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Album Cover Lawsuits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The baby on the cover of the Nirvana Nevermind album is now 30 years old and he is suing everyone involved in the album for pornography even though...

Bought by WNYO, KWIT, KTRL, KSRQ, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2140: City Slickers + What Dreams May Come, 10/7/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’re taking a trip out west with Babaloo Mandel and Lowel Ganz, the screenwriting duo behind the classic American Western co...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Band Fan Bases
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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You have heard of the KISS Army, right? That what KISS fans call themselves. But did you know that other bands and musicians also have nicknames ...

Bought by WYAP, KSRQ, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Biz Markie Lawsuit
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In the 90s, Biz Markie was a popular rapper with a top 10 hit. Then he used the song Alone Again by Gilbert OSullivan. He was sued not only for c...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
179: Spontaneous Combustion
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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This episode is marked explicit because we go into details that might lead to a person catching on fire. It's interesting science and we don't get ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Band Logos
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we will tell you the story behind some of the best known band logos. From Dancing Bears to the Van Halen wings belonging to someone els...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Songs Based on the News
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Earlier this year, we did a shows on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that ...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Won't Play in Concert
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we will discuss stories about bands that won't play their hit in concert. Often the band or artist has a decent reason but sometimes it ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trigger Finger
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Musicians, especially stringed instrument musicians, have a better than 80 percent chance of developing Trigger Finger. I know. I had it and at t...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
ZPOYH: Strawberry Cobb Salad, 8/5/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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Strawberry Cobb Salad THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Are Pets the New Probiotics? * (Segment 3) New Kids Fruit Juice Guidelines

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Bad Managers Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Welcome to week two of Bad Managers. There are simply so many stories of managers messing over their clients that we had to make two shows out o...

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  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bad Managers Part One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's a well known music trope that managers often do NOT do well by their clients. In fact, it happens so often, we're going to do two shows out o...

Bought by WYAP, KWIT, KSRQ, WOUB, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Vaccines
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the science behind the vaccines and why they work

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 11:59
Contrafact and Contrafactum
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We were in a conversation about musicians reusing their own lyrics. We found so many examples that I though there had to be a name for this. Ther...

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  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Smashed Guitars
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Phoebe Bridgers smashed her guitar on Saturday Night Live back in February. It was a stunt for sure but then it sold for over $100,000 at a GLAAD ...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Musicians on Sesame Street
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Just for fun, we collected a bunch of musician's appearances on Sesame Street. The sonigs are nice and short so we were able to play many more son...

Bought by KSRQ, WNYO, WYAP, WOUB, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
NFTs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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NFT stands for Non Fungible Token. It is a method of proving that a digital thing is the first copy. It works somewhat like a Cryptocurrency. An...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What Was the First Music Video?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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(Please note - we usually post on Sunday but are posting this a early due to a committment - thanks) So, what was the first Music Video? I don't ...

Bought by KTRL, WNYO, KWIT, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
162: penguin Guano & Giggle Gas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There's a strange connection between King penguins, one of their favorite islands, and Nitrous Oxide gas.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
160: Fab Female Frog Lungs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine if you could block out loud noises at a party by taking a really deep breath. That's how the female American Green Tree Frog manages to fil...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
159: Wanna Cuttle?
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Can a cuttlefish master a test that very young children often struggle to pass? Instead of using marshmallows like we do with people, scientists us...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Parody Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week was inspired by the Spinal Tap debut back in 1984. Once I started doing the research, there was simply a large group of bands that are b...

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Dance Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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About once a year, or so, someone creates a song specifically to make a dance. The lyrics say what to do and we do it. But, what was the first? ...

Bought by WYAP, WNYO, KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Odd Opening Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Hendrix opening for The Monkees is the benchmark of odd opening bands, but there is a reason they were paired. And there is a reason why a lot of ...

Bought by WYAP, KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Mythology
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A listener to the show suggested there are a rather large group of songs that deal with Mythology, and not just the Greek stuff. This week we'll t...

Bought by KWIT, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio, WOUB, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5