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Wednesday
1/6/2010
10:00 PM
100106E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, former C-N-N chairman Walter Isaacson joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his new collection of essays that explores the roots of creativity, what makes for great leadership, and how influential people end up rippling the surface of history.
Guest: Walter Isaacson, CEO, Aspen Institute. Former chairman of CNN and the managing editor of “Time Magazine.” Author, “American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane.”
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Tuesday
1/5/2010
9:00 AM
100105D
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Kathleen Dunn
The House and Senate health care bills continue through Congress... states and political parties becoming strapped for cash... and national security again at the forefront. Join Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after nine, for a discussion of all the latest news.
Guest: Marvin Overby, Professor Chair in Political Science, University of Missouri.
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Tuesday
1/5/2010
10:00 AM
100105E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an environmental law and policy expert about how urban planners should rethink the typical American city.
Guest: Henry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program, Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Tuesday
1/5/2010
10:00 PM
100105E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an environmental law and policy expert about how urban planners should rethink the typical American city.
Guest: Henry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program, Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Monday
1/4/2010
9:00 AM
100104D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guest recap all the major political headlines from last week.
Guest: Mike Madden, Washington correspondent, Salon.com.
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Monday
1/4/2010
10:00 AM
100104E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
New rules go into effect for Credit Cards in February as part of the Credit Card Act of 2009. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the changes.
Guest: Angela K. Littwin, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law
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Monday
1/4/2010
10:00 PM
100104E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
New rules go into effect for Credit Cards in February as part of the Credit Card Act of 2009. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the changes.
Guest: TBA
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Thursday
12/31/2009
9:00 AM
091231D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guest look back at the technological boom of the past decade.
Guest: Larry Magid, Technology analyst for CBS News and CNET. Author, “Myspace: Safe Online Networking for Your Kids.”
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Thursday
12/31/2009
10:00 AM
091231E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson talks with one of five experts invited last week by the B-B-C to contribute to "A portrait of the Decade" He tracked word usage to indicate the top stories and trends of the last decade.
Guest: Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst, The Global Language Monitor. www.languagemonitor.com . Author, “A Million Words and Counting: How Global English is Rewriting the World.”
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Thursday
12/31/2009
10:00 PM
091231E
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John Munson in for kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson talks with one of five experts invited last week by the B-B-C to contribute to "A portrait of the Decade" He tracked word usage to indicate the top stories and trends of the last decade.
Guest: Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst, The Global Language Monitor. www.languagemonitor.com . Author, “A Million Words and Counting: How Global English is Rewriting the World.”
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Wednesday
12/30/2009
9:00 AM
091230D
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John Munson in for kathleen Dunn
Violence in the Iraqi province of Nineveh, and tensions between India and China are just two of the international stories that you may have missed in 2009. After nine, John Munson and his guest review the global news stories this year that the editors of Foreign Policy magazine feel were overlooked.
Guest: Josh Keating, Associate Editor, Foreign Policy magazine. Author, “Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2009.” www.foreignpolicy.com
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Wednesday
12/30/2009
10:00 AM
091230E
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John Munson in for kathleen Dunn
Around two-dozen states now have in the works or are considering legislation ranging from allowing medical marijuana to decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of the drug. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana.
Guests:
10:00 - David Evans, Drug Free America Foundation.
10:30 - Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance.
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Wednesday
12/30/2009
10:00 PM
091230E
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John Munson in for kathleen Dunn
Around two-dozen states now have in the works or are considering legislation ranging from allowing medical marijuana to decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of the drug. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana.
Guests:
10:00 - David Evans, Drug Free America Foundation.
10:30 - Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance.
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Tuesday
12/29/2009
9:00 AM
091229D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guests discuss the biggest news of the last decade.
Guests:
- Denny Gainer, visual journalist, “USA TODAY”
- H. Darr Beiser, photographer, “USA TODAY”
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Tuesday
12/29/2009
10:00 AM
091229E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest examine the judicial selection process in Wisconsin.
Guest: Peter K. Rofes, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director, Part-time Legal Education, Marquette University.
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Tuesday
12/29/2009
10:00 PM
091229E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest examine the judicial selection process in Wisconsin.
