monday
8/20/2012
10:00 AM
120820E

The Art Consortium
Former director of exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Laurie Winters joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss her new venture, The Art Consortium, a new international think tank dedicated to shaping the future of art museums.
Guest: Laurie Winters, President of the Board and Executive Director, The Art Consortium.

Monday
8/20/2012
10:00 PM
120820E

Thursday
8/16/2012
9:00 AM
120816D

History of Gun Laws in America
Recent mass shootings have people on both sides of the issue debating current gun laws. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks about the history of gun legislation in the United States with constitutional law professor Adam Winkler.

Guest: Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law.

Thursday
8/16/2012
10:00 AM
120816E

Irish Fest 2012
Irish Fest, Milwaukee's annual tribute to Irish music and culture, begins today. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks about preserving the importance of storytelling in Ireland and one community's oral history effort. Then, we get a live performance from the Irish band We Banjo 3.
Guests:
10 - 10:25: Tomas Mac Conmara - Folklorist and founding member of the Clare Oral History and Folklore Group.

10:25 - 11: We Banjo 3 - banjo trio from Galway, Ireland.

Thursday
8/16/2012
10:00 PM
120816E

Wednesday
8/15/2012
9:00 AM
120815D

Primary Results and Paul Ryan
This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her first guest break down Tuesday's primary results in Wisconsin, as well as Connecticut, Minnesota, and Florida. They touch on how Tea Party candidates fared and what issues moved voters in those states. Then, we look at Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan's Congressional record.
Guests:
9-9:30: Abby Livingston - Reporter for Roll Call

9:30 - 10: Garance Franke-Ruta - Senior Editor at the Atlantic

Wednesday
8/15/2012
10:00 AM
120815E

Neil Barofsky on the TARP
President Bush signed the Troubled Asset Relief Program into law almost four years ago. The TARP was instantly controversial. Even though most of the money has been repaid, many analysts believe that the TARP created a dangerous precedent and did not include sufficient regulation of the industry it helped to save. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to the former Special Inspector General for the TARP, who sharply criticizes both political parties' closeness with Wall Street.
Guest:
Neil Barofsky - Former Inspector General in Charge of Oversight for TARP and Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law. His new book is Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street

Wednesday
8/15/2012
10:00 PM
120815E

Tuesday
8/14/2012
9:00 AM
120814D

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Kathleen Dunn is joined by two contributors for National Geographic Magazine who recently reported on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The tribe is trying to combat poverty, alcoholism and high rates of infant mortality and suicide through a powerful resurgence in traditional values.
Guests:

- Alexandra Fuller, author and journalist. Her recent article, "In the Shadow of Wounded Knee," is the August National Geographic Magazine cover story.

- Aaron Huey, Contributing Editor at Harper's Magazine and photographer for National Geographic. Huey spent seven years documenting life on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Tuesday
8/14/2012
10:00 AM
120814E

The Power of Consumers
Kathleen Dunn's guest argues that we need to become smarter consumers in order to propel us into what he calls the 'Intention Economy' -one in which demand will drive supply far more directly, efficiently, and compellingly than ever before.
Guest:
Doc Searls - Senior editor for Linux Journal, Alumnus Fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and Research Fellow at the Center for Information Technology & Society at UC Santa Barbara. Author, "The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge."

Tuesday
8/14/2012
10:00 PM
120814E

Monday
8/13/2012
9:00 AM
120813D

2012 Presidential Race and GOP Senate Primary
This morning, All Things Political begins with a look at the latest national political news, including the addition of Janesville's Paul Ryan to the GOP Presidential ticket. Later, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the Wisconsin GOP Senate primary.
Guests:
9-9:30: John Fund - Senior Editor of The American Spectator. His most recent book is 'Who's Counting? How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk.'
9:30-9:45: Cameron Joseph - Staff Writer at The Hill
9:45 - 10: Emily Schultheis - Staff Writer for Politico

Monday
8/13/2012
10:00 AM
120813E

Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh died a little more than 122 years ago, on July 29th, 1890. This hour, we talk about the impact of Van Gogh with Wisconsin artist Terrence James Coffman, whose book imagines Van Gogh's journals. Coffman will also answer some of Kathleen Dunn's questions while impersonating the artist.
Guest:
Terrence James Coffman - Wisconsin artist and author of A Walk through the Wheatfields: The Missing Journals of Vincent Van Gogh

Monday
8/13/2012
10:00 PM
120813E

Thursday
8/9/2012
9:00 AM
120809D

Honor Flight: The Movie
Saturday at Miller Park, veterans of the Second World War will reunite at a screening of the film Honor Flight. The documentary chronicles the trips that vets took to Washington, D.C. to view the World War II memorial. This weekend's event also aims to break the world record for attendance at a film screening. This hour. Kathleen Dunn talks to a producer of the film, as well as a board member of Stars and Stripes Honor Flight.
Guests:
Dan Hayes - Director, Honor Flight
Clay Broga - Producer, Honor Flight

Mark Grams - Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Board of Directors

Thursday
8/9/2012
10:00 AM
120809E

Jim Steele and Don Barlett
Kathleen Dunn is joined by the investigative reporting team of Donald Barlett and James Steele who argue that America's middle class has been decimated over the years by policies that favor the elite.
Guests:
Jim Steele and Don Barlett, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalists. Their books include, "Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business - and Bad Medicine," "America: What Went Wrong?" and most recently, "The Betrayal of the American Dream."

