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Walking through the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
From: World Footprints LLC
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Tune in to learn more about the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, why it was founded, its significance beyond the Jewish community, and the...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 40:28
Auto Tune
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week back in 1988 Cher's Believe was released and the effect introduced everyone to Auto Tune. We will talk about the effect's history, how ...

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


  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Summer Tours Are Back
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Pollstar has released their yearly mid year report on live music and the results are good. People are going out and spending money. The one downs...

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


  • Added: Sep 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Yacht Rock
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Soft, 70s and 80s rock has been given the nickname Yacht Rock. Where did it come from and how does Van Halen figure into it? We will tell you all...

Bought by WVTF, KWIT, WMTNradio, WKPW, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sonoran Desert Millipede
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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This is the time of year when you see desert millipedes out and about on muggy overcast days. Sometimes even crossing the two lane blacktop roads n...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 04:03
Revived By TV
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Now and again, an older song will be picked up in a television show and break back on the charts for a whole new generation. Stranger Things has d...

Bought by WMTNradio, WKPW, KWIT, WOUB, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
227: Whatever...Mom
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why won't your teenager listen to you? Their brain. For real. Insert teenage eye roll here.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 2
224: Cat Nights
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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We don't know about you, but 2022 has been a MOOD so we're starting Halloween a little early this year. Be prepared! Starting Aug 17th, we have a s...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Leaving The Stage
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A month, or so, back, the Chicks walked off stage because the lead singer wasn't able to continue due to allergies. This happens more than you mig...

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


  • Added: Jul 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Interpolation
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Interpolation in music is a simple, specific thing. Instead of sampling a piece of music, taking the actual song, Interpolation, is reperforming t...

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


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Searching for Jimmy Page
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we will speak with author Christy Alexander Hallberg about her new book Searching for Jimmy Page.

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KNCT FM, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
218: Gladiatrices
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Seldom written about, female gladiators fought for glory and Rome from around 509 BCE to 200 AD. What little information we have about them was in ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
Marching Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, back in 1979, Fleetwood Mac recorded the Trojan Marching Band for their song Tusk. That started us wondering. Are there other pop and ...

Bought by KNCT FM, KTRL, WYAP, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrity Apprentice
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Donald Trump hosted the Celebrity Apprentice six times and then Arnold took over for a season. Believe it or not, musicians played a big part in t...

Bought by WKPW, WYAP, KSRQ, KNCT FM, KTRL and more


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
What's Wrong With New Music?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Less than 3 percent of people 18 to 40 watched the Grammys. Furthermore, according to Spotify, the top 200 new songs playlist is responsible for l...

Bought by KTRL, KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Binaural Beats
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There has much interest in the use of frequencies for health, healing and general feeling better. The most famous are the Solfeggio Frequencies. ...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KSRQ, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
420
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week will contain April 20. That's 4.20. It means smoking pot. But why? We will take an hour and discuss all the nicknames for pot and pl...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KTRL, KNCT FM, KSRQ, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Razzies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Golden Raspberry Award. It used to have a Worst Song catagory. Not anymore. But we will revist those that once made the cut in this award s...

Bought by KTRL, KNCT FM, KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
206 part one: Goldfish FOV
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You've heard of an ROV, a remotely operated vehicle. But did you ever think you'd see an FOV, a fish operated vehicle? Israeli scientists have atte...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
Skaboom Book
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we have an interview with author Marc Wasserman about his new book Skaboom. An American Ska and Reggae Oral History. It is a history of ...

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


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
204: Baker Miller Pink
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1978, Dr. Alexander Schauss and a research assistant mixed 1 gallon of white latex paint with a pint of shiny red and created P-618 aka Baker Mi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
201: Rabbit War
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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What happens when you are the Emperor of France and your hunting party plans go completely wrong? You get attacked by rabbits. This isn't a Monty P...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
Title Change
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It happens now and again that a song will have its title changed after it is released and starts to become popular. The reasons why vary but colle...

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


  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jingles That Became Hit Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It is quite common for a commercial to use a hit song but now and again a commercial will become so popular that the music in the commercial will b...

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KSRQ, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
2022 Anniversaries Part One (Early Upload!)
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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NOTE: THIS SHOULD BE USED THE WEEK OF 12/27 THROUGH 1/2. I CANNOT SCHEDULE MY UPLOADS. We always take the first two weeks of the year and talk abo...

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7