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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
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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
090902D
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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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Tuesday
9/1/2009
9:00 AM
090901D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn’s guest updates us on the latest from New Orleans, four years after Hurricane Katrina.
Guest: Chris Rose, columnist, The Times Picayune, New Orleans. Author, “1 Dead in Attic.” www.chrisrosebooks.com
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Tuesday
9/1/2009
10:00 AM
090901E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest explains the latest version of the House and Senate Health Care Bills.
Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Tuesday
9/1/2009
10:00 PM
090901E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest explains the latest version of the House and Senate Health Care Bills.
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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Monday
8/31/2009
9:00 AM
090831D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the week's top news stories.
Guest: George Waller, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley.
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Monday
8/31/2009
10:00 AM
090831E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests remember the life of Senator Ted Kennedy.
Guests:
10:00 - Michael O'Brien, Emeritus Professor of history, University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley.
10:30 - Jenna Russell, journalist for the Boston Globe, and contributor to, "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy."
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Monday
8/31/2009
10:00 PM
090831E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests remember the life of Senator Ted Kennedy.
Guests:
10:00 - Michael O'Brien, Emeritus Professor of history, University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley.
10:30 - Jenna Russell, journalist for the Boston Globe, and contributor to, "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy."
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Thursday
8/27/2009
9:00 AM
090827D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the leading scientists for the National Geographic television special, “The Human Family Tree.”
Guest: Spencer Wells, geneticist, anthropologist, and Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society. www.channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-family-tree
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Thursday
8/27/2009
10:00 AM
090827E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, bestselling author Dean Koontz joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his latest book, "A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog".
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Thursday
8/27/2009
10:00 PM
090827E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, bestselling author Dean Koontz joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss his latest book, "A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog"
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Wednesday
8/26/2009
9:00 AM
090826D
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Kathleen Dunn
As election results continue to be tallied, Afghan President Hamid Karzai hopes for re-election. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest election news from Afghanistan, and examine the future direction for U.S. foreign policy there.
Guest: F. William Smullen III, Director, National Security Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
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Wednesday
8/26/2009
10:00 AM
090826E
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Kathleen Dunn
Many Americans are challenged by health care costs, and the price of catastrophic care is too much for some. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the growing use of overseas travel by Americans seeking major medical procedures at reduced rates.
Guests:
- Wouter Hoeberechts, CEO, WorldMed Assist.
- Henry Konczak, Owner, Henry J. Productions.
http://worldmedassist.com/
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Wednesday
8/26/2009
10:00 PM
090826E
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Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
Many Americans are challenged by everyday health care costs, but the price of catastrophic health care is too much for some Americans to handle. Some Americans are turning to overseas travel to receive needed medical treatments are reduced prices. After ten, Kathleen and her guests discuss the work of one company that prepares trips for Americans to undergo major medical treatments in other countries.
GUEST: Wouter Hoeberechts, CEO, WorldMed Assist.
GUEST: Henry Konczak, Owner, Henry J. Productions. Completed mitral valve replacement done in India by cardiac surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan through WorldMed Assist.
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Tuesday
8/25/2009
9:00 AM
090825D
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Kathleen Dunn
he Government announced that there won’t be a cost of living adjustment to Social Security benefits for at least the next two years. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the financial and emotional toll this may have on millions of seniors.
Guests:
9:00 – Barbara Kennelly, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
9:30 - Virginia Rutter, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Framingham State College.
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Tuesday
8/25/2009
10:00 AM
090825E
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Kathleen Dunn
The Caribbean is more than a mix of cultures and traditions. It also represents a combination of private and government funded health care systems. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the realities of reforming and maintaining health care in The Caribbean.
Guest: Dr. Henry Fraser, Dean, School of Clinical Medicine and Research, University of The West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Barbados. Contributing writer and editor, Pan American Journal of Public Health.
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Tuesday
8/25/2009
10:00 PM
090825E
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Kathleen Dunn
The Caribbean is more than a mix of cultures and traditions. It also represents a combination of private and government funded health care systems. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the realities of reforming and maintaining health care in The Caribbean.
Guest: Dr. Henry Fraser, Dean, School of Clinical Medicine and Research, University of The West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Barbados. Contributing writer and editor, Pan American Journal of Public Health.
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Monday
8/24/2009
9:00 AM
090824D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, It’s all things political as Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the latest news from Washington.
Guest: Darel E. Paul, Associate Professor of Political Science, Williams College.
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Monday
8/24/2009
10:00 AM
090824E
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Kathleen Dunn
Do opposites really attract? When it comes to spending they do, according to a new study. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a look at money and relationships.
Guest: Connie Kilmark, founder, counseling and consulting firm, Kilmark & Associates. www.kilmark.com
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Monday
8/24/2009
10:00 PM
090824E
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Kathleen Dunn
Do opposites really attract? When it comes to spending they do, according to a new study. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest take a look at Money and relationships.
Guest: Connie Kilmark, founder, counseling and consulting firm, Kilmark & Associates. www.kilmark.com
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Thursday
8/20/2009
9:00 AM
090820D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss today’s presidential election in Afghanistan.