Guest: Peter K. Rofes, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director, Part-time Legal Education, Marquette University.
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Monday
12/28/2009
9:00 AM
091228D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guest recap all the major political headlines from Washington.
Guest: Dennis Riley, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Monday
12/28/2009
10:00 AM
091228E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss how one of Major League Baseball's most successful managers, Joe McCarthy, created Ten Commandments for success in baseball, and how they still apply today.
Guest: J. D. Thorne, Author, "The 10 Commandments of Baseball: An Affectionate Look at Joe McCarthy's Principles for Success in Baseball (and Life)."
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Monday
12/28/2009
10:00 PM
091228E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss how one of Major League Baseball's most successful managers, Joe McCarthy, created Ten Commandments for success in baseball, and how they still apply today.
Guest: J. D. Thorne, Author, “The 10 Commandments of Baseball: An Affectionate Look at Joe McCarthy’s Principles for Success in Baseball (and Life).”
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Thursday
12/24/2009
9:00 AM
091224D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, 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." (Rebroadcast)
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Thursday
12/24/2009
10:00 AM
091224E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest introduces you to Compassionate Canines: therapy dogs, and special animals who provide comfort, support, and companionship to people of all ages in a variety of settings.
Guest: Molly Johnson, founder, Compassionate Canines. www.compassionatecanines.org (Rebroadcast)
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Thursday
12/24/2009
10:00 PM
091224E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest introduces you to Compassionate Canines: therapy dogs, and special animals who provide comfort, support, and companionship to people of all ages in a variety of settings.
Guest: Molly Johnson, founder, Compassionate Canines. www.compassionatecanines.org
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Wednesday
12/23/2009
9:00 AM
091223D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guest examine the recently released survey on public participation in the arts conducted by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Guest: Anne Katz, Executive Director, Arts Wisconsin.
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Wednesday
12/23/2009
10:00 AM
091223E
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John Munson in for kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the history of search giant Google, and its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Guest: Ken Auletta, Columnist, “Annals of Communications,” in the New Yorker. Author of several books including, “Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way,” and most recently, “Googled: The End of The World As We Know It.”
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Wednesday
12/23/2009
10:00 PM
091223E
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John Munson in for kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the history of Google and its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Guest: Ken Auletta, Columnist, “Annals of Communications,” in the New Yorker. Author of several books including, “Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way,” and most recently, “Googled: The End of The World As We Know It.”
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Tuesday
12/22/2009
9:00 AM
091222D
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Kathleen Dunn
Health care reform, Obama's inauguration, the economy.. what do you think was the biggest news story of 2009? After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the year's top stories.
Guest: David Crary, National reporter, Associated Press.
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Tuesday
12/22/2009
10:00 AM
091222E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest share ideas for meaningful gift-giving in hard economic times.
Guest: Connie Kilmark, Founder, counseling and consulting firm, Kilmark & Associates.
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Tuesday
12/22/2009
10:00 PM
091222E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest share ideas for meaningful gift-giving in hard economic times.
Guest: Connie Kilmark, Founder, counseling and consulting firm, Kilmark & Associates.
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Monday
12/21/2009
9:00 AM
091221D
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Kathleen Dunn
As the year draws to a close, Congress is scrambling to pass key legislation. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the latest headlines from Washington.
Guest: Joseph Kunkel, Professor and Chairperson, Political Science /Law Enforcement Department, Minnesota State University.
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Monday
12/21/2009
10:00 AM
091221E
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Kathleen Dunn
What were your favorite books for 2009? What selections will you be gifting for the holidays? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the year’s best books.
Guest: Daniel Goldin, Owner, Boswell Book Company. www.boswellbooks.com
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Monday
12/21/2009
10:00 PM
091221E
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Kathleen Dunn
What were your favorite books from 2009? What selections will you be gifting for the holidays? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the year’s best books.
Guest: Daniel Goldin, Owner, Boswell Book Company. www.boswellbooks.com
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Thursday
12/17/2009
9:00 AM
091217D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the latest changes to the Senate health care 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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Thursday
12/17/2009
10:00 AM
091217E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the latest research on breast cancer and screening guidelines.
