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Thursday
11/19/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091119E
What was the true story of the 2007 troop surge into Iraq? Was it really a success? These are some of the questions Kathleen Dunn's guest grapples with, when telling the story of those soldiers who participated in the surge, and came back home changed forever.

Guest: David Finkel, staff writer of The Washington Post. Author, "The Good Soldiers" (Farrar Straus & Giroux)

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Thursday
11/19/2009
10:00 AM

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Thursday
11/19/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091119D
Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, put forward his version of health care legislation on Wednesday, which a Senate aide said would cost $849 billion over 10 years. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the details of the proposed bill.

Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

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Wednesday
11/18/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091118E
According to a recent report by the Department of Agriculture, households in the U.S. facing food insecurity are at the highest levels in more than a decade. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the availability of food across the country, and how Wisconsin residents can meet their basic food needs.

Guests:
- Kadi Row (KAY-tee Rau), Food Security Specialist, Family Living Programs, UW–Extension. Chair, Wisconsin Food Security Consortium Steering Committee.
- Maura Daly, Vice President for government relations and advocacy, Feeding America (formerly Second Harvest).
- Bonnie J. Bellehumeur, President, Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin. www.feedingamericawi.org

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Wednesday
11/18/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
11/18/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091118D
President Obama and the Chinese President met this week on a myriad of issues. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the history of U.S and China relations, the global economy, climate change, and nuclear proliferation.

Guest: Guy S. Alitto, Associate Professor in History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago.

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Tuesday
11/17/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091117E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss accuracy in the media.

Guests:
- John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics, Temple University. Author, "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper" His monthly column, "Who's Counting?" on ABCNews.com.
- Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow, “Media Matters for America.” Author, “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush,” and “Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press.”

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Tuesday
11/17/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
11/17/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091117D
According to industry analysts, drug makers have raised the wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs by about nine-percent over the past year. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the relationship between the pharmaceutical companies and health care reform.

Guests:
- Dr. John Abramson, author, “Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine.” On clinical faculty, Harvard Medical School.
- Rebecca Adams, Senior writer, CQ Weekly.

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Monday
11/16/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091116E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with 60s folk music icon Peter Yarrow from the trio Peter, Paul and Mary.

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Monday
11/16/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091116E
After ten, join Kathleen Dunn in conversation with 60s folk music icon Peter Yarrow from the trio Peter, Paul and Mary.

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Monday
11/16/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091116D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn discusses the war in Afghanistan and health care reform, with her guest, Charles Peters, of The Washington Monthly.

Guest: Charles Peters, founding editor, The Washington Monthly.

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Thursday
11/12/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091112D
“Sunny Day... Sweepin' the clouds away... On my way to where the air is sweet... Can you tell me how to get... How to get to Sesame Street...” After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest relive the past four decades of life on Sesame Street.

Guest: Louise A. Gikow, author and composer. Writer for "Sesame Workshop." Former editorial director and creative consultant at Jim Henson Productions. Author, “Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street.”

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Thursday
11/12/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091112E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn hosts her November open-line. Call in with your topics and guest suggestions.

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Thursday
11/12/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091112D
“Sunny Day... Sweepin' the clouds away... On my way to where the air is sweet... Can you tell me how to get... How to get to Sesame Street...” After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest relive the past four decades of life on Sesame Street, with a very special appearance by Cookie Monster.

Guest: Louise A. Gikow, author and composer. Writer for "Sesame Workshop." Former editorial director and creative consultant at Jim Henson Productions. Author, “Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street.”

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Wednesday
11/11/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091111E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the life of Abigail Adams, wife of the nation's second President, and mother of the sixth.

Guest: Woody Holton, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Richmond. Author, "Abigail Adams."

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Wednesday
11/11/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
11/11/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091111D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine a provision added late Saturday to the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives that would place restrictions on abortion coverage.

Guests:
9:00 - Susan Armacost, Legislative Director, Wisconsin Right to Life.
9:30 - Nicole Safar, Public Policy Analyst, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.

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Tuesday
11/10/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091110E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest describes a growing movement of educators, parents, and students that's transforming education to prepare students for future environmental challenges.