Guest: Thomas E. Gouttierre, Dean of International Studies and Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska.
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Thursday
8/20/2009
10:00 AM
090820E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss as dark part of America’s World War II history, the of the Bataan Death March.
Guests:
- Micheal Norman, a former reporter and columnist for The New York Times, a Vietnam vet and professor of Journalism at New York University. Author, “These Good Men: Friendships Forged from War."
- Elizabeth Norman, professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University.
Together they have recently published, "Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath."
- Ben Steele, retired art professor from Billings, Montana who was part of the U.S. Army Air Corps when he became a POW in Bataan, Philippines, during the Battle of Bataan in 1942.
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Thursday
8/20/2009
10:00 PM
090820E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss a dark part of America’s World War II history, that of the Bataan Death March.
Guests:
- Micheal Norman, a former reporter and columnist for The New York Times, a Vietnam vet and professor of Journalism at New York University. Author, “These Good Men: Friendships Forged from War."
- Elizabeth Norman, professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University.
Together they have recently published, "Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath."
- Ben Steele, retired art professor from Billings, Montana who was part of the U.S. Army Air Corps when he became a POW in Bataan, Philippines, during the Battle of Bataan in 1942.
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Wednesday
8/19/2009
9:00 AM
090819D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn welcomes your suggestions for future shows and guests during her August open line.
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Wednesday
8/19/2009
10:00 AM
090819E
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Kathleen Dunn
Since Governor Doyle lifted the controls on teacher compensation in Wisconsin, the debate over teacher pay has resurfaced. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine what factors, if any, should influence teacher salaries.
Guest: Jim Carlson, Director, Kettle Moraine UniServ Council, an affiliate of the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the National Education Association. Founder and President, Educator Compensation Institute.
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Wednesday
8/19/2009
10:00 PM
090819E
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Kathleen Dunn
Since Governor Doyle lifted the controls on teacher compensation in Wisconsin, the debate over teacher pay has resurfaced. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine what factors, if any, should influence teacher salaries.
Guest: Jim Carlson, Director, Kettle Moraine UniServ Council, an affiliate of the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the National Education Association. Founder and President, Educator Compensation Institute.
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Tuesday
8/18/2009
9:00 AM
090818D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss a report released last week that warns of "unmistakable signs" of the revival of what's been commonly called the Militia Movement, far-Right extremism in America.
Guest: Heidi Beirich, Director of Research and Special Projects, Southern Poverty Law Center. www.splcenter.org
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Tuesday
8/18/2009
10:00 AM
090818E
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Kathleen Dunn
As the debate over health care continues many are asking, "why can't everyone have the same benefits as members of Congress?" After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the Health Benefits Plan enjoyed by Federal Employees, and the difficulties in extending coverage to the rest of the nation.
Guest: Jon R. Gabel, Senior Fellow, Health Care Research Department, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago.
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Tuesday
8/18/2009
10:00 PM
090818E
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Kathleen Dunn
As the debate over health care continues many citizens are asking, "why can't everyone have the same benefits as members of Congress?" After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the Health Benefits Plan enjoyed by Federal Employees, and the difficulties in extending coverage to the rest of the nation.
Guest: Jon R. Gabel, Senior Fellow, Health Care Research Department, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago.
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Monday
8/17/2009
9:00 AM
090817D
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Kathleen Dunn
Health care, the economy, and the war in Afghanistan are just a few of the topics covered by Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after nine.
Guest: James M. McCormick, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University.
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Monday
8/17/2009
10:00 AM
090817E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, discusses how the the poor today are not only scorned, but criminalized...often targeted for crimes like "loitering," "vagrancy" or "criminal trespassing."
Guest: Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist. Author, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” “This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation.” Her recent op-ed, “Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?” (New York Times)
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Monday
8/17/2009
10:00 PM
090817E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen’s guest, after ten, argues that the poor today are not only scorned, but criminalized, targeted for crimes like "loitering," "vagrancy" or "criminal trespassing."
Guest: Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist and Author. Her books include, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” “This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation.” Ehrenreich recently penned an op-ed for the New York Times entitled, “Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?”
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Thursday
8/13/2009
9:00 AM
090813D
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Kathleen Dunn
Forty years ago this week, half-a-million people gathered at a farm-field in upstate New York to participate in what has been considered one of the most significant and inspiring musical events of its kind. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the fortieth anniversary of Woodstock, which many believe defined a generation.
Guest: Mike Evans and Paul Kingsbury, editors, "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World"
www.BethelWoodsCenter.org
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Thursday
8/13/2009
10:00 AM
090813E
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Kathleen Dunn
Irish Fest is underway in Milwaukee today through the weekend. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests celebrate the literary and musical traditions of the Emerald Isle.
Guests:
- Mary Pat Kelly, Author and Filmmaker. Her PBS documentaries, “To Live for Ireland,” and “Home Away from Home: The Yanks in Ireland.” Author, “Galway Bay.”
- Tommy Sands, Singer/Songwriter from Northern Ireland. His albums, “Let the Circle Be Wide,” “To Shorten the Winter,” and “The Heart's a Wonder.” www.irishfest.com
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Thursday
8/13/2009
10:00 PM
090813E
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Kathleen Dunn
Irish Fest is underway in Milwaukee today through the weekend. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests celebrate the literary and musical traditions of the Emerald Isle.