Guests:
10:00 – Richard Elledge, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
10:30 - Gale Sisney, MD., Director of Breast Imaging at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Radiologist at the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
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Thursday
12/17/2009
10:00 PM
091217E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the latest research on breast cancer and screening guidelines.
Guests:
10:00 – Richard Elledge, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
10:30 - Gale Sisney, MD., Director of Breast Imaging at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Radiologist at the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
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Wednesday
12/16/2009
9:00 AM
091216D
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Kathleen Dunn
Journalist Jeff Sharlet joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss The Family, a secretive fellowship of powerful Christian politicians that centers on a Washington, D.C., townhouse.
Guest: Jeff Sharlet, Contributing Editor to Harper's and Rolling Stone Magazine. Author, "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power"
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Wednesday
12/16/2009
10:00 AM
091216E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with historian James Bradley about his new book, "The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War"
James Bradley, is also author of "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Flyboys"
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Wednesday
12/16/2009
10:00 PM
091216E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with historian James Bradley about his new book, "The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War"
James Bradley, is also author of "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Flyboys"
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Tuesday
12/15/2009
9:00 AM
091215D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the great debates of our time... the U.S.... policy... and politics.
Guest: Larry Jacobs, Chair for Political Studies & Director, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute and Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota.
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Tuesday
12/15/2009
10:00 AM
091215E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, explores what we eat and why... and how what we eat affects our lives and the environment.
Guest: Jonathan Safran Foer, author, “Eating Animals.” His novels include, “Everything is Illuminated,” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”
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Tuesday
12/15/2009
10:00 PM
091215E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, explores what we eat and why, and how what we eat affects our lives and the environment.
Guest: Jonathan Safran Foer, author, “Eating Animals.” His novels include, “Everything is Illuminated,” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”
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Monday
12/14/2009
9:00 AM
091214D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss all the latest news from Washington and around the globe.
GUEST: David Michael Green, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hofstra University.
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Monday
12/14/2009
10:00 AM
091214E
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Kathleen Dunn
A new report found that the average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with one of the researchers about what types of information we are consuming.
Guest: Roger E. Bohn, Professor of Management, Director of the Global Information Industry Center, University of California, San Diego.
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Monday
12/14/2009
10:00 PM
091214E
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Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
A new report found that the average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with one of the researchers about what types of information we are consuming.
Guest: Roger E. Bohn, Professor of Management, Director of the Global Information Industry Center, University of California, San Diego.
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Thursday
12/10/2009
9:00 AM
091210D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn takes your calls for show and guest suggestions.
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Thursday
12/10/2009
10:00 AM
091210E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn continues her series on health care throughout the world, after ten, as she speaks with a guest who works in health field in Haiti.
Guest: Dr. Matthew Solberg, Pediatrician in the Milwaukee Area. Participant in Global Health Outreach where he served as a primary care physician in rural areas of Haiti.
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Thursday
12/10/2009
10:00 PM
091210E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn continues her series on health care throughout the world, after ten, as she speaks with a guest who works in health field in Haiti.
Guest: Dr. Matthew Solberg, Pediatrician in the Milwaukee Area. Participant in Global Health Outreach where he served as a primary care physician in rural areas of Haiti.
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Wednesday
12/9/2009
9:00 AM
091209D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine recent poll numbers for President Obama, the Public Option in health care reform, the troop surge in Afghanistan, and how the media reports the results.
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Wednesday
12/9/2009
10:00 AM
091209E
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Kathleen Dunn
Humanitarian Greg Mortenson joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his continuing work with community-based education and literacy programs... especially for girls... in the remote mountain regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Guest: Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian and Educator. Co-founder (with Dr. Jean Hoerni) and Executive Director of nonprofit Central Asia Institute. Author, “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School At A Time” & “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
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Wednesday
12/9/2009
10:00 PM
091209E
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Kathleen Dunn
Humanitarian Greg Mortenson joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his continuing work with community-based education and literacy programs... especially for girls... in the remote mountain regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Guest: Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian and Educator. Co-founder (with Dr. Jean Hoerni) and Executive Director of nonprofit Central Asia Institute. Author, “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School At A Time” “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
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Tuesday
12/8/2009
9:00 AM
091208D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
The Ares-One (AIR-eez-ONE) rocket and the EnergyHub Dashboard are just two of the items that made the list. After nine, John Munson and his guest discuss TIME Magazine’s list of the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year.