Guest: Lisa Bennett, communications director, Center for Ecoliteracy. Co-author, "Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability" (University of California Press) www.ecoliteracy.org

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Tuesday
11/10/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
11/10/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091110D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the social and mental stresses faced by returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Guests:
- Michelle Cornette, clinical psychologist and Suicide Prevention Team Leader, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine & Injury Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Tracey Smith, Program Manager, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Clinical Team, Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UW-Madison.

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Monday
11/9/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091109E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest explains how the recent discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor, nicknamed “Ardi,” puts to rest the notion of a chimpanzee-like evolutionary “missing link” in the human family tree.

Guest: Jamie Shreeve, Science Editor, National Geographic Magazine.
Her report on Ardi: http://wpr.org/r/?91

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Monday
11/9/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
11/9/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091109D
Off-year elections… a health care rally in Washington… and a health care bill possibly nearing passage. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the headlines and newsmakers from the past week.

Guest: David Fott, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

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Thursday
11/5/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091105E
After ten, Kathleen and her guest examine how 50 years of swift changes to Earth’s oceans could significantly impact life on the planet.

GUEST: Sylvia Earle, Author, The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One.

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Thursday
11/5/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091105E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine how fifty years of swift changes to Earth’s oceans could significantly impact life on the planet.

Guest: Sylvia Earle, author, The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One.

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Thursday
11/5/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091105D
Unexpected third quarter profits for Ford Motor Company have raised hopes that the auto industry is starting to pull out of a deep slump. After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest examines the latest economic trends in the auto industry.

Guest: Dave Zoia, Editorial Director, WardsAuto.com, Ward’s Automotive Reports and Ward’s Engine and Vehicle Technology Update.

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Wednesday
11/4/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091104E
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called for changes in the way universities train future teachers. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says if America really wants great schools, we must create a critical mass of great teachers.

Guest: Susan Engel, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of the Program in Teaching, Williams College. Read her op-ed: http://wpr.org/r/?89

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Wednesday
11/4/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
11/4/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091104D
FOX News…MSNBC…CNN. After nine, Kathleen’s guest discusses the pros and cons of America’s cable news networks.

GUEST: Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism.

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Tuesday
11/3/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091103E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses the advertising for some of the best-selling books of the twentieth century... when they were new... and their authors unknown.

Guest: Dwight Garner, daily book critic, The New York Times. Author, "Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements" (Ecco)

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Tuesday
11/3/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
11/3/2009
9:30 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091103X
After nine-thirty, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the war in Afghanistan, a possible troop surge, and the cancelled Presidential election run-off.

Guest 9:30: Lawrence Korb, senior fellow, Center for American Progress. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Reagan administration.

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Tuesday
11/3/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091103D
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (MAD-uh-lynn ALL-bright) joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss her latest book, “Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box.”

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Monday
11/2/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091102E
After ten, Kathleen and guests examine the role of magnet schools and college prep programs in getting minorities motivated about higher education.

Guests:
- Steve Perry, founder and principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford, Connecticut. Best Selling Author of "Man Up". Education Contributor on CNN.
- Milton Cockroft, Director, Pathways to College Program, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Monday
11/2/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
11/2/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091102D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest review last week's political headlines.

Guest: Mordecai Lee, Professor of Governmental Affairs, UW-Milwaukee.

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Thursday
10/29/2009
10:00 PM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat) - 091029E
After ten, John Munson is joined by the reporter who broke the story that the Defense Department, as part of the nearly eight-hundred-billion-dollar stimulus package, awarded nearly thirty-million in contracts to companies under criminal investigation. A look at how and why the contracts were awarded.

Guest: Michael Grabell, reporter, ProPublica. Read the story here: http://wpr.org/r/?88

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Thursday
10/29/2009
10:00 AM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 091029E
After ten, John Munson is joined by the reporter who broke the story that the Defense Department, as part of the nearly eight-hundred-billion-dollar stimulus package, awarded nearly thirty-million in contracts to companies under criminal investigation. A look at how and why the contracts were awarded.

Guest: Michael Grabell, reporter, ProPublica. Read the story here: http://wpr.org/r/?88

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Thursday
10/29/2009
9:00 AM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 091029D
Should Internet Service Providers be allowed to determine which web sites reach you the quickest? After nine, John Munson and his guest tackle the growing debate on Net Neutrality.

Guest: Robert Atkinson, President and Founder, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

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Wednesday
10/28/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091028E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest suggests a new way to teach geography to grade school students.