Guests:
- Mary Pat Kelly, Author and Filmmaker. Her PBS documentaries, “To Live for Ireland,” and “Home Away from Home: The Yanks in Ireland.” Author, “Galway Bay.”
- Tommy Sands, Singer/Songwriter from Northern Ireland. His albums, “Let the Circle Be Wide,” “To Shorten the Winter,” and “The Heart's a Wonder.” www.irishfest.com
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Wednesday
8/12/2009
9:00 AM
090812D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the journalistic integrity of so-called "public-policy dinners" and what these dinners tells us about the state of the American media.
Guest: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Executive Director, Organization of News Ombudsmen. Co-author, “Ethics Guide for Public Radio.”
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Wednesday
8/12/2009
10:00 AM
090812E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests remember the life and work of News Anchor Walter Cronkite.
Guest: Mike Simonson, Reporter, Superior Bureau, Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Wednesday
8/12/2009
10:30 AM
090812X
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten-thirty, C-N-N Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour (KRISS-chee-ANN AH-mahn-POOR) joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss her latest report, “Generation Islam,” examining the battle over today’s Muslim youth.
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/generation.islam
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Wednesday
8/12/2009
10:00 PM
090812E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests remember the life and work of News Anchor Walter Cronkite.
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Wednesday
8/12/2009
10:30 PM
090812X
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten-thirty, C-N-N Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour (kriss-chee-ANN AH-mahn-POOR) joins Kathleen Dunn to discuss her latest report, “Generation Islam,” examining the battle over today’s Muslim youth.
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/generation.islam
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Tuesday
8/11/2009
9:00 AM
090811D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the use of lawn pesticides, and one Canadian town that banned them.
Guests:
- Paul Tukey, journalist, author, and activist. Co-foundeder SafeLawns & Landscapes. Featured in the Documentary, “A Chemical Reaction.” www.pfzmedia.com
- Michael Elliott, former mayor, Town of Hudson, Quebec Canada.
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Tuesday
8/11/2009
10:00 AM
090811E
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Kathleen Dunn
At the turn of the century the U.S and France embraced a health care system that was more similar than different. Now France is ranked number one in health care while the U.S. ranks 37. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest offers his insight on this disparity and what the U.S stands to learn from France.
Guest: Paul V. Dutton, Associate Professor of History at Northern Arizona University and Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute. Author, “Differential Diagnoses: A comparative history of health care problems and solutions in the U.S and France."
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Tuesday
8/11/2009
10:00 PM
090811E
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Kathleen Dunn
At the turn of the century the U.S and France embraced a health care system that was more similar than different. Now France is ranked number one in health care while the U.S. ranks 37. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest offers his insight on this disparity and what the U.S stands to learn from France.
Guest: Paul V. Dutton, Associate Professor of History at Northern Arizona University and Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute. Author, “Differential Diagnoses: A comparative history of health care problems and solutions in the U.S and France."
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Monday
8/10/2009
9:00 AM
090810D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss all the major political headlines from across the nation, and around the globe.
Guest: Ed Garvey, Senior Partner, law firm of Garvey, McNeil and Associates. Publisher, FightingBob.com.
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Monday
8/10/2009
10:00 AM
090810E
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Kathleen Dunn
Join Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after ten, for a fascinating architectural tour... of the Year 2050 (two-thousand-fifty).
Guest: Brendan Spiegel, political writer from New York City. Contributor, “Mental Floss Magazine.” www.mentalfloss.com
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Monday
8/10/2009
10:00 PM
090810E
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Kathleen Dunn
Join Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after ten, for a fascinating architectural tour... of the Year 2050 (two-thousand-fifty).
Guest: Brendan Spiegel, political writer from New York City. Contributor, “Mental Floss Magazine.” www.mentalfloss.com
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Thursday
8/6/2009
9:00 AM
090806D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
The head of a subsidiary of financial conglomerate Citigroup is owed a nine-figure bonus, despite the fact his company was saved by forty-five-billion in taxpayer dollars. After nine, John Munson and his guest debate the merits of executive compensation in the age of bailouts.
Guest: Charles Elson, Chair, Center for Corporate Governance, Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware.
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Thursday
8/6/2009
10:00 AM
090806E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Last month an object... possibly a comet... slammed into the planet Jupiter, leaving a mark the size of the Pacific Ocean. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the potential consequences of an asteroid striking Earth, and what scientists are doing to shield against the remote threat.
Guest: Gregg Easterbrook, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic. Contributing Editor, The New Republic. "The Sky is Falling": http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200806/asteroids
Gregg Easterbrook's home page: http://www.greggeasterbrook.com
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Thursday
8/6/2009
10:00 PM
090806E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
On July nineteenth, an object, possibly a comet, slammed into the gas-giant planet Jupiter, leaving a mark the size of the Pacific Ocean. After ten, John Munson and his guest discuss the potential consequences of an asteroid striking The Earth, and what scientists are doing to attempt to shield against this remote threat.