Guest: Lev Grossman, book critic and technology writer, TIME Magazine.
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Tuesday
12/8/2009
10:00 AM
091208E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson's guest takes a look at America's love affair with shopping. He takes us on a tour of the world of malls, megastores, and online shopping, and explains, why, in spite of the economic situation, we'll continue with buying.
Guest: Lee Eisenberg, author, "Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What" (Free Press).
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Tuesday
12/8/2009
10:00 PM
091208E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson's guest takes a look at America's love affair with shopping. He takes us on a tour of the world of malls, megastores, and online shopping, and explains, why, in spite of the economic situation, we'll continue with buying.
Guest: Lee Eisenberg, author, "Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What" (Free Press).
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Monday
12/7/2009
9:00 AM
091207D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it's All Things Political when Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap last week's top political headlines.
Guest: Alexander P. Lamis, Associate Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University.
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Monday
12/7/2009
10:00 AM
091207E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the global warming legislation introduced last week by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.), and it's impact on U.N.-sponsored climate talks this week in Copenhagen.
Guests: TBA
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Monday
12/7/2009
10:00 PM
091207E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the global warming legislation introduced last week by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.), and it's impact on U.N.-sponsored climate talks this week in Copenhagen.
Guests: TBA
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Thursday
12/3/2009
9:00 AM
091203D
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Kathleen Dunn
According to Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after nine, loneliness can spread from person-to-person... to person... up to three degrees of separation. James Fowler discusses the findings of his most recent study.
Guest: James H. Fowler, Associate Professor, Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology and the Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego. Co-author, “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives.”
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Thursday
12/3/2009
10:00 AM
091203E
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Kathleen Dunn
What was the most memorable gift you’ve ever given, or received? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take your calls about meaningful gift-giving.
Guest: Geri Weis-Corbley, creator, editor, and publisher, “The Good News Network.”
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Thursday
12/3/2009
10:00 PM
091203E
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Kathleen Dunn
What was the most memorable gift you’ve ever given, or received? After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take your calls about meaningful gift-giving.
Guest: Geri Weis-Corbley, creator, editor, and publisher, “The Good News Network.”
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Wednesday
12/2/2009
9:00 AM
091202D
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Kathleen Dunn
After a nearly three-month review of American war strategy, President Obama has decided to deploy 30-thousand more troops to Afghanistan. After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with a Mideast expert about the current state of the Afghan government, and the escalation of the U.S. war effort.
Guest: Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Author, “Engaging the Muslim World.”
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Wednesday
12/2/2009
10:00 AM
091202E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says as the health care debate enters its decisive stage, liberals in Congress should be ready to trade the public option for provisions that will actually make the reforms succeed.
Guest: Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-editor, “The American Prospect.”
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Wednesday
12/2/2009
10:00 PM
091202E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says as the health care debate enters its decisive stage, liberals in Congress should be ready to trade the public option for provisions that will actually make the reforms succeed.
Guest: Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-editor, “The American Prospect.”
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Tuesday
12/1/2009
9:00 AM
091201D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the latest jobless numbers, and what Congress and the Obama Administration are trying to do about it.
Guests:
9:00 - James H. Carr, chief operating officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Visiting professor, Columbia University.
9:30 - Alice O’Connor, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara. Director, UCSB Washington Center program, Washington, DC.
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Tuesday
12/1/2009
10:00 AM
091201E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses the environment, culture, and politics of the polar bear. He says their extinction is not inevitable, but in order to save them, we must take action to prevent their habitat from melting away.
Guest: Richard Ellis, leading marine conservationist. Author, "On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear" (Knopf).
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Tuesday
12/1/2009
10:00 PM
091201E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest discusses the environment, culture, and politics of the polar bear. He says their extinction is not inevitable, but in order to save them, we must take action to prevent their habitat from melting away.
Guest: Richard Ellis, leading marine conservationist. Author, "On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear" (Knopf).
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Monday
11/30/2009
9:00 AM
091130D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it’s another edition of all things political as Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap the major news stories.