Thursday
8/9/2012
10:00 PM
120809E

Wednesday
8/8/2012
9:00 AM
120808D

Marvin Hamlisch
Join Kathleen Dunn and her guests for a look at the life, music, and Wisconsin connection of the late composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

Guests:

Tom Strini - Senior Editor of Third Coast Digest

Darcy Hamlin - Third horn for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and founder of the Milwaukee Brass Quintet

Wednesday
8/8/2012
10:00 AM
120808E

Rebuilding New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans almost seven years ago, and the city lost a significant percentage of its population between 2000 and 2010. Still, many of the city's residents immediately began to rebuild their homes. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to writer Daniel Wolff about the efforts to bring New Orleans back.
Guest
Daniel Wolff - author of The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back

Wednesday
8/8/2012
10:00 PM
120808E

Tuesday
8/7/2012
9:00 AM
120807D

Sikh Community in Wisconsin and the World
We continue to cover Sunday's shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. Swarnjit S. Arora joins Kathleen to talk about the history of the Sikh people both here and around the world, as well as the discrimination aimed at Sikhs throughout history.
GUEST
Swarnjit S. Arora - Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Sikh representative to the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
Links to donate to victims families:
www.wearesikhs.com
www.sikhhelp.org
www.interfaithconference.org

Tuesday
8/7/2012
10:00 AM
120807E

American Players Theatre
Kathleen Dunn is joined by members of the American Players Theatre to discuss their summer line-up, and an upcoming program called the Shakespearience. http://americanplayers.org

Guests:

10am - David Frank, Producing Artistic Director and Sara Young, Director of Communications for the American Players Theatre.

10:30am - James Ridge, Actor with the American Players Theatre.

Tuesday
8/7/2012
10:00 PM
120807D

Monday
8/6/2012
9:00 AM
120806D

All Things Political
Political journalist, Craig Gilbert joins Kathleen Dunn to talk about the week that was in news.

Guest: Craig Gilbert, Washington Bureau Chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Monday
8/6/2012
10:00 AM
120806E

Milwaukee shootings
Kathleen Dunn gets two reactions to yesterday's tragic shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. She talks to a leader of an interfaith group in Wisconsin, and then an expert on domestic terror and hate crimes.

Guests:

10:00--Tom Heinen, Executive Director of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee.

10:30--Brian Levin, Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University. His books include "Hate Crime: Understanding and Defining Hate Crime"

Monday
8/6/2012
10:00 PM
120806E

Thursday
8/2/2012
9:00 AM
120802D

Social media and the Olympics
Last Friday 9.66 million tweets were sent during the Olympic opening ceremony. This hour, Rob Ferret and his guest discuss the good and bad from holding games that are being dubbed the first social media Olympics.
Guest: Steve Noll, marketing instructor and social media expert, Madison Area Technical College.

Thursday
8/2/2012
10:00 AM
120802E

Chess
The Summer Olympics are well under way, but chess is not included in the list of events even though it is an officially-recognized sport. This hour, Rob Ferret and his guests discuss the benefits, history, and cultural significance of chess.
Guests:

- Susan Polgar, Chess Grandmaster and winner of 4 Women's World Chess Championships. Director, Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (S.P.I.C.E), Webster University.

- Lisa Suhay, journalist and children's book author. Founder, Norfolk Initiative for Chess Excellence (N.I.C.E).

Thursday
8/2/2012
10:00 PM
120802E

Chess
The Summer Olympics are well under way, but chess is not included in the list of events even though it is an officially-recognized sport. This hour, Rob Ferrett and his guests discuss the benefits, history, and cultural significance of chess.
Guests:

- Susan Polgar, Chess Grandmaster and winner of 4 Women's World Chess Championships. Director, Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (S.P.I.C.E), Webster University.

- Lisa Suhay, journalist and children's book author. Founder, Norfolk Initiative for Chess Excellence (N.I.C.E).

Wednesday
8/1/2012
9:00 AM
120801D

Federal budget politics
The federal government reaches the "fiscal cliff" on January 1, 2013, a result of several years of divisive budget politics. This hour, guest host Rob Ferrett talks to the Wall Street Journal's David Wessel about the heightened budget negotiations of 2011, which set the stage for the coming showdown.
GUEST
David Wessel - Economics Editor of the Wall Street Journal and author of RED INK: INSIDE THE HIGH-STAKES POLITICS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET.