Guest: Gregg Easterbrook, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic. Contributing Editor, The New Republic. "The Sky is Falling": http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200806/asteroids
Gregg Easterbrook's home page: http://www.greggeasterbrook.com
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Wednesday
8/5/2009
9:00 AM
090805D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
With a number of high-profile commercial airline incidents this year, how safe is air travel in the U.S.? After nine, John Munson’s guest says air travel remains extremely safe, although some regional airline issues should be addressed.
Guest: Douglas Moss, Pilot, United Airlines. Owner, AeroPacific Consulting.
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Wednesday
8/5/2009
10:00 AM
090805E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson’s guest says making small personal changes to improve society and the environment might make us feel good about ourselves, but do little to impact the greater political sphere.
Guest: Derrick Jensen, Environmental Activist. Author, “What We Leave Behind” and “Songs of the Dead.”
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Wednesday
8/5/2009
10:00 PM
090805E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson’s guest says making small personal changes to improve society and the environment might make us feel good about ourselves, but do little to impact the greater political sphere.
Guest: Derrick Jensen, Environmental Activist. Author, “What We Leave Behind” and “Songs of the Dead.”
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Tuesday
8/4/2009
9:00 AM
090804D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, John Munson and his guest discuss current events in Iran, including the second term for the controversial President.
Guest: Jamsheed Choksy, Professor of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University.
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Tuesday
8/4/2009
10:00 AM
090804E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest examine a newly developing economic model that promotes a healthy economy while respecting the natural environment and the well-being of the human race.
Guest: Geoffrey Garver, Environmental Consultant and Lecturer in Law in Montrreal, Quebec. Co-author, "Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy" (Berrett-Korhler Publishers).
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Tuesday
8/4/2009
10:00 PM
090804E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, John Munson and his guest examine a newly developing economic model that promotes a healthy economy while respecting the natural environment and the well-being of the human race.
Guest: Geoffrey Garver, environmental consultant and lecturer in law in Montrreal, Quebec. Co-author, "Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy" (Berrett-Korhler Publishers).
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Monday
8/3/2009
9:00 AM
090803D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it’s All Things Political when John Munson and his guest discuss the latest on health care reform, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ visit to Iraq, and all the latest headlines and newsmakers.
Guest: Patrick Egan, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Policy, New York University.
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Monday
8/3/2009
10:00 AM
090803E
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Kathleen Dunn
Recently, online merchant Amazon-dot-com abruptly deleted books from users' Kindle wireless reading devices when the company discovered the books had been improperly published. After ten, John Munson’s guest ponders whether the practice of deleting content from individual electronic reading devices could signal a new era of censorship.
Guest: Farhad Manjoo, Staff Writer, Slate Magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2223214/
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Monday
8/3/2009
10:00 PM
090803E
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Kathleen Dunn
Recently, online merchant Amazon-dot-com abruptly deleted books from users' Kindle wireless reading devices when the company discovered the books had been improperly published. After ten, John Munson’s guest ponders whether the practice of deleting content from individual electronic reading devices could signal a new era of censorship.
Guest: Farhad Manjoo, Staff Writer, Slate Magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2223214/
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Thursday
7/30/2009
9:00 AM
090730D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
With the U.S. economy still struggling, many are seeking alternatives to expensive traditional funerals. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss how some families are returning to the custom of hosting funerals in their own homes.
Guest: Jerrigrace Lyons, Founder, Final Passages. www.finalpassages.org
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Thursday
7/30/2009
10:00 AM
090730E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the July/August cover story from Mother Jones magazine, “Totally Wasted: Just who is winning the War on Drugs?”
Guests:
10 - Charles Bowden, Contributing writer, Mother Jones.
10:30 - Sam Baldwin, Online Fellow and contributor, Mother Jones Magazine.
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Wednesday
7/29/2009
9:00 AM
090729D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
It has re-ignited the debate over the role of race in America. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss what America has learned from the arrest incident involving Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, and the President's response.
Guest: Andra Gillespie, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Emory University.
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Wednesday
7/29/2009
10:00 AM
090729E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with the director of the documentary, "Food, Inc." The film contends our food supply is controlled by a handful of corporations that put profit first... ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, and a safe environment.
Guest: Robert Kenner, Filmmaker. Producer, Director, documentary, "Food, Inc." http://www.foodincmovie.com/about-the-film.php
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Wednesday
7/29/2009
10:00 PM
090729E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with the director of the documentary, "Food, Inc.", who says that our country's food supply is controlled by a handful of corporations, that put profit first...ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, and a safe environment.
Robert Kenner, award-winner filmmaker. Producer, director, documentary "Food, Inc." http://www.foodincmovie.com/about-the-film.php
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Tuesday
7/28/2009
9:00 AM
090728D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Veronica Rueckert's guests talk about their Summer program dedicated to legally empowering women around the globe.
Guests:
- Azizah Y. al-Hibri, (Ah-Zee-Zah Al-Hee-Bray) Professor of law, T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. Founder, KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights.
- Rahila Muhibi, (Ra-Heel-A ), recent graduate of Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Participant in KARAMAH’s “Laws and Leadership Summer Program.”
