The Kathleen Dunn Show

Few factors are as crucial to success as the ability to read. And yet, more than half of American children read only at a basic level. Functional illiteracy can have serious consequences, as it undermines the ability to get a good education, participate in the labor force, and support children in their learning. A cognitive neuroscientist sheds light on “how we read, why so many can’t and what can be done about it.”

You can learn a lot about someone from what they're reading. Our guest surveyed over two hundred active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits for his book, " The Leader's Bookshelf ." We talk to him about what those reading lists say about the military leaders who wrote them.

Milwaukee's north side neighborhood of Amani has seen a 27 percent drop in crime rate. A look at an effort by a coalition of residents, faith groups, county officials and police that is transforming a previously crime-ridden neighborhood into a community resource.

Do minimum wage increases hurt or help a city? It depends who you talk to. Seattle's recent increase led to two conflicting studies , differentiated by definitions of "low wage" and impacted by an already growing economy. We look at both sides.

We look at all things North Korea, including how the country has learned to survive through years of targeted sanctions, how developed their nuclear weapons program is, and how U.S. policy towards the country is changing.

We talk to Ronald C. White about his book "American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant."

The American manufacturing industry is in the spotlight this week for the White House's "Made in America Week." This hour, we take a look at the industry: what is the outlook? Are jobs on their way back, or is it really as bad as it seems?

We talk to Cameron Easley of Morning Consult about July's senator popularity rankings data.

Republicans are at work on a new bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. But so far, their proposals haven't garnered enough support to pass. We talk to a professor and lifelong Republican who says he knows why it's so hard for Republicans to replace Obamacare: it's "fundamentally conservative."

We take a look about what revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign tell us about potential connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

This week on All Things Political, we talk healthcare, President Trump's Election Integrity Commission and more with John McCormack Ron Elving.

Be engaged, enlightened, and sometimes entertained. Join Kathleen Dunn for conversations with with policymakers, political junkies, authors, and scientists.

We talk to Curtis Wilkie, co-author of "The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign."

We talk politics with James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic. In his most recent piece for the magazine, Fallows says the way President Donald Trump talks about America, and the American idea, is markedly different from speeches by Presidents Reagan, Carter and Kennedy.

According to new reports, between 59,000 to 65,000 Americans die each year from opioids. It’s been called a national crisis. We’ll talk with a local lawmaker working to fight opioid crisis in Wisconsin.