Wednesday
8/1/2012
10:00 AM
120801E

Where They Stand
This hour Rob Ferret and his guest delve into presidential history taking a particularly close look at how six men who have held the office are remembered today.
Guest: Robert Merry, Author, "Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians."

Wednesday
8/1/2012
10:00 PM
120801E

Tuesday
7/31/2012
9:00 AM
120731D

Objective versus Opinion Journalism
Many news consumers say that they prefer objective journalism: no spin, no opinion. But what kind of media actually stimulates action, and enhances civic engagement? Well, it depends. A new, experimental study found that objective and opinion-based journalism stimulates more engagement among some, less engagement among others. But it's not what you might think. This hour, guest host Rob Ferrett talks about objective versus opinion media with Bob McChesney, host of Media Matters.
GUEST
Robert W. McChesney - Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and host of Media Matters at Illinois Public Media

Tuesday
7/31/2012
10:00 AM
120731E

The Irresistible Fairy Tale
Fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes joins Rob Ferrett to talk about why these stories - told through characters such as talking beasts, dragons, elves, witches and queens - have evolved and remained a significant part of our culture.

Guest:
Jack Zipes, Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. Author of, "The Enchanted Screen; The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films," and most recently, "The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre."

Tuesday
7/31/2012
10:00 PM
120731E

Monday
7/30/2012
9:00 AM
120730D

All Things Political
We talk All Things Political this hour. Guest host Rob Ferrett talks about national politics with Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake, then turns to state politics with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Patrick Marley.
GUESTS
9 - 9:30: Aaron Blake - National political reporter for the Washington Post
9:30 - 10: Patrick Marley - Madison bureau reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Monday
7/30/2012
10:00 AM
120730E

A Guide to Cities
Our world becomes more urbanized each year, and although Madison and Milwaukee are different from London and Dubai, there are several characteristics common to all cities. This hour, guest host Rob Ferrett speaks with PD Smith about his new guide to the urban era.
GUEST
PD Smith - author of CITY: A GUIDEBOOK FOR THE URBAN AGE

Monday
7/30/2012
10:00 PM
120730E

Thursday
7/26/2012
9:00 AM
120726D

Money Laundering in International Banking
Details on the Libor scandal continue to emerge, but a different bank scandal has received somewhat less attention. A U.S. Senate report released last week detailed how Mexican drug cartels used HSBC-in connection with Saudi Arabian banks-to launder money back into the U.S. The head of compliance at HSBC resigned over the report. This hour, guest host John Munson and his guests talk about how money laundering works in the era of multinational financial conglomerates, and how HSBC failed to stop it.
GUESTS
Peter Henning - Professor of Law at Wayne State University. He also writes the White Collar Watch blog at the New York Times

Thursday
7/26/2012
10:00 AM
120726E

Super PACs
Since the Supreme Court's ruling on Citizens United, the number of Super PACs have exploded, pouring record amounts of cash into campaigns. This hour, John Munson and his guest discuss the influence of Super PACs and the 2012 elections.

Guest: David Weigel, political reporter, Slate.

Thursday
7/26/2012
10:00 PM
120726E

Wednesday
7/25/2012
9:00 AM
120725D

News, politics, and refugees of Syria
Yesterday, Syrian President Bashar Assad moved to replace the advisors that died in Damascus bomb strikes last week. The fighting in Syria continues to escalate, and this hour, we talk about the events on the ground, what a post-Assad Syria might look like, and what neighboring countries like Turkey are doing about refugees.
GUESTS:

9:06-9:25: Elizabeth Kennedy, AP bureau chief for Lebanon and Syria, speaks with us from Beirut, Lebanon about the latest news.

9:25-9:45: Marc Lynch, Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at George Washington University, talks about what a post-Assad Syria might look like.

9:46 - 9:59: Justin Vela, an Istanbul-based journalist, discusses the refugee situation in Turkey and elsewhere.

Wednesday
7/25/2012
10:00 AM
120725E

Food: You're the Boss
John Munson speaks with an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School about how a better understanding of our bodies can lead to making healthier diet decisions.

Guest: Dr. Gary Epler, pulmonary consultant at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Clinical associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Author, "FOOD: You're the Boss , Put It To Work For You." www.eplerhealth.com

Wednesday
7/25/2012
10:00 PM
120725E

Tuesday
7/24/2012
9:00 AM
120724D

Private Equity, Leveraged Buyouts, and Offshorin...
Amid the controversy surrounding Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital, guest host John Munson asks Steven Davidoff: what do private equity firms like Bain actually do? He also asks him to explain how leveraged buyouts work. Then, John and Adam Serwer discuss the "offshoring" records of both Romney and President Obama.
GUESTS

9-9:30: Steven Davidoff - Associate Professor of Law and Finance at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law. He also writes as "The Deal Professor" for The New York Times' Dealbook

9:30-10: Adam Serwer - reporter in the Washington DC bureau of Mother Jones magazine

Tuesday
7/24/2012
10:00 AM
120724E

NCAA sanctions against Penn State
Yesterday, the NCAA announced disciplinary action against Penn State University in connection to the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal. College sports' governing body fined Penn State $60 million, suspended the football program from bowl games for four years, revoked ten scholarships a year for four years, and canceled all Penn State victories from 1998 to 2011. Most analysts agree that the punishment is severe, although there is some disagreement on its suitability. This hour, guest host John Munson and his guest talk about how the scandal and sanctions might change Penn State and the culture of college sports.
GUESTS
10 - 10:20: Mike Kern - Sportswriter for the Philadelphia Daily News
10:20 - 11: Lynn Zinser - Sports reporter for the New York Times

Tuesday
7/24/2012
10:00 PM
120724E

NCAA sanctions against Penn State
Yesterday, the NCAA announced disciplinary action against Penn State University in connection to the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal. College sports' governing body fined Penn State $60 million, suspended the football program from bowl games for four years, revoked ten scholarships a year for four years, and canceled all Penn State victories from 1998 to 2011. Most analysts agree that the punishment is severe, although there is some disagreement on its suitability. This hour, guest host John Munson and his guest talk about how the scandal and sanctions might change Penn State and the culture of college sports.
GUEST
10 - 10:20: Mike Kern - Sportswriter for the Philadelphia Daily News
10:20 - 11: Lynn Zinser - Sports reporter for the New York Times

Monday
7/23/2012
9:00 AM
120723D

All Things Political
This hour John Munson hosts our weekly political wrap-up show.
Guest: Bob Lowry, Professor and Political Science Program Head, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Monday
7/23/2012
10:00 AM
120723E

Going Full Circle
How long was your longest trek? Two years ago, husband and wife Mike Link and Kate Crowley traveled 1,555 miles--on foot--around the world's largest lake, Lake Superior. They chronicled their journey in the recent memoir GOING FULL CIRCLE, and this hour Mike and Kate join guest host John Munson to talk about what they learned on the journey.
GUESTS
Mike Link - writer, naturalist and adventurer
Kate Crowley - writer, naturalist and adventurer

Monday
7/23/2012
10:00 PM
120723E

Going Full Circle
How long was your longest trek? Two years ago, husband and wife Mike Link and Kate Crowley traveled 1,555 miles--on foot--around the world's largest lake, Lake Superior. They chronicled their journey in the new memoir GOING FULL CIRCLE, and this hour Mike and Kate join guest host John Munson to talk about what they learned on the journey.
GUESTS
Mike Link - writer, naturalist and adventurer
Kate Crowley - writer, naturalist and adventurer

Thursday
7/19/2012
9:00 AM
120719D

History of the Olympics
Sportswriter Frank Deford joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the modern Olympics games, and their unlikely origin-in rural England.

Guest: Frank Deford - author of 18 books, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated, and weekly commentator for NPR's "Morning Edition." He is also a regular correspondent on the HBO show "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel." His recent article, "The Little-Known History of How the Modern Olympics Got Their Start," appears in the July-August issue of Smithsonian Magazine.

Thursday
7/19/2012
10:00 AM
120719E

David Maraniss on President Obama
Author David Maraniss joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his book which narrates a series of events in president Obama's family history - spanning two generations before his birth through the first three decades of his life.

Guest: David Maraniss, author and associate editor at "The Washington Post." His latest book is, "Barack Obama: The Story."

Thursday
7/19/2012
10:00 PM
120719E

Wednesday
7/18/2012
9:00 AM
120718D

Southeast Wisconsin in the Chicago Megacity
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a Paris-based think tank, conducted its first review of a U.S. regional urban center this year, taking on the Chicago tri-state region. This territory includes Southeast Wisconsin, and the OECD's report identified the inefficiency and fragmentation that prevent the region from realizing its full potential. This hour: Southeast Wisconsin and its role in the greater Chicago megacity.
GUEST
Richard Longworth - Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and author of CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: AMERICA'S HEARTLAND IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISM
Check out the video from yesterday's Marquette Law School conference (but you need Microsoft Silverlight): http://bit.ly/NubWSm

Wednesday
7/18/2012
10:00 AM
120718E

Cooperation and Evolution
Mathematical biologist Martin Nowak joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his theory of why cooperation, not competition, has always been the driving force behind evolution.

Guest: Martin A. Nowak, Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University. Author, "SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed."

Wednesday
7/18/2012
10:00 PM
120718E

Tuesday
7/17/2012
9:00 AM
120717D

Policy Approaches to Climate Change
As our planet warms, we will experience more extreme weather disasters such as this summer's droughts, floods, and wildfires. This hour, we talk about policy options that may mitigate climate change or help us adapt to it.
GUESTS:
Christopher Field - founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University and co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II
Maggie L. Fox - President & CEO of the Climate Reality Project

Tuesday
7/17/2012
10:00 AM
120717E

Walter Cronkite
Known as "the most trusted man in America" for decades, Walter Cronkite spent nineteen years anchoring the CBS nightly news. This hour, Kathleen Dunn is joined by historian Douglas Brinkley, who just published a biography of Cronkite.
Guest: Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History, Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. He is the author of several books, most recently, "Cronkite."

Tuesday
7/17/2012
10:00 PM
120717E

Monday
7/16/2012
9:00 AM
120716D

All Things Political
Kathleen Dunn is joined by Princeton Professor and CNN contributor, Julian Zelizer for a recap of the week's political news.

Guest: Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University.

Monday
7/16/2012
10:00 AM
120716E

Water Policy across the state, country, and worl...
The availability and quality of our water will continue to be a major issue for Wisconsin and the country. Lake Michigan water levels are twenty inches below the long-term average for the month of July, and drought conditions in Wisconsin's southern counties are moving northward due to lack of rain. This hour, we talk to WPR reporter Chuck Quirmbach about Waukesha County's efforts to access Lake Michigan water, and then have a conversation with the new director of UWM's Center for Water Policy.
GUESTS
10:06 - 10:15: Chuck Quirmbach - WPR environmental reporter
10:15 - 11: Jenny Kehl - Director, Center for Water Policy at the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Monday
7/16/2012
10:00 PM
120716E

Thursday
7/12/2012
9:00 AM
120712D

Supreme Court and the Constitution
Kathleen Dunn speaks with a Constitutional law professor about the history of the Supreme Court; appointments, influence, and his idea that each president, upon being elected, is allowed to appoint an additional justice.

Guest: Burton Caine, Professor of Law, Temple University Law School.

Thursday
7/12/2012
10:00 AM
120712E

Woody Guthrie at 100
Saturday, July 14 is the 100th anniversary of Woody Guthrie's birth. This hour, the life, legacy--and music--of Woody Guthrie.
GUEST:
Robert Santelli - Executive Director of the Grammy Museum and the author of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: WOODY GUTHRIE AND THE JOURNEY OF AN AMERICAN FOLK SONG

Thursday
7/12/2012
10:00 PM
120712E

Wednesday
7/11/2012
9:00 AM
120711D

No Child Left Behind Waiver for Wisconsin
The US Department of Education plans to announce this week that Washington and Wisconsin will be relieved of some requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Law. This hour Kathleen Dunn speaks with a professor of education about what this means for schools across the state.

Guest: Steve Correia (ko-REE-uh), Associate Professor of Teacher Education, St. Norbert College.

Wednesday
7/11/2012
10:00 AM
120711E

Honduras, DEA, and Drug War
U.S. DEA agents have killed two suspected drug runners in separate incidents in Honduras, the first on June 23rd and the latest on July 3rd. This hour, we talk about the expanding U.S. police and military presence in Central America and why Honduras has become a focus of antidrug efforts.
GUESTS:
Adriana Beltran - Senior Associate for Citizen Security at Washington Office on Latin America, a D.C. think tank
Rosemary Joyce - Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and an archeologist who has conducted fieldwork in Honduras since 1977

Wednesday
7/11/2012
10:00 PM
120711E

Honduras, DEA, and Drug War
U.S. DEA agents have killed two suspected drug runners in separate incidents in Honduras, the first on June 23rd and the second on July 3rd. This hour, we talk about the expanding U.S. police and military presence in Central America and why Honduras has become a focus of antidrug efforts.
GUESTS:
Adriana Beltran - Senior Associate for Citizen Security at Washington Office on Latin America, a D.C. think tank
Rosemary Joyce - Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and an archeologist who has conducted fieldwork in Honduras since 1977

Tuesday
7/10/2012
9:00 AM
120710D

Wisconsin Drought
A government meteorologist predicted that the hot and dry weather in the Midwest this year may rival the drought in 1988 that cost agriculture $78 billion. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the current drought in Wisconsin, and the implications for farmers and consumers.
Guests:

- Paul D. Mitchell, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

- Chris Kucharik, Associate Professor of Agronomy & Environmental Studies,
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

- Dave Hansen, Program Supervisor, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Farm Center.

Tuesday
7/10/2012
10:00 AM
120710E

Obama and black politics
This hour: President Obama and black politics. According to our guest, black Americans have accepted the lack of policies that address African American concerns in exchange for symbolic pride in a black President.
GUEST
Fredrick Harris - Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of "The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics."

Tuesday
7/10/2012
10:00 PM
120710E

Monday
7/9/2012
9:00 AM
120709D

All Things Political
This week on All Things Political: the June jobs numbers and political spin, the health of the US economy, and a check-in on Wisconsin's GOP Senate primary.
9 - 9:35: David Wessel - Economics Editor for the Wall Street Journal
9:35 - 10:
Cameron Joseph - Staff Writer at The Hill

Monday
7/9/2012
10:00 AM
120709E

'God particle'
Physicists say they have found the best evidence yet for the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle, sometimes called 'the God particle'. This hour, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a physicist about how this will change our understanding of space, time and matter.

Guest: David Derbes, physics teacher, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Derbes was a research student of Peter Higgs's from 1975-79 at the University of Edinburgh.

Monday
7/9/2012
10:00 PM
120709E

Thursday
7/5/2012
9:00 AM
120705D

Amelia Earhart
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the famed female pilot. This hour, Kathleen Dunn talks to Earhart biographer Susan Butler about Earhart's life, as well as recent efforts to learn more about her disappearance.
GUEST
Susan Butler, author of EAST TO THE DAWN: THE LIFE OF AMELIA EARHART, the basis for the 2009 biopic AMELIA.

Thursday
7/5/2012
10:00 AM
120705E

Songs of Summer
Do you have a summer anthem? This hour Kathleen Dunn and her guests talk about great summer songs; past and present.
Guests:

10:00 - Sean Daly, pop music critic, St. Petersburg Times.

10:00- Andy Langer, contributing editor and music columnist, Esquire.

10:30 - Evan Rytlewski, music editor, Milwaukee's Shepherd Express.

Thursday
7/5/2012
10:00 PM
120705E

Wednesday
7/4/2012
9:00 AM
120704D

Almost President
Kathleen Dunn's guest profiles a dozen men he argues who have run for the American presidency and lost, but who have had a greater impact than many of the victors.(Rebroadcast from 5/5/2012)
Guest: Scott Farris, author, "Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation."

Wednesday
7/4/2012
10:00 AM
120704E

Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Kathleen Dunn is joined by Clint Hill the Secret Service agent assigned to Jackie Kennedy. (Rebroadcast from 4/24/2012)
Guest: Clint Hill, Former Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Assigned to Jackie Kennedy in November 1960 and with the agency until after the election of Lyndon Johnson. Author, "Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir."

Wednesday
7/4/2012
10:00 PM
120704E

Tuesday
7/3/2012
9:00 AM
120703D

Mexico's Presidential Election
Millions of votes were cast this weekend in Mexico for a new President. This hour, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the results, projected winner Enrique Pe a Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and the new administration's plan to curb drug war violence.

Guests:

- Tracy Wilkinson, Mexico Bureau Chief for the LA Times.

- Guillermo Trejo, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Duke University.

Tuesday
7/3/2012
10:00 AM
120703E

The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker
Kathleen Dunn is joined by Janet Groth who spent over two decades, 1957 to 1978, as a receptionist for The New Yorker.
Guest: Janet Groth, Author, "The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker."

Tuesday
7/3/2012
10:00 PM
120703E

Monday
7/2/2012
9:00 AM
120702D

All Things Political
All Things Political with Linda Feldman of the Christian Science Monitor.
GUEST
Linda Feldman - White House and political correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor

Monday
7/2/2012
10:00 AM
120702E

Girls Rock Camp Madison
Girls Rock Camps, clinics where young girls are taught about musical instruments, song writing, and self esteem from female musicians in their community, are springing up around the country. This hour, Kathleen Dunn is joined by members from the Madison based camp. http://grcmadison.wordpress.com/
Guests:

- Beth Kille, Wisconsin musician. Musical Director, Girls Rock Camp Madison.

- Halle Pollay, Wisconsin musician. Director, Girls Rock Camp Madison.

- Sarah Corbin, Girls Rock Camp Madison participant.

- Frances Bartolutti, Girls Rock Camp Madison participant.

Monday
7/2/2012
10:00 PM
120702E

Thursday
6/28/2012
9:00 AM
120628D

Emergency response
Hurricane season in the Southeast, raging wildfires in Colorado, the flooding in Superior and Duluth, and other instances of extreme weather have put pressure on disaster response systems around the country. This hour, guest host John Munson and Stephen Flynn of Northeastern University talk about how prepared our nation is to respond to large-scale natural disasters.
GUEST
Stephen Flynn - Co-Director, Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University and author of THE EDGE OF DISASTER: REBUILDING A RESILIENT NATION

Thursday
6/28/2012
10:00 AM
120628E

Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on the Affordable Care Act Thursday morning. This hour, John Munson and his guests discuss what the decision means for the future of health care in America.
Guests:

- Andrew Coan, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School.

- David Howard, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.

Thursday
6/28/2012
10:00 PM
120628E

Wednesday
6/27/2012
9:00 AM
120627D

Egypt
Kathleen Dunn's guest examines the future of Egypt after the country voted into power it's first-ever democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
Guests:

- Joshua Stacher, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kent State University. Author, "Adaptable Autocrats: Regime Power in Egypt & Syria."

- Mona El-Ghobashy, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University.

Wednesday
6/27/2012
10:00 AM
120627E

Enviromental News
Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest environmental news; from wildfires in the West, flooding in the north and south, and a new report showing sea levels rising out east.
Guest: George Stone, Instructor of Natural Science at the Milwaukee Area Technical College. He is the co-founder and chair of the Green Energy Summit in Milwaukee.