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Tuesday
7/28/2009
10:00 AM
090728E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest de-bunks the notion of a so-called "Balance Of Nature" in light of the reality of the effect of global climate change.
Guest: John Kricher, Meneely Professor of Biology, Wheaton College. Author, “The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth.”
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Tuesday
7/28/2009
10:00 PM
090728E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest de-bunks the notion of a so-called "Balance Of Nature" in light of the reality of the effect of global climate change.
Guest: John Kricher, Meneely Professor of Biology, Wheaton College. Author, “The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth.”
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Monday
7/27/2009
9:00 AM
090727D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it’s All Things Political as Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the Sonia Sotomayor (soto-my-YOUR) confirmation hearings, the healthcare debate, and all the headlines and newsmakers from the past week.
Guest: Marvin Overby, Professor Chair in Political Science, University of Missouri.
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Monday
7/27/2009
10:00 AM
090727E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest says the fall of the financial sector, loss of jobs, and psychological frailty of unmarried men is going to lead to the end of the macho (MAH-choe) culture.
Guest: Reihan Salam, Fellow, New America Foundation. Author, "Death of Macho," which appears in July's "Foreign Policy Magazine."
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Monday
7/27/2009
10:00 PM
090727E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest says the fall of the financial sector, loss of jobs, and psychological frailty of unmarried men is going to lead to the end of the macho (MAH-choe)culture.
Guest: Reihan Salam, Fellow, New America Foundation. Author, "Death of Macho," which appears in July's "Foreign Policy Magazine."
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Thursday
7/23/2009
9:00 AM
090723D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, live from Appleton, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss President Obama’s push for Health Care overhaul, the economy, and the latest headlines from overseas.
Guest: George Waller, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley.
Guest: Jason Brozek, assistant professor of government, and Professor of International Affairs, Lawrence University.
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Thursday
7/23/2009
10:00 AM
090723E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore astronomy, and the summer line-up at Barlow Planetarium, including a program entitled, “Bad Astronomy.”
Guest: Alan J. Peche, Director, Barlow Planetarium.
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Thursday
7/23/2009
10:00 PM
090723E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest explore astronomy, and the summer line-up at Barlow Planetarium, including a program entitled, “Bad Astronomy.”
Guest: Alan J. Peche, Director, Barlow Planetarium.
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Wednesday
7/22/2009
9:00 AM
090722D
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Kathleen Dunn
The talk turns to language for Kathleen Dunn and her guest, after nine.
Guest: Mardy Grothe, author of "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes." REBROADCAST FROM 8/21/08
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Wednesday
7/22/2009
10:00 AM
090722E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, discusses what our "stuff" says about us.
Guest: Sam Gosling, associate professor of psychology, University of Texas at Austin. REBROADCAST FROM 7/15/08
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Wednesday
7/22/2009
10:00 PM
090722E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, discusses what our "stuff" says about us.
Guest: Sam Gosling, associate professor of psychology, University of Texas at Austin. REBROADCAST FROM 7/15/08
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Tuesday
7/21/2009
9:00 AM
090721D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn hosts her July openline. Call in with your ideas for shows and guests.
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Tuesday
7/21/2009
10:00 AM
090721E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an author of childrens and young adult novels who says there aren’t enough books that reflect the genuine interests of boys causing them lose interest in reading.
Guest: John Coy, Author, Presenter, and Educator. His books, “Night Driving,” “Strong to the Hoop,” and “Crackback.”
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Tuesday
7/21/2009
10:00 PM
090721E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with an author of childrens and young adult novels who says there aren’t enough books that reflect the genuine interests of boys causing them lose interest in reading.
Guest: John Coy, Author, Presenter, and Educator. His books, “Night Driving,” “Strong to the Hoop,” and “Crackback.”
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Monday
7/20/2009
9:00 AM
090720D
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn and her guest talk politics, after nine.
Guest: Julie Mason, White House Correspondent, The Washington Examiner.
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Monday
7/20/2009
10:00 AM
090720E
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Kathleen Dunn
Forty years ago today, humans walked on the moon for the first time. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look back at the epic event, and those who made it possible.
Guest: Craig Nelson, author, "Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon" (Viking).
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Monday
7/20/2009
10:00 PM
090720E
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Kathleen Dunn
Forty years ago today, humans walked on the moon for the first time. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest look back at the epic event, and those who made it possible.
Guest: Craig Nelson, author, "Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon" (Viking).
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Thursday
7/16/2009
9:00 AM
090716D
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Kathleen Dunn
Education regulators in Texas are debating whether to revise the state’s American history curriculum to reflect a new emphasis on certain historical figures and less emphasis on others. After nine, Kathleen and her guest discuss the best ways for states and school districts to decide school curricula.
Guest: Luther Spoehr, Senior Lecturer in Education and History, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Education, Brown University.
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Thursday
7/16/2009
10:00 AM
090716E
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Kathleen Dunn
Last month, 13-year-old Evan Berry committed to play football for the University of Tennessee, beginning in 2014. After ten, Kathleen and her guest examine the impact of today's intensive athletic training and college recruiting on pre-teen and teenage boys and girls.