Guest: David J. Smith, Author, "If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People," and "If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States."

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Wednesday
10/28/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
10/28/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091028D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with former military personnel about serving the nation as a homosexual, and the possible repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.

Guests:
- First Lieutenant Dan Choi, West Point graduate and Arabic linguist. Iraq War veteran, discharged after admitting he was gay.
- Denny Meyer, Vietnam War Veteran. National Public Affairs Officer and Vice President of Veterans Affairs, American veterans For Equal Rights.
- Navy Commander Zoe Dunning, retired, made history 14 years ago when she came out as a lesbian and won her discharge case.

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Tuesday
10/27/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091027E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest examines selected presidential administrations through the eyes of the women and men who pledged to protect them...the Secret Service.

Guest: Ronald Kessler, journalist. Author, “In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect.”

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Tuesday
10/27/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
10/27/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091027D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn continues her series on Health Care Reform in America by looking at the role of nurse practitioners and nurse-managed health centers.

Guest: Katharyn A. May, Dean and Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing.

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Monday
10/26/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091026E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with film makers of a new documentary, "Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover."

Guests: Chip Duncan, director, and Tracy Dorsey, producer. The film premiers nationwide on PBS Monday evening at 9pm Central Time.

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Monday
10/26/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
10/26/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091026D
Health care reform…fighting in Pakistan…the Dow nearing ten-thousand. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest break down the latest headlines, and look at the latest newsmakers.

Guest: John Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, Duke University.

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Thursday
10/22/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091022E
We are the only creatures who know they will die... and at the same time... we imagine we'll live forever. After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests discuss the reasons we avoid accepting our own mortality, and they demonstrate how humor allows us to express our fears about death.

Guests: Daniel Klein and Tom Cathcart, authors of ""Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar", and "Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates" (Viking).

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Thursday
10/22/2009
10:00 AM

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Thursday
10/22/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091022D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the health care system in Italy. A report by the World Health Organization ranked Italy second in the world in health care systems... the U.S.... thirty-seventh.

Guest: Vittorio Maio, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University.

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Wednesday
10/21/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091021E
New York Times columnist Gail Collins joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the changing lives of America Women from 1960 to the present.

Guest: Gail Collins, Columnist, New York Times. Author, “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present.”

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Wednesday
10/21/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
10/21/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091021D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest analyzes the Pakistani military’s offensive against the Taliban, and what it could mean for the future of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the United States.

Guest: Bill Roggio, Managing Editor, The Long War Journal. President, Public Multimedia, Inc. Adjunct Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Media Fellow, Hoover Institute. Contributor, The Weekly Standard.

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Tuesday
10/20/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091020E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests examine how thousands of small towns in rural America are being de-populated...their most talented and ambitious young people leaving for big city careers.

Guests: Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas, sociologists, and co-authors, "Hollowing Out The Middle: The Rural Brain and What It Means For America" (Beacon Press)www.hollowingoutthemiddle.com

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Tuesday
10/20/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
10/20/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091020D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn hosts her October open line. Call in with your ideas for programs and guests.

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Monday
10/19/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091019E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest contends that not only does the U.S. have the worst health care system in the world, but politicians in Washington are actually making it worse.

Guest: Matt Taibbi, political writer, Rolling Stone Magazine. Read Matt's story "Sick and Wrong": http://wpr.org/r/?86

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Monday
10/19/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
10/19/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091019D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk about all the latest news from Washington.

Guest: Dante Chinni, correspondent and project director, Patchwork Nation Project, Christian Science Monitor.

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Thursday
10/15/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091015E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest discusses his most recent documentary, "Rethink Afghanistan," which explores the ongoing U.S. military engagement.

Guest: Robert Greenwald, Founder and president of Brave New Films. Producer, "Rethink Afghanistan." Also, “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers,” and “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price.”

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Thursday
10/15/2009
10:00 AM

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Thursday
10/15/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091015D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says there's a downside to America’s penchant for positive thinking.

Guest: Barbara Ehrenreich (AIR-un-rike), journalist and Author. “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” “Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America”

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Wednesday
10/14/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091014E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest from space - NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, recent images from the Hubble Telescope, and the Barlow Planetarium’s winter line-up.

Guest: Alan J. Peche, Director, Barlow Planetarium.