Guest: Julie Mason, White House Correspondent for The Washington Examiner.
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Monday
11/30/2009
10:00 AM
091130E
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Kathleen Dunn
During the 2012 winter solstice, time runs out on the current era of the Long Count Mayan Calendar. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a Maya expert who thinks some people are misinterpreting this as a sign of the apocalypse.
Guest: Anthony F. Aveni, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Author, “The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012."
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Monday
11/30/2009
10:00 PM
091130E
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Kathleen Dunn
During the 2012 winter solstice, time runs out on the current era of the Long Count Mayan Calendar. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a Maya expert who thinks some people are misinterpreting this as a sign of the apocalypse.
Guest: Anthony F. Aveni, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Author, “The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012."
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Thursday
11/26/2009
9:00 AM
091126D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine how fifty years of swift changes to the Earth’s oceans could significantly impact life across the planet.
Guest: Sylvia Earle, Author, "The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One".(Rebroadcast).
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Thursday
11/26/2009
10:00 PM
091126D
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Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
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".(Rebroadcast).
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Wednesday
11/25/2009
9:00 AM
091125D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the pharmaceutical industry and their take on health care reform.
Guest: Dr. Joseph Hammang, Senior Director, Science Policy, Pfizer Inc.
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Wednesday
11/25/2009
10:00 AM
091125E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests describe how many of our most trusted strategies for nurturing children are backfiring because key aspects of the science have been overlooked. They discuss how to think differently... more deeply and clearly... about children.
Guests: Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Co-Authors, "NurtureSchock: New Thinking About Children" (Twelve) www.nurtureschock.com
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Wednesday
11/25/2009
10:00 PM
091125E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guests discuss how many of our most trusted strategies for nurturing children are backfiring because key aspects of the science have been overlooked. They discuss how to think differently... more deeply and clearly... about children.
Guests: Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, co-authors, "NurtureSchock: New Thinking About Children" (Twelve) www.nurtureschock.com
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Tuesday
11/24/2009
9:00 AM
091124D
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Kathleen Dunn
Yesterday at the White House, The President unveiled his Educate to Innovate campaign, encouraging students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how companies and non-profit groups are aiming to get kids engaged in education.
Guests:
- Susan Millar, Director of the Education Research Challenge Area, Morgridge Institute for Research. Senior Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin.
- Terry Millar, Professor of mathematics, and associate dean in the graduate school/research office, University of Wisconsin – Madison. Terry Millar is the Project Director and PI of System-wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE), a Comprehensive Math and Science Partnership funded by the NSF.
- Francis Eberle, Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association.
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Tuesday
11/24/2009
10:00 AM
091124E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, the "Obama for America" campaign manager joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss last year’s presidential election.
Guest: David Plouffe, chief campaign manager, Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Author, “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory.”
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Tuesday
11/24/2009
10:00 PM
091124E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, the "Obama for America" campaign manager joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss last year’s presidential election.
Guest: David Plouffe, chief campaign manager, Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Author, “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory.”
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Monday
11/23/2009
9:00 AM
091123D
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Kathleen Dunn
It’s all things political, after nine, as Kathleen Dunn and her guest recap all the major stories from around the globe.
Guest: Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University.
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Monday
11/23/2009
10:00 AM
091123E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the key differences between the House and Senate health care bills.
Guest: Edmund F. Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy, Heritage Foundation.
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Monday
11/23/2009
10:00 PM
091123E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the key differences between the House and Senate health care bills.
Guest: Edmund F. Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy, Heritage Foundation.