Guest: Daniel Frankl, Professor, School of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science, California State University, Los Angeles.
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Thursday
7/16/2009
10:00 PM
090716E
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Kathleen Dunn
Last month, 13-year-old Evan Berry committed to play football for the University of Tennessee, beginning in 2014. After ten, Kathleen and her guest examine the impact of today's intensive athletic training and college recruiting on pre-teen and teenage boys and girls.
Guest: Daniel Frankl, Professor, School of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science, California State University, Los Angeles.
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Wednesday
7/15/2009
9:00 AM
090715D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Guest: Katy J. Harriger, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University.
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Wednesday
7/15/2009
10:00 AM
090715D
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Kathleen Dunn
A common stereotype of today’s youth reflects an inactive generation that shuns responsibility. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how some American teens are bucking that trend and are achieving the uncommon.
Guests: Alex and Brett Harris, Authors, “Do Hard Things.” About the book:http://wpr.org/r/?65
http://www.therebelution.com/index.php
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Wednesday
7/15/2009
10:00 PM
090715E
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Kathleen Dunn
A common stereotype of today’s youth reflects an inactive generation that shuns responsibility. After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss how some American teens are bucking that trend and are achieving the uncommon.
Guests: Alex and Brett Harris, authors, “Do Hard Things.” About the book:http://wpr.org/r/?65
http://www.therebelution.com/index.php
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Tuesday
7/14/2009
9:00 AM
090714D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen and her guests discuss the concerns and issues facing U.S. troops in Iraq following recent troop draw-downs.
Guest: Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Donovan, Wisconsin National Guard, U.S. Army.
Guest: Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
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Tuesday
7/14/2009
10:00 AM
090714E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest hospital C-E-O offers insight into the issue of Health care overhaul. Is the Obama administration stalling? What is the responsibility of taxpayers? What challenges are facing health care managers?
Guest: William D. Petasnick, President and CEO, Froedhert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Tuesday
7/14/2009
10:00 PM
090714E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest hospital C-E-O offers insight into the issue of Health care overhaul. Is the Obama administration stalling? What is the responsibility of taxpayers? What challenges are facing health care managers?
Guest: William D. Petasnick, President and CEO, Froedhert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Monday
7/13/2009
9:00 AM
090713D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, from G-M... to the G-8... Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the top political headlines.
Guests:
- Clive S. Thomas , Professor of Political Science, University of Alaska Southeast.
- Abdur R. Chowdhury, Professor of Economics, Marquette University.
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Monday
7/13/2009
10:00 AM
090713E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn's guest, after ten, discusses his work with the company Phoenix Clearance Limited, which clears land... and unexploded landmines... in Laos, for homes, schools, gardens, roads, and other infrastructure.
Guest: Jim Harris, Co-founder, We Help War Victims. Co-creator, "From Laos to America: Changing Worlds, Changing Times", and exhibit featuring Lao and Hmong cultural artifacts.
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Monday
7/13/2009
10:00 PM
090713E
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Kathleen Dunn
Kathleen Dunn’s guest, after ten, discusses his work with the company Phoenix Clearance Limited, which clears land... and unexploded landmines... in Laos, for homes, schools, gardens, roads, and other infrastructure.
Guest: Jim Harris, Co-founder, We Help War Victims. Co-creator, “From Laos to America: Changing Worlds, Changing Times,” and exhibit featuring Lao and Hmong cultural artifacts.
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Thursday
7/9/2009
9:00 AM
090709D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine a report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education on affordable college opportunities, and improving college completion rates.
Guest: David Breneman, Professor in Economics of Education, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Chair, Measuring Up 2008 National Advisory Group. www.measuringup2008.highereducation.org
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Thursday
7/9/2009
10:00 AM
090709E
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Kathleen Dunn
Playing more than one-hundred-fifty games per season, baseball players experience thousands of games in their careers. After ten, Kathleen and her guests make a virtual visit to the baseball hall-of-fame, and reflect on the singular games that defined the careers of some of it's champions.
Guest: Maureen Mullen, Author, “‘Yogi Was Up with a Guy on Third…’ Hall of Famers Recall Their Favorite Baseball Games Ever.”
Guest: Michael Bauman, National Columnist, MLB.com.
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Thursday
7/9/2009
10:00 PM
090709E
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Kathleen Dunn
Playing more than one-hundred-fifty games per season, baseball’s best experience thousands of games in their careers. After ten, Kathleen and her guests make a virtual visit to the baseball hall-of-fame, and reflect on the singular games that defined the careers of some of it's champions.
Guest: Maureen Mullen, Author, “‘Yogi Was Up with a Guy on Third…’ Hall of Famers Recall Their Favorite Baseball Games Ever.”
Guest: Michael Bauman, National Columnist, MLB.com.
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Wednesday
7/8/2009
9:00 AM
090708D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine Michael Jackson’s influence on popular culture, race, and sexuality.
Guest: Tricia Rose, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, Brown University. Author, “Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America,” and most recently, “The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why it Matters.”
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Wednesday
7/8/2009
10:00 AM
090708E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest physician talks about his experiences in a war-torn village in Sudan. He talks about the poverty, malnourished children, and the war. He seeks action for those who live in such hazardous circumstances.