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Wednesday
10/14/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091014E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest review the latest from space... the NASA Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite... recent images from the Hubble Telescope... and the winter line-up at the Barlow Planetarium.

Guest: Alan J. Peche, Director, Barlow Planetarium.

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Wednesday
10/14/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091014D
The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to approve legislation that would reshape the American health care system. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the future of the bill, and current legislation in the House.

Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

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Tuesday
10/13/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091013E
After ten, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Alex Jones joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss the future of newspaper journalism.

Guest: Alex S. Jones, Lecturer in the Press and Public Policy and Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University. Author, “Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy.”

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Tuesday
10/13/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
10/13/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091013D
National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss his latest collection of short stories, “War Dances.”

Guest: Sherman Alexie, poet, filmmaker, and author, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” “Ten Little Indians,” “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” and most recently “War Dances.”

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Monday
10/12/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091012E
Literary maven Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss the latest and greatest books.

Guest: Nancy Pearl, former director, Seattle Public Library. Author, “Book Lust,” and “Book Crush.”

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Monday
10/12/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
10/12/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091012D
Health care… Afghanistan… the Olympics. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest analyze the week’s headlines and newsmakers.

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

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Thursday
10/8/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091008E
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, is Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the book, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People.” He discusses how you can confront, master, and even embrace your fears.

Guest: Rabbi Harold Kushner, author, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People.” And recently, “Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World.”

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Thursday
10/8/2009
10:00 AM

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Thursday
10/8/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091008D
After nine, Kathleen’s guest offers an insider’s look at the events and anecdotes that shaped the upbringing of America’s First Couple, Barack and Michelle Obama.

Guest: Christopher Andersen, author, “Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage.”

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Wednesday
10/7/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091007E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest break down the ongoing home foreclosure crisis, analyze the Obama administration approach, and discuss other possible solutions.

Guest: Morris Davis, Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, Wisconsin School of Business, UW-Madison. His Wisconsin Foreclosure Relief Plan: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/wcre/wi-fur/

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Wednesday
10/7/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
10/7/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091007D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the struggles by administrations past and present for health care reform in America.

Guest: James Morone, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies, Brown University. Co-Author, “The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office.”

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Tuesday
10/6/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 091006E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the connections between language and metaphor, and their influence on our physical experience.

Guest: Josh Ackerman, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Tuesday
10/6/2009
10:00 AM

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Tuesday
10/6/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 091006D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn continues her series on health care with an analysis of the health care system of Finland.

Guest: Dr. Martti Kekomäki, Professor of Healthcare Management and Administration, University of Helsinki.

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Monday
10/5/2009
10:00 PM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 091005E
Are American schools adequately preparing future generations to participate in the country’s democratic system? After ten, John Munson’s guest gives schools a failing grade for readying the leaders of tomorrow.

Guest: E.D. Hirsch, professor emeritus of education and humanities, University of Virginia. Founder and chairman, Core Knowledge Foundation. Author, “Cultural Literacy” and “The Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have Them.” "How Schools Fail Democracy" by E.D. Hirsch: http://wpr.org/r/?84

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Monday
10/5/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
10/5/2009
9:00 AM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 091005D
After nine, John Munson and his guest recap last week's major political headlines.

Guest: David J. Lanoue, Professor and Department Chair, Political Science, University of Alabama.

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Thursday
10/1/2009
10:00 PM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 091001E
After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss an updated version of the Jane Austen classic, “Sense and Sensibility”...complete with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, octopi, and two-headed sea serpents.

Guest: Ben H. Winters, co-author with Jane Austen, “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.”

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Thursday
10/1/2009
10:00 AM

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Thursday
10/1/2009
9:00 AM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 091001D
How would you describe America's "National Character"? That’s the question Vanity Fair magazine and the TV news magazine, “60 Minutes” are trying to answer. After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss a recent "survey of the American consciousness".

Guests:
9:00 - Michael Hogan, executive online editor, “Vanity Fair.”
9:30 - Paul Brewer, Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, UW–Milwaukee.

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Wednesday
9/30/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 090930E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how science, the military, and politics became interwoven during the Cold War.

Guest: Neil Sheehan, Pulitzer prize-winning author, “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.” His most recent book is entitled, “A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon.”

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Wednesday
9/30/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
9/30/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090930D
With Americans with college degrees and without struggling to find employment in the recession, Kathleen and her guest ask: what is the true value of today’s college education?