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Thursday
11/19/2009
9:00 AM
091119D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
11/19/2009
10:00 AM
091119E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091119E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
11/18/2009
9:00 AM
091118D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
11/18/2009
10:00 AM
091118E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091118E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
11/17/2009
9:00 AM
091117D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
11/17/2009
10:00 AM
091117E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091117E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
11/16/2009
9:00 AM
091116D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
11/16/2009
10:00 AM
091116E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
091116E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with 60s folk music icon Peter Yarrow from the trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
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Thursday
11/12/2009
9:00 AM
091112D
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Kathleen Dunn
“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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Thursday
11/12/2009
10:00 AM
091112E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
091112D
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Kathleen Dunn
“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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Wednesday
11/11/2009
9:00 AM
091111D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
11/11/2009
10:00 AM
091111E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091111E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
11/10/2009
9:00 AM
091110D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
11/10/2009
10:00 AM
091110E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091110E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
11/9/2009
9:00 AM
091109D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
11/9/2009
10:00 AM
091109E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091109E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
11/5/2009
9:00 AM
091105D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
11/5/2009
10:00 AM
091105E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
091105E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
11/4/2009
9:00 AM
091104D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
11/4/2009
10:00 AM
091104E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091104E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
11/3/2009
9:00 AM
091103D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
11/3/2009
9:30 AM
091103X
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 AM
091103E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091103E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
11/2/2009
9:00 AM
091102D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
11/2/2009
10:00 AM
091102E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091102E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/29/2009
9:00 AM
091029D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/29/2009
10:00 AM
091029E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091029E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
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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Wednesday
10/28/2009
9:00 AM
091028D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/28/2009
10:00 AM
091028E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091028E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/27/2009
9:00 AM
091027D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/27/2009
10:00 AM
091027E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091027E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/26/2009
9:00 AM
091026D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/26/2009
10:00 AM
091026E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091026E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/22/2009
9:00 AM
091022D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/22/2009
10:00 AM
091022E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091022E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/21/2009
9:00 AM
091021D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/21/2009
10:00 AM
091021E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091021E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/20/2009
9:00 AM
091020D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn hosts her October open line. Call in with your ideas for programs and guests.
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Tuesday
10/20/2009
10:00 AM
091020E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091020E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/19/2009
9:00 AM
091019D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/19/2009
10:00 AM
091019E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091019E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/15/2009
9:00 AM
091015D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/15/2009
10:00 AM
091015E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091015E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/14/2009
9:00 AM
091014D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/14/2009
10:00 AM
091014E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
091014E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/13/2009
9:00 AM
091013D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/13/2009
10:00 AM
091013E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091013E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/12/2009
9:00 AM
091012D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/12/2009
10:00 AM
091012E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091012E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/8/2009
9:00 AM
091008D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/8/2009
10:00 AM
091008E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091008E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/7/2009
9:00 AM
091007D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
10/7/2009
10:00 AM
091007E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091007E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/6/2009
9:00 AM
091006D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
10/6/2009
10:00 AM
091006E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091006E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/5/2009
9:00 AM
091005D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
10/5/2009
10:00 AM
091005E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091005E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/1/2009
9:00 AM
091001D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
10/1/2009
10:00 AM
091001E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
091001E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
9/30/2009
9:00 AM
090930D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
9/30/2009
10:00 AM
090930E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
090930E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
9/29/2009
9:00 AM
090929D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
9/29/2009
10:00 AM
090929E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
090929E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
9/28/2009
9:00 AM
090928D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
9/28/2009
10:00 AM
090928E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
090928E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
9/24/2009
9:00 AM
090924D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
9/24/2009
10:00 AM
090924E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
090924E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
9/23/2009
9:00 AM
090923D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Wednesday
9/23/2009
10:00 AM
090923E
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Kathleen Dunn
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 PM
090923E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
9/22/2009
9:00 AM
090922D
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Tuesday
9/22/2009
10:00 AM
090922E
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Kathleen Dunn
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
10:00 PM
090922E
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Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
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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Monday
9/21/2009
9:00 AM
090921D
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Kathleen Dunn
Columnist Connie Schultz joins Kathleen Dunn to talk politics, after nine.
Guest: Connie Schultz, columnist, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Monday
9/21/2009
10:00 AM
090921E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Monday
9/21/2009
10:00 PM
090921E
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Kathleen Dunn
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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Thursday
9/17/2009
9:00 AM
090917D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take stock of the U.S. Treasury Department and Wall Street one year after more than a quarter - trillion TARP fund dollars were poured into the financial system.
Guests: James Steele and Donald Barlett, Contributing Editors at Vanity Fair. Winners of two Pulitzer Prizes and two National Magazine Awards. Their latest article for Vanity Fair, “Good Billions After Bad.”
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Thursday
9/17/2009
10:00 AM
090917E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn hosts her September open-line. Call in with your guest and show suggestions.
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Thursday
9/17/2009
10:00 PM
090917D
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests take stock of the U.S. Treasury Department and Wall Street one year after more than a quarter - trillion TARP fund dollars were poured into the financial system.
Guests: James Steele and Donald Barlett, contributing editors at Vanity Fair. Winners of two Pulitzer Prizes and two National Magazine Awards. Their latest article for Vanity Fair, “Good Billions After Bad.”
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Wednesday
9/16/2009
9:00 AM
090916D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn hosts a live panel discussion on Health Care Reform in America from the Froedtert (FRAY-durt) Clinical Cancer Center in Milwaukee.
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Wednesday
9/16/2009
10:00 AM
090916E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn continues a live panel discussion on Health Care Reform in America from the Froedtert (FRAY-durt) Clinical Cancer Center in Milwaukee.
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Wednesday
9/16/2009
10:00 PM
090916E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, in a re-broadcast from this morning, Kathleen Dunn continues a panel discussion on health care reform in America.
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Tuesday
9/15/2009
9:00 AM
090915D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss water quality in America, and if there is a rise in Clean Water Act violations.
Guests:
- Andrew Wetzler, Director, Wildlife Conservation Program, Natural Resources Defense Council.
- Ben Stout, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Wheeling Jesuit University.
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Tuesday
9/15/2009
10:00 AM
090915E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest traces the history of cheapness and frugality in America, from the Colonial-era Puritans, to the current recession.
Guest: Lauren Weber, Author, “In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue.”
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Tuesday
9/15/2009
10:00 PM
090915E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest traces the history of frugality and cheapness in America, from Puritans of the Colonial era, to the current recession.
Guest: Lauren Weber, Author, “In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue.”
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Monday
9/14/2009
9:00 AM
090914D
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Kathleen Dunn
NPR Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss the top stories in the news.
www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie
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Monday
9/14/2009
10:00 AM
090914E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss IceCube, a telescope under construction at the South Pole, that will search for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sources: events like exploding stars, gamma ray bursts, and cataclysmic phenomena involving black holes and neutron stars.
Guest: Mark Krasberg, physics researcher, UW-Madison, working on IceCube - an ultra high-energy neutrino telescope at the South Pole. www.icecube.wisc.edu
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Monday
9/14/2009
10:00 PM
090914E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss IceCube, a telescope under construction at the South Pole, that will search for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sources: events like exploding stars, gamma ray bursts, and cataclysmic phenomena involving black holes and neutron stars.
Guest: Mark Krasberg is a physics researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is working on IceCube - an ultra high-energy neutrino telescope being built at the South Pole. www.icecube.wisc.edu
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Thursday
9/10/2009
9:00 AM
090910D
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Kathleen Dunn
President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress last night (Wed) detailing his plan for health care reform. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look at what's next in the health care debate.
Guest: Stephen Crystal, Associate Director for Health Services Research, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University. Board of Governors Professor, School of Social Work, Rutgers University.
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Thursday
9/10/2009
10:00 AM
090910E
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Kathleen Dunn
Do animals have souls? After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest says the soulful nature of our pets lies in the things they do, and the impact they have on our lives.
Guest: Jon Katz, author, "Soul of a Dog: Reflections on the Spirits of the Animals of Bedlam Farms" (Random House).
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Thursday
9/10/2009
10:00 PM
090910E
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Kathleen Dunn
Do animals have souls? After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest says the soulful nature of our pets lies in the things they do, and the impact they have on our lives.
Guest: Jon Katz, author, "Soul of a Dog: Reflections on the Spirits of the Animals of Bedlam Farms" (Random House).
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Wednesday
9/9/2009
9:00 AM
090909D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the state of public schools in America, and the challenges facing them.
Guest: Dan Goldhaber, Research Professor, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington.
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Wednesday
9/9/2009
10:00 AM
090909E
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Kathleen Dunn
In 1998 Matthew Shepard was targeted and murdered because he was gay. After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with his mother about his life...and gay rights...in the ten years since his death.
Guest: Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard. Founder and Executive Director, Matthew Shepard Foundation. www.matthewshepard.org. Author, “The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed”.
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Wednesday
9/9/2009
10:00 PM
090909E
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Kathleen Dunn
In 1998 Matthew Shepard was targeted and murdered because he was gay. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with his mother about his life and gay rights in the ten years since his death.
Guest: Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard. Founder and Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, www.matthewshepard.org. Author, “The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed”
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Tuesday
9/8/2009
9:00 AM
090908D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the state of access to health care around the world.
Guest: Cynthia L Haq, Director, Center for Global Health, Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health Sciences, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
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Tuesday
9/8/2009
10:00 AM
090908E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, examines the political, philosophical, and messaging conflicts surrounding health care reform today, and during past administrations.
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
9/8/2009
10:00 PM
090908E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, examines the political, philosophical, and messaging conflicts surrounding health care reform today, and during past administrations.
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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Monday
9/7/2009
9:00 AM
090907D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it’s All Things Political, as Kathleen and her guest examine the week’s headlines and newsmakers, including the latest on the health care debate.
GUEST: Susan Giaimo, Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Marquette University. Author, “Markets and Medicine: the Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States.”
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Monday
9/7/2009
10:00 AM
090907E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how scientists were able to map out the Milky Way.
Guest: Liz Kruesi, Associate Editor, Astronomy Magazine. www.astronomy.com
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Monday
9/7/2009
10:00 PM
090907E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss how scientists were able to map out the Milky Way.
Guest: Liz Kruesi, Associate Editor, Astronomy Magazine. www.astronomy.com
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Thursday
9/3/2009
9:00 AM
090903D
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Kathleen Dunn
After making headlines from his interview with Bill Moyers, Wendell Potter, joins Kathleen Dunn, after nine, to discuss health care reform and the insurance industry.
Guest: Wendell Potter, Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media and Democracy. www.prwatch.org. Potter worked for CIGNA, a major health insurance corporation for fifteen years holding a variety of positions, serving most recently as head of corporate communications and as the company's chief corporate spokesman.
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Thursday
9/3/2009
10:00 AM
090903E
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Kathleen Dunn
"An aphorism is a one-line novel," says the Ukrainian writer Leonid Sukhorukov. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the world of aphorisms that begin with ‘if.’
Guest: Mardy Grothe, author, “Ifferisms: An Anthology of Aphorisms That Begin
with the Word "IF,”” and "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes."
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Thursday
9/3/2009
10:00 PM
090903E
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Kathleen Dunn
"An aphorism is a one-line novel," says the Ukrainian writer Leonid Sukhorukov. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore the world of aphorisms that begin with ‘if.’
Guest: Mardy Grothe, author, “Ifferisms: An Anthology of Aphorisms That Begin
with the Word "IF,”” and "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes."
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Wednesday
9/2/2009
9:00 AM
090902D
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Kathleen Dunn
Primatologist Jane Goodall and Conservationist George Archibald join Kathleen Dunn after nine, to discuss the importance of biodiversity.
Guests:
9:00 – George Archibald, Conservationist and Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation.
9:30 - Jane Goodall, Primatologist, Conservationist and Humanitarian. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, www.janegoodall.org. Author of several books including, “Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey,” “Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters” and most recently, “Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.”
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Wednesday
9/2/2009
10:00 AM
090902E
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Kathleen Dunn
According to the latest federal statistics, nearly one in every ten Americans remains out of work. After ten, Kathleen and her guest discuss the psychological effects of unemployment, job searching and rejection.
Guest: Dr. Robert Leahy, Director, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy. Author, “The Worry Cure” and “Anxiety Free.”
Guest: Clinton Cole, former business development manager, General Dynamics Information Technology. Read Cole's story here: http://wpr.org/r/?75
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Wednesday
9/2/2009
10:00 PM
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Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
Primatologist Jane Goodall and Conservationist George Archibald join Kathleen Dunn after ten, to discuss the importance of biodiversity.
Guests:
10:00 – George Archibald, Conservationist and Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation.
10:30 - Jane Goodall, Primatologist, Conservationist and Humanitarian. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, www.janegoodall.org. Author of several books including, “Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey,” “Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters” and most recently, “Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.”
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