Guest: James Maskalyk, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Author, "Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village" (Random House) www. sixmonthsinsudan.com
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Wednesday
7/8/2009
10:00 PM
090708E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn talks with a physician about his experiences in a war-torn village in Sudan. He talks about the poverty, malnourished children, and the war. He seeks action for those who live in such hazardous circumstances.
Guest: James Maskalyk, assistant professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Author, "Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village" (Random House) www. sixmonthsinsudan.com
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Tuesday
7/7/2009
9:00 AM
090707D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests examine the legacy of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, often referred to as the “architect” of the Vietnam War.
Guests:
- Robert. K. Brigham, Professor of History and International Relations, Vassar College. Co-author with Robert McNamara and James G. Blight, “Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy.”
- Andrew A. Wiest, Professor and Director International Studies, University of Southern Mississippi. Author, “The Vietnam War, 1959-1975,” and “Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN.”
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Tuesday
7/7/2009
10:00 AM
090707E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss universal health insurance. He believes it is a defining feature of Canada’s welfare state despite its flaws.
Guest: Micheal Orsini, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Tuesday
7/7/2009
10:00 PM
090707E
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Kathleen Dunn
“We need to be really careful that we’re not treating health care the way we treat a value meal” says Micheal Orsini, Kathleen Dunn’s guest. After ten, they discuss universal health insurance and the guest believes it is a defining feature of Canada’s welfare state despite its flaws.
Guest: Micheal Orsini, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Monday
7/6/2009
9:00 AM
090706D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss all things political. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruling in favor of Al Franken, calls for Governor Sanford to resign, passage of a climate bill, and the new jobless numbers.
Guest: Joseph A. Kunkel III, Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, Minnesota State University-Mankato.
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Monday
7/6/2009
10:00 AM
090706E
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Kathleen Dunn
Cutting greenhouse gases is considered a key to fighting global warming. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says reducing greenhouse gases is not enough. He argues we also have to do something riskier... cool the planet.
Guest: Jamais Cascio, Futurist and Senior Fellow, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
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Monday
7/6/2009
10:00 PM
090706E
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Kathleen Dunn
Cutting greenhouse gases is considered a key to fighting global warming. After ten, Kathleen Dunn’s guest says reducing greenhouse gases is not enough. He argues we also have to do something riskier... cool the planet.
Guest: Jamais Cascio, Futurist and Senior Fellow, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
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Thursday
7/2/2009
9:00 AM
090702D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a historian who penned "The New Republic's" July cover story, "Who Lincoln Was."
GUEST: Robert Wilentz, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor, Department of History, Princeton University. Author "The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008," and "The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln." Editor, "The Best American History Essays on Lincoln."
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Thursday
7/2/2009
10:00 AM
090702E
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Kathleen Dunn
Why do we like the books we do? Librarian Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, with book recommendations based on reader preferences.
Guest: Nancy Pearl, former director, Seattle Public Library. Author, “Book Lust,” and “Book Crush.”
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Thursday
7/2/2009
10:00 PM
090702E
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Kathleen Dunn
Why do we like the books we do? Librarian Nancy Pearl joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, with book recommendations based on reader preferences.
Guest: Nancy Pearl, former director, Seattle Public Library. Author, “Book Lust,” and “Book Crush.”
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Wednesday
7/1/2009
9:00 AM
090701D
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Kathleen Dunn
After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the transition underway as Iraqi forces resume control over their national security.
Guest: Charles Tiefer, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore.
Guest: Judith Yaphe, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University.
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Wednesday
7/1/2009
10:00 AM
090701E
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Kathleen Dunn
Former Milwaukee archbishop Rembert Weakland joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his memoir, “A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop.”
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Wednesday
7/1/2009
10:00 PM
090701E
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Kathleen Dunn
Former Milwaukee archbishop Rembert Weakland joins Kathleen Dunn, after ten, to discuss his memoir, “A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop.”
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Tuesday
6/30/2009
9:00 AM
090630D
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Kathleen Dunn
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the evolution of the Gay Rights movement.
Guest: Rick Rosendall, Vice President for Political Affairs, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C..
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Tuesday
6/30/2009
10:00 AM
090630E
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Kathleen Dunn
During an anti-tax tea party in Austin in April, Texas Governor Rick Perry said the state could legally secede from the union if residents chose. What if other states and regions followed? After ten, Kathleen and her guest examine what a truly divided America would be like.
Guest: Paul Starobin, Staff Correspondent, National Journal. Contributing Editor, Atlantic Monthly. Author, “After America: Narratives for the Next Global Ave. His commentary, "Divided We Stand": http://wpr.org/r/?62
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Tuesday
6/30/2009
10:00 PM
090630E
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Kathleen Dunn (Evening Repeat)
During an anti-tax tea party in Austin in April, Texas Governor Rick Perry said the state could legally secede from the union if residents chose. What if other states and regions followed? After ten, Kathleen and her guest examine what a truly divided America would be like.
