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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...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • 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
2110: GLOW + Crazy Ex Girlfriend, 3/11/2021
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 bringing you discussions with the creative teams behind two hit comedy series. Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch will discus...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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
150: The Amazing Shrew
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Who knew a tiny animal could contain such a multitude of cool facts? For our 150th episode we dive into the life of the shrew. It's a phenomenal cr...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
149: History of Bandanas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Originating in India, the western version of the red bandana began in 1800s England with the use of snuff. Over the years the pattern has changed s...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 04:55
Musicians in SNL Skits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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How about some fun this week? What is the best use of a musician in an SNL skit? Not their music performance, but rather when they appeared in a ...

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


  • Added: Feb 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Albums Recorded in Prison
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Johnny Cash is known for having recorded albums in prison, four to be exact. That got us thinking. How many other artists recorded albums during ...

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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Music Trademarks
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A music trademark? Can you even do that? Should it not be a copyright? Well, yes and no. Taylor Swift and Beyonce are trademarking their lyrics...

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


  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
146: Snail Knights
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:47
DJs Barricaded in the Studio
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There are so many stories in the world of radio about a rogue DJ barricading himself in the studio and playing the same song again and again. But....

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


  • Added: Jan 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
144: The Tree that Owned Itself
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Col. William H Jackson had a favorite tree. So, somewhere around 1832, Colonel Jackson gave the white oak tree to itself (and the city of Athens, G...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
WRM38 - Will the Human
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will owed much of his success to the fact that he stayed a country boy, even after becoming famous.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:01
2021 Anniversaries - Part 2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here is the second part of our look at the anniversaries of 2021. We do every 10 years going back from the new year. This week, we will discuss e...

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


  • Added: Jan 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021 Anniversaries - Part 1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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To start every year, we look back every ten years to find out what will be the anniversaries for this new year. In this show we'll start all the w...

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


  • Added: Dec 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
143: Hogmanay
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Help us lean into the New Year with the many Scottish traditions surrounding Hogmanay! There are wee drams of whiskey and balls of fire and cleanin...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
141 Box Beds
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Tired of cold feet and longs nights huddled under not quite warm enough blankets? Maybe you need a box bed. Originating in medieval times, making a...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:45
140: Beehive Fence
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There are only approximately 400,000 elephants left in the world. Frustrated and saddened by this stark statistic, Dr. Lucy King set out to find a ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
139: Mummy Passport
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Ramesses II (Also known as Ramses or Rameses) became Pharaoh at the age of 14, had more children than any other Egyptian ruler, and reigned during ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
137: Fred vs The Mississippi
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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On July 6th, 1930 Fred Newton dipped a toe into the Mississippi river and explained to reporters that he planned to swim from Minneapolis to New Or...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
It Happened on Christmas Day
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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For this show, we stopped by a lot of the This Day In History websites and looked for events in music that, say it with me, happened on Christmas d...

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


  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

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