Wednesday
6/27/2012
10:00 PM
120627E

Tuesday
6/26/2012
9:00 AM
120626D

SCOTUS decisions
Yesterday, the Supreme Court sent down two decisions that largely reject state laws. This hour, we talk about the details of the decision on Arizona's immigration law SB 1070, as well as the Court's ruling on Montana's century-old ban on corporate spending that supports or opposes political candidates.
GUESTS
9 - 9:30: Bill Hing - Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law. Author, "Deporting Our Souls-Morality, Values, and Immigration Policy" and "Ethical Borders-NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration"
9:30 - 10 Steven Schwinn - Associate Professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. His blog is the Constitution Law Prof Blog

Tuesday
6/26/2012
10:00 AM
120626E

Man Made
When humorist Joel Stein learned he was fathering a baby boy he set out to explore what being a man meant. He joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his quest to define masculinity.
Guest: Joel Stein, Staff Writer, TIME. Author, "Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity."

Tuesday
6/26/2012
10:00 PM
120626E

Mad Made
When humorist Joel Stein learned he was fathering a baby boy he set out to explore what being a man meant. He joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his quest to define masculinity.
Guest: Joel Stein, Staff Writer, TIME. Author, "Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity."

Monday
6/25/2012
9:00 AM
120625D

All Things Political
The American Spectator's Jeffrey Lord joins Kathleen Dunn to recap the week's top news.
Guest: Jeffrey Lord, Contributing Editor of, "The American Spectator." Reagan White House political director, and aide to Jack Kemp.

Monday
6/25/2012
10:00 AM
120625E

The film "Waterwalk"
The independent film "Waterwalk," shot all across Wisconsin and the Midwest, tells the story of a father and son who set out to re-trace Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet's storied canoe voyage. They cross Lake Michigan, travel down the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and take the Mississippi River to what is now St. Louis, Missouri. The movie is based on the memoir Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts by Steven Faulkner. This hour, Kathleen talks to Faulkner, as well as the director and star of the film, Bob Cicchini.
GUEST
Bob Cicchini - director and star of the film Waterwalk
Steven Faulkner - Associate Professor of English at Longwood University and author of "Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts."

Monday
6/25/2012
10:00 PM
120625E

Thursday
6/21/2012
9:00 AM
120621D

Nuns on the Bus Tour
Recently, a group of Roman Catholic nuns embarked on a nine state bus tour to advocate against federal budget proposals that they say hurts low income and vulnerable populations. This hour, Kathleen Dunn speaks with Sister Simone Campbell about the tour and her organization, Network, a Washington based Catholic social justice group.
Guests:

9:00 - Sister Simone Campbell, executive director, Network. Participant in the "Nuns on the Bus" Tour. http://nunsonthebus.com/

9:30 - Brother Dave Schwab, director of community meals, St. Benedict the Moor, Milwaukee.

Thursday
6/21/2012
10:00 AM
120621E

Twilight of the Elites
MSNBC's Chris Hayes joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss why he thinks the idea of meritocracy produces a corrupt ruling class.
Guest: Chris Hayes, host of "Up with Chris Hayes," on MSNBC. Author, "Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy."

Thursday
6/21/2012
10:00 PM
120621E

Wednesday
6/20/2012
9:00 AM
120620D

Parent Trigger Laws and Public Schools
Last weekend mayors from across the country unanimously endorsed "parent trigger" laws aimed at bypassing elected school boards and giving parents at the worst public schools the opportunity to force immediate change. This hour Kathleen Dunn speaks with individuals on both sides of the issue about the impact these laws have on school districts.
Guests:

9:00 - Gabe Rose, Deputy Director, Parent Revolution.

9:30 - Diane Ravitch, historian of education, educational policy analyst, research professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education.

Wednesday
6/20/2012
10:00 AM
120620E

The Human Microbiome Project
Our bodies carry enough microbes to outnumber our human cells by 10 to 1. This hour, Kathleen Dunn is joined by two researchers from the Human Microbiome Project, a research collaboration that is attempting to map, for the first time, the microbes that live in and on the human body. http://hmpdacc.org/
Guests:

- Owen R. White, Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

- Dirk Gevers, Group Leader, Microbial Systems & Communities, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Wednesday
6/20/2012
10:00 PM
120620E

Tuesday
6/19/2012
9:00 AM
120619D

Colin Powell, Jill Biden, and Bob Curry
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell talks about his long career, as well what he calls the "Thirteen Rules" of leadership. Then, Kathleen speaks to Second Lady Jill Biden about her new children's book celebrating military families, and the hour concludes with Milwaukee veteran and veteran advocate Bob Curry of Dryhootch.
GUESTS
9 - 9:35 Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State. His new memoir is "It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership."
9:35 - 9:48 Jill Biden, Second Lady of the U.S. Her new children's book is "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops."
9:48 - 10 Bob Curry, founder and president of Dryhootch of America

Tuesday
6/19/2012
10:00 AM
120619E

Greek elections
Greece's New Democracy Party won thirty percent of the vote in last weekend's elections. Now the Party looks to form a governing coalition that will keep Greece in the European Union. We talk this hour about Greece's step towards political moderation and whether it might reflect a broader European trend.
GUEST
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, leader of the EuroFuture Project at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Tuesday
6/19/2012
10:00 PM
120619E

Monday
6/18/2012
9:00 AM
120618D

All Things Political
Salon's Joan Walsh joins Kathleen Dunn to recap the top news from around the state, and across the country.
Joan Walsh, editor at large, Salon.com. Political analysts, MSNBC.

