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Memoir of a Roadie
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we'll speak to best-selling author Joel Miller about his book, "Memoir of a Roadie: Axl said I made a great cup of tea... Scott Weiland l...

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


  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tom Petty and Me
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we'll talk to Jon Scott, author of the book, Tom Petty and Me. Jon was the driving force behind Tom Petty's career from the moment he f...

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


  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
EQ Killed the Radio Star
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Author Alan Vanderburg talks with us this week about his book, EQ Killed the Radio Star. He believes he's found the reason why some bands break up...

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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Graceland
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What do you know about Elvis' Graceland? Did he name it? Are you sure? What is the history of the house? Did you know Graceland was NOT his fir...

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


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Apollo 11
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In July of 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Did you know they had a cassette player on board? Most of you probably think David Bowie when you ...

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


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Headstones
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A good many Blues and Jazz performers from the early 1900s died without a penny in the bank. They were indeed buried but without a headstone. Fut...

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


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
American Top 40
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Casey Kasem's Top 40 debuted on a July the 4th. Since that's this week, here's a quick history of the show, the host changes and all the good stuf...

Bought by KZYX, Harford Community Radio, KWIT, KSRQ, and KTRL


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Back Up Singers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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You may know the lead singer or the band - but who's singing backup? Today we'll tell you some famous people who started as backup singers and the...

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


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Groupie Pilcher - Climbing up the Eiffel Tower
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Norman Pilcher was the head of a special drug task force in London in the later 60s. He's know for his big public drug busts of the biggest names ...

Bought by WOUB, KRSC, KWIT, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Creeque Alley
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Mamas and the Papas' Creqque Alley works a lot like American Pie. Every line is a reference to some piece of history. This week, Tammy and I ...

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


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Disaster Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Covid-19 as been a disaster for the country. However, it has led to a lot of songs. Some good, some bad. From the beginning of recorded music, d...

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


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
SNL and the Beatles
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In 1976, SNL offered $3000 to the Beatles to reform and play on the show. It's not the only money offered for the Beatles to reform but it is the ...

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


  • Added: May 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Covid and Streaming
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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During lock down, many musicians and bands are taking to the web and streaming themselves. Non-professionals are also singing to their iPhone and ...

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


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Corona and Two Roadies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, host Joe Burns speaks with two professional Roadies, Festival Sound Engineer Mike Delia and Evan Richner of Jason Aldean about how Coro...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WOUB, KRSC, KWIT, and KTRL


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
#876- Activist as job title
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Is there such a thing as a real job called an "Activist"? Classic biting piece. Preview but so much fun.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2019
  • Length: 04:30
Down at the Old Schoolhouse
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host was compelled to entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in 29 Palms.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
George Carlin: Class Clown
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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George Carlin’s seminal 1972 album “Class Clown” includes his infamous bit, “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” which still rings true 4...

Bought by KPIK-LP and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 57: Everyday Genius
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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To close out 2016, we’re bringing you two lighter stories of people exhibiting everyday genius under. . . unusual circumstances. Comedian Dave Holm...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 18:44
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 42: The Finger
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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People have been giving each other “the finger” since Ancient Greece. The first documented use is said to be a photograph from 1886 in which the pi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KALW


  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 2
India goes WillKat crazy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Mr. Kohinoor meets the Royals
The British left India a few years ago. Well almost 70 to be precise. But for some Indians, it’s just like yesterday, and with WillKat otherwise kn...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Comedy, Comedians, and Political Correctness: Not a Laughing Matter
From: Lauren Perlowski
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This piece looks at what is and is not acceptable to say on stage from a comedians point of view.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:40
Ten Forty Blues
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Ten Forty Blues, Credit: Catherine Breese
Commentator Catherine Breese laments the annual filing of her income taxes so that she can complete the FAFSA for her college-age children. She sh...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 05:22
The Speed of Sound: Walk The Moon
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Few people had as good a 2015 as Walk the Moon. Their song Shut Up And Dance was everywhere. Everywhere. And it’s follow up single, Different Co...

Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 2
(Episode #02) Star Wars: The Millennial Falcon
From: Odegaard Writing and Research Center
Series: Character Development
Caption: Odegaard Writing and Research Center, Credit: OWRC
In this third installment of our Character Development series, OWRC writing tutors Dandi Meng, Mina Tari, and Daina Goldenberg have joined us for a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Length: 20:22
HPV
From: Ann Hardee
Series: Night Moves: Exploration of Contemporary Sexuality
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With the revelation that actor Michael Douglas got his oral cancer from Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) through oral sex, the discussion of HPV has com...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2015
  • Length: 30:24