GUEST: Mike McPherson, President, Spencer Foundation.

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Tuesday
9/29/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 090929E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the state of the Great Lakes

Guests:
10:00 – Todd Ambs, Water Division Administrator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
10:30 - Cameron Davis Senior Advisor to the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Tuesday
9/29/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090929E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the current condition of The Great Lakes.

Guests:
10:00 - Todd Ambs, Water Division Administrator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
10:30 - Cameron Davis Senior Advisor to the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Tuesday
9/29/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090929D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the work of New York Times conservative columnist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire, who died last weekend.

Guests:
9:00 - Mardy Grothe, author, “Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths,” and most recently “Ifferisms: An Anthology of Aphorisms that Begin With the Word "If".”
9:15 - Will Bunch, Senior Writer, Philadelphia Daily News.
9:30 - Jay Nordlinger, Journalist and Senior Editor, “National Review”

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Monday
9/28/2009
10:00 PM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 090928E
After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss climate change, including last week's UN climate summit and look ahead to December's meeting in Copenhagen.

Guest: Gregory F. Nemet, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Environmental Studies, La Follette School of Public Affairs University of Wisconsin - Madison.

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Monday
9/28/2009
10:00 AM

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Monday
9/28/2009
9:00 AM

John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn - 090928D
After nine, it's All Things Political. John Munson sits in for Kathleen Dunn talks and talk with his guest about Afghanistan, health care reform, and the United Nation's General Assembly.

Guests: 9 - David Winston, president, Winston Group. 9:30 - Chase Martyn, Managing Editor, Iowa Independent. www.iowaindependent.com

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Thursday
9/24/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 090924E
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, contends that humans are hard-wired for compassion by using primate tendencies as his model.

Guest: Frans de Waal, Primatologist, director of the Living Links Center at Emory University. Author, “Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are," and most recently, “The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society.”

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Thursday
9/24/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090924E
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, contends that humans are hard-wired for compassion. He uses primate tendencies as his model.

Guest: Frans de Waal, Primatologist. Director, Living Links Center, Emory University. Author, “Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are," and, “The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society.”

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Thursday
9/24/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090924D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest joins us from Kabul, Afghanistan to discuss the latest on troop levels and the Afghan Presidential Election.

Guest: Thomas E. Gouttierre, Dean of International Studies and Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska.

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Wednesday
9/23/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 090923E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss “Mental_floss” magazine’s list of the five gutsiest world leaders... from conquering AIDS in Africa, to uniting Europe, to galvanizing Latin America.

Guest: Jennifer Drapkin, Senior Editor, "mental_floss" magazine.

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Wednesday
9/23/2009
10:00 AM

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Wednesday
9/23/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090923D
A public option: should it be a part of a national health care reform bill? After nine, Kathleen and her guest analyze the efficiency of a public option plan in San Francisco.

Guest: Dr. Sandra Hernandez, CEO, The San Francisco Foundation.

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Tuesday
9/22/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat) - 090922E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a guest whose mission it is to mark places of long forgotten historic moments.

Guest: Andrew Carroll, Historian and founder of the “Legacy Project,” www.warletters.com. His latest project, “Here is Where,” attempts to find and spotlight little known and unmarked historic sites throughout the United States.

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Tuesday
9/22/2009
10:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090922E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest is on a personal mission to discover and mark the places of long-forgotten historic moments.

Guest: Andrew Carroll, Historian and founder of the “Legacy Project” www.warletters.com. His latest project, “Here is Where,” attempts to find and spotlight little known and unmarked historic sites throughout the US.

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Tuesday
9/22/2009
9:00 AM

Kathleen Dunn - 090922D
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the future of the conservative movement. Democrats currently control the White House and both Houses of Congress. Some analysts claim pundits and conservative commentators are more in control of the Republican party than party leaders.

Guest: Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Author, "Conservatism is Far From Dead" http://wpr.org/r/?79

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Monday
9/21/2009
10:00 PM

Kathleen Dunn - 090921E
On October 2nd, the International Olympic Committee will announce the host city for the 2016 Summer Games. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the economic impact...positive or negative...the Olympics could have on surrounding states if Chicago is selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Guest: Victor Matheson, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross.
Guest: Robert Baade, Professor of Economics, Chair, Department of Economics and Business, Lake Forest College.

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