Monday
6/18/2012
10:00 AM
120618E

Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw
Did you know James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other? This, and many other odd presidential facts are discussed when Kathleen Dunn is joined by New York Times bestselling author, Stephen Spignesi.
Guest: Stephen Spignesi, author, "Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw and Other Unusual, Unexpected, Unbelievable But All-True Facts about America's Presidents."

Monday
6/18/2012
10:00 PM
120618E

Thursday
6/14/2012
9:00 AM
120614D

Boomerang generation and finances
College is over and the job market is tight. But when a college grad returns home to live, should he or she pay rent? Guest host Veronica Rueckert talks to Suzanna de Baca of Ameriprise Financial about the Boomerang generation and how parents and kids can set constructive financial ground rules. http://ti.me/LT12F6
GUEST
Suzanna de Baca - Vice President of Wealth Strategies at Ameriprise Financial

March 2012 Study from the PEW Research Center on the Boomerang Generation: http://bit.ly/zs7OPR

Thursday
6/14/2012
10:00 AM
120614E

Our Divided Political Heart
What do you think of partisanship in American politics: Does it make for healthy debate that will move the country forward, or is it crippling the legislative process? Washington Post columnist, E.J. Dionne, joins Veronica Rueckert to discuss the history of our political divide.
Guest: E.J. Dionne Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution. Syndicated columnist, The Washington Post. Author, "Our Divided Political Heart."

Thursday
6/14/2012
10:00 PM
120614E

Wednesday
6/13/2012
9:00 AM
120613D

Artificial Sweeteners
Are artificial sweeteners a healthier option, or do they increase weight gain and cause other health problems? Veronica Rueckert and her guests examine the latest research in the world of artificial sweeteners.
Guests:

9:00 - Kenneth Chang, science reporter, The New York Times.

9:30 - Dr. Ayala Laufer Cahana, physician specializing in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics.

Wednesday
6/13/2012
10:00 PM
120613D

Tuesday
6/12/2012
9:00 AM
120612D

Supreme Court
Veronica Rueckert is joined by Jill Lepore from the New Yorker. Her article this week traces the history of the Supreme Court's struggle for judicial independence. Later, we'll be joined by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick to discuss the media's treatment of the justices, and how the next presidency could influence the makeup of the court.
Guest: Jill Lepore, Staff Writer for the New Yorker. Author, "The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death."

Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent, author, Jurisprudence column, Slate.com.

Tuesday
6/12/2012
10:00 AM
120612E

Alan Arkin
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. (Rebroadcast from 5/10/2011)
Guest: Alan Arkin, Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer, author, "An Improvised Life: A Memoir."

Tuesday
6/12/2012
10:00 PM
120612D

Monday
6/11/2012
9:00 AM
120611D

Latest political news with Atlantic's Molly Ball
Veronica Rueckert talks All Things Political with Molly Ball of the Atlantic.
GUEST
Molly Ball - national political writer at The Atlantic.

Monday
6/11/2012
10:00 AM
120611D

Front and Center Literacy Series
Most of us take Literacy for granted, but for many it proves to be a life-long struggle. WBEZ's Richard Steele hosts the first of a special, three-part series about literacy in the Great Lakes region. Today's live, call-in show explores the use of multiple languages during conversation, and how we judge different ethnic-based dialects at school, the workplace, and home.
http://www.wbez.org/series/front-center

Monday
6/11/2012
10:00 PM
120611D

Latest political news with Atlantic's Molly Ball
Veronica Rueckert talks All Things Political with Molly Ball of the Atlantic.
GUEST
Molly Ball - national political writer at The Atlantic.

Thursday
6/7/2012
9:00 AM
120607D

Patchwork Nation and Wisconsin Recall
Dante Chinni of patchworknation.org and the book OUR PATCHWORK NATION talks about recall turnout demographics using his framework of America's twelve community types.
GUEST
Dante Chinni - journalist and creator of the multimedia project PATCHWORK NATION
Check out Patchwork Nation's Wisconsin recall map here: http://wpr.org/r/?736

Thursday
6/7/2012
10:00 AM
120607E

Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, prolific science fiction and fantasy author, died Tuesday night at the age of 91. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest remember his life's work, and his influence on popular culture and literature.
Guest: Jonathan R. Eller, Professor of English and Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University. General Editor, "Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury." Author, "Becoming Ray Bradbury."

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