Guest: Paul Starobin, Staff Correspondent, National Journal. Contributing Editor, Atlantic Monthly. Author, “After America: Narratives for the Next Global Ave. His commentary, "Divided We Stand": http://wpr.org/r/?62
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Monday
6/29/2009
9:00 AM
090629D
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it's All Things Political as John Munson and his guest discuss the latest regarding Iran and North Korea, as well as health care proposals in Congress and the White House.
Guest: Chase Martyn, Managing Editor, Iowa Independent.
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Monday
6/29/2009
10:00 AM
090629E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Has Jane Austen’s England been overrun with zombies? Yes, with the help of John Munson’s guest, after ten, who transformed the classic, “Pride and Prejudice,” into a fight against the living dead.
Guest: Seth Grahame-Smith, co-author with Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
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Monday
6/29/2009
10:00 PM
090629E
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John Munson in for Kathleen Dunn
Has Jane Austen’s England been overrun with zombies? Yes, with the help of John Munson’s guest, after ten, who transformed the classic, “Pride and Prejudice,” into a fight against the living dead.
Guest: Seth Grahame-Smith, co-author with Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
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Thursday
6/25/2009
9:00 AM
090625D
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Kathleen Dunn
This week construction continues on the 400th house that the Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity has built in the city over the last 25 years. After nine, Kathleen Dunn speaks with those who were involved.
Guests:
Sara Kierzek, Executive Director, Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity.
Tawaina Grayson, volunteer and future home owner with Habitat for Humanity
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Thursday
6/25/2009
10:00 AM
090625E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest, an internationally renowned economist and energy expert, says that once the economy recovers, oil prices will skyrocket again; the amount of food and other goods we import will be curtailed; and long-distance travel will become a luxury. However, he points out, we can all benefit personally, politically and economically from this new reality.
Guest: Jeff Rubin, Author, "Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization" (Random House)
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Thursday
6/25/2009
10:00 PM
090625E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest, an internationally renowned economist and energy expert, says that, once the economy recovers, oil prices will skyrocket again, the amount of food and other goods we import will be curtailed, and long-distance travel will become a luxury. However, he points out, we can all benefit personally, politically and economically from this new reality.
Jeff Rubin, author, "Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization" (Random House)
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Wednesday
6/24/2009
9:00 AM
090624D
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Kathleen Dunn
The massive media crackdown continues in Iran, and Iranian state television is blaming the foreign media for the unrest in the country. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guests discuss the difficulty of reporting on and from Iran.
Guests:
- Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, The Committee to Protect Journalists.
- Mehdi Semati, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Eastern Illinois University. Editor, “Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State.”
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Wednesday
6/24/2009
10:00 AM
090624E
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Kathleen Dunn
The southwest Wisconsin farm made famous by Ben Logan in his book, “The Land Remembers,” will be protected and preserved for agricultural use. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with Ben Logan about his decision to maintain the farm, as well as the importance of land conservation.
Guests:
- Ben Logan, Author, “The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and Its People.”
- Tim Jacobson, Executive Director, Mississippi Valley Conservancy.
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Wednesday
6/24/2009
10:00 PM
090624E
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Kathleen Dunn
The southwest Wisconsin farm made famous by Ben Logan in his book, “The Land Remembers,” will be protected and preserved for agricultural use. After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with Ben Logan about his decision to maintain the farm, as well as the importance of land conservation.
Guests:
- Ben Logan, author, “The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and Its People.”
- Tim Jacobson, Executive Director, Mississippi Valley Conservancy.
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Tuesday
6/23/2009
9:00 AM
090623D
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Kathleen Dunn
One of the great tragedies of domestic violence is that children who grow up in homes where it occurs are far more likely than others to resort to the behavior themselves, continuing the cycle of violence into the next generation. After nine, Kathleen Dunn and her guest examine the psychological reasons behind, and effects of domestic abuse.
Guest: Shannon Barry, Executive Director, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services.
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Tuesday
6/23/2009
10:00 AM
090623E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a reporter who spent two years as a journalism fellow in Pakistan about what he witnessed, from President Pervez Musharraf losing his power to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Guest: Nicholas Schmidle, fellow at the New America Foundation. Author, “To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan.”
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Tuesday
6/23/2009
10:00 PM
090623E
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Kathleen Dunn
After ten, Kathleen Dunn speaks with a reporter who spent two years as a journalism fellow in Pakistan about what he witnessed, from President Pervez Musharraf losing his power to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Guest: Nicholas Schmidle, fellow at the New America Foundation. Author, “To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan.”
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Monday
6/22/2009
9:00 AM
090622D
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
After nine, it's All Things Political when Veronica Rueckert and her guest break down the week’s headlines... from turmoil in Iran... to tension in North Korea... to developments on the financial front at home.
Guest: I.M. “Mac” Destler, Director, Program on International Security and Economic Policy. Professor of Civic Engagement, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland.
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Monday
6/22/2009
10:00 AM
090622E
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Veronica Rueckert in for Kathleen Dunn
The population and the economy are growing at breakneck speed in the nation of India. After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest says increased collaboration between India and the United States on climate change and energy is crucial to avoid a global climatic catastrophe.
Guest: George Black, Articles Editor, OnEarth Magazine. His latest article, “India, Enlightened,” (summer 2009